378 BUI.LETI'X 100, UNITED STATES XATIOISTAL MUSEUM. 



He shall also prepare abstracts of the survey from time to time as may be re- 

 quired for the use of the department in their handbook, and circulars for pub- 

 lication in illustration of the advantages of this State, and in promotion of the 

 general purposes of immigration. In return for such service the State geologist 

 may have all his marls, soils, minerals, and other products analyzed by the chem- 

 ist at the laboratory of the departemut station, free of charge, and the bonvd of 

 agriculture is hereby authorized to pay the necessary expenses of the geological 

 museum ; and they may authorize and sui^ervise the publication by the public 

 printer of the second volume of the geologj- of North Carolina, as soon as ready, 

 and may furnish the necessary maps and other engravings for its proj^er illus- 

 tration ; and in like manner they may authorize the printing by the public 

 printer, in pamphlet form, for free distribution, such parts of volumes 1 and - 

 as they may deem advisable; and they may furnish copies of volume 2 to State, 

 college, and other public libraries, to geologists and other scientific men, and to 

 every newspaper in the State ; and shall furnish the secretary of the state a 

 copy for each county, to be forwarded with other public documenls to the clerk 

 of the superior court and to other persons at the cost of paper and printing. 

 The State geologist, at the request of the trustees of the university, shall, v/hen- 

 ever the board of agriculture shall deem it not interfering with the regular 

 duties of his oflice, deliver at the university a course of free lectures on the 

 geology and mineralogy of this State. 



Sec. 2200. The governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the .seualr, 

 a suitable person to conduct, under the supervision of the de!)artmont of agricul- 

 ture, immigration, and statistics, a geological, mineralogical, botanical, and agri- 

 cultural survey of the State; such officer shall hold office for two years: J'ro- 

 vided, That the person so appointed shall be liable to removal at any time by 

 the governor, by and with the consent of the board of agriculture, immigration, 

 and statistics. 



Sec. 2210. The compensation of the person so appointed shall be fixed by the 

 said department of agriculture, immigration, and statistics, but shall never 

 exceed a greater rate than .$2,000 per annuin. 



Sec. 2211. The expenditures incurred in making said surveys and reports 

 shall be defrayed from the funds provided for the support and maintenance 

 of the said department of agriculture, immigration, and statistics: Provided, 

 That the sum hereby authorized to be used, including the salary or compensa- 

 tion of the person appointed to make said surveys, shall not exceed the sum 

 of $5,000 per annum. 



Sec. 2212. The person appointed shall examine and survey each and every 

 county of the State and ascertain the different geological formations of each 

 county and section of the State; the nature, character, and value of Its min- 

 erals ; the nature and character of its soils, and the best mode of improving the 

 same; the nature and kind of its productions, and their position and relative 

 value; its facilities for manufactories; the extent and value of its water 

 power; the character and value of its botanical productions; the character 

 and value of its timber; and all other facts connected with the subjects of 

 geology, mineralogy, botany, and agricidture which may tend to a full develop- 

 ment of the resources of the State; and such person is authorized to employ 

 as many proper agents and assistants, to be approved by the governor, as may 

 be necessai-y to enable him speedily and successfully to accomplish the objects 

 committed to his charge; and he shall, from time to time, communicate to the 

 governor, to be by him communicated to the general assembly, a report, In 

 writing, setting forth fully the results of his survey; which reports shall lit- 

 published under the supervision of the governor and board of education. 



