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with the other specimens would require an expenditure of from $120 

 to $150 for cases, and three or four weeks' labor. After reporting 

 that many specimens had been brought in for analysis, he added that 

 a geological office might be kept open, analyses made, and the survey 

 be continued on a moderate scale at a cost of $3,000 a year, including 

 all expenses. 



In 1844 an attempt was made by Governor Bartley to revive the 

 interest of the legislature in the survey, recommending that the work 

 be allowed to progress on a limited scale. Nothing was done in the 

 premises. For a decade all that was accomplished was in the nature, 

 of private enterprise. 



A resolution of 1845 authorized Colonel Mather to take charge of 

 the chemical apparatus belonging to the State until the next meeting 

 of the general assembly, on condition that he give assurances to the 

 governor for the safe return of the same at the time specified. 



The resolution (March 18, 1839) giving the historical society con- 

 trol of the effects of the former geological corps was rescinded in 

 1852. All was then placed under control of the Ohio State Eoard of 

 Agriculture subject to the order of the legislature. 



After this several attempts were made by the legislature to have the 

 survey resume work. Some little attention was given to the subject 

 in 1851, and in 1854 a great effort was made by the house to pass a 

 bill for its continuance. The committee to which the house bill was 

 referred made a lengthy report through Chairman J. H. L. Scott, 

 urging the importance of a thorough and efficient geological sur- 

 vey as a means of insuring the advancement of the pecuniary inter- 

 ests of the State, the advancement and perfecting of science, agri- 

 culture, and the full and proper development of its rich mineral re- 

 sources. The example of other States was cited, and the advantages 

 reaped from the former survey, incomplete as it was, were demon- 

 strated. The relation of the sciences to agriculture was pointed out, 

 and the agricultural importance of the survey particularly dwelt 

 upon. The bill, besides providing liberally for the geological survey, 

 provided for the establishment of an agricultural college. The house 

 thought best to postpone the matter until 1856. At that time the sub- 

 ject was revived in another bill from Dr. M. Jewett, which had tho 

 misfortune to be postponed until the following year. 



Meantime a committee was apf)ointed to report as to the condi- 

 tion of the papers, documents, etc., belonging to the first survej'^, and 

 the probable cost of compiling and procuring the publication of facts 

 then ascertained, together with an estimate of the expense of complet- 

 ing the work. The committee reported the progress made during 

 the survey, that valuable articles of Dr. S. P. Hildreth were to be 



