430 BUliLETlJN lUU, UJS'lTED STATES XATIONAI^ MUSEUM. 



Sec. 4. The governor of tliis Commouwealth is hereby authorized to draw 

 his warrant niion the ^itnte treasurer, on (he 1st flay of April next, in favor 

 of the treasurer of the " Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for 

 the promotion of the mechanic arts," for the sum of $2,000 ; and for the furtlier 

 sum of $1,000, on the 1st day of April for each of the two years next ensu 

 lug, for the purpose of promoting the improvement of meteorological science, 

 and the furnishing of each county of this Commonwealth with the necessary 

 instruments for the observation of such atmospheric changes and phenomena 

 ns may be useful for the promotion of knowledge in the science of meteorology 



Approved March 21, 1S37. 



An act of 1838 provided : 



Sec. 12. That in order to complete the geological and reineralogicai survey of 

 the State more rapidly, and to secure to the people the benefits thereof, as nearly 

 as practicable at the same time, the sum of $6,000 is hereby added to the future 

 annual appropriations mentioned in the seventh section of the act passed alareb 

 26, 1S36, entitled "An act to provide for a geological and niineralogical survey 

 of the State," to be expended by the State geologist, with the approbation of 

 the governor, in the employment of such additional subassistant geologists and 

 a draftsman, as may be deemed necessary for the rapid completion of the 

 survey: Provided, That the salaries of the said assistant geologists shall not 

 exceed $S00 per annum each, and the salary of the draftsman shall be $1,200 

 per annum; and it shall be the duty of the State geologist, in addition to the 

 duties now imposed upon him by law, to make such inquiries and examinations 

 into the present methods of mining coal and manufacturing iron as the gover- 

 nor shall deem expedient and proper, to increase the products of the mineral 

 resources of the State, and when the said inquiries and examinations are 

 completed, the said State geologist shall compile a complete and detailed report 

 thereof, and present the same to the legislature as soon as practicable. 



Approved April 13, 1838. 



Again, in 1840 it was provided : 



That the sum of $10,200 shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for 

 the completion of the geological and niineralogical survey, to be applied an 

 follows: Two thousand dollars for the payment of one year's salary to the 

 State geologist; $8,000 to the payment of one year's salary of six assistants, 

 including the chemist, at the rate of $1,000 each; and the remaining sum of 

 $2,200 to be paid to and applied by the said geologist to the payment of the 

 incidental expenses of said survey, including the preparation of three com 

 plete collections or cabinets of geological and miueralogical specimens, for the 

 use of the State, and for the compiling and preparing for publication the final 

 report in relation to said survey, together with the maps and drawings to ac- 

 company the same, which said sum shall be deemed and taken as full com- 

 pensation therefor. 



Section 17 of the act of 1844 provided : 



For the completion of geological survey. $2,200 to be applied to the payment 

 of the incidental expenses of the geological survey, including the preparation 

 of the general cabinet collections of geological and niineralogical specimens 

 «nd the maps and drawings assigned to accompany and elucidate the final 

 report of the State geologist; and the governor is hereby further authorized 

 to take such other measures as in his opinion the public interest may re- 



