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Act of May 26, 1881. 



lie it endclcd, That the simi of $125,000 be, and tlio .same is hereby, ap- 

 propriated, to be expended according to the provisions of an act, entitled "An 

 act to provide for a geological survey of the State," approved May 14, 1874: 

 Provided, That not more than $50,000 shall be expended in any one year : 

 And provided further. That the said survey shall be completed, so far as the 

 Meld work is concerned, by (he end of the "•aleudar year ISSo. 



Act of .Time 28, 1888. 



Be it enacted. That the sum of $50,0t)0 is hereby specially appropriated for 

 the continuance of the geological survey of the anthracite coal region of the 

 State, to be expended according to the provisions of an act entitled "An act 

 to provide for a geological survey of the Stale," ai)proved May 14, 1S74: Pro- 

 vided, That any expenditure for said anthracite survey which shall have been 

 paid out of the appropriation for the general survey of the State, after the first 

 day of January, 1883, and prior to the pass.-.ge of tliis act, may be reimbursed 

 ro Siiid general aitpvoiiriatimi out of the sii<>cial appropriiitiou hcrcljy made. 



Act of July :;, 1885. 



IJc it cniu'tcd. That the sum of $r>0.000 be, and tlie same is l!(>reby, nppropri- 

 ;ited to be expended, according to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act to pro- 

 vide for a geological survey of State," approved May 14, 1874: Provided, That 

 not more than $19,000 be expended annually to continue the anthracite survey, 

 and not more than $2,000 be expended annually to extend the oil and gas 

 region survey ; and not more than $4,000 shall be expended annually to extend 

 the survey in the bituminous regions of the Monongahela Valley and Pittsbureii 

 coal regions, and continue unfini.';hed surveys in the iron-ore regions. 



Acts respecting- tlie piibliciitions of the survey, etc. : 



.roint n-soluUon of March 18, 1875. 



Resolved, That 5.000 copies be printed of the report on the mineralogy of 

 Pennsylvania, by F. A. Geuth, and the special report on petroleum, by Henry 

 E. V^^rigloy, with accompanying maps and charts, reported by the board of 

 commissioners of the geological survey of Pennsylvania, 1,000 copies for the 

 use of the senate and 4,000 copies for the use of the house of representatives. 



Act of .April 1fi. 1877. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, That the board of commissioners of the second 

 geological survey of the State be, and they are hereby, authorized to donate a 

 copy of each report and map published by them to every member of the geo- 

 logical corps, and to each author of a report 20 copies of such report, and to 

 distribute gratuitously 50 copies of each re])ort; and to sell copies of the re- 

 ports to booksellers at a reasonable discount on their value. 



Sec. 2. That the commissioners of the second geological survey shall furnish 

 to the senate and house of representatives, for distribution among the people 

 of the State, 10,000 copies of the reports now on hand in their department, 

 as they may select; 3,000 for the use of the senate and 7,000 for the house; 

 and they shall also furnish in the same ratio 1,500 copies of each of the forth- 

 coming reports designated, respectively, (J and HII : Provided, That nothing 

 in this act shall be construed to authorize the reprinting of any of the reports 

 aforesaid. 



