GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEYS. 457 



His report, an octavo volume of 312 pages, witli a colored geologi- 

 cal map of the State, appeared in 1840. The printing and distribu- 

 tion of the same was provided for by the following resolution : 



In ycncral a.s^cmhlu, May session, A. D. IS'tO. 



Tile cominittce aijpointed to procure a geological aud agricultural survey of 

 the State, baviug accomiJlisbed the same, and baving received from Dr. Charles 

 T. Jacksou, the geological aud agricultural surveyor, a satisfactory report : 



Resolved, That the said committee be, and they are hereby, authorized to 

 cause 1,000 copies of the report of said survey to be printed and bound ; and 

 that the said copies when finished be distributed in the foUovcing manner, viz : 

 One copy to his excellency the governor ; one to his honor the lieutenant governor ; 

 one to each of the present members of this general assembly; one to the su- 

 preme executive of each of the United States; one to the town clerk of each 

 town in this State; one to each school district in this State, excepting the dis- 

 tricts in Newport and Providence; 20 copies to the town of Newport, and 30 

 copies to the city of Providence, which said copies shall be distributed in said 

 Newport aud Providence by the school committees therein ; one copy to each 

 public library in the State; one to the Rhode Island Historical Society; one to 

 Brown University; five copies to the Library of Congress; and the residue to 

 be deposited in the secretary's office. 



No further steps toward a survey of the State appear to have been 

 taken until 1875, when the following resolutions were passed : 



Resolutions iiutborizin.^' the governor to appoint commissioners to prepnro a plan for ix 

 tliorougli geological and scientific survey of the State. 



Resolved, That the governor be authorized to appoint five competent persons, 

 two of whom may be nominated by the Providence Franklin Society, a commis- 

 sion to prepare a plan for a thorough geological and scientinc survey of the 

 State, to make an estimate of the expense thereof, and to report thereon to the 

 next general assembly, if possible, at its May session. 



Resolved, That the members of the commission thus appointed shall serve 

 without compensation, but their traveling and other expenses incurred in the 

 performance of their duty as such conimissiouers shall be paid from the treas- 

 ury of the State. 



Resolved, That the sum of §500 is hereby appropriated for the use of said 

 commissioners, and the governor is authorized to draw his order on the general 

 treasurer for the same, upon requisition of the chairman of the commission.* 



In accordance with these resolutions a committee was appointed, 

 consisting of Zachariah Allen, William F. Channing, George T. 

 Chace. John R. Leslie, and George F. Wilson. Sundry meetings 

 were held by this committee and a report comprising some 18 octavo 

 printed pages submitted to the assembly in January, 1876. A sur- 

 vey was recommended and the following plan f.n- its consumma- 

 tion presented: 



1. A board shall be appointed having permanent charge of the 

 scientific survey of the State. 



» Report of the Rhode Island Commission to prepare a plan for a thoronj^h goolo-rienl 

 and scionilflc survey of the State. January. 1870, p. 'i. 



