464 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



TENNESSEE. 



FIRST SURVEY UNDER GEKAKD TEOOST, 1831-1850.^ 



In 1831 the legislature of Tennessee took the first step toward a 

 geological survey of the State by passing the following act : 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assemhly of the State of Tennessee, 

 Ttiat Dr. Gerard Troost, professor of mineralogj% geology, and cbemistry in 

 the University of Nashville, be, and ho is hereby, appointed geologist and min- 

 eralogist for this State. 



Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That the said Gerard Troost shall proceed to make a 

 geological survey of the State of Tennessee, with a view, as far as practicable, 

 to develop the miueralogical resources thereof, in doing of which he shall, as far 

 as he can, examine into those mineral and metallic regions believed to exist in 

 the different formations found in the several sections of the State, making the 

 proper analysis of such substances as he may believe to be of value, and also to 

 examine and be prepared to report upon the soil of different parts of the State, 

 the rocks of those parts, with such other remarks as may lead the citizens to 

 an estimate of comparative value and use, as well as to enable them to judge 

 understandingly of its metals and minerals. 



Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That the said Troost be, and he is hereby, appointed 

 assayer of this Slate. 



Sec 4. Be it enacted. That the said Gerard Troost be allowed the sum of $500, 

 \o be paid by the treasurer of middle Tennessee, on a warrant or warrants to 

 be drawn by the governor for the time being, in quarterly payments, when he 

 shall be informed that the work contemplated by this act is in progress. 



Sec 5. Be it enacted, That said Troost shall report to the next general as- 

 sembly what he may have done under the appointment as geologist as aforesaid. 



December 21, 1831. 



Subsequently the following resolutions relative to the survey were 

 passed. 



Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Dr. G. 

 Troost be, and he is hereby, continued as geologist of the State of Tennessee 

 for the next two years, with thie salary already fixed by the law originally 

 creating the office of geologist for the State. 



November 15, 1833. 



Resolved by the General AssenibJy of ttie State of Tennessee, That Dr. G. 

 Troost be continued as geologist of the State of Tennessee for the next two 

 years, with the salary fixed by the law originally creating the office of geologist 

 for the State. 



Adopted January 28, 383(5. 



Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Dr. Gerard 

 Troost, geologist of the State, be requested to make a mineralogical survey and 

 examination of that portion of the State lying within the bounds lately ceded 

 by the Cherokee Nation of Indians to the United States, and that he report the 

 result of his labors to the next general assembly. 



Adopted October 24, 1836. 



Administration. — Doctor Troost accepted the office tlius tendered 

 him, still remaining an active professor in the University of Nash- 



• Compiled mainly from m.inuscript cotes by .Tamea M. Safforfl, State geologist. 



