468 BULLETIN lOy, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Sec, 7. Be it further enacted, That said State assayei* shall, upon his ap- 

 pointmeut, take an oath of office to make a faithful and honest assay or analy- 

 sis of all ores or minerals, and before he shall be entitled to the fees or per- 

 quisites allowed in this act; which oath may be taken and subscribed before 

 any judge of a court of record or acting justice of the peace of the State of 

 Tennessee, and filed with the secretary of state. 



This act remained in force until 1860, when the survej' was abol- 

 ished, to be revived again under the same directorship in 1871. The 

 following are transcripts of the acts bearing upon these changes: 



Be it enacted by the (general Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the 

 office of geologist and mineralogist of the State be, and the same is hereby, 

 abolished, and sections 253 and 259 of the code are repealed. 



Passed February 1, 1860. 



Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, I'hat 2,500 copies 

 of the final geological report of the State geologist, with the necessary illustra- 

 tions and maps, be printed, under the supervision of the State geologist and 

 librarian, in a style similar and equal to the Kentucky geological report now in 

 the State library. 



Resolved, That 500 copies of It be placed in the hands of the State libra- 

 rian, to be disposed of as follows : One hundred to be used for the purposes 

 of exchanging with other States; 50 copies to the present State geologist, 

 Professor Safford; 50 copies to be deposited in tlie State library; and the re- 

 mainder of the 500 copies to he sold by the State librarian, or his agents, at 

 not less than $1 per copy. 



Resolved farther. That of the number of copies ordered above, 500 shall be 

 for the use of the senate and 1,500 for the u.se of the house of representatives: 

 and the secretary of state is hereby instructed to distribute said copies as soon 

 as published, sending to each member of the general assembly 20 copies; and 

 the expense of carrying out this resolution shall be paid out of any money in 

 the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 



Adopted February 7, 1880. 



Act of 1871 : 



Section 3. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 

 That the office of geologist and mineralogist of the State is hereby created ; said 

 office shall be filled by appointment of the governor, with the concurrence of 

 the senate, the term of office to be two years, and until a successor is appointed. 



Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of said geologist and 

 mineralogist to prosecute a topographical, geological, and mineralogical survey 

 of the State, with a view to the full development of all ores, coals, clays, marls, 

 and such other mineral substances as may be deemed useful or valuable, to- 

 gether with such other duties as may be necessary to make a full and complete 

 geological survey of the State, and to this end that he apply for the benefits 

 of the United States Coast Survey in the triangulation of the area of the State, 

 and that he make a report to the first session of each legislature, showing the 

 progress of such surveys, accompanied with such maps, drawings, and speci- 

 mens as may be necessary and proper to exemplify and elucidate the same, 

 which reports shall not be published unless expressly ordered by the legislature. 



Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That said geologist and mineralogist shall de- 

 vote at least three months of each and every year exclusiAely to the duties of 



