472 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAI. MUSEUM. 



explorations, and examinations into tlie mineral and other natural resources 

 of the State, its climate and agricultural adaptability, accompanied by illustra- 

 tive maps, charts, and drawings, with reference to the same, which report shall 

 be the exclusive property of the State: Provided, hotcever, That the said 

 geologist shall not be prohibited from publishing any such facts, maps, charts, 

 and drawings, which it is made his duty to report; and that in making any 

 f3urvey upon the frontier the governor or said State geologist is authorized 

 to request the cooperation of any scientific corps of the United States Army oi- 

 Navy and an escort of United States troops. 



Sec. 4. That the said State geologist, for the performance of said service, 

 shall receive an annual salary of $3,000, to be paid to him quarterly, after he 

 enters upon the duties of his office ; aud that the sum of $20,000 be, and the same 

 is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- 

 propriated, to be expended under the dii'ection of the governor, for the purposes 

 of carrying into effect this act, by employing assistants and in defraying the 

 incidental expenses of his office; and upon presentation by the State geologist 

 of the proper vouchers, approved by the governor, the comptroller is hereby 

 authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for the cost of any cheuiical 

 apparatus or other outfit deemed necessary by the governor, as well as all other 

 expenses of said survey : Provided, The amount expended shall not exceed the 

 amount herein specified and appropriated : And provided further. That the 

 salary of each assistant State geologist shall not exceed $1,000 per ai:num 

 for the time he may be tMigaged. 



Skc. 5. That said State geologist and his assistants, before enterhig upon the 

 duties of their respective offices, shall make oath, before some competent officer, 

 that they will not purchase any lands in this State, with a view to specula- 

 tion, during the time they hold their said offices, and that they will not con- 

 ceal or suppress any information relative to any valuable discovery whirh thejr 

 may make, pertaining to the objects of said survey, either from the State or 

 from individuals upon whose lands said discovery may be made, aud will so 

 conduct the survey as to give as mucli publicity as possible to the important 

 results of said survey. 



Sec. 6. That the chief geologist and his assistants, upon their removal or 

 resignation, or at the expiration of his office, shall turn over to his or their 

 successors or to the governor all the minerals, shells, maps, plats, and diagrams 

 which they may collect or make during their term of office, and shall com- 

 municate all important geological information to their successors acquired dur- 

 ing such geological survey. 



Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect from its passage. 



Approved February 10, 1858. 



Administration. — Under this act, B. F. Shumard, of St. Louis, 

 Missouri, was appointed by Gov. H. R. Runnels, on August 28, 1858, 

 State geologist. Assistants were appointed as follows: Assistant 

 geologist, Dr. George G. Shumard;* chemist and assistant. Prof. 



» According to Hill, Bulletin 45, U. S. Geological Survey, p. 30, there is a tradition 

 that Governor Runnels intended to appoint Dr. G. G. Shumard to the office of State 

 geologist, but by a clerical error the name of his brother, Dr. B. F. Shumard, was In- 

 serted in the original commission. This is presumably a mistake, since, in a letter dated 

 May 2.5, 1858, which Is among the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, B. F. Shum- 

 ard, writing to F. B. Meek, says : " I have been urged by some of my scientific friends 

 to apply for the appointment of chief geologist of Texas and have determined to do so." 

 Subsequent letters dated at .\nstln make no mention of any such probable error as that 

 Indicated in Mr. Hill's note. 



