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fieely accessible at seasonable hours to the public, excepting wheu the members 

 of the geological corps are all absent attending to field duties. 



Sec. 5. That the duplicate specimens collected by the survey shall be classi- 

 fied and labeled, when called for, to be distributed to each of the colleges of the 

 State that have been duly authorized to grant diplomas: Provided, That each 

 distribution shall only be made after due application of said colleges has been 

 made to the governor. 



Sec. 6. That the said State geologist shall present to the governor, at each 

 regular session of the legislature, a report of progress made up to that time, 

 including an account of the more important results accomplished, and that said 

 preliminary reports, if desirable or necessary to their proper understanding, 

 shall he accompanied with maps and other illustrations, and that these, as 

 well as all other reports of said survey that may bo made and presented by said 

 State geologist and his assistants, shall be the exclusive property of the State: 

 Provided, That said State geologist shall not be prohibited from publishing any 

 such facts, with maps and illustrations, that it may be his duty to present. 



.Sec. 7. That the salary of said State geologist shall be $3,000 per annum, 

 and that of the principal assistants each .$1,800 per annum, together with all 

 traveling and incidental expenses of the said State geologist and his assistants 

 while engaged in the field exploiations, to be paid quarterly after they enter 

 upon the duties of their office. All money hereafter appropriated to carry into 

 effect this act shall be expended in the payment of the salaries of the State 

 geologist and principal assistants, and of such subassistants and other aid 

 as it may be necessary to employ, in the purchase of the necessary chemical 

 apparatus, chemicals, and instruments, the transportation of specimens, and 

 the payment of incidental expenses; and upon the presentation by said State 

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

 authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasui-y for all bills for sums due or 

 expended as above specified : Proinded, That the whole amount expended shall 

 not, during any one year, exceed the sum of $20,000. 



Sec. 8. That the said State geologist and his assistants, before entering 

 upon the duties of office, shall make oath before some competent officer that 

 they will not purchase any lands or mining interest in the State, with the view 

 of speculation, during the time tliey hold office, and that they shall not con- 

 ceal or suppress any information relative to any discovery which they may 

 make pertaining to the objects of the survey, either from the State or from in- 

 dividuals upon whose lands said discovery may be made, and that they will 

 so conduct the survey as to give as much publicity as possible to the important 

 results of the same. 



Sec. 9. That on the completion of said survey, or at proper intervals during 

 its progress, as facts may accumulate, said State geologist shall prepare and 

 present to the governor more complete reports, to be considered final as far 

 as they go if presented during the progress of the survey, or final and com- 

 plete if presented after the whole State shall have been surveyed, which reports 

 shall embody the results of the entire survey, or of that portion of it completed, 

 and shall be accompanied by all such maps, sections, diagrams, and other draw- 

 ins as may be necessary for a full and complete understanding of the same. 

 .\nd the secretary of state is hereby directed to secure a copyright in the name 

 of the State for all reports presented by the State geologist and published at 

 the expense and by the authority of the State. 



Sec. 10. That whenever any such reports are published, the governor may 

 cause them to be sold to the citizens of the State at a price not exceeding the 



