502 BULLETIN 109, imiTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The estimates I'or the remainder of the year, up to Feb. 26, 

 1848, are the following: 



Traveling expenses $75. 00 



Salary of principal 333. 33 



Salaries of commissioned assistants 125. 00 



Services of occasional assistants 53. 76 



Apparatus, rent, fuel and light, stationery, and other ex- 

 penses of depot — 40. 00 



Postage and transportation 50. 00 



677.09 



> $1, 999. 94 



SECOND SURVEY UNDER EDWARD HITCHCOCK, 1856-1860. 



In October, 1856, the general assembly passed the following act 

 with a view of resuscitating the survey : 



It is hereby enacted hy the General Assenijjly of the State of Vermont, ax 

 follows: 



Section 1. The governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some 

 suitable person State geologist, to complete the geological survey of the State, 

 who shall be removable at the discretion of the governor and another appointed 

 in his stead. 



Sec. 2. The State geologist shall, as soon as practicable after his appointment, 

 enter upon the duties of prosecuting the survey with a view to its .speedy com 

 pletion, and may, with the consent of the governor, appoint one or more assist- 

 ants, who shall be under the direction of the principal and removable at his 

 discretion. 



Sec. 3. The State geologist shall make, or cause to be made, such explorations 

 in such portions of the State as have not been thoroughly examined and de 

 scribed in the field bot^ks of those heretofore engaged in the survey, and shall 

 make, or cause to be made, such judicious assays or analyses of mineral sub- 

 stances, in addition to those already made, as may be required to determine 

 their economic value. He shall also prepare for exhibition .specimens of min- 

 erals and other substances designed for the State collection and place the .same 

 in the one already commenced in the statehouse. 



Sec. 4. It shall further be his duty annually, on or before the second Thursday 

 of October, to make a report to the governor of the progress of the survey, In 

 which he shall report the expenses of the survey for the current year, together 

 with his estimate of the probable amoimt of funds necessary for its completion. 

 He shall also, as soon as practicable, prepare for publication a final report, 

 embracing therein the physical geography, the scientific and economical geol- 

 ogy, and the mineralogy of the State, which, when completed, shall be deliv- 

 ered to the governor, to be laid before the legislature for its action thereon. 



Sec. 5. The sum of $3,000 annually is hereby appropriated, until otherwise 

 ordered by the legislature, for the purpose of cari'yiug into effect the provisions 

 of this act. 



Sec. G. All claims under this act shall be presented to the auditor of accounts 

 for allowance, who shall draw orders o!i the treasurer of the State for the 

 amount he shall find due, equal to. but not exceeding, in any year, the amount 

 j'.ppropriated. 



Sec. 7. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



Approved November IS, 1S56. 



