506 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAI. MUSEUM. 



tioued iu .section 1 of this act, iii favor uf tho curator of the State ca1)hiet, as 

 shall appear to said auditor that said curator is entitled to receive under sec- 

 tion 1 of this act. 



Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



Approved November 26, 1872. 



An act to appoiut a State geologist. 



It is herchy enacted by the General Assembly of the Htaie of Vermont: 



Sectjon 1. The governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a State 

 geologist who shall have a competent Icnovs'ledge of scientilic and practical geol- 

 ogy and mineralogy, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of tixe gov- 

 ernor. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the State geologist to give counsel respecting 

 the openings to be made in mines and quarries when desired ))y the owners 

 thereof, or any person interested therein, and to faithfully advise and assist 

 all such persons as may employ him in any attempt to discover new mines and 

 quarries, or to encourage the worliing of those already discovered : Provided, 

 hoicever, That in no case and under no circumstances shall said geologist charge 

 or receive from the State anything for said services or expenses except he is 

 directly employed by the governor of the State, but shall looli to his employers 

 for any compensation that he may reasonably desor\e to have for any profes 

 sional services so by him rendered. 



Sec. 3. The geologist shall keep a record of such new facts relating to the 

 geology of the State as shall come to his knowledge and transmit a copy of the 

 same to the governor, when required by him, for the use of the State. 



Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this aet 

 are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



Approved November 26, 1872. 



From these acts it is evident that the State had no intention of 

 favoring to any extent work other than that of caring for and build- 

 ing up the State cabinet. Apparently the effort, .so far as survey was 

 concerned, was nearly as barren of results as was the previous one. 

 Cutting, however, did publish brief reports, in pamphlet form in 

 1872, 1874, 1870, and 1878 as curator, and which included moro 

 biological than geological material. 



THIRD SURVEY UNDER O. W. PERRY AND GEORGE H. PERKIN.S, 1 S.S<!-15)00. 



In 1886 the matter of a survey came once more before the assembly 

 with the follovi'ing result: 



Jt is hereby enacted, etc. 



Section 1. Section 164 of tlie Revised Laws Is hereby ainended so as to readi 

 as follows : 



Section 164. The governor shall biennially appoint, with the advice and 

 consent of the senate, a State geologist, who shall be curator of the State cab- 

 inet, and shall hold office until his successor is appointed. The person ap- 

 pointed shall have a competent knowledge of scientific and practical geology 

 and mineralogy. 



