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Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said assistant to make full and complete 

 examinations, assays, and analyses of all such rocks, ores, soils, or other sub- 

 stances as may bo submitted to him by the State geologist for that purpose, 

 and to furnish him with a doiailed and complete account of the results so 

 obtained. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the State geologist, on or before the tirst 

 Monday of January in each and every year, during the time necessarily occu- 

 pied by said survey, to make an annual report of said survey and the progress 

 thereof, accompanied with such maps, drawings, and specimens as may be neces- 

 sarj"- and proper to exemplify and elucidate the snme to the governor of this 

 State, who shall lay a copy of such report before the legislature. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the said State geologist to cause to be repre- 

 sented on the map of the State, by colors and other appropriate mearis, the 

 various areas occupied by the different geological formations in the State, and 

 to mark thereon the localities of the respective beds or deposits of the various 

 mineral substances discovered, and on the completion of the survey to compile a 

 memoir of the geology and mineralogy of the State, comprising a complete 

 account of the leading subjects and discoveries which have been embraced in 

 the survey. 



Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the said State geologist to foi'ward to the gov- 

 ernor of this State, fi'om time to lime during the progress of said survey, such 

 specimens of the rocks, ores, coals, soils, fossils, and other mineral substances 

 discovered .'ind examined, properly labeled, as may be proper and necessary to 

 form a complete cabinet collection of specimenfWtf geology and mineralogy of 

 the State; and the said governor shall cause the same to be deposited in the 

 cabinet of the university, there to be preserved for public inspection. 



Sec. 7. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the 

 sum of $2,500 is hereby annually appropriated, to be drawn quarterly, for the 

 term of four years, to be expended under the direction of the governor. The 

 salaries of the snid State geologist and his assistant shall not, however, com- 

 mence until they have res])ectively entered ui)on the execution of their duties; 

 and upon the completion of said survey, and all the duties connected therewith, 

 the same shall wholly cease and determine. 



Sec. S. This act shall be printed immediately after the passage thereof, and 

 when so printed shall be in full force. 



Approved March 2.5, 1S53. 



Administration. — Under this law the appointment of State geolo- 

 gist was first given to Edward Daniels, who, however, held the of- 

 fice for but a single year, being superseded in 1854 by Dr. J. C. Per- 

 cival. Mr, Daniels, in accordance with the expressed provision of 

 the law, devoted his attentions first to the lead regions in the south- 

 western part of the State. He was assisted by H. A. Tenney and 

 T. A. Lapham (volunteer paleontologist). The chemical work of 

 the survey was performed by Dr. A. A. Hayes, then State assayer 

 of Massachusetts. A single report, bearing date of 1854, in the form 

 of an octavo pamphlet of but 80 pages, all told, comprises the re- 

 sults of this work. As noted, Daniels was succeeded by Percival, 

 who likewise confined himself largely to economic problems. During 

 the first year he visited "all the considerable diggings from the 

 south line of the State to a line drawn from east to west, north of 



