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of the State Board of Agrieixlture for their disbursement in accordance with 

 the provisions herein made and provided and it shall be the duty of the State 

 Geologist to file with the State Board of Agriculture a detailed statement, 

 accompanied with the proper vouchers for all moneys expended by him in 

 carrying out the provisions of the act. 



Sec. 7. — That there shall be printed and bound annually in separate 

 volumes 2,500 copies of the Report of the State Geologist, to be paid for as 

 provided by law for the printing, binding and distribution of the laws and 

 journals. 



Sec. 8. — Emergency clause. 



The Cox Survey, 1869-1879. 



In accordance with the act above cited. Governor Baker appointed Ed- 

 ward Tra vers Cox of New Harmony, Ind., to the office of State Geologist. 

 That gentleman had been a chemical and geological assistant of Da\'id Dale 

 Owen on both the Kentucky and Arkansas Surveys and had done some 

 work on the Illinois Coal Survey. In the introduction to his first report, 

 that for 1869, Mr. Cox say^s: "Soon after receiving the appointment I pro- 

 ceeded to pack ray large and valuable collection of minerals, fossils, shells 

 and other objects of natural history, also my chemicalr, and chemical ap- 

 paratus, etc., etc., preparatory to making my residence in Indianapolis and 

 with a view of arranging them in the rooms of the Geological Department 

 at the State House. On arriving at the Capitol with this collection, it was 

 soon made manifest that the room set apart for the use of the State Geologist 

 was totally inadequate to hold the natural history specimens and chemical 

 apparatus, and to be used at the same time, as office and laboratory. From 

 a high appreciation of the importance of the labor to be performed, the State 

 officers, with one accord, decided to have a small addition, suitable for a chem- 

 ical laboratory, built on the east side of the State House, adjoining the rooms 

 of the Indiana State Board of Agricultm'e." This was on the site of the present 

 State House. When the new building was begun, the laboratory of Mr. Cox 

 and the nucleus of the present State Museum, which he and his assistants 

 had gotten together, were moved to the building at the southeast corner 

 of Market Street and Capitol Avenue, and from there the Museum was moved 

 to its present quarters in the State House. Continuing, Mr. Cox says: "The 

 limited amount of funds at my disposal would only admit of the employment 

 of a small corps of assistants, who were kept at work but a small portion of 

 the season." One of these was Dr. G. M. Levette, one of the best naturalists 

 ever connected with the State Survey and who continued wi th it for a number 

 of years. Another was Dr. Rufus Haymond of Brookvalle, who, prepared 

 the report on the Geology of Franklin County. Of that county Mr. Cox 

 says: "Although neither valuable metalliferous ores nor coal are to be found 

 in this county, the law contemplates a complete survey of the entire State, 

 and it was therefore deemed necessary to pay some attention to the resources 



