160 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 



resources; recommending and seeviring the enforcement of laws providing 

 for the health and personal safety of all persons engaged in developing or using 

 the products of its natural resources, and collecting and disseminating in- 

 formation concerning its agricultural, mining and manufacturiiig advantages. 

 The said Department shall comprise four divisions, as follows: 



First. The Division of Geology and Natural Science. 



Second. The Division of Mines and Mining. 



Third. The Division of Mineral Oils. 



Fourth. The Division of Natural Gas. 



Sec. 2. — ^The General Assembly shall, immediately after the taking 

 effect of this act, elect a competent and suitable person, skilled in geology and 

 natural sciences. Director of the Department of Geology and Natural Re- 

 sources, who shall be State Geologist and Curator of the Museu*B-and Chief 

 of the Division of Geology and Natural Science. He shall take an oath of 

 office, as other officers and hold his office for a term of four years, and until 

 his successor is elected and qualified. He shall appoint the chiefs of divisions 

 provided for in this act, and such other assistants as he may deem necessary 

 in prosecution of the work in the Division of Geology and Natural Science, 

 but in no case shall the expenditures under his direction exceed the amount 

 authorized by the General Assembly. The compensation of the Director 

 of the Department shall be two thousand doHars per year, to be paid as other 

 salaries are required by law to be paid. 



Sec. 3. — It shall be the duty of said Director to continue the geological 

 survey of the State, by counties or districts, and to complete and revise the 

 same as may be practicable. He shall give special attention to the discovery 

 of minerals, stones or other natural substances useful in agriculture, manu- 

 facture or the mechanical arts. He shall be curator of the Geological Cabinet, 

 Museum, apparatus and Library, and shall, from time to time, as may be 

 practicable, add specimens to the cabinet of minerals, organic remains and 

 other objects of natural history peculiar to this State and other States and 

 countries. He shall also have general supervision of the work in the several 

 divisions herein provided. 



Sec. 4. — The offices and Museum of the Department shall be in the rooms 

 now occupied by the same in the State House, and the same shall be kept 

 open during the usual business hours of other offices of State, except when 

 the Director may be engaged in field work or other business requiring his 

 absence. 



See. 9. — The Director of the Department shall make to the Governor 

 an annual report of his labors, together with tlic reports from the various 

 divisions, including all discoveries and useful information he may have ob- 

 tained in such service, including such maps, figures and descriptions in 

 geology, paleontology and archaeology as may promote science, and in the 

 diffusion of knowledge, and assist in advertising the natural resources of the 

 State; and eight thousand copies of such reports shall be printed and published 

 in like manner as other official reports." 



