APPENDIX II. 



An Act to provide for a Geological Survey of 



the State. 



SECTION 



1, Governor directed to appoint a 

 State Geologist. 



2. State Geologist may appoint and 

 direct assistants. 



SECTION 



3. Duties of the State Geologist. 



4. Appropriation of two thousand dol- 

 lars annually for 'three years. 



5. Auditor to allow accounts, &c. 



SEC. 1. The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to ap- 

 point a State Geologist, who shall have a competent knowledge of 

 scientific and practical geology and mineralogy, and shall be sub- 

 ject to the orders of the Governor for the time being, and remov- 

 able at his pleasure, 



SEC. 2, The State Geologist, with the approbation of the Gov- 

 ernor, shall, from time to time, appoint all proper and necessary 

 assistants, fix their compensations, direct them in their labors and 

 remove them and appoint others whenever it shall bfe found neces 

 sary or expedient* 



SEC. 3, It shall be the duty of the State Geologist, as soon as 

 practicable, to commence and prosecute a thorough geological and 

 mineralogical survey of the State, embracing therein a full and 

 scientific examination and description of its rocks, soils, metals, 

 and minerals ; make careful and complete assays and analyses of 

 the same, and annually, on or before the first day of October, to re- 

 port to the Governor the progress of the work, the most efficient 

 and economical manner of conducting it, and an estimate of the ex- 

 pense for the ensuing year. 



SEC. 4. For the purpose of carrying into efiect the provisions 



