APPENDIX III. 



An Act to provide for completing the Geologi- 

 cal Survey of the State. 



SECTION 



1. The governor to appoint Professor 

 Zadock Thompson, State Natural- 

 ist to be subject to his orders and re- 

 movable at discretion. 



2. Duties of State Naturalist. 



3. When facts, &c. are collected suf- 

 ficient to make a volume of five hun- 

 dred pages octavo, State Naturalist 

 to make report to Secretary of State, 

 with estimate of cost of publication. 

 Secretary of State to issue circulars 

 to the several town clerks, specifying 

 number, &c. of engravings, and also 

 to publishers of newspapers. Town 

 clerks to receive and return subscrip- 

 tions within forty days. 



4. Sec'y of State to issue proposals for 



SECTION 



time and place to examine, and accept 

 the lowest responsible bid. Secretary 

 to take a bond from the person whose 

 proposal is accepted, in double the 

 cost of the work. Secretary to distri- 

 bute the work to the constables of the 

 several towns, who shall collect the 

 cost and pay the same into the state 

 treasury. 



5. Volumes under the second and third 

 titles to be published agreeably to 

 sections three and four. 



6. One thousand dollars appropriated 

 annually, for three years, and until 

 otherwise ordered. 



7. Auditors of accounts to receive and 

 allow all accounts, equal to, but not 

 exceeding the annual appropriation. 



printing said work, and that specified 



It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 

 Vermont, as follows : 



SEC. 1. The Governor is hereby ^directed and authorized to 

 appoint Professor Zadock Thompson, State Naturalist ; who shall 

 be subject to the orders of the Governor, for the time being, and 

 removable in his discretion. 



SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the State Naturalist to enter, 

 as soon as practicable, upon a thorough prosecution and comple- 

 tion of the Geological Survey of the State, embracing therein a 



