592 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



GLOLOGY. 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURL 



In the Legislatures of both of the above named States bills have been intro- 

 duced providing for geological surveys of the respective States. We give the 

 fall text of that for Kansas, sent us by Mr. Geo. S. Chase, Chairman of the Com- 

 mittee appointed by the Kansas Academy of Science to attend to the matter : 



Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kajisas : 



Section i. That the Governor, Attorney-General, and President of the 

 Kansas Academy of Science are hereby consHtuted a Board of Commissioners 

 who are authorized and required, as early as may be, after the passage of this 

 Act to appoint and commission a competent geologist for the purpose of organiz- 

 ing and prosecuting a geological survey of the State. 



Sec. 2. Said geologist shall be authorized to appoint and associate with him 

 a competent assistant geologist and palseontologist and an experienced analytical 

 and experimental chemist and mineralogist, and such other collaborators and as. 

 sistants as the best interests of the work may from time to time demand, provid- 

 ed the compensation for such assistance does not exceed the sum hereinafter ap- 

 propriated for the maintenance of the survey ; the appointment, direction and 

 dismissal of assistants connected with the survey to rest in the hands of the geo- 

 logist in charge. 



Sec. 3. The objects and methods of the survey are the acquisition of a 

 cemprehensive and detail knowledge of the geological structure and mineral re- 

 sources of the territory embraced within the limits of the State. This shall in- 

 clude besides a careful study of the superficial reliefs of the State from such data 

 as is or may be accessible, a thorough investigation of the stratigraphy of the va- 

 rious geological formations occurring within its bounds with the view of ascer- 

 taining their constitution, magnitude, and distribution, and the character, extent 

 and value of the mineral or other products of economic importance occurring in 

 connection with such formations. In view of the necessities for the realizations 

 of the largest scientific and practical results in the prosecution of these investiga- 

 tions the work of the geological survey shall be proceeded with systematically, 

 and with as great energy and despatch as may be consistent with its efficient exe- 

 cution. For this purpose the State shall be divided into at least three divisions, 

 which shall correspond with the three principal hydrographic basins occurring 

 within its limits, viz: The Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas drainage systems. 

 These systems to receive a careful preliminary examination in order to determine 



