694 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OE SCIENCE. 



reports on the regional or county geology including reports of assistant geologist 

 and chemist, each county so described to be accompanied by diagrams, sections 

 and a map on which shall be indicated the location of all important mineral de- 

 posits the existence of which shall have been made known, and as far as practica- 

 ble the extent of forest and prairie, nature and distribution of soils, and such 

 other occurrences as may be deemed of importance for the information they af- 

 ford regarding the economic resources, and industries dependent thereon, and 

 the general aspect of the counties of the State. Said reports shall be placed in 

 the hands of the Governor, who shall bring them to the attention of the Legisla- 

 ture at its earliest session thereafter with recommendation for their speedy publi- 

 cation. 



Sec. 8. On the completion of the field-work of the survey the geologist in 

 charge shall make and cause to be made final reports on the geology of the whole 

 State, including reports of the assistant geologist, chemist and collaborators of the 

 survey, which shall embrace discussions of the physical, geological and mineral" 

 •ogical features of the entire area of the State, and its relations in these respects to 

 contiguous regions; said reports shall be accompanied by charts, diagrams, and 

 ■other necessary illustrations, vertical and profile sections embracing generalized 

 presentations of the stratigraphy and valuable minerals associated with the geolog- 

 ical formations present in various parts of the State, and a large sized map of the 

 State on which shall be indicated by colors, and other appropriate means the ex- 

 tent of surface occupied by the various geological formations occurring within its 

 bounds; in fine, such reports shall present a full digest of the scientific and eco- 

 nomic results attained during the prosecution of the survey, together with such 

 -other relevant matter relating to the more complete exposition of the geological 

 history of the State as may be available. And on the completion of such reports 

 the said geologist shall transmit the same to the Governor who shall cause them 

 to be laid before the Legislature with recommendation for their suitable publica- 

 tion. The said geologist shall have the supervision of the preparation and pub- 

 lishing of all reports emanating from the survey. 



Sec. 9. The salary of the geologist in charge shall $2,000 per annum. The 

 salaries of the assistant geologist and chemist not to exceed $1,200 per annum 

 •each. For the services of specialists, local assistants and other persons tempora- 

 rily employed on the survey the compensation shall not be greater than that ordi- 

 narily paid for similar services. 



Sec. 10. In order practically to carry out the provisions of the foregoing 

 sections of this Act the sum of $10,000 is hereby annually appropriated for the 

 term of two years, out of such monies remaining in the treasury as are not other- 

 wise appropriated. 



This fund shall be drawn as required for the purposes of the survey on req- 

 uisitions signed by the geologist in charge approved by the Governor, and the 

 warrant of the Auditor of State, and the Auditor is authorized to issue his war- 

 rants upon the Treasurer for the sums named in such requisition. 



