12 INTRODUCTION. 



whole to be bound in two royal octavo volumes ; Provided, further, that the said 

 tState Printer shall in consideration of the copyright of the report, stereotype 

 the work, and retain the plates and the engraved stones and electrotypes, and 

 supply the State on future orders at five dollars per copy. 



Sec. 2. The State Geologist shall superintend the publication of said report, 

 and be allowed a reasonable compensation therefor, to be fixed by the Census 

 Board, and paid out of the fund heretofore appropriated for the prosecution of 

 the geological survey, and remaining unexpended. 



Sec. 3. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section one of 

 this act, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury, 

 not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, or so much 

 thereof as may be necessary. 



Sec 4. That the report, when printed and bound, shall be disposed of as 

 follows, to- wit: Two copies to every member of the Thirteenth General 

 Assembly, every officer of State, and each Judge of the Supreme Court ; one 

 copy to each person who was a member of the Eleventh and Twelfth General 

 Assembk'es[y] ; to each officer of the Senate and House, and each regular reporter 

 of the Thirteenth General Assembly ; to the office of each county auditor in the 

 State ; to each incorporated college and scientific institution in the State ; to each 

 Orphans' Home and Reform School; and to each person who has furnished 

 gratuitous material for publication in the report ; twenty-five copies to the State 

 University, the State Agricultural College, the State Geologist, and the State 

 Library ; five copies to the Assistant and Chemist of the Survey ; two copies each 

 to the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, and Blind, and both Hospitals for the 

 Insane ; one hundred copies to be placed in the hands of the Governor and State 

 Geologist for distribution to scientific men and learned societies and colleges 

 beyond the limits of the State ; the remaining copies to be placed in the hands of 

 the Secretary of State, and disposed of as the Census Board may direct. 



Sec 5. That all acts or parts of acts in contravention of the provisions of 

 this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sec 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication 

 in the Daily Iowa State Register, and the Daily Evening Statesman, newspapers 

 published at Des Moines, Iowa. 



Approved, April 13, 1870. 



SAMUEL MERRILL, Governor. 



2. POPULAB EXPLANATION. 



Although much 'remains to be done before the geology of 

 Iowa is fully understood in all its details, yet the labors of 

 the survey thus far have resulted in the accumulation of suffi- 

 cient material to illustrate the general geology of the whole 

 State in an intelligible manner. 



