The Mississippi Siirz'cy. — Hilgard. 287 
AX ACT 
To authorize the printing of the first annual report of the Agricultural 
Geological survey of the State. 
Sec. I. Be if enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, 
That two thousand copies of the- report of Professor B. C. L. Wailes, 
State Geologist, be printed under his supervision, in quarto form, and in 
such manner, and with such illustrations and plates, as his excellency 
the Governor shall deem appropriate and necessary for its illustration. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That when printed and bound the said 
report be deposited in the ofiice of the Secretary of State, to be by 
him distributed as follows: fifty copies to be deposited in the State 
Library ; twenty-five copies to be deposited in the State University ; one 
copy to each state in the Union ; one copy to be given to each incorpor- 
ated college and academy in the State ; one copy each to the Governor, 
Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Ad- 
jutant General, the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellors. the Judges of the 
High Court of Errors and \ppeals, the /^*«^orney General, the Judge 
and District Attorney of each District, each member of the present 
Senate and House of Representatives, and one hundred copies to the 
said State Geologist, to be by him exchanged for similar reports from 
other states, and to furnish to scientific societies and public libraries. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That one thousand copies of said re- 
port shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, to be sold 
by any agent or agents to be appointed by the Governor, under such 
regulations and for such sum as he may deem proper and advisable, for 
the purpose of reimbursing the State for publishing the same, and the 
balance to be di.stributed among the several counties of the State, in 
proportion to their representation in the Legislature, to be furnished to 
the people thereof, in such manner as the Boards of Police of the several 
counties maj' direct. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That previous to the printing of said 
report, it shall be revised and completed by the said State Geologis*: ; 
and the portion of it which treats of Zoology, as far as prepared, shall 
be omitted, and in lieu thereof, a catalogue of the fauna of the State, as 
far as ascertained, shall be substituted. 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That for the farther and more efficient 
prosecution of the surVey, analyses of the marls, soils, mineral waters, 
and the chief agricultural productions of the State, shall be made at the 
University of Mississippi, as the Trustees may designate; and the State 
Geologist may, from time to time, furnish such soils, marls and waters 
as may be required for analysis, and shall receive in return from the 
chemist full and precise reports of all analyses which may be made; 
and specimens of soils and marls shall be preserved in convenient glass 
bottles in the State Cabinet and in the Cabinet of the State University, 
properly labeled with the chemical character of the substance and the 
locality from which the same was obtained. 
