FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FLORIDA 
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
By E. H. Sellards, State Geologist. 
The State Geological Survey was authorized by the 
General Assembly of 1907. The act establishing the Sur¬ 
vey reads as follows: 
AN ACT establishing a Geological Survey for the State of Florida, 
to provide for the appointment of a State Geologist, to define his 
duties, and to provide for the maintainance of the survey. 
Be it Enacted t>y the Legislature of the State of Florida'. 
Section 1. That the Governor of the State shall appoint a suit¬ 
able person to conduct a geological survey of the State; such per¬ 
son shall be known as the State Geologist, and shall have his 
office at the Capitol. 
Section 2. The State Geologist shall appoint subject to the 
approval of the Governor such assistance as 1 he may find necessary 
to enable him to successfully, and with reasonable dispatch, ac¬ 
complish the object of the survey, and such assistance shall be 
entirely under the control of the State Geologist. 
Section. 3. The State Geologist shall make jto the Governor 
annually a report of the progress of his surveys and explorations 
of the minerals, water supply and other natural resources of the 
State, and he shall include in such report full description of such 
surveys and explorations, occurrence and location of mineral and 
other deposits of value, surface and subterranean water supply 
and power and mineral waters, and the best and most economical 
methods of development, together with analysis of soils, minerals 
and mineral waters, with maps, charts and drawings of the same; 
and it shall be the duty of the State Geologist and his assistants, 
when they discover any mineral deposits, or other substance of 
value, to notify the owner of the land upon which such deposits 
occur. Failure of the said Geologist to notify the owner of such 
deposit before disclosing to any other person or persons, shall sub¬ 
ject said Geologist to a fine of one thousand dollars and six 
months’ imprisonment. 
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the State Geologist to make 
collections of specimens illustrating the geological and mineral 
features of the State; one suit of which shall be deposited in the 
office of the State Geologist, at Tallahassee, and duplicate suits in 
