20 REPORT 
Section 5.. This act shall take effect from and after its passage: 
W. S. McKINNON, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
F. B. ARCHER, 
Passed May 12, 1902. President of the Senate. 
Under the terms of this act, a number of things have been accom- 
plished which remedy, in large part, the weak points of the earlier systems. 
(a) It provides for a minimum issue, for bulletins of small general 
interest, and an elastic system for increasing the issue, where bulletins. 
promise to be of wide general interest. ; 
(b) It provides for an adequate system of exchanges by which the 
credit of the state may be maintained among other states and countries. 
which publish similar literature. : 
(c) It prevents the immediate distribution of all the copies of any 
report, and thus safeguards the needs of the future. 
(d) In the case of large issues, it enables any one interested to: 
secure a copy of any bulletin on payment of a small sum. 
(e) It insures that the bulk of each issue reaches only interested per- 
sons, as copies can only be obtained by application and generally by pay- 
ment. It is estimated that only a small part of the issues ot the early 
reports ever reached appreciative hands. ; 
(f£) It provides for the publication at any time of any report which 
may be ready, thus making the work up-to-date and effective, instead of 
requiring all articles to wait until a sufficient number are ready to collect- 
ively make a volume. 
(g) It is a step toward making the work self-supporting. 
In short, this law is doing much to place the work of the survey 
upon a much more effective, useful and creditable basis than ever before, 
and on a parity with that of other states. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE PRESENT SERIES OF REPORTS. 
The following list of bulletins has been issued, or is in process of 
preparation. Under the law copies of these bulletins can be bought at 
the office of the State Geologist, at the cost of publication. Postal orders, 
money orders, express orders, checks, drafts or SEMneney, must accom- 
pany orders. Stamps will not be aecatned 
FOURTH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1899— 
| | | | | 
Date of | Number | Number | Geologist in 
Title of Volume. | of of Copies | Price. 
| Issue. | Pages. | Printed. Charge. 
| | 
| | | 
Bulletin 1. Oil and Gas..| 1903 | 320 8,000 | $0 65 | Edward Orton, Jr 
Bulletin 2. Uses of Ce- | | 
| 260 6,000 — 0 380 | Edward Orton, Jr 
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