Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-11-22
AN ACT to provide for geological survey
of the State.

AN ACT TO provide Tor geological survel
n of the State.
II is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State of Vermont, as follows
/ 81. The Governor is hereby authorized
and directed to appoint State Geologist
who shall have a competent knowledge o.
scientific and practical geology and miner
alogy, and shall be subject to the orders o
the Governor for the time being, and remoy.
able at his pleasure.
81 The state geologist, with the appro-
baton of the Governor, SHALL from time to
time, appoint all proper and necessary as
sistants, fix their compensations direct them
in their labors, and remove them and APP
point others whenever it shall be found ne
cessary or expedent.
So. 1t shall be the duty of the state geol-
ogist as soon as practicable, TO commence
and prosecute a thorough geological and
meteorological survey OF the state, embracing
therein full and scientific examination and
description Of its rocks, soils, metals, and
minerals make careful and complete as
says and analyses of the same, and annually,
on or before the first day of October, to re-
port to the Governor the progress of the
work, the most efficient and economical
manner of conducting il, and an estimate Of
the expense for the ensuing year.
a. For the purpose of carrying into ef-
feet the provisions of this act, the sum of
two thousand dollars annually, for the term
of three years, is hereby appropriated
S.. All claims under the provisions of
this act shall be presented TO the auditor of
accounts for allowance, who shall draw or
ders on the treasurer of the state for the
amount he shall find due, equal to, but not
exceeding in any year, the annual appropri-
alton. Approved Oct. 2S, 1914.
An Act for the relief of the Insane Poor.
Ii is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont, as follows 4
81. A sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars may be drawn from the treasury of
he State, in the month of August annually,
~ the trustees Of the Vermont Asylum for
he Insane, and they shall apply the same TO
he payment of the expenses of the insane
,oor of the several towns in the State, al .
aid Asylum
g. Each town shall share in the appro- I
'rlation made in section one, in proportion {
D the number OF its insane poor in the Asy- I
am, the expense Of Transporting them, al the A,
ate OF eight cents per mile on the nearest s
racticable route from their respective places {
I residence TO the Asylum, and the length
{ time they shall have been there, al the :
ate of one dollar and fifty cents per week, '
uring the year next preceding the first day S
August annually.
50. The Trustees shall annually, ON or C
efore the tenth day of September, report e
detail their doings under the proyis- c
ms of this act, to the auditor of accounts, Q
no shall incorporate the same into his an n
nal report Il
"a. If in any year the expense of sup g
'rtlng the insane poor of the State, at said
sylum, at the rate per week above stated, i,
cludlng the expense of transportation as e
oresaid, shall be less than three thousand Il
'llars, the Trustees shall not, for such year, Il
entitled TO greater sum than the aggre- 81
tie amount of such expense. o
90 The several towns and other corpora Il
Ons in the state, chargeable with the sup Al
'rt of the poor, may, at their annual March Il
ceilings, make and alter such regulations if
they may deem expedent for the purpose
securing the benefit of the provisions Of "
is act; which regulations may embrace p
1t only town paupers, but other persons n
'stitule of property and entirely dependent p
ION relatives, not bound by law to support ell
EN-. HI
90. "An act for the relief Of the insane
'or," approved November 3, lS4I, and an So
t in addition thereto, approved November
1912. are repealed
Approved Oct 20 IS44