The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-11
CHAPTER 13.
Geological Survey

CHAPTER 73.
Geological Survey,
AN ACT providing for the completion of the Geologic
al Survey of the State of Iowa.
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted In the General
assembly Of the State Of Io,ra, That for
the purpose of completing the Geological
Survey of the State, Charles A. White. OF
johnson county, is hereby appointed Stat
Geologist, and shall hold his Office for the
term of two years, or until his successor is
appointed.
Sec. 2. The State Geologist shall be au.,
thorized to appoint competent assistant
and also skillful ANALYTICAL and experi-
mental Chemist, who shall report to th.
State Geologist the analysis Of such soils.
rocks, Goals, ores and other mineral sui.
stances, as he may submit to him for thar
purpose. He shall also have power to en-
ploy such further assistance rs he may
deem necessary to prosecute promptly and
efficiently the field work connected with the
survey. All persons employed by him
shall be under his direction. and subject to
removal by him. All the specimens of
materials, fossils, rocks, soils. Goals, ores
or other geological or mineral substances
O. any value or interest to either the prac-
tlcal or amateur geologist, and any draw
lngs or sketches Of the same obtained or
made by said State Geologist. as we'll as
the copyright Of the reports and all books
printed therefrom, shall belong to tho
State, and no specimen copy, draft or part
OF the same shall be given away or sold, Or
permite to be carried away contrary to-
the provisions of this Act And the State
Geologist, or any of his assistants or en-
ployees or any other person who shall VIC
late any provision of this section, shall be
deemed guilty of n misdemeanor.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
State Geologist, and his assistants to carry.
on with as much expedition as practicable
the geological and meteorological survey of
the State, including observations and ex-
amlnatlons OF the soil for agricultural pur-
poses. He may also include in his report
such matters as pertain to physical geogs
raphy and such other matters as properly
and usually pertain to a survey of this
KIND; 1T being expressly required of the
State Geologist and his assistant that these
duties be performed in such mannera as
to give to the people Of the State the great
est amount of practical information in rela-
ton to its resources.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the State
Geologist, on or before the first Monday of
january OF each year, to prepare report
OF SAID survey, and its progress, accompa-
MED by such maps and drawings as may
be necessary to illustrate the same, and
transmit them to the Governor. who shall
lay copy of such reports before the Gen
eral Assembly. That the Geologist shall,
as far as practi cable, use such words in his
reports as are in common use and that he
shall accompany each volume of his re-
ports with glossary. 1t shall also be his
duty to prepare, from time to time during
the progress of the survey, communications
Tor publication in the newspapers Of the
State, provided it shall be done without OK
pense to the State, embodying such infor-
nation in reference to the character and
quality of the soil, deposits of coal, incr-
ais and other valuable substances, as he
may deem of general interest and impor.
tance to the public.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the State
Geologist to cause collections to be made
of rocks, soils, fossils. Goals, ores and other
mineral substances, discovered or examin-
ed, which shall be disposed of as follows.
to-wit: all rare specimens of which dupli-
Gates cannot be found and all specimens
from which descriptions or illustrations
are drawn for publication, shall be depos-
itcd in the Cabinet Of the State University,
A full series of the best of such specimens
as more particularly exempliiy the eco-
nomic geology of the State shall be depos-
tied in the Cabinet of the State Agricultu-
raj College. All other specimens shall te
distributed to the Cabinets of all other Or
ganized institutions of learning in the
State, giving preference to the State Uni
versity, the State Agricultural College, and
the Medical College at keokuk.
Sec. 6. For the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of this Act, the sum of six
thousand five hundred dollars is hereby
appropriated for the term Of two years.
out of such moneys in the treasury as are
not otherwise appropriated. This fund
shall be drawn from time to time for the
purposes Of the survey on requisition.
signed by the State Geologist. and ap-
proved by the Census Board. The salary
of the State Geologist shall be two thous-
and dollars annually, and the salary of his
assistant shall be fixed by the State Geolo-
gist, IN such amounts not exceeding tit-
teen hundred dollars annually, and for
such periods as he may deem proper; but
which shall not exceed the term Of his own
appointments. The rate of pay Of all other
persons employed by the State Geoloaif..
shall be fixed by him but shall not exceed
the usual price paid for the kind oflabor
performed, nor in any case shall it exceed
four dollars per day.
Sec. 7. All Acts and parts of Acts in
contravention of the provisions Of this Act,
are hereby repealed, and all appointments
made under the provisions Of said Acts,
are hereby annulled.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the Iowa State Register, and Iowa
Homestead, newspapers published at Dee
Moines.
Approved March Both, 1866.
hereby certify the foregoing Act was
published in the Iowa State Register,
April lst, 1866, and in the Iowa Home
stead, April I'd, 1860.
JAMES WRIGHT. Sec, 81 State,