The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-07-12

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Geological survey. 3
An sct providing for the comp1stion Of
the Geological Survey of the State Of
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Section l. Be It enacted BY the Gener-
al Assembly Of the State Of Iowa, That
for the purpose Of completing the Geo
logical Survey Of the State, Charles A.
White, Of johnson county, II hereby ap-
pointed State Geologist, and shall hold
his Office for the term Of two years, or
until his successor 10 appointed.
s2 The State Geologist IL hereby au-
thorized to appoint = competent assist
ant and also . skillfull analytical and
experimental Chemist, who shall report
to the State Geologist the analysis Of
such soils, rocks, Goals, oars and other
mineral substances, a. he may submit to
him for that purpose. He shall also
have power to employ such further as
sistance a. he may deem necessary to
prosecute promptly and efficiently the
field work connected with the Survey.
All persons employed by him shall be
under hisdirection, and subject to remov-
al by him. All specimens Of minerals,
fossils, rocks, soils, Goals, ores or other
geological or mineral substances Of any
value or interest to either the practical
or amatuer geologist, and any drawing
or sketches Of the same obtained or made
by the State Geoiogist, - well - the
copy-wright of the reports and 1ll books
printed therefrom, shall belong to the
State, and no specimen copy, draft or
part Of the same shall be given away or
sold, or permitted to be carried away
contrary to the provisions Of this act.
And the State Geologist, or any Of his
assistants or employees or any other
person who shall violate any provision
of this section, shall be deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor. z
s3 1t shall be the duty ofthe State Ge-
ologist, and his assistants to carry on
with as much expedition as practicable
the geological and mineralogical survey
of the State, including observations and
examinations of the soil for agricultural
purposes. He may also include in his
report such matters Is properly and usu-
ally pertain to physical geography and
such other matters as properly and usu-
ally pertain to . survey Of this kind; It
being expressly required 0fthe State Ge-
Ologist and his assistant that these duties
be performed in such . manner as to
give to the people Of the State the great
est amount Of practical information in
relation to it's resources.
: 1t shall be the duty of the State Geol-
ogist, on or before the first Monday Of
January Of each year, to prepare . report
Of said survey, and its progress, accom-
panaied 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 be-
fore the General Assembly. That the
Geologist shall as far as practicable, use
such words in his reports as are in COM
mon use and that he shall accompany
each volume of his reports with glossa-
ry. Itshall also be his duty to prepare,
from time to time during the progress
of the survey, communications for pub
lication in the NEWSPAPERS of the State,
provided it shall be done without ex-
pense to the State, embodying such infor-
nation in reference to the character and
quality of the soil, deposits of coal, min
erals and other valuable substances, as he
may deem of general interest and i'm
portance to the public.
as 1t shall be the duty of the State
Geologist to cause collection to be
made of rocks, soils, fossils, Goals, ores
and other mineral substances, discover
ed or examined, which shall be disposed
ofas follows, to-wit: all rare specimens
from which duplicates cannot be found
ana all specimens from which deScrlp-
ton or illustrations are drawn for pub
lication, shall be deposited in the Cabi-
net Of the State University. A
full series Of the best of such speci-
mems as more particularly exemplify the
economic geology of the State shall be
deposited in the Cabinet Of the State Ag-
ricultural College. All other specimens
shall be distributed to the Cabinets Of all
other organized institutions Of learning
In the State, giving preference to the
State University, State Agricultural
Collere, and the Medical College at Keo-
kuk.
s6. For the purpossSf carrying out
the provisions Of this act, the sum ofsix