Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-04-09
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BILL


The following is the bill as it was
originally drawn, and as was 1t passed
by both Houses:
A BILL, By 1IR. LEE, FROM A SELECT COM
AIITTEE, PROVIDING FOR A GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY OF OHIO.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted -by tie GeneT-
al assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
the Governor is hereby required to APP
point, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, q Chief GeOlogist,
who shall be a person of known in
tegrity, and competent, practical, and
scientific knowledge of the sciences of
geology and mineralogy and upon
Consultation with said Chief Geologist
and the like concurrence of the Senate,
the Governor shall appoint one or more
suitable assistants, not exceeding three
in number, one of whom shall be g
skillful analytical and agricultural
chemist, the said Chief Geologist and
assistants to constitute a geological
corps, whose duty it shah be to make q
complete and thorough geological, ag
ricultural and mineralogical survey of
each and every county in the State.
SEC. 2. The said survey shall have
for it's objects:
1st. An examination of the geological
structure of the State, including the
dip, magnitude, number, order and
relative position of the several strata,
their richness in Goals, clays, ores,
mineral waters and manures, building
stone and other useful materials, the
value of such materials for economic
purposes, and their accessibility for
mining or manufacture. 3
I'd. An accurate chemical analysis
and classification of the various soils
of the State, with the view of discover
| ing the best means of preserving and
| improving their fertility, and of point
! ing out the most beneficial and pro4ita-
BILE modes of cultivation. Also a care
full analysis of the different ores, rocks,
peats, marls, cIays, salines and all
mineral waters within the State.
Sd. To ascertain by meteorological
| observations the local causes which
produce variations of climate in the
different sections of the.State. Also to
| determine by strict barometrical OBJ
| servations the relative elevation and
depression-Of the differeIst parts of-the
State.
SEs- 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
| said Chief CteoIogist in the progress of
the examinations hereby directed, to
collect such specimens of rocks, ores,
soils, fossils, organic remains and
mineral compounds as will exemplify
the geology, n1ineralOgy and agrOnomy
/ of the State, and he shall deposit said
specimens, accurately labeled and clas-
| sifed, in a room provided by the State
Board of Agriculture, to be carefully
preserved under the supervision OF
said board.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the
Chief GeOlOgist, on or before the first
| Monday in January of each year, dur
ing the time occupied in said survey,
to make a report to the Governor OF
the results and progress of the survey,
1 accompanied by such maps, pro6les
and drawings as may be necessary to
exemplify the same, which reports the
/ CInv eHn al lar hpfO he
Assembly.
SEC, 5. When the said survey shall
be fully completed, the Chief Geologist
shall make to the Governor final re-
port, including the results of the en-
tire survey, accompanied by such
drawings and Typographical maps as
may be necessary to illustrate the
! same, and by single geological MAJ
showing by cOlorS and other apprO
; pirate means the stratifcation OF thu
} rocks, the character of the soil, the 10
calities of the beds of mineral deposits
, and the character and extent of the
different geological formations.
+ SEC. 6. The annual appropriation
, which NAV be made by the Genera
Assembly for carrying out the provis
: ions of this act, shall be expended un
der the direction of the Governor upol
? approved by the Governor, and tn
t warrant of the Auditor of State, a
=
For salary of Chief Geologist, thre
1 thousand dollars.
= For salaries of assistants, not NOR
+ than eighteen hundred dollars each.
y For chemicals, five hundred dollars
: For contingent expenses of the SUI
e vey, including actual travelling expens
i; es of the geological corps and hire c
d local assistants, five thousand dollars
e SEC. z. No money shall be paid fo
the purposes of said survey until tn
: Chief Geo1ogist and his assistants sha
: have entered upon the discharge {
q their duties as prescribed by this ac
q SEC. 8. The survey shall be con
d menced by the first of June next, {
y as soon thereafter as practicable, an
K shall be completed within three yea
from and after the time of its con
4 mencement.
N SEC. 8. This act shall take effect an
d be in force from and after its passag
u u THE NEXT CENSUS.