Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE
GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SUR
VEY. AND To MAKE PROVISION
FOR THE PREPARATION AND PUB
LEGATION or REPORTS AND MAPS
To ILLUSTRATE THE NATURAL
RESOURCES OF THE STATE. To-
GETHER WITH THE NECESSARY
INVESTIGATIONS PREPARATORY
THERETO.
Section I. Be Il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland That there is
hereby established a State Geological and
Economic Survey, which shall be under
the direction of commission composed
Of the Governor. the Comptroller the
president OF the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity and the president Of the Maryland
without compensation, but shall be reim-
bursed for actual expenses Incurred in
the performance Of their official duties.
and the said commissioners shall have
general charge Of the survey and shall
appoint IS superintendent o. the same a
geoi0gist Of established reputation, and
upon his nominatlon such assistants and
employees as they may deem necessary;
and they shall also determine the com
pensation of all persons employed by the
survey and may remove them at pleasure.
Section ? And be Il enacted, That the
survey shall have for its objects.
~ An examination Of the geological
formations Of the state with especial ref
erenee to their economic products, viz:
building stones, clays, ores and other
mineral substances.
t2.l An examination and classification
Of tile soils and a study Of their adapta-
bility to particular crops.
90 An examination of the physical
features Of the state with reference to
their practical bearing upon the occupa-
tons of the people.
a. The preparation Of special geo.
logical and economic maps to illsutrate
the resources Of the state.
81 The preparation OF special reports,
with necessary, Illustrations and maps.
which shall embrace both a general and
detailed description Of the geology and
natural resources Of the state.
o. The consideration Of such other
scientific anc economic questions as, in
the judgment OF the commissioners, shall
be deemed Of value TO the people Of the
state
Section ) And be 1t enacted. That the
commissioners shall cause to be prepared
report to the legislature, before each
meeting Of the same, showing the prog
ress and condition Of the survey, together
with such other Information as they may
deem necessary and useful, or as the legis-
iature may require.
Section 4. And be It enacted, That the
regular and special reports of the survey,
with proper Illustrations and maps, shall
be printed as the commissioners may di-
rect, and that the reports shall be distrlo-
uted or sold by the said commissioners,
as the interest Of the state and Of science
demands, and all moneys obtained by the
sale of the reports shall be paid into the
state treasury.
Section .. And be It enacted That all
material collected, after having served
the purposes OF the survey. shall be dis
tributed by the commissioners to the edu-
catioual Institutions in such manner as
TO be Of the greatest advantage to the edu-
cational interests OF the state, or, II deem
ed advisable. the whole or part of such
material shall be put on permanent ex-
hibition.
Section G. And be It enacted, That the
sum of ten thousand dollars annually, OF
SO much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated out of any funds of
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
for the purpose OF carrying out the pro-
visions Of this Act
Section Z. And be It further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect from the
date of Its passage.
Approved March 18th, 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President Of the Senate
SYDNEY r. MUDD,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing
is a correct copy OF an Act of the General
Assembly Of Maryland, passed January
Session. 1896.
J. ROGER McsHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate
NJ NJ HIGGINS,
Chief Clerk OF the House OF Delegates.