Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03
MIR. MARTINS BILL FOR
EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS

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| EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled, That there be, and is hereby, es-
tablished in each of the states and ter
ritories which are known to contain
natural deposits of the precious metals
in commercial quantities, when in the
judgment of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor it will subserve and promote
the development of the mineral resources
of the United States and will tend to
carry out the purposes and objects of
this act, mining experiment station.
The said mining experimental stations
and the supervision, management, and
control thereof shall be under the dir
ection of the Secretary ofCommerce and
Labor.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor be, and is hereby au-
thorized and directed to appoint at each
mining experiment station created by
the provisions of this act one expert
geologist, at salary of three thousand
dollars per annum; also one competent
and experienced chemist at a salary of
two thousand dollars per annum. And
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
is hereby authorized to expend sum
of not to exceed FIVE thousand dollars
in establishing, equipping and main
tanning each of the said experimental
stations.
Sec 3. That it shall be the duty of
such geologist and chemist appointed
under this Act to receive for assay or
analysis all rock, cement, clay or other
mineral bearing substance that may be
deposited with them by any citizen of
the United States and make proper clss-
sification or assay of each sample of
rock, cement or clay or other mineral
bearing substance for the purpose of as
certaining the exact amount of gold,
cinnabar, silver, copper, wolfram, tin or
any other mineral known for it's value
in the arts and sciences or used in COM
mercial transactions, and to furnish, at
q nominal charge to be regulated by the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor to
each depositor of rock, cement, clay, or
other mineral bearing substance, a full
assay or analysis, showing the quantity
and quality of each and every mineral
found in said rock, cement, clay or other
mineral. bearing substance so examined
by them.
That the person depositing such sam
pie as aforesaid shall, at the time of
making such deposit make oath before
any person authorized by law to admin
lister oaths stating the place from which
such sample was taken and by whom ta-
ken, and in addition said chemist and
geologist shall be each of them author
lied and empowered to administer such
oath; and the making of any false oaths
as to facts set forth in said affidavit shall
constitute perjury and be punished as
crime Of perjury is punished under the
laws of the state regulating the punish
ment of perjury.
Sec. 4. That the said geologist and
chemist at each station shall keep an ac-
curate record of each and every mineral
found in said rock, cement, or clay, or
any other mineral bearing substance,
the name of the party depositing the
same, with his postoffice address, and
also the particular place where such
rock, cement, clay, or other mineral
bearing substance was found and they
shall keep this information secret from
all persons except the depositor for
period of fifteen days after the delivery
to such depositor of the assay or analysis
of rock, cement, clay, or other mineral
bearing substance SO deposited by them.
Each office shall have public bulletin
board at their Office, on which shall be
posted at the end of the fifteen days
hereinbefore mentioned, full descrip-
tion of their assay or analysis of the
rock, cement, clay, or other mineral
bearing substance hereinbefore mention
ed, and the name of depositors of each
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eral-bearing substance and the location
in which it was found.
Sec. 5. That at the end of each calen-
dar month each geologist and chemist
shall send full report to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor to be used
for the benefit of the public.
See. 6. That the said geologist when
not necessarily engaged in his Office du.
ties as herein provided shall personally
explore and carefully examine the min
eral regions within his jurisdiction and
especially at points of new and recent
discovery, and make full and careful re-
port of Commerce and Labor, and he
shall in such manner as may be requir-
ed be allowed his actual and necessary
expenses while engaged.
Sec.7. That this act shall take effect
from and after its passage.