Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-01-30
J. A. OGDEN, Phi. D.
ANY METAL DETERMINED.
MR. MARTINS BILL FOR
EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS


Following is copy of the bill intro
duced into congress for the establish
insnt Of Mining Experiment Stations.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, that
there be, and is hereby, established in
each of the States and Territories 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 1t will
subserve and promote the development
of the mineral resources Of the United
States and will tend to carry out ths pur-
poses and objects Of this Act mining
experiment station. The said mining
experiment stations and the supervision,
management and control thereof shall
be under the direction of the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor.
See. 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 salary Of
two thousand dollars per annum. And
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
is hereby authorized to expend a sum
not to exceed FIVE thousand dollars in
the establishing, equipping and main
tanning of each of said experiment sta
tions.
Sec. 8. That 1t shall be the duty Of
such geologst 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 a proper
classification or assay of each sample Of
rock, cement, clay or other mineral
bearing substance, for the purpose Of as
csrtaining the exact amount of gold,
cinnabar, silver, copper, wolfram, tin,
or any other mineral known for its val
ne in the arts and sciences or used in
commercial transactions, and TO furnish
at 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 guam
tity and quality of each and every min
eral found in said rock, cement, clay or
other mineral-bearing substance SO ex-
amined 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
taken, and in addition said chemist and
geologist shall be each Of them authoriz-
cd and empowered to administer such
oath; and the making of any false oath
AZ to the 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 pun
ishment Of perjury.
Sec. 4. That the geologist and chem
ist at each station shall keep an accur.
ate record of each and every in said
rock, cement, clay, or other mineral.
bearing substance, the name ofthe party
depositing the same, with his postofics
address, and also the particular plaes
whore such rock, cement, clay or otheI