SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said geologist to procure and preserve a full and entire suit of the different specimens found in the State, and cause them to be delivered to the secretary of state, who shall cause them to be properly arranged in a cabinet, and deposited in some apartment in or convenient to the capitol. Said suit shall be sufficiently large to furnish specimens to all institutions of learning within the State, empowered to confer degrees in the arts and sciences. SEC. 5. The final reports of said geologist shall embody the results of the entire survey, and shall be accompanied by a geological map of the State, showing, by different colors and other marks and characters, the precise localities and extent of the different geological formations.

SEC. 6. For the purpose of carrying out and completing the said survey, the sum of not exceeding three thousand dollars is hereby placed at the disposal of the governor, to be applied to the payment of the said geologist, and such assistants as he may employ, by and with the consent of the governor, auditor and treasurer, and to defray the incidental expenses of the survey; which annual appropriation shall continue until the completion of said survey, or until its discontinuance be ordered by the legislature of this State.

SEC. 7. No money shall be paid to said geologist, or for the purpose of said survey, until the work shall be commenced.

SEC. 8. The said survey shall, if practicable, be commenced at the southern part of the State, and be proceeded with northerly. (Repealed February 28, 1867, Laws 1867, p. 10. P. 21.)

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

FIRST AMENDATORY ACT, 1853.

LAWS 1853, P. 237.

FEBRUARY 12, 1853.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for a geological and mineralogical survey of the State of Illinois." (Passed February 17, 1851.)

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of five thousand dollars be and the same is hereby annually appropriated for the purpose of carrying out and completing the geological and mineralogical survey of the State of Illinois; and also the further sum of five hundred dollars per annum, for the purpose of furnishing accurate topographical maps of the several counties in the State, to be made out under the direction and superintendence of the State geologist. The said sums of money are hereby placed at the disposal of the governor, to be applied by him to the uses and purposes specified in this act, and the act to which this is an amendment.

This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

SECOND AMENDATORY ACT, 1873.

LAWS 1873, P. 98.

LAWS 1873-74, P. 106.

APRIL 29, 1873.

APRIL 29, 1873.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for a geological and mineralogical survey of the State of Illinois," approved February 17, 1851.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc. That, section 4 of "An act for a geological and mineralogical survey of the State of Illinois," approved February 17, 1851, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of said geologist to procure and preserve a full and entire suit of the different specimens found in the State, and cause them to be delivered to the secretary of state, who shall cause them to be properly

arranged in a cabinet, and deposited in some apartment in or convenient to the capitol. Said suit shall be sufficiently large to furnish specimens to all institutions of learning within the State which are empowered to confer degrees in the arts or sciences, to the State normal schools, to the Industrial University at Champaign, and to all chartered institutions of science located in this State which publish their proceedings, and which keep up a regular system of exchanges with other like institutions.

GEOLOGIST-APPROPRIATIONS—REPORT (VOL. 3)—REPEALING

ACT.

LAWS 1867, P. 10.

FEBRUARY 28, 1837.

AN ACT to increase the efficiency of the geological and mineralogical survey of the State.

SECTION 1. (Salary of State geologist $3,000 and necessary traveling expenses.) SEC. 2. (Additional appropriation of $10,000 per annum to be expended under direction of State geologist.)

SEC. 3. (Appropriation of $5,000 for the publishing of third volume of reports.) SEC. 4. That section eight (8) of the act approved February, 1851, providing for a geological and mineralogical survey of the State, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROPRIATION-REPORT (VOL. 4).

LAWS 1869, P. 47.

MARCH 11, 1869.

AN ACT providing for the publication of the fourth volume of the report of the State geologist, and fixing his salary for the next two years.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the publication of 3,000 copies of the fourth volume of the report of the State geologist is hereby authorized, and the sum of $7,500 is hereby appropriated to defray the cost of engraving the necessary plates, maps, diagrams, and drawings; and, also, the further sum of $1,500, to complete the necessary drawings for the fifth volume of said report;

SEC. 3. (Salary of State geologist to be $3,000 per annum for two years.) SEC. 4. (Distribution of reports.)

SEC. 5. This act shall be a public act, and take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROPRIATION-REPORT (VOL. 5).

LAWS 1871-72, P. 166.

APRIL 3, 1872.

AN ACT providing for the Publication and Distribution of the Fifth Volume of the Report of the State geologist, and to fix the amount of his Salary until the Publication of the Sixth and Final Volume of said Report.

SECTION 1. ($6,500 appropriated for publication of 3,000 copies of geologist's report.)

SEC. 2. (Providing for paper, printing, binding, etc.)

SEC. 3. (Providing for distribution by the secretary of state.)

SEC. 4. There shall be paid the State geologist the sum of $2,000, as in full for his services and all expenses in superintending the publication of the said fifth volume, and finishing the sixth volume for publication, to be paid quarterly out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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APPROPRIATION-REPORT (VOL. 6).

LAWS 1873, P. 14.
LAWS 1873-4, P. 17.

APRIL 23, 1873.
APRIL 23, 1873.

AN ACT providing for the publication and distribution of the sixth volume of the report of the State geologist, to fix the amount of his salary, and provide for moving the State collection of geological specimens into the new State House.

SECTION 1. (Appropriation of $7,500 for publication of sixth volume of State geologist's report.)

SEC. 2. (Providing for paper, printing, binding, etc.)

SEC. 3. (Authorizing secretary of state to distribute reports.)

SEC. 4. The state geologist is hereby required to move the state collection of geological specimens, now in the basement of the post-office building in this city, into the room prepared for its reception in the new state house, and the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to defray the expense of removal.

SEC. 5. The salary of the State geologist shall be $2,500 per annum, for two years from and after the first day of July, A. D. 1873, and his necessary office and traveling expenses, not to exceed $600 per annum; and he shall be allowed the further sum of $500 per annum, from said date, to defray the salary of an assistant, who shall be paid at that rate only for the time actually employedall of which sums shall be payable quarterly; and he shall be allowed the further sum of $1,500 for drawings for the sixth and final volume of his report; all of which sums are hereby appropriated.

LAWS 1873-74, P. 18.

APPROPRIATION—A. PAINE.

MARCH 26, 1874.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the payment of the claim of A. Paine, for binding the first and second volumes of the report of the Geological Survey of Illinois.

SECTION 1. (Providing for the appropriation of $7,636.18 to pay the claim of A. Paine for binding the first and second volumes of the report of the geological survey of the State.)

APPROPRIATION-REPORT (VOL. 7).

LAWS 1881, P. 17.

MAY 26, 1881.

AN ACT to provide for the preparation and publication of the Illinois Geological Reports. WHEREAS, the mineral resources of this State are of great value and importance, and their full development is deemed a matter of paramount interest to its future prosperity, and to this end it is necessary to collect and prepare for publication in some permanent form all such facts and information as can be obtained, from year to year, by personal examination of important localities by a competent geologist, and from experiments made by private parties with a drill, and by shafts for coal and other mineral products; and WHEREAS, there is a great and increasing demand for the volumes of the geological reports already published; and

WHEREAS, the economical portion of said reports, relating especially to the mining and agricultural interests of this State, can be reproduced in three (3) royal octavo volumes of about five hundred and fifty (550) pages each, at a

cost not exceeding seventy-five (75) cents per copy for each volume; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the curator of (the) State historical library and natural history museum, who is also required to perform such duties as may by law be required of the State geologist, shall, during the ensuing two years, collect and prepare for publication in a style conformable with the volumes of the geological survey already published, a volume with such maps, sections and plates as he may deem necessary to properly illustrate the same; this volume to be Vol. 7 of the geological survey of Illinois. Five thonsand (5000) copies of said seventh volume, together with three thousand (3000) copies of each of the three (3) volumes comprising the economical portion of the six (6) volumes already published, to be printed by State authority under the law authorizing State printing and binding.

SEC. 2. (Distribution provided for.)

SEC. 3. Providing for appropriation of $5,000 for salaries, etc., also $5,000 for printing, binding, etc.

SEC. 4. Auditor of public accounts is authorized to draw his warrant for such amounts.

APPROPRIATION-REPORT (VOL. 8).

LAWS 1885. P. 30.

JUNE 27, 1885.

AN ACT to provide for the preparation and publication of volume 8, of the Geological Survey of Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the curator of the State historical library and natural history museum, who is required to perform such duties as may by law be required of the State geologist, shall, during the ensuing two years, collect and prepare for publication, in a style conformable with the volumes of the geological survey already published, a volume with such maps, sections and plates as he may deem necessary to properly illustrate the same; this volume to be entitled " Volume 8, of the Geological Survey of Illinois; five thousand copies of said volume to be printed and bound by State authority, under the law authorizing State printing and binding, the paper for the same to be furnished by the secretary of state, under the contract for printing paper and stationery, and the printing to be done in style of type and press work conformable with that of the preceding volumes, and acceptable to the said director.

SEC. 2. (Distribution,)

SEC. 3. For carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be required to prepare the said volume for publication, to pay the salaries of such assistants as may be required, for traveling and incidental expenses, and for drawing, engraving and printing such plates and sections as may be required to properly illustrate the volume.

SEC. 4. The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the State treasurer for the sum above named, on vouchers duly certified by the director of the work, and approved by the governor; and the State treasurer shall pay said amount out of the funds hereby appropriated.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN UNIVERSITY.

REPEALED. SEE PAGE 439.

LAWS 1905, P. 30.

MAY 12, 1905.

AN ACT to establish and create, at the University of Illinois, the bureau to be known as a State Geological Survey, defining its duties and providing for the preparation and publication of its reports and maps to illustrate the natural resources of the State, and making appropriation therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That there be and is hereby created and established at the University of Illinois a bureau, to be known as a State Geological Survey, which shall be under the direction of a commission, to be known as the State Geological Commission, composed of the governor (who shall be ex-officio chairman of the commission), the president of the University of Illinois and one other competent person to be appointed by the Governor, who shall hold office for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

SEC. 2. The said commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties; and said commissioners shall have general charge of such bureau, and shall appoint a director, who may, with the approval of the board, appoint such assistants and employés as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. The director appointed under the provisions of this act, and the assistants and employés appointed by him, as hereinbefore provided, shall receive such salaries or compensation as may be determined by the Board of Commissioners.

SEC. 4. The said bureau shall have for its objects and duties the following: (1.) A study of the geological formations of the State with special reference to its products, i. e., coals, ores, clays, building stones, cement, materials suitable for use in the construction of roads, gas, mineral and artesian water and other mineral resources.

(2.) The preparation of geological and other necessary maps to illustrate the resources of the State.

(3.) The preparation of reports, with necessary illustrations and maps, which shall include both a general and detail description of the geological and mineral resources of the State.

(4.) The consideration of such other scientific and economic questions as in the judgment of the commissioners shall be deemed of value to the people. SEC. 5. The regular and special reports of the said bureau shall be printed and distributed or sold, as the commissioners shall deem best for the interests of the people of the State, and as they may direct; and all moneys obtained by the sale of said reports shall be paid into the State treasury.

SEC. 6. The printing of said reports and of the necessary supplies of stationery, blank books and other printed matter necessary for the purposes of said bureau shall be and form a part of the State printing contract and as such be under the direction and supervision of the Board of Commissioners of State Contracts: Provided, however, that the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars per annum.

SEC. 7. The directors shall present to the Governor an annual report showing the progress and condition of said bureau, together with such other information as the commissioners may deem necessary and useful.

SEC. 8. All materials collected after having served the purpose of the bureau, shall be distributed by the director to the educational institutions of the State in such manner as the commissioners may determine to be of the greatest ad