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EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE FISCAL YEARS, JULY 1, 1912 to JUNE 30, 1913 AND JULY 1, 1913
TO JUNE 30, 1914.

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statistics.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The powers and duties of the Board of Geological Survey in reference to the geological survey of the state are defined in act number sixty-five of the laws of 1869, as follows:

AN ACT to provide for the further Geological Survey of the State. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the governor, superintendent of public instruction, and the president of the state board of education shall constitute a board of geological survey. They shall control and supervise the continuance and completion of the geological survey of the state; and for that purpose they may from time to time appoint such person or persons to assist in making said survey as may be deemed necessary; the length of time, and the location and locations where said persons shall be employed, shall be determined by said board. Sec. 2. Repealed by the amendatory act of 1871.

Sec. 3. The salary of the persons employed in the survey shall be fixed by the board, and shall be payable only for services actually rendered. Such board shall regulate all expenses incident to the survey, and may require such frequent reports as they may think useful.

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said board to make, or cause to be made, a thorough geological and mineralogical survey of the state, embracing a determination of the succession and arrangement, thickness, and posi tion of all strata and rocks, their mineral character and contents, and their economical uses; an investigation of soils and subsoils, and the determination of their character and agricultural adaption; the investigation of all deposits of brines, coal, marl, clay, lime, gypsum, petroleum, and metals and metallic ores, building stone, marble, grit stone, materials for mortar and cement, mineral paint, and all other productions of the geological world within the limits of this state, capable of being converted to the uses of man.

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said board to cause ample materials to be collected for the illustrations of every department of the geology and mineralogy of the state, and to label, arrange and prepare the same for exhibition in suitable cases in the museums of the state university, agricultural college, and state normal school, and in each of the incorporated colleges of the state, and in a room in connection with the state library. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of said board to furnish an annual report of the progress of the survey, and as often as possible a condensed statement of important and interesting facts for general circulation; and as soon as the progress of the work will permit, to begin, and, on the completion of the survey, to furnish (finish) a complete memoir upon the geology of the state, embracing such an account of all its mineral and agricultural resources as is usual in works of that character, and a delineation of its geology on the map of the state, and such other diagrams and illustrations as may be needed to set forth in a creditable, intelligible, and, as far as possible, popular manner, the nature, location, and extent of the geological and agricultural resources of the state: Provided, That said report shall not contain in any considerable extent compilations and extracts of or from books heretofore published.

Sec. 7. Repealed by the amendatory act of 1871.

Sec. 8. All notes, memoranda, compilations, collections, specimens, diagrams, and illustrations that may be made in the progress of such sur

vey, by the person or persons engaged therein, shall be the property of the state, shall be under the control of the board, and, in the case of the death or termination of connection with such survey of any such person or persons, shall be deposited in the office of the superintendent of public instruction, subject to the order of the board.

Sec. 9. To carry into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of eight thousand dollars for each year, until the completion of said survey is hereby appropriated to be drawn from the treasury as needed. The accounts of the members of the board for official services and all other expenses authorized by law shall first be certified to be correct by said board, and shall be paid out of the state treasury upon the warrant of the auditor general from the fund appropriated for that purpose: Provided, No part of said appropriation shall be used for printing reports.

FUNCTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The work of the Geological Survey consists not only in the acquisition and publication of information concerning the geology, soils and mineral resources of Michigan, but also in making such information effective in developing and conserving the natural resources and in aiding in the administration of the laws bearing upon the exploitation, conservation, taxation, etc., of these

resources.

The results of the work of the Survey are made available through, (1) the distribution of its publications to libraries, educational and scientific institutions, the press, and individuals who have proper use for them, (2) through correspondence and conferences in the field and in the office, and (3) through co-operation with other departments of the government, viz., the Public Domain Commission, Michigan Securities Commission, and the Board of State Tax Commissioners.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

It is difficult to estimate the importance of the dissemination of information in the form of printed reports to public libraries and the libraries of educational and scientific institutions, but by reference to other sources of demand for these reports it is apparent that they are being widely and intelligently used in the development of the natural resources of the state.

The editions of the reports of the Board of Geological Survey are limited by law to not more than 1,500 copies. For most of the publications this edition is not large enough to supply the demand and it is therefore very important that the utmost care be exercised in distribution. Several of the important reports are out of stock