On the Organization of Scientific Work of the General Government, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 - Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Page 298 - The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geological and economic maps illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and economic geology and paleontology.
Page 296 - That this officer shall have the direction of the geological survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.
Page 307 - Institution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 293 - And that the Director and members of the Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations...
Page 359 - In addition to those named in the above list, the following persons are now in the employ of the Geological Survey doing the work of specialists, and will receive for their services sums varying from $25 to $300, by special contract : Dr. RW Raymond, formerly United States mining commissioner; Mr. James M. Swank, secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association ; Mr. John Birkinbiue, secretary of the Association of Charcoal Iron Workers ; Dr.
Page 296 - For the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, and to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United States...
Page 365 - I am going too far in this matter and wan* dering from a proper answer to your question. As my illustration shows, many of the stocks are widely scattered. The point to which I wish to call your attention is that in the execution of this work it is necessary to take in all the country before a complete classification can be accomplished, but a tentative classification has already been made. By the CHAIRMAN : Q. Has not Bancroft gone into that classification pretty thoroughly ? A. No, sir; not very...
Page 297 - USC 31), provides that the Director and members of the Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey.
Page 332 - Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, with the view to secure greater efficiency and economy of administration of the public service in said Bureaus...
Page 297 - And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum.