1887-Act of March 3, 1887; 24 Stat. L., 509. (An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes.)

Hereafter the estimates for the Geological Survey shall be item

ized.

1887-Act of March 3, 1887; 24 Stat. L., 647. (Joint resolution to distribute copies of special memoirs and reports of the United States Geological Survey.)

Resolved, etc., That there shall be distributed from the number of special memoirs and reports of the United States Geological Survey now authorized by law one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the Secretary of the Interior as follows:

Two public libraries to be designated by each of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by the Representative in Congress from every Congressional district and two public libraries by the Delegate from every Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which the said publications are distributed under existing law.

1892-Act of April 12, 1892; 27 Stat. L., 395. (Joint resolution to encourage the establishment and endowment of institutions of learning at the national capital by defining the policy of the government with reference to the use of its literary and scientific collections by students.)

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the facilities for research and illustration in the following and any other governmental collections now existing or hereafter to be established in the city of Washington for the promotion of knowledge shall be accessible, under such rules and restrictions as the officers in charge of each collection may prescribe, subject to such authority as is now or may hereafter be permitted by law, to the scientific investigators and to students of any institution of higher education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia, to wit:

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Of the Geological Survey.

1894-Act of July 31, 1894; 28 Stat. L., 197. (Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act.)

The Secretary of the Interior may hereafter authorize one of the geologists to act as Director of the Geological Survey in the absence of that officer.

1896-Act of June 11, 18961; 29 Stat. L., 435. (An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes.)

United States Geological Survey. *** For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States *** Provided, That hereafter in such surveys west of the ninety-fifth meridian elevations above a base level located in each area under survey shall be determined and marked on the ground by iron or stone posts or permanent bench marks, at least two such posts or bench marks to be established in each township or equivalent area except in the forest-clad and mountain areas, where at least one shall be established, and these shall be placed, whenever practicable, near the township corners of the public land surveys; and in the areas east of the ninety-fifth meridian at least one such post or bench mark shall be similarly established in each area equivalent to the area of a township of the public land surveys. ***

1896-Act of February 26, 1896; 29 Stat. L., 465.

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resolution extending the provisions of section seventy-nine of “An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public docu

The Act of March 2, 1895, provided for the incorporation into the report of the Director of the report of the mineral resources of the United States, and made the further provision "and that the separate chapters on any given mineral product, such as iron, coal, building stone, and so forth, shall be printed as rapidly as transmitted for publication; that a pamphlet edition of any chapter shall be printed for distribution on the request of the Director of the Geological Survey, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the size of the edition to be controlled by the importance of the mineral treated; that hereafter papers for the Director's annual report that are of a strictly economic character shall be issued in pamphlet form, in the same manner as prescribed above for the report on the mineral resources; that the entire cost of paper, printing, and binding of all of the above provided for pamphlets shall not exceed two thousand dollars." While not specifically repealed, these provisions are doubtless to be regarded as superseded by the Joint Resolution of May 16, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 741).

ments," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, so as to include monographs, bulletins, and reports of the Geological Survey published in eighteen hundred and ninety-four and succeeding years.)

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section seventy-nine of "An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents," approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, which section reads as follows: "There shall be distributed of monographs, bulletins, and reports of the United States Geological Survey, now in possession of said Survey, being publications prior to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the superintendent of documents, as follows: Two public libraries to be designated by each of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by the Representatives in Congress, from each Congressional district, and two public libraries by the delegate from each Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which said publications are distributed under existing law," shall be extended to the monographs, bulletins and reports of the Geological Survey which were published during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and to those which have been published since that year, and to those which may be published in the future: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the distribution of memoirs and reports, so far as the same is provided for by the joint resolution "To distribute copies of special memoirs and reports of the United States Geological Survey," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

1897-Act of February 18, 1897; 29 Stat. L., 701. (Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the maps and atlases of the United States Geological Survey.)

Resolved, etc., That the Director of the Geological Survey be, and is hereby authorized and directed, on the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to dispose of the topographic and geologic maps and atlases of the United States Geological Survey, *** at such prices and under such regulations as may from time to time be fixed by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior;

And that a number of copies of each map or atlas, not exceeding five hundred, shall be distributed gratuitously among foreign governments and departments of our own government, to literary and scientific associations, and to such educational institutions or libraries as may be designated by the Director of the Survey and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. * * *

1899-Act of March 3, 1899; 30 Stat. L., 1074.

(An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes.)

That hereafter all standard, meander, township, and section lines of the public land surveys shall, as heretofore, be established under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, whether the lands to be surveyed are within or without reservations, except that where the exterior boundaries of public forest reservations are required to be coincident with standard, township or section lines such boundaries may, if not previously established in the ordinary course of the public land surveys, be established and marked under the supervision of the Director of the United States Geological Survey whenever necessary to complete the survey of such exterior boundaries. ***

1902-Act of June 28, 1902; 32 Stat. L., 455. (An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes.)

Hereafter, in lieu of the specific estimates for personal services now required by law, there shall be submitted in the Annual Book of Estimates under each item of appropriation under "General Expenses of the Geological Survey," notes showing the number of persons employed and the rate of compensation paid to each from each of said appropriations during the fiscal year next preceding the fiscal year for which estimates are submitted.

Provided, That the purchase of professional and scientific books and periodicals needed for statistical purposes hereafter by the scientific divisions of the United States Geological Survey is hereby authorized to be made and paid for out of appropriations made for the said Survey.

1902-Act of May 16, 1902; 32 Stat. L., 741.

(Joint resolution relating to publications of the Geological Survey.)

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of the Director, which shall be confined to one volume of royal octavo size; monographs, of quarto size; professional papers, of quarto size; bulletins, of ordinary octavo size; mineral resources, of

ordinary octavo size; water-supply and irrigation papers, of ordinary octavo size; and such maps, folios, and atlases as may be required by existing law:

That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey, except the annual report of the Director, shall be published in editions as recommended in each case by the Director and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, but not to exceed ten thousand copies.

That whenever the edition of any of the reports of the Survey shall have become exhausted, and the demand for it continues, there shall be published, on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, as many additional copies of the report as the Director of the Survey shall state will, in his judgment, be necessary to meet the demand.

That the bulletins and professional papers shall be distributed gratuitously, and not sold; and that of the number published one thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senate and two thousand copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives for distribution.

That the Director of the Survey shall transmit to the Library of Congress two copies of every report of the Bureau as soon as the first delivery to the Survey is made, such copies to be additional to those received by the Library of Congress under existing law.

1903-Act of March 3, 1903; 32 Stat. L., 1146. (An Act

making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes.)

And the Director of the Geological Survey shall hereafter distribute to public libraries that have not already received them such copies of sale publications as may remain on hand at the expiration of five years after date of delivery to the Survey document room, excepting a reserve number not to exceed two hundred copies.

1906-Act of June 30, 1906; 34 Stat. L., 727, 728. (An Act

making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other purposes.)

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to permit scientific and other employees of the United States Geological Survey, employed in the field, to make assignments of their pay, under such regulations as he may prescribe, during such time as they may be in the employ of the United States Geological Survey. And the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized, in his discretion, under