U.S. Geological Survey: Its History, Activities and OrganizationAppleton, 1919 - Počet stran: 163 |
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... region now included in the states of Illinois , Iowa , Wis- consin and Minnesota . During 1853-1861 the War Department , under authority of the act of March 3 , 1853 ( 10 Stat . L. , 219 ) and supplemen- tary acts , made surveys for a ...
... region now included in the states of Illinois , Iowa , Wis- consin and Minnesota . During 1853-1861 the War Department , under authority of the act of March 3 , 1853 ( 10 Stat . L. , 219 ) and supplemen- tary acts , made surveys for a ...
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... region . The results of the survey were published in 1870-1880 in seven volumes and an atlas . The total cost of the survey and its publications was $ 383,711 . 2. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories . The act of March ...
... region . The results of the survey were published in 1870-1880 in seven volumes and an atlas . The total cost of the survey and its publications was $ 383,711 . 2. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories . The act of March ...
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... Region . In 1867 the Smithsonian Institution began an exploration of the Colorado River . This survey was later recognized by Congress in a joint resolution , approved July 11 , 1868 ( 15 Stat . L. , 253 ) , authorizing the Secretary of ...
... Region . In 1867 the Smithsonian Institution began an exploration of the Colorado River . This survey was later recognized by Congress in a joint resolution , approved July 11 , 1868 ( 15 Stat . L. , 253 ) , authorizing the Secretary of ...
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... region under survey , and shall execute no surveys or examinations for pri- vate parties or corporations ; and the geological and geograph- ical survey of the Territories , and the geographical and geo- logical survey of the Rocky ...
... region under survey , and shall execute no surveys or examinations for pri- vate parties or corporations ; and the geological and geograph- ical survey of the Territories , and the geographical and geo- logical survey of the Rocky ...
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... region . This corps was organized by Mr. King in four sections , each to operate , under the di- rection of a chief , in a definite geographical district . For this purpose the territory west of the one hundred and second me- ridian was ...
... region . This corps was organized by Mr. King in four sections , each to operate , under the di- rection of a chief , in a definite geographical district . For this purpose the territory west of the one hundred and second me- ridian was ...
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40 Stat 49th Congress 66 per month activities administration Alaska annual report Areal Geology Assistant Engineer Associate Geologist atlas sheets bench marks Branch.-Cont bulletins Bureau Chemical and Physical Chief of Section coal lands Cong coöperation Department determined diem Director Draftsman economic ending June Engraving and Printing entry examination field Geographical Survey Geologic Branch geologic folios geologic maps Geologist Chief Govt ground water Hydraulic Engineer Hydrographic Interior investigations irrigation June 30 Junior Clerk Junior Engineer Land Classification land laws Land Office monographs NUMBER SALARY RATE O. C. Marsh operations organization Paleontologic physical researches potash Powell preparation provisions public lands published region relating resources of Alaska scientific Secretary Skilled Laborer square miles Stratigraphy streams sundry civil expenses Survey's Territories tion topo topographic maps topographic surveys U. S. Geological survey United States Geological utilization War Department Washington water resources water supply Western Coal Fields
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Strana 65 - every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Strana 65 - ... upon payment to the receiver of not less than ten dollars per acre for such lands where the same shall be situated more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad, and not less than twenty dollars per acre for such lands as shall be within fifteen miles of such road.
Strana 8 - 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.
Strana 118 - An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers...
Strana 83 - If kept revised to date by the services, they constitute exceedingly important tools of administration. They permit the directing personnel to see at a glance the organization and personnel at their disposition. They establish definitely the line of administrative authority and enable each employee to know his place in the system. They furnish the essential basis for making plans for determining costs by organization division and subdivision. They afford the data for a consideration of the problem...
Strana 130 - EXPLANATORY NOTE The bibliographies appended to the several monographs aim to list only those works which deal directly with the services to which they relate, their history, activities, organization, methods of business, problems, etc. They are intended primarily to meet the needs of those persons who desire to make a further study of the services from an administrative standpoint. They thus do not include the titles of publications of the services themselves, except in so far as they treat of the...
Strana vii - ... are almost as varied as those of the entire business world. The operations of the government affect the interest of every person living within the jurisdiction of the United States. Its organization embraces stations and centers of work located in every city and in many local subdivisions of the country. Its gross expenditures amount to billions annually. Including the personnel of the military and naval establishments, more than half a million persons are required to do the work imposed by law...
Strana 23 - States, the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells and the preparation of reports upon the best...
Strana viii - Taft outlined, the Institute for Government Research has undertaken the preparation of a series of monographs, of which the present study is one, giving a detailed description of each of the fifty or more distinct services of the government. These studies are being vigorously prosecuted, and it is hoped that all services of the government will be covered in a comparatively brief space of time. Thereafter, revisions of the monographs will be made from time to time as. need arises, to the end that...
Strana 112 - L., 194. (An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.