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 394 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 182. 1879. Utah- Contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Utah: For rent of office for surveyorgeneral, fuel, books, stationery, and other mcidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. Wy outing. Contingent expenses, office of surveyongeneral of Wyoming: h`0r_rent of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. Arizona. Contingent expenses, otitice of surveyor-general of Arizona: Por_rent of office for surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other mcldeutal expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Qtlirv of lllrwfvr For the salary of the Director of the Geological Survey, which office °"°’“’“'- is hereby established, under the Interior Department, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, six thousand dollars: Provided, That this officer shall have the Dulics. 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 And that the Director and members of Interest m lands, the Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the vw- lands or mineral wealth of the remon under survey, and shall execute no s1u·veys or examinations for private parties or corporations; and the Surrcys diucon- Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, and the Geoflmwd- graphical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, under the Department of the Interior, and the Geographical Surveys West of the One hundredth Meridian, under the Wa»r Department, are hereby discontinued, to take effect on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hun- _s¢·m»lylc colloc— dred and seventy nine. And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, iosg?"’?_ ’° N“"°”“’ sils, 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 pieeded for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National useum. omloglcazsumey. For the expenses 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars; codyawmm Ofzana For the expense of a commission on the coditication of existing laws - larva relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain, and for other purposes, twenty thousand dollars; Commission ro Provided, That the Commission shall consist of the Commissioner of °°"U°!! d"""! '““"f the General Land Office, the Director of the United States Geological pay a" "”°"°”°‘ Survey, and three civilians, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a per diem compensation of ten dollars for each day while actually engaged, and their travelling expenses; and neither the Commissioner of the General Land Office nor the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall receive other compensation for their services upon said commission than their salaries, respectively, except Duma. their traveling expenses, while engaged on said duties; and it shall be the duty of this commission to report to Congress within one year trom the time of its organization; tirst, a coditication of the present laws relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain; second, a system and standard of classification of public lands; as arable, irrigible, timber, pasturage, swamp, coal, mineral lands and such other classes as may be deemed proper, having due regard to humidity of climate, supply of water for irrigation, and other physical characteristics; third, a system of land parcellin g surveys adapted to the economic uses of the several classes of lands; and, fourth, such recommendations as they may deem wise in relation to the best method of disposing of the public lands of the western portion of the United States to actual settlers. Publgbalivnv of The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual G°°’°9'°°’ S“"*`°`V· report of operations, geological and economic maps illustrating the re-