The following laws were passed from time to time relative to the distribution of these reports: [Act of 1889.] SEC. 3. That there shall be printed by the proper contractor, annually, 2,000 copies of the report of the State geologist to the governor: Provided, That, with the approval of the board of public contracts, a larger number of said reports, or of any special reports of said State geologist, which may be of special value to the people of this State, may be printed: and, provided further, That the governor, with the approval of the board, may cause to be published any reports of the State board of health, or other important reports of State officers or agents, not provided for in chapter 123 of Mansfield's Digest. An act to regulate the printing and distribution of the reports of the geological survey. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. The edition of the reports of the geological survey hereafter published shall be 4,000 copies. The distribution of these reports shall be made by the secretary of state, as follows; 50 copies to the governor; 10 copies to each of the members of the senate; 10 copies to each of the members of the house of representatives; 10 copies to each of the following State officers: The secretary of state, the treasurer, the auditor, the superintendent of public instruction and the land commissioner; 300 copies to the State geologist, who shall distribute them to professional geologists in this country and abroad, and to persons rendering material aid to the geological survey; 200 copies to the State librarian for exchange with other States and Territories. Of this number he shall also send a copy to each of the colleges of this State, and one copy to the library of the State university of each State in the Union. He shall distribute one copy to each of the following scientific societies of the United States maintaining libraries: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal.; Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, Conn.; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.; Indiana Academy of Sciences, Indianapolis, Ind.; Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, Davenport, Iowa; Iowa Academy of Sciences, Iowa City, Iowa; Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass.; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.; Peabody Academy of Sciences, Salem, Mass.; Worcester Natural History Society, Worcester, Mass.; Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, Minneapolis, Minn.; Academy of Science, WashIngton University, St. Louis, Mo.; American Geological Society; American Geographical Society, New York, N. Y.; American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York, N. Y.; American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York, N. Y.; New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N. Y.; Vassar Brothers' Institute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, Chapel Hill, N. C.; Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 108 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.; American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.; Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lackawana Institute, Scranton, Pa.; Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, WilkesBarre, Pa. The remaining volumes, with the exception of 10 copies, which shall be retained in the State library, shall be sold by the secretary of state and the receipts covered into the State treasury. The price of the separate volumes shall be fixed by the printing board in such a manner as to have them cover as nearly as possible the average cost of printing, engraving, paper, binding, and necessary clerical work. Each volume may be sold separately, but a map shall not be sold separately from the volume of the report which it is intended to accompany, or the volume separately from its map or maps. SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1889. An act to regulate the distribution of the geological reports of the State. Whereas there remains in the State library a large number of the geological reports of 1888; and Whereas a much greater number is now in the hands of the public printer and will soon be issued; and Whereas the principal object in making a geological survey of the State, and having the same published at a heavy cost, was to make known to scientists and capitalists the vast mineral resources of the State and induce an early development of the same; and Whereas many applications for the geological reports of State are made by the citizens of other States and countries desiring to invest labor and capital in developing the mineral resources of this State; Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That the secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to distribute the geological reports of 1888, 1889, and 1890, as follows: Report of 1888: To each member of the general assembly of 1891, 2 copies; to each State officer, 2 copies; to the State geologist (J. C. Branner), 100 copies; to the secretary of state for distribution in scientific institutions, scientists and capitalists in this and other States seeking information as to our mineral resources, 250 copies. Report of 1889 and 1890: To each member of the general assembly of 1891, 5 copies; to each State officer, 5 copies; to the State geologist (J. C. Branner), 250 copies; to the States and Territories, 50 copies; to colleges and high schools of this State and universities and scientific institutions in other States and Territories, 100 copies; to the secretary of state for distribution to scientific institutions, scientists, and capitalists in this and other States seeking information as to our mineral resources, 350 copies. SEC. 2. That the residue of said reports be retained in the State library for sale, at such price as the printing board may fix. SEC. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 8, 1891. An act to regulate the distribution of the geological reports of the State of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas: SECTION 1. That the secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to distribute the geological reports of this State for the years 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, and all subsequent reports as follows: To the State geologist (Prof. J. C. Branner), 150 copies each of all volumes hereafter published; to the States and Territories, one copy each of volume 1, 1891, and volume 2, 1892, and one copy each of all volumes hereafter published; to colleges and high schools of this State and universities and scientific institutions in other States, one copy each of all volumes published subsequent to volume 3, 1890; to the secretary of state, for distribution to scientists and capitalists, 150 volumes each of volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 of 1888; 150 copies each of volume 2 of 1889; 150 copies each of volumes 1, 2, and 3 of 1890; 250 copies each of volume 1, 1891; 250 copies of volume 1, 1892; 250 copies each of all volumes hereafter published. To the members of the general assembly as follows: reports of 1888, oue copy each; reports of 1889, one copy each; reports of 1890, volumes 1 and 2, one copy each; reports of 1890, volume 3, three copies each; reports of 1891, three copies each; reports of 1892, three copies each; of all volumes hereafter published, five copies each. SEC. 2. That before the secretary of state shall be authorized to distribute any of the reports to scientists or capitalists as provided for in section 1, he shall require the applicant to state in writing “that he is a scientist or a capitalist,” and that he wishes the reports to aid him in investigating the mineral resources of the State. SEC. 3. That the secretary of state shall not be authorized to distribute any of the reports to scientists or capitalists until the postage or express charges on same have been paid. SEC. 4. That the residue of said reports be retained in the State library for sale at such price as the printing board may fix. SEC. 5. That all acts in conflict herewith be, and they are hereby, repealed, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 6, 1893. Results.-The following are some of the general economic results of the survey's work as given by Professor Branner: 1. The areal and structural geology of the State in so far as the subdivisions are known. (The exact parting between the Carboniferous and Lower Carboniferous along the southern margin of the Carboniferous is not known; indeed it is not known whether the Lower Carboniferous comes to the surface south of the Arkansas River.) 2. Reporting upon the reputed gold mines of the State. 3. Outlining the coal area. 4. Determining and pointing out the adaptabilities of the various coals, and the best methods of mining and marketing them. 5. Showing the extent, value, and method of locating manganese deposits. 6. Mapping and calling attention to the character, extent, and distribution of the marbles and other limestones. 7. Discovery of chalk, giving its distribution, and suggesting uses to which it may be put. 8. Chemical analyses of the mineral waters. 9. Showing the character of the iron ores. 10. Discovery of bauxite and giving its distribution. 11. Pointing out the character, distribution, and availability of the clays of the State. 12. Determining by tests the character of the granites and giving their distribution. 13. Analyses and distribution of the zinc ores. Some of the more comprehensive geologic problems that yet remain to be solved relate to 1. The paleontology of the State. 2. The physical geography. 3. Quaternary history. 4. Relation of the paleozoic beds to those of the other parts of the continent and to those of the world. 5. The divisions of the Silurian beds. Expenses of publications.--Summary of appropriations and publications. 1 Doctor Branner writes that but $10,700 of this amount was expended, the remaining $4,300 being carried over to the next survey. For the latter $17,386 was appropriated, but $19,628 expended. The extra $2,242 was presumably paid from the sum carried over as above. As given in Professor Branner's history of the Arkansas Survey, in the second volume of the Journal of Geology for 1894. About that amount. Engraving, printing, and binding are not included in the total for the period 1887-1895. These items and the cost of fuel, lights, stationery, and postage would probably bring the total expenditures of the Branner survey up to about $120,000, and the total cost of all the State geological surveys up to $171,428. Concerning the volumes mentioned as in preparation, Professor Branner furnishes the following information: 1. The Zinc and Lead Regions of North Arkansas, by J. C. Branner. Pp. xiv+395 and atlas. Little Rock, 1900. (This was finally called a part of the report for 1892, because the active work was supposed to have ended in 1892.) 2. Report on the Coal Deposits of Arkansas, by Arthur Winslow, J. C. Branner, and others. This report was prepared, but no appropriation was ever made for publishing it. After much delay I finally asked the United States Geological Survey to publish it. The subsequent history appeared in Science, October 26, 1906, volume 24, pages 532-537, and December 7, 1906, volume 24, pages 722-728. The results of subsequent work by members of the United States Geological Survey staff appeared as Bulletin 326. My own more detailed report with large scale maps remains unpublished. * 3. Report on the Clays, Kaolins, and Bauxites, by J. C. Branner. The publication of this report was never provided for by the State. Part of it was published by the United States Geological Survey as Bulletin 351. 4. The Geology of the Lower or Barren Coal Measures of Arkansas, by J. C. Branner, J. H. Means, and G. H. Ashley. This report was likewise never provided for. Dr. Ashley's part on the region south of the novaculite area I had |