...GEOLOGIC BRANCH. SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK. Primarily the work of the geologic branch includes "the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain" and "the preparation of a geological map of the United States." Its operations extend to every region...

...that " the director of the Geological Survey shall have the direction of the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure and mineral resources and products of the national domain." In 1882 the doubt as to the territory to...

...progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum. " For the expenses of the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources and products of the National Domain, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars ;...

...established by the same act, and $100,000 were appropriated for the expenses of said survey and for the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. In accordance with the provisions...

...thereof may be constructed on such a scale as to meet all the wants of the "geological survey" in its examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, and the classifl•oation of the public lands, and in plotting the results of such examinations and...

...Interior Department, with a salary of S6000 a year, which officer has the direction of said survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination...mineral resources, and products- of the national domain. The Director and members of the Survey are prohibited from having any personal or private interests...

...thousand dollars: Provided, That this officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain. And that tho Director and members of the, Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests...

...established by the same act, and $100,000 were appropriated for the expenses of said survey and for the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. In accordance with the provisions...

...progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum. For the expenses of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands, and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, one hundred thousand dollars....

...full, as follows : Provided, That this officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the National Domain, and lie may extend his examination into the States, not to interfere, however, with any Geological...