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Excerpt from Report on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of Mississippi Geological Surveys of Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, have been eminently useful in developing the mineral re sourcesofothose States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi, 1867 Of an Act to provide for the Printing of the Second Annual Report of the Agricultural and Geological Survey of the State, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That so much of "An Act to further endow the University of Mississippi," approved March 5th, 1850, as appropriates out of the treasury three thousand dollars per annum to aid in making an agricultural and geological survey of the State, and also so much of said Act as connects the said survey in any manner whatever with the University, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the agricultural and geological survey of the State shall be prosecuted to completion, according to the provisions of the above recited Act, and of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the printing of the First Annual Report of the Agricultural and Geological Survey of the State," proved March 1st, 1854, by a State Geologist, to be appointed by the Governor. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the State Geologist shall keep his office in the City of Jackson, etc. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That five thousand copies of Professor Harper's Report be printed, under the direction of the Governor, to be bound in boards, with such plates, charts, and wood-cuts therein, as his Excellency may deem appropriate, and necessary for its illustration. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That when said Report shall be printed and bound, it shall be distributed according to the provisions of the last recited Act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.