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82 THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND
established unofficially by President F. A. Jones in 1915 and functioned
until 1920. No regular appropriations were ever made for that Survey,
and the lack of funds greatly restricted its attainments.
NEW YORK *
The Geological Survey of New York is organically a part of the Science
Division of the State Education Department, dating from 1904 when
various scientific activities then receiving government support were
brought together under the one head. The headquarters and mailing
address are State Education Building, Albany, New York.
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES
Its operations have been continuous, in a broad sense, since the Natural
History Survey of 1836-43, which had for its primary object the investi-
gation of the geology and the mineral resources of the State.
ORGANIZATION
Other coordinate branches of the Science Division, at the head of
which is a Director, include botany, entomology, zoology, and arch~e-
ology. A museum for the storage and display of collections illustrative
of the scientific resources of the State of New York is maintained in the
building, and members of the staff give more or less time to its care and
extension.
The governing authority rests with the Commissioner of Education
and the President of the University of the State of New York, who is
appointed by, and acts with, the advice of the Regents of the University.
Members of this board are elected for specified periods by the Legisla-
ture and serve without pay. Their head is the Chancellor. They appoint
the commissioner and president whose tenure of office is for life. Ap-
pointments to the scientific stad are regulated by Civil Service and run
for indefinite periods- so long as efficiency and proper conduct are main-
tained. Salaries are on an annual basis, paid bi-monthly; they are fixed
by the legislative budget and appropriation bill.
The Director of the Science Division and State Museum is Charles
C. Adams, who was appointed in May, 1926.
The present working staff includes the following: State Geologist,
State Paleontologist, Assistant State Geologist and Assistant Paleontolo-
gist, a draftsman and photographer, a technical assistant, a stenographer,
* Information furnished by D. H. Ne~land7 State Geologist, March, 1932.
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THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 83
and the necessary clerical help whose services are shared by other members
of the division stag. The salaries of the scientific staff range from $1,600
to $4,600 per annum. Topographic and hydrographic work does not
come within the province of the Survey but is carried on by other State
bureaus, acting alone or in cooperation with departments at Washington.
Temporary field assistants for are al mapping, or in connection with
special field investigations, are employed from time to time, as funds
therefor may be available. Appointees are usually professors or advanced
students in colleges who seek opportunity for summer work. The funds
are supplied out of the quota available to the division, which is quite
limited.
APPROPRIATIONS
The salaries of the geological and clerical staff are voted in the annual
appropriation for the State Education Department under the head of
State Museum. The salaries are listed separately for each employee, but
there are no specific items included for office and field expenses or for
printing? as these are covered by the Department funds. The salaries of
the permanent staff, including clerical assistance, amount to about $18,000
a year.
Topographic work, soil surveys, mine inspection, archeology, and for-
estry do not come under the functions of the State Geologist. The division
of the work performed by the office is about as follows: Research "a edi-
torial, fifty per cent; correspondence and advisory, thirty per cent; co-
operation with other State departments, fifteen per cent; Museum work,
five per cent.
PUBLICATIONS
The publications bear the captions " New York State Museum " and
the imprint " The University of the State of New York." They include
annual reports, the major titles of which have been published hitherto
in bulletin form in advance of the cloth-bound volumes; a series of
memoirs; and a series of handbooks. The annual reports have been issued
since 1847. There are also thirteen quarto volumes on paleontology,
issued between 1842 and 1894, and five quarto volumes on geology and
mineralogy of the Natural History Survey, which are still regarded as
standards for reference. The bulletins are issued in paper-bound volumes
at short intervals, and the edition varies between the general limits of
1,000 and 3,000. They bear consecutive numbers, the latest being No.
281. About one half of the bulletins relate to geological topics.
The Survey has been handicapped by lack of funds for printing, so
that a large accumulation of scientific matter in manuscript awaits pub
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