The State Geological and Economic Survey is authorized to make:
(a) Topographic surveys showing the relief of the land, streams,
roads, railways, houses, etc.

(b) Geological surveys showing the distribution of the geological
formations and mineral deposits of the State.

(c) Agricultural soil surveys showing the areal extent and character
of the different soils.

(d) Hydrographic surveys to determine the available waters of the
State for potable and industrial uses.

(e) Magnetic surveys to determine the variation of the needle for
land surveys.

The Survey is also authorized to prepare:

(a) Reports on the areal and systematic geology, on the mineral re-
sources, and on other topics of scientific importance.

(b) Maps of scientific and educational significance on various scales
to meet special needs.

(c) A permanent exhibit of the mineral wealth of the State in the
old Hall of Delegates at the State House to which new materials are
constantly added to keep the collection up-to-date.

Scientific Staff:

William Bullock Clark, State Geologist. ................ .Baltimore
Edward B. Mathews, Assistant State Geologist. ......... .Baltimore
Edward W. Berry, Geologist.......................... .Baltimore
Charles K. Swartz, Geologist. ...... .................. .Baltimore
Joseph T. Singewald, Jr., Geologist. .................. .Baltimore
Myra Ale, Secretary. ................................ .Baltimore
Eugene H. Sapp, Clerk and Assistant in Geology and

Hydrography ....................................Baltimore
Stanley Worden, Clerk and Assistant in Paleontology.

STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT—College Part, M.

The State Horticultural Law was enacted by the 1898 Session of the
Maryland Legislature (Laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 282). The
law creates the offices of the State Entomologist, State Pathologist and
State Horticulturist. The following articles under Section No. I of said
Act will explain briefly the duties of the officers and the scope of the
work of the Department:

That a State Horticultural Department be established for the State
of Maryland; that its purpose is to suppress and eradicate the San Jose
Scale, peach-yellow, pear-blight and other injuriously dangerous insect
pests and plant diseases throughout the State of Maryland.

That the Professor of Entomology, the Professor of Vegetable
Pathology, and the Professor of Horticulture of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College and Experiment Station shall be the State Entomologist,
State Pathologist and State Horticulturist, respectively.

That the said Horticultural Department shall be under the control
of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College and Ex-
periment Station, to whom the officers created under this Act shall be re-
sponsible.

That it shall be the duty of said State Entomologist and State
Pathologist, their assistants and employees, under the control of Trustees
of said College, to seek out and suppress all pernicious insect pests and
contagious diseases hereinbefore mentioned as destructive to horticultural
interests of this State, and conduct experiments when necessary to ac-
complish that end.