CHAP. 184.—An ACT requiring County Superintendents of Schools
to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture, &c.

Approved March 4, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the commissioner of agriculture be required to receive, in the
name of the state, from the county superintendents of schools,
and preserve in. proper form in his cabinet any charts, maps,
geological sections, mineral specimens, specimens of woods,
specimens of the productions of their respective counties, and
any written descriptions illustrating or pertaining to the physi-
cal structure and mineral or other resources of said counties,
which the above officers may be able to furnish; and that the
said commissioner of agriculture shall include in his annual
reports so much of the information thus furnished him as may
in his judgment be conducive to the public interest.

2. That the county superintendents of schools be instructed
to combine with their regular official visits such examinations
of the mineral deposits and geological structure of their re-
spective counties as far as may be practicable, and which in
their judgment will not materially interfere with their official
duties, and which might increase their usefulness by means of
information thus collected and imparted to school teachers,
school officers, and the people generally in regard to the
geology, mineralogy, and geography of their respective coun-
ties, and of the state.

3. That at least once a year the county superintendents of
schools shall report to the commissioner of agriculture, giving
the results of their observations and explorations of their
respective counties.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.