...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. I FOB GENERAL, EXPENSES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY \ For ExpeMMM. the Geological Survey and the classification of the public lands and examination...of the geological structure, mineral resources, and the products of the national domain, to continue the preparation of a geological map of the United...

...officer should have direction of the geological survey and. the classification of the public lands, the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. It was held, however, by the first director that this did not give (he Director of the Geological Survey...

...ranks as one of the most important divisions of the government. It has "charge of the classification of public lands, and examination of the geological structure,...also the measurement of streams and determination of water supply of the United States, including the investigation of underground waters and artesian wells...

...J. 1879 die Survey durch Kongress-Akte organisiert wurde '), war als ihre vernehmlichste Aufgabe die „Classification of the public lands and examination...structure, mineral resources, and products of the national dnniaiiv bezeichnet worden. Zwecks Durchführung dieser gesetzlich festgelegten Aufgaben war es zunächst...

...officer |the Director] shall have the direction of the Geological Survey and the classification of public lands and examination of the geological structure,...mineral resources, and products of the national domain. Inasmuch as water is the most abundant and most valuable mineral in nature, the investigation of water...

...USC 31) •Men gave It the basic function of classifying all the public lands and the 'esavfnatlon of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Under Its organic act/ the geological Survey has broad responsibilities for the gathering and evaluation...

...Energy Act in l879 (43 USC 3l), establishing the Geological Survey with responsibility for •, « " " the classification of the public lands and examination...structure, mineral resources, and products of the general domain," has grown into a complex system of laws dealing with the many phases of energy matters....

...Geological Survey, of the Department of the Interior, is authorized pursuant to 43 USC to provide for the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain and to conduct such examinations outside the national domain where the Secretary of the Interior determines...

...predecessor surveys and were an essential correlative to the functions indicated in the language directing "the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources, * Ampndfrt .Tnmmry 2. 1975 (PL 93-60S) to require only an annual report. c "Briefing Session with Director...

...1879 (20 Stat. 394; 43 USC 31), which provided for "The classification of the public lands and the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." The Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 427; 43 USC 31 (b)), expanded this authorization to include...