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Summary Information on the State Geological Surveys & the United States Geological Survey Bulletin of the National Research Council (1932) / Chapter Skim
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New Jersey
Pages 75-77

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From page 75...
... Theoretically, the Director's salary is fixed by the Board, subject to confirmation by the Civil Service Commission, but actually it is determined by the specific amount inserted in the Annual Appropriation bill. All employees of the Department, including the division chiefs, are under Civil Service, appointed by the Director, confirmed by the Board from certified lists furnished by the Civil Service Commission.
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From page 76...
... Annual Report of the State Geologist, published yearly from 1864 to 1909, except 1868, containing Administrative Reports and Scientific papers. Bulletins Nos.
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From page 77...
... Independent of other organizations, the Division has made constant revision and publication of the State's series of topographic maps, has prepared and published a summary of the geology of New Jersey, reports on fossil fish, the archaeology of the State, the Pleistocene deposits of South Jersey, and three editions of a geologic map of the State on a scale of one inch to four miles, has compiled additional lists of bench marks based on new lines of precise leveling, and has continued the collection of well logs and local geologic information. PRESENT MAIN LINES OF WORX With its present small geologic force the geologic work is limited chiefly to miscellaneous observations of general geologic structures, well records, mining developments, mineral production, and advice.
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