The governor is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the senate, one state geologist, who shall be a person of competent scientific and practical knowledge of the sciences of geology and mineralogy, and who shall be the director of the survey, and said state geologist may appoint such assistants and subordinate assistants and laborers as may be deemed necessary in order to make a thorough, scientific, geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state geologist shall serve for a term of four years unless sooner removed by the governor.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 256.010
State geologist — appointment — duties
Known as the Multipurpose Water Resource Act
The act spans §§ 256–256 (99 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1961; (RSMo 1939 § 14875, A. 1949 S.B. 1089, A.L. 1961 p. 245); Prior revisions: 1929 § 13686; 1919 § 5752; 1909 § 6633
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.