Title 9 — Title 9

Vacancies. There shall be a State Geologist. In the event of a vacancy in the office of State Geologist from any cause, the most competent geologist available, either from the staff of the Geological Survey of Alabama or elsewhere, to be designated by the President of the Univers…

Whenever the State Geologist has in hand, ready for publication, material for a bulletin or any other report of his surveys and investigations of the mineral, agricultural or other natural resources of the state, he shall report the same to the Governor, and a committee consistin…

Bench Marks Along Highways, Etc. The State Geologist is hereby empowered and directed to cooperate with the United States Geological Survey in the execution of the topographic surveys of the State of Alabama in a manner sufficiently elaborate to prepare maps on scales which may b…

Subject to approval of the Director of Finance, the State Geologist is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Director of the United States Geological Survey whereby the expense of executing the field surveys and the preparation of the resulting maps for publication shall…

In order to carry out the provisions of Sections 9-4-11 and 9-4-12, it shall be lawful for any person or persons employed under this chapter to enter and cross all lands in the state, provided that in so doing no damage is done to private property. History: (Acts 1911, No. 367, p…

Students for Research, Etc. The State Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board may retain the services of faculty members or students of any institution of higher learning within the State of Alabama for the purposes of carrying on or supervising research and …

Required; Approval. In order to secure the services of any person who is qualified under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 to do research or experimental or promotional work for the Geological Survey of Alabama or the State Oil and Gas Board, such persons so retained or…

Contents. The written agreement between the person whose services are secured and the agency to which such services are to be applied as provided for in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 shall contain the terms, conditions and specifications of the duties and requirements of work wh…

Duties. No person shall be retained under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 at a time or for such duration which will unduly interfere with the ordinary duties of such faculty member or such student in the ordinary capacities in which he is engaged as such faculty membe…

By the execution of a service contract as specified in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4- 19, the person whose services are hired or retained shall not be subject to the provisions of the state Merit System Act but shall be in the capacity of an independent contractor, and each contrac…

The amount of compensation which persons whose services are retained to do research, experimental, promotional and related work for the Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board shall be specified in the written agreement provided for and required by the terms …

(a) It shall be the duty of the State Geologist to devote his entire time to the administrative duties of his office and to making explorations and examinations of the mineral, agricultural, biological and other natural resources of the state so as to determine accurately the qua…

Subject to the provisions of the Merit System, the State Geologist may appoint, with the approval of the Governor, such assistants, including a competent chemist, for such periods and with such compensation as he may deem necessary to the best interests of the survey; provided, t…

of Alabama. The State Geologist and the Assistant State Geologist of the State Geological Survey of Alabama during their course of employment as such officials and under the conditions hereinafter set forth in Sections 9-4-4 through 9-4-7 shall be permitted to teach graduate or u…

Geologist. The teaching of courses connected with or related to the study of geology or affiliated or associated subjects by the State Geologist or Assistant State Geologist shall be permitted only during such time as will not unduly interfere with their employment with the State…

The State Geologist and the Assistant State Geologist shall receive as compensation for teaching classes under the conditions provided for in Sections 9- 4-4 through 9-4-7, in addition to the compensation which they receive for acting in their official capacities as State Geologi…

Teachers’ Retirement System. The act of teaching by the State Geologist or the Assistant State Geologist as specified and permitted under the terms of Sections 9-4-4 through 9-4-7 shall not entitle either of such officials to participate as members of the Teachers’ Retirement Sys…

The annual appropriation shall be devoted, so far as may be necessary to execute the purposes of this chapter, to the discharge of the expenses of the survey, including the compensation of all temporary and permanent assistants, traveling expenses of the geologist and geological …

Upon the requisition of the State Geologist, when approved by the Governor, the Comptroller shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount appropriated in such sums as may be needed from time to time for the purposes provided for in this chapter. For all expenditures made…