Section 9-4-12
Agreements as to payment of expenses of field surveys, etc.
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 be borne by the State of Alabama and by the federal government in such proportion as is equitable to both governments.
(Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, § 2; Code 1923, §1043; Code 1940, T. 55, §253.)