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Consists of state treasurer, auditor general, and secretary of state. This board was originally formed in 1842, to take charge of the assets of the Michigan state bank. Later the matter of escheats was added. When a party dies intestate and leaves no legal heirs, the state takes charge of the property, and may dispose of it as seems best. The duty of attending to this is put upon this board. The present board has had but two or three cases. lished by act of the legislature in 1887, and the board of geological survey under its present existence was created in 1869. The object of the survey, as set forth in the different acts, is to make a thorough geological and mineralogical survey of the state, to determine the mineral character and contents of its rocks, to make a general examination of its topography, hydrography, and physical geography, and to investigate all the productions of interest in this line in the state capable of being converted for the use of man. All information about Michigan's natural resources is given without charge." The present geologist is Lucius L. Hubbard. His salary is $2,000; and that of his assistant $2,000. An annual appropriation of $8,000 is made to cover the expenses of this survey. Last year the amount expended was about $5,850.