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thoug-ht a room might be found on the third floor of the capitol 

 building. 



It was in accordance with this report and recommendation that 

 the followmg law was enacted : 



An act to provide for a geological survey of the State. 



The People of the State of New York, re iJ resented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enaet as follows: 



1. The soveruor is hereby authorized and directed to employ a suitable num- 

 ber of competent persons, whose duty it shall be, under his direction, to make 

 an accurate and complete geological survey of this State, wh'ch sh.ill be accom- 

 pnnied with proper mnps and dingrams, and furnish a full nnd scientific descrip- 

 tion of its rocks, soils, and minerals, Jind of its botanical and zoological pro- 

 ductions, together with specimens of the same; which maps, diagrams, and 

 specimens shall be deposited in tiie State library; and similar si)ecimens shall 

 be deposited in such of the literary institutions in this State as the secretary 

 of state shall direct. 



2. The sum of $20,000 is hereby appropriated annually for four years to 

 defray the expenses that may be incurred under this act, which sum shall be 

 paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller in such manner and at 

 such times as the governor may direct. 



3. The person or persons employed Ity the governor for the pui"poses men- 

 tioned in the first section of this act shall make a report annually to the legis- 

 lature, on or before the first day of February in each year, setting forth gen- 

 erally the progress made in the survey hereby authorized. 



This act was followed by others as given later. 



Admi7usf ration, — The suitable number of competent persons to 

 carry out the conditions of the law as appointed by the governor, 

 included W. W. Mather, of Connecticut, in charge of the first dis- 

 trict; Ebenezer Emmons, of AVilliams College, of the second; Tim- 

 othy Conrad, of Philadelphia, of the third; and Lardner Vanuxem, 

 of Bristol, Pennsylvania, of the fourth,* The mineralogical depart- 

 ment was assigned to Prof. L, C. Beck, of Rutgers College, New 

 Jersey; the botanical to Dr. John Torrey, of Ne^v York City, and 

 the zoological to Dr. James E. De Kay, of Long Island. 



By the end of the first season it had become apparent that the 

 work could be more readily accomplished by discontinuing the ap- 

 pointments of assistant geologists and through the appointment of 

 one person as paleontologist of the entire survey. Timothy Conrad 

 was therefore appointed to this latter position, while James Hall, 

 who had served as assistant to Emmons, was made geologist of the 

 fourth district. Lardner Vanuxem being incidentally transferred 

 to the third. 



Mt i.s s.'tid in tlie Amorican Ocologist. vol. 16. ISO."), p. i:?8. tliat Edward nUchcock 

 was first appointed to taice cliarp;e of tlie survey with C. D. Adams as assistant, hut that 

 he resijrnpd in order to devote his attention to the resiirvey of MassachusettB. This 

 statement is also made In the elder Hitchcock's History of Amherst College. 



