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iirst Tuesday in January, 1S42: Provided, The expense sliall not exceed the 

 unexpended balance of moneys appropriated for the survey by the act passed 

 April 15, 1S36. 



Under this act the survey was continued as before, the fifth and 

 last annual report bearing date of 1841, when the various geologists 

 turned their attention to the final reports, those of Emmons and 

 Vanuxem being issued the year following (1842). The reports of 

 Hall and Mather would appear, however, not to have been completed 

 within the limit set, and on April 9, 1842, another extension was 

 granted, as follows; 



An act relating to tli« geological survey of the State, passed April 9, 1842. 



The People of the State of Ncic York, represented in Senate and Assemhlp. 

 do enact as folhnos: 



1. The governor is hereby authorized to continue, until the first Tuesday in 

 January, 1S43, such of the various departments of labor connected with the 

 geological survey of this State, as may be necessary to insure its ultimate com- 

 pletion and publication according to the plan heretofore contemplated. 



2. The sum of $2G,000 is hereby appropriated to pay any money now due for 

 materials furnished or services rendered under the act passed May 8, ISIO, en- 

 titled "An act to continue the geological survey of this State," and to defray 

 such expenses as may be incurred under this act. 



3. The secretary of state is hereby directed to secure a copyright of the gea 

 logical survey for the benefit of this State. 



4. Whenever two or more volumes of the geological survey shall be pub- 

 lished, the governor and secretary of state may cause such books to be sold at 

 such prices as they may deem expedient, and any moneys derived from such 

 sales shall be applied to the same purposes as the appropriation made by the 

 second section of this act. 



5. The geological survey, as fast as completed (except such volumes as may 

 be sold according to the provisions of section 4), sliall be distributed as fol- 

 lows: Two copies to the governor; two copies to the lieutenant governor; one 

 copy to each member of the present legislature; one copy to each of the geolo- 

 gists engaged in said survey; three copies to the State library; one copy to 

 each county clerk's office in this State; one coiiy to each incorporated college in 

 this State; and the remaining copies shall be deposited in the office of the sec- 

 retary of state to be sold or disjiosed of in such manner as the legislature may 

 hereafter direct. 



6. The concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly, passed May 28, 1S41, 

 in relation to the distribution of said geological survey is hereby repealed. 



7. This act shall take effect immediately. 



Even with the expiration of the limit set by this act the work was 

 still imfinished, and on April 8, 1843, a supplemental act was passed, 

 as follows: 



.\n act in relation to the natural history of New York, passed April 8, 184."?. 



The people of the State of Neic York, represented in senate and assembly, 

 do enact as foUoivs: 



1. The governor is hereby authorized to continue such of the various depart- 

 ments of labor connected with the geological survey of this State as may be 



