342 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



An act In relation to the Natural History of New York, passed May 3, 1S44, by a two 



thirds vote. 



The people of the State of New York, represented in senate and assemhly, 

 do enact as follows: 



1. As fast as the several volumes of the Natural History of New York are 

 published the governor and secretary of state are thereby authorized and 

 required to present and transmit one copy of the same with colored plates, in- 

 cluding a copy of the geological map of the State, to James Wadsworth, of 

 Geneseo; one like copy to each of the governors of the several States of the 

 Union, to be deposited by them at tlieir discretion in some public library or 

 literary institution within their respective States; one like copy to the Library 

 of Congress; and 100 like copies to such foreign governments and foreign 

 literary or scientific institutions as tbe governor or secretary aforesaid may 

 select, including in their discretion such foreign governments, institutions, cor- 

 porations, or persons as may have made donations to the State library. 



2. The secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to sell to siich 

 of the academies, public libraries, and literary associations in this State 

 which are incorporated, as shall make application therefor within six months 

 from the passage of this act, a copy of the Natural History of this State, at 

 the price of $1 per volume, and a copy of the geological map of the State at the 

 price of $1 per copy, and 300 copies of said volumes and map shall be 

 reserved for that purpose. 



3. The governor and secretary of state are authorized to make a distribu- 

 tion of the remaining copies and map of the Natural History, not otherwise 

 appropriated or disposed of, among the several counties of this State accoi'd- 

 ing to the ratio or population by the last census, and transmit to the county 

 treasurer of said counties, respectively, the number of copies to which each 

 county shall be entitled by such distribution. The said treasurer of each of said 

 counties shall cause the same to be sold at the price of $1 per volume, and the 

 map for $1 per cop5-, and account from time to time to the secretary of State 

 for the proceeds of the sale thereof; but he shall not sell more than one copy 

 to any corporation, association, or individual. 



4. This act shall take effect immediately. 



An act concerning the Natural History of the State of New York, passed May 5, l84tf 



The people of the State of Ne-w York, represented in senate and assemhly, 

 do enact as follows: 



1. The secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to sell to such of 

 the academies, public libraries, and literary associations in this State which 

 are now incorporated, as shall have made or which shall make application 

 tlierefor, a coi)y of the Natural History of this State, at the price of $1 per 

 volume, and a copy of the geological map of the State at the price of $1 per 

 copy, out of the remaining 300 copies of the said volumes and maps reserved 

 for that purpose by the second section of the 'act entitled "An act in relation 

 to the Natural Hi.story of New York," passed May 3, 1S44 ; but no sale of the said 

 volumes and map shall be made by the secretary of State after the expiration 

 of one year from the passage of this act, nor a second copy to an institution 

 which hns received a copy of the said work under the provisions of chapter 254 

 of the laws of 1S44, 



2. Any person, corporation, or association other than such as purchase from 

 the several county treasurers of this State, under the act entitled "An act ia 

 relation to the Natural History of New York," passed May 3, 1844, who shall, 

 within one year from the passage of this act, prove to the satisfaction of 



