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had drawings and engravings made ; and T send proofs of two plates that you 

 may see the evidences. 



To pay for the work of the pubhcation I need the small amonnt of money com- 

 ing to me from these quarterly payments, and if I do not get it I shall be 

 seriously embari-assed. Your decision places me in a very unpleasant posi- 

 tion with the responsibilities which by your sanction I have assumed, and I 

 beg that you will reconsider the matter and sustain me till .January, when I 

 can pi'esent the printed report and the whole matter may be then referred to 

 the legislature. I am quite sure that you will be far better satisfied to have 

 the work now in progress completed and the report published, for we will then 

 have something as a record. To complete this work at my own expense 

 and without the sums due nie from the State would ruin me entirely; and If 

 your decision remains, I have to choose between this and to stop and share in 

 u disgrace which will fall equally on all concerned for not accomplishing a 

 work which had been authorized and agreed upon, and for the failure of which 

 the public will never hold us excusable. 



The work has been carried on under your own direction, and I have sought 

 your advice and sanction in ail matters. Two years since T would have gladly 

 resigned and by your advice alone I reinalned in my connection with the 

 survey. A continuance of a few months longer, with the small sums I may 

 draw, can not materially ia.iure the State, and you have ray assurance of a 

 8!it5sfactory result. 



It is my present intention to leave here as soon as the work of printing and 

 other matters are in a satisfactory condition, and I expect to be in Madison 

 about the 3st of November. I hope to be able to see you then; and in the 

 meantime, and as soon as practicable, desire to know if I can draw the amount 

 of the September quai'ter's pay. 



I am, very I'espectfully, your obedient servant, 



(Signed) James Hall. 



To His Excellency, Alex. W. Randall, 



Governor, etc. 



The legislature of 1862, incidental to the excitement of the Civil 

 War, repealed the law Jiiithorizing the survey, whereupon Carr and 

 Daniels abandoned the field. This, however, Hall refused to do, 

 contending that he had a contract under seal with the governor, ac- 

 cording to the provisions of the law, and that legislation could not 

 annul it. lie, therefore, continued Iiis work and completed that 

 which had been originally a.'ssigned to him in the division among 

 the three commissioners. 



Eicpcn^es. — Details of expenditures under this survey are not now 

 available. The original bill authorizing the work appropriated 

 $6,000 a year for six j^ears. The act of April 2, 1860, provided that 

 all of this appropriation not required to carry into effect the pro- 

 visions of the contracts which had been entered into should be ap- 

 propriated for the engraving of maps and drawings. It would seem 

 safe to assume, therefore, that the entire amount, $36,000, was uti- 

 lized, and no more, as there are found no records of further ap- 

 propriations. 



