STATE GEOLOGIC MAP OF 1001 



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sisted of the counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, New 

 York, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Sulli- 

 van, Delaware, Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany, 

 Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga and Washington, containing 

 an area of 12,2G3 square miles. 



The second district consisted of the counties of Warren, Essex, 

 Franklin, Clinton, Hamilton, Jefferson and St Lawrence, making 

 10,817 square miles. 



The third district comprised the counties of Fulton, Montgom- 

 ery, Herkimer, Oneida, Lewis, Oswego, Madison, Onondaga, 

 Cayuga, Wayne, Ontario, Monroe, Orleans, Genesee and Liv- 

 ingston, making, as reorganized, 11,468 square miles. 



The fourth district consisted of the counties of Otsego, Che- 

 nango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Seneca, 

 Yates, Steuben, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and 

 jSiagara, embracing an area of 11,591 square miles. 



The third and fourth districts w r ere afterward reorganized, 

 making all the counties to the west of Cayuga lake, and a line 

 drawn north and south from its two extremities, the fourth dis- 

 trict, w T hich contained 11,060 square miles. 



During the session of 1836 the Legislature passed " an act to 

 provide for a geological survey of the state," authorizing and 

 directing the governor to " employ a suitable number of com- 

 petent persons, whose duty it shall be, under his direction, to 

 make an accurate and complete geological survey of this state, 

 which shall be accompanied with proper maps and diagrams, 

 and furnish a full and scientific description of its rocks, soils 

 and minerals, and of its botanical and zoological productions, 

 together with specimens of the same; which maps, diagrams 

 and specimens shall be deposited in the State Library; and 

 similar specimens shall be deposited in such of the literary 

 institutions of this state as the secretary of state shall direct." 



This act further provided for an annual appropriation for ' 

 defraying the expenses, and required the persons employed to 

 make an annual report to the Legislature on or before the first 



