No. 124. 
IN ASSEMBLY, APRIL 1, 1851. 
REPORT 
Of the Commissioners appointed to take charge of the 
publication of the Geological report, and to pay cer- 
tain claims against the State. 
To the Legislature of the State of Mew-York: 
The undersigned, appointed by two sundry enactments of law in 
1850, (and which are hereafter more fully recited,) to take charge of 
the publication of the Geological Survey of this State, and to pay 
certain claims for services and expenses attending the same, 
REPORT: 
That they have discharged these duties to the best of their ability 
and judgment. The sum of money placed at their disposal has been 
paid out principally in the liquidation of debts accrued previous to 
their appointment, and the existence of which was recognized in the 
Report of the select committee appointed to investigate the matters 
connected with the publication of the State work on Natural History," 
(Assembly Document of 1850, No 9.) How and in what manner 
the eighteen thousand dollars appropriated as above have been dis- 
posed of, will be understood by a perusal of the accompanying paper 
marked " A," and it is of course superfluous to repeat the details 
therein contained, 
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