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the wealth of the State. But provision should be made to prevent its 
waste or superficial employment. The individual or individuals ap- 
pointed to the task should be required, as a pre-requisite, to report 
what they intend doing, with a full plan of their proposed operations, 
and the expenses that they presume will be attendant on the same. 
This will prevent the necessity of additional appropriations, and at 
the same time enable the appointing power to form a safe opinion of 
the qualifications of the geological surveyor. It is not our province 
to enter further into this subject. 
Respectfully submitted, 
CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, 
Secretary of State. 
T. ROMEYN BECK, 
Secretary of the Regents. 
Albany, March 29, 1851. 
