(A.) 
MEMORANDUM OF PAYMENTS MADE ON ACCOUNT OF 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW-YORK. 
2b the Legislature of the State of J^ew-Yorkt 
The undersigned were charged with sundry duties by the enact- 
ments of law passed during the Legislative Session of 1850. For 
convenient reference they are here recited. 
Chap. 360 of the Session Laws of 1850. 
AN ACT to provide for the completicn of the Geological Survey of 
(he State. Passed April 10, 1850. 
The People of the State of JYew-York, represented in Senate and 
Assembly y do enact as follows : 
Section 1. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to 
take charge of all matters appertaining to the prosecution and publi- 
cation of the geological survey of the State- 
§ 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the State and the 
Secretary of the Regents of the University, to examine into and re- 
port to the next Legislature upon all claims that may be made upon 
the State, for work done on account of the geological survey, and 
upon all contracts that may exist between the State and individuals 
for work yet to be done on account of the survey. 
§ 3. shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the Sec- 
retaiy of the Regents of the University to report to the next Legis- 
lature a plan for the final completion of the said survey, and to sub- 
mit the estimates of the cost of such completion. 
^ 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 
And again — Chap. 274. act to pro\ide for the payment of 
certain expenses of government^ (passed April 10, 1850,) contains the 
following provision : 
