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[Assemble 
Before auditing the above account, we required from Mr. Hall an 
.affidavit, in the same words as that required from him by Governor 
Fishj for a similar account in 1849, and which is as follows : 
"James Hall, of the city of Albany, being duly sworn, saith, that 
he has been employed as one of the State Geologists, and that he has 
made and entered into a contract with the State of New- York, in the 
year 1847, for original drawings of fossils for the department of Pa- 
Iseontolgy, at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per drawing ; that 
in pursuance of the said contract, deponent has prepared the original 
drawings of fossils specified in the above bill; that none of the said 
drawings have been charged to or paid for by the State of New-York, 
in any bill previously rendered by this deponent, or by any other 
person, and that he has not at any time received any sum or sums of 
money for or on account of the said drawings, orany or either of them; 
and further, that the sum of six hundred dollars and eighty-eight cents* 
therein mentioned is wholly and justly due to this deponent, under 
and in strict accordance with the contract of this deponent, made in 
the year 1847, in pursuance of An act for completing the publica- 
tion of the Natural History of New-York," passed May 7, 1847 ; 
and further, deponent saith, that it was previously and at that time a 
part of this contract to be paid for all packing paper, and for boxes, 
and for stationery used, and that in addition to this he was allowed 
the sum of $500 annually, to be expended for assistants and other 
incidental expenses necessary for the completion and perfection of 
the work in which he is engaged, and that under this part of his con- 
tract, the annexed bills are also due. 
(Signed,) " JAMES HALL. 
" Subscribed and sworn before me, ) 
this 7th day of May, 1850. ) 
"Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State.'''' 
Dr. Emmons presented a claim for $275, paid to Dr. James H. 
Salisbury, while acting as his assistant in preparing the volumes of 
Agriculture. Dr. Emmons stated at the same time, that he had no 
legal authority to employ an assistant, but that such a person had 
been absolutely necessary for the completion of the work. 
• The difference in the sum above named, is owing- to the fact that we executed 
a separate certificate for Mrs. Brooks, amounting to $375. 
