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the collection of fossils, as set forth by the contract, which is as 
follows : 
This agreement, made this 30th day of June, in the year of 
our Lord 1855, between Elias W. Leavenworth, Secretary of 
State, and T. Romeyn Beck, Secretary of the Board of Regents, 
in behalf of the People of the State of New-York, of the first 
part, and James Hall of the second part, witnesseth : 
First. That the parties of the first part hereby promise and 
agree to pay to the party ol the second part, for the third vol- 
ume of his Palaeontology of the State of New- York, the sum of 
six thousand dollars, as follows : Two thousand dollars, down; 
one thousand dollars on the first day of January next; one thou- 
sand dollars on the first day of October in the year 1856; the re- 
maining two thousand dollars when the work is in all respects 
complete, and is delivered to the printer for publication. And in 
consideration of the premises, the said James Hall promises and 
agrees on the first day of February next, he will recommence his 
labors upon the said third volume, and that he will devote to 
the same his constant attention till the same is ready for the 
press, and will complete the same if possible by the first day of 
January, 1857. 
Second. And the said James Hall further agrees that he will 
finish the Palaeontology of the State in five volumes, which is the 
number of volumes for the work mutually agreed upon by the 
parties hereto; that the remaining volumes shall embrace the 
fossils of those rocks in the gtate, the fossils of w^hich have not 
yet been described in the work; that he will commence the 
fourth volume immediately on the completion of the third, and 
will diligently devote himself to such fourth and fifth volumes, 
from year to year, till the same are fully completed in the most 
careful, thorough, and scientific manner; and that he will com- 
plete each volume within a period not exceeding four years, and 
within as much shorter a period as he can and do ample justice 
to himself and the State. And in consideration of such perfor- 
mance on the part of said party of the second part, the parties 
of the first part hereby promise and agree : 1 . That they will pay 
