"In Senate, Feb. 20, 1839. Ordered, that Messrs. Spofford, Goodrich and Whitman, be a committee to inquire when the map of the state is likely to be completed in the present mode of construction; also into the expediency of suspending all further expenditure on the part of the state for that purpose, and of disposing of the materials and surveys now on hand for that purpose, to such person or persons as will contract to complete a map, and furnish copies to the state, or citizens thereof, on the most favorable terms."--Page 2. The committee report is signed at end: Jeremiah Spofford, S.G. Goodrich, Jared Whitman.