SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Mr. JENKINSON (by leave) presented a communication from Samuel L. Rugg, late Superintendent of Public Instruction, addressed to the House of Representatives, stating his surprise at the communication of his successor. Miles J. Fletcher, noticed in yesterday's proceedings and stating, that he was commissioned for two years from the 14th of February '59; that "on the 11th inst. Mr. Fletcher came into the office and exhibited to me his commission which purported to authorize him to serve in the office two years from the second Monday in February 1861, which in the present year occurred on the llth day of the month. He remarked to me that he had been talking with his friends on the subject and they had advised that he should assume the office on that day. To this I replied that I concurred in that advice, and advised him to assume the duties of the office at once. I placed him as fully in possession of the office, as the same had ever been in my possession," &c.
Mr. J. supposed Mr. Rugg merely desired to let the House and country know that he was willing to do what is right.
The paper was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
page: 216[View Page 216]On motion by Mr. PARRETT, it was ordered that Mr. Anderson be added to the Committee on Agriculture.
