LOST STATUTES.
Mr. VAWTER submitted the following:
WHEREAS, The Committee on Fees and Salaries applied to the Clerk of this House for a statute, on Thursday evening, and said Clerk borrowed a copy for the use of said Committee, and said statute was taken or stolen from this House, for which the Clerk is personally liable; therefore -
Resolved, That the State Librarian be authorized to replace a set of statutes, in the place of the ones taken.
Mr. WHITE proposed to amend the resolution by adding these words: "and that the Librarian be authorized to replace the statutes stolen from the desk of Colonel Hays."
Mr. McFADIN said there were sundry instances of petty thieving here in the Hall and it might be well simply to recommend vigilance on the part of the officers in charge. He would move to strike out the word "stolen" and insert "lost" in lieu.
Mr. GEISENDORF moved to lay the subject on the table.
The motion was rejected.
Mr. RATLIFF. I move to amend by requesting the person that has these statutes to return them.
The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman feom Grant [Mr. Ratliff] serve the notice?
Mr. WHITE. I move that the gentleman from Grant serve the notice.
The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from Cass [Mr. McFadin].
Mr. WHITE accepted the amendment. Mr. GEISENDORF. I do not ask the House to indemnify me for my losses.
Mr. SABIN explained. The two volumes of the statutes mentioned in the resolution was placed on the Speaker's desk at the end where the journal clerk [Mr. Dormer] stands. The clerk took them and placed them in the recess under the Speaker's desk and behind the clerk's desk, and when he looked for them they were missing.
The resolution was rejected.
