LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
Mr. PIERCE of Vigo, moved to dispense with the regular order and take up the Senate bill making appropriations for Legislative expenses.
page: 101[View Page 101]Mr. RATLIFF explained that there was a great difference between the Senate and House appropriation bills; the latter disposing of the question of salaries of employees of the House, and expressed the hope that as the provisions of the House appropriation bill had all been agreed upon, and the bill was ordered to a third reading to-day, it would be allowed to take precedence.
The motion was rejected.
On motion of Mr. McFADIN, Mr. Ratliff's bill--[H. R. 32]--making special appropriations for Legislative expenses, was taken up.
The House waiting for the report of the bill from the Enrolling Committee--
Mr. RUDDELL submitted a resolution, directing the Doorkeeper to appoint another assistant, another fireman, and a cloak keeper.
On motion of Mr. BUSKIRK it was laid on the table.
Mr. OSBORN obtaining leave offered the folowing:
RESOLVED, That the Governor be requested to inform the House who he appointed as a Commission under the resolution of the House of Repre-resentatives of 1867, to investigate as to the payment of taxes of Railroad Companies, and to prepare the draft of a bill to secure a just valuation of railroad property for taxation, and to report to the Governor, and also to inform the House what report such Committee has made.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. JOHNSON of Parke, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, now returned Mr. Ratliff 's special appropriation bill [H. R. 32] reporting that it is correctly enrolled.
The question being on its final passage--it was passed the third reading in the House--by yeas 91, nays 2.
And it was ordered that the clerk inform the Senate thereof.
