IN SENATE,
FRIDAY, January 14, 1881-10 a. m.The Lieutenant Governor took the Chair at 10 o'clock.
Prayers were said by Rev. Jacob Rothweiler of the First German M. E. Church.
The Lieutenant Governor then announced the standing Committes of the Senate ,as follows:
- Elections- Sayre, Viehe, Spann, Keiser, Kramer, Lockridge and Hefron.
- Finance--Wilson,Langdon, Leeper, Davis, Smith, Owens and Foster.
- Judiciary--Grubbs, Bell, Brown, Chapman, Comstock, Graham and Traylor.
- Organization of Courts--Langdon, Coffey, Van Vohris, Grubbs, Bischowsky, Compton and Shaffer.
- Education--Owen, Leeper, White, Davis, Smith, Sayre, and Traylor.
- Corporations--Garrigus, Hefron, Spann, Wood, Yancey, Graham and Rahm.
- Roads--Poindexter, Hostetter, Hart, Macartney, Majors, Lockridge and Marvin.
- Benevolent and Reformatory Institutions--Van Vorhis, White, Comstock, Ristine, Bell, Kahlo and Urmston.
- Agriculture- Lockridge, Smith, Leeper, Poindexter, Davis, Macartney and Marvin.
- Banks--Macartney, Rahm, Yancey, Coffee, Bischowsky, Sayre and Compton.
- Public Printing--Keiser, Foster, Bundy, Yancey, Howard, Henry and Briscoe.
- Public Buildings and State Library--Kahlo, Menzies, Garrigus, Bell, Shaffer, Comstock and Woollen.
- State Prisons--Chapman, Menzies, Ristine, Hutchinson, Shaffer, Bundy and Benz.
- Canals, Internal Improvements and Swamp Lands--Bischowsky, Woods, Garrigus, Majors, Bundy, Poindexter and Hutchinson.
- Fees and Salaries--Smith. Bell, Langdon, Henry, Urmston, Owen and Marvin.
- Claims and Expenditures--Ristine, Urmston, Wilson, Hostetter, Davidson, Grubbs and Briscoe.
- Military Affairs--Hostetter, Howard, Grubbs, Henry, Kramer, Van Vorhis and Hart.
- Phraseology, Title, Arrangement of Bills and Unfinished Business--Henry, Brown, Langdon, Wilson, Traylor, Keiser and Woollen.
- Federal Relations, Rights and Privileges of the Inhabitants of the State--Shaffer, Davidson, Chapman, Coffey, Compton, Lockridge and Benz.
- Temperance--Ristine, Hefron, Kahlo, Shaffer, Briscoe ,Bischowsky and Urmston.
- County and Township Business--White, Voyles, Hostetter, Hart, Poindexter, Rahm and Ristine.
- Public Health and Vital Statistics--Yancy, Woollen, Howard, Shaffer, McCartney, Sayre, Majors (and Van Vorhis, added by vote of the Senate in the afternoon.)
- Insurance--Spann, Woollen, Wilson, Graham, Wood. White and Voyles.
- Railroads--Graham, Brown, Kahlo, Foster, Spann, Garigus and Voyles.
- Mines, Mining and Manufactures--Bundy, Compton, Keiser, Owen, Viehe, Chapman and Menzies.
- Congressional Apportionment--Grubbs, Viehe, Comstock, Compton, Langdon, Poindexter, Rahm, Garrigus, Wood, Macartney, White, Van Vorhis and Howard.
- Legislative Apportionment--Shaffer, Brown, Spann, Kramer, Keiser, Coffey, Owen, Woollen, Yancey, Graham, Hostetter, White and Traylor.
- Supervision and Inspection of the Journal of the Senate--Bischowsky, Briscoe, Davidson, Lockridge, Van Vorhis, Hutchinson and Sayre.
- Executive Appointments--Bundy,Brown, Chapman, Yancey, Voyles, Graham and Hutchinson.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES ON THE PART
OF
THE SENATE.
- On Enrolled Bills--Smith, Foster and Wilson.
- Public Buildings--Garrigus, Leeper and Lockridge.
- State Library--Kahlo, Marvin and Van Vorhis.
- Canal Funds--Bischowsky, Davidson and Owen, Claims--Wilson, Heffron and Yancey.
- Revision of Statutes--Comstock, Viehe,Langdon, Menzies and Henry.
The Special Committee on selecting Committee Rooms reported a proposition from the Grand Hotel to let five rooms--one exclusively and the others till 11 o'clock p. m.--for $200 for the session.
Mr. Van Vorhis and Mr. Langdon insisted that Committee Rooms should be for the sole use of the Committees at all hours and at all times.
Mr. Foster regarded the proposition as a favorable one, and the price very low.
page: 46[View Page 46]Mr. Comstock understood the rooms were subject to Committee use at any time during the day and until between 11 and 12 o'clock at night; but he desired the understanding should be put in more definite form. He moved that the Committee get from the proprietor a written statement as to specific rooms and the keeping of papers.
Mr. Smith, as one of the Committee, would see all of the requirements of the Senate complied with.
Mr. Brown declared this report did not comply with the demands of the Senate.
Mr. Urmston desired the Committee to get propositions from other quarters than the Grand Hotel.
Messrs. Comstock, Traylor, and others, desired the proposition to be signed by the parties themselves- the proposition heretofore from the Grand having been sent in, one with the signature of "J. J. Rice," and the other signed simple "Rice."
The motion to recommit was agreed to.
Mr. Chapman offered a concurrent resolution. which was adopted, that at the Joint Convention of the two Houses, to be convened on Wednesday next, according to the terms of an act of Congress, after the election of United States Senator, the General Assembly will proceed to the election of a State Librarian.
The four joint resolutions and the first forty-five bills heretofore introduced in the Senate, were taken from the table and, upon being identified by reading the number and a few words in the title, were severally referred to the appropriate standing Committees of the Senate.
Then came a recess till 2 o'clock.
