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.
