JOINT RULES.
The Committee on Joint Rules for the two Houses made the following report: That the joint rules of the session of 1881 be adopted with the addition of the following : Rule 17. That all bills introduced in the General Assembly for the amending of any previous law of the State which has been incorporated n the Revised Statutes of 1881, shall contain not only a reference to the proper section of the act amended, but also to refer to the section or sections in which the same occurs in the Revised Statues. The report was adopted.
Mr. SCHLOSS offered a resolution, which was adopted, that 300 copies of the rules of the House and the rules be printed for the use of the members, with an amend that 100 copies be filed with the State Librarian.
Mr. MOODY, from the Committee to Secure Committee Rooms, made their report, and recommended that the offer made by the proprietor of the Bates House, to furnish six rooms for $900, be accepted.
Mr. GIBSON reported that the Committee to whom was referred the Governor's message had apportioned the several propositions of the same to the proper standing Committees of the House, which was concurred in.
