for the payment of his house rent, and I am not aware that the mere legality of the appropriation has ever been questioned. Certainly the Treasurer did not hesitate to make payment in either of the cases I have mentioned. To the considerations already presented may be added the fact, of no small weight in itself, that not only have the members of the bar generally throughout the State expressed in their memorials sent to the Board opinions in favor of the legality of those claims, but that all of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the district Judge of the Upper Peninsula, who, as well as the late lamented Justice Whipple, was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1850, have united in presenting them, and have thus affirmed their legality. We cannot suppose, for a moment, that these high functionaries, whose duty it is to expound the Constitution and laws, and who may as a court of justice at any time be appealed to by the humblest individual to pass upon the powers of the Board, would thus have sanctioned the principle without a careful consideration of all objections, or without the most sincere and conscientious conviction of their legality and justice.

The attentive consideration which your letter has led me to give to the question, has but strengthened the opinion which from the first I have entertained, that under the Constitution you have full power to audit and allow the claims, and I can see no distinction between those of the Circuit Judges and that of the district Judge of the Upper Peninsula.

I have the honor to be, gentlemen,

Very respectfully, your obd't serv't,

J. M. HOWARD,

Attorney General.

The Speaker announced the following communication:

HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES, Į
Lansing, January 10, 1873.

To the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House:

SIR-As you are the executive officer of the House, my principal aid, to do its will and to control all its police regulations;

to serve or cause to be served its subpoenas and warrants; to announce the entrance of the Governor, the Senate committees from the Senate; to provide rooms for the committees of the House and to see that such rooms are kept in order; to cause an assistant to attend the principal door of the House, and open and close it for the entry and exit of all persons; to keep the same closed and admit no person during the time of prayer; to see that visitors are seated; to prevent noise or loud talking in the lobby or vestibule; to cause the printed bills, joint resolutions, and other documents of the House to be classified and arranged so that they may be easily obtained when called for; to cause the hall of the House to be kept warmed and open from 7 o'clock A, M. until 10 o'clock P. M. each day; to take charge of the messenger boys and assign to each the place in the House he is to occupy, and the members he is especially to serve; to cause the messenger boys to be in attendance at least one hour before the commencement of the session in each day, and to remain in attendance during the entire sitting of the House, and a sufficient time thereafter to fully complete all work that may be required of them; to see that said messengers arrange in order on the files of each member the journals, bills, and documents as fast as received; that they do not leave the Hall without direction or permission; that they hold themselves in readiness to bring to the Clerk, from the members, any bills and documents that may be presented, and to promptly answer any call, render any assistance, and do all such proper errands as a member may require; that they refrain from all loud talking, laughing, whistling, throwing papers, sliding down the banisters, or playing in the House or committee rooms, and to conduct themselves generally in a quiet or respectful manner towards every member and officer of the House; and I desire you to especially inform them that any one of them failing to conform to such regulations, and conducting himself in an improper manner will be dismissed

and another appointed in his place. As you have charge of your assistants and the firemen, I shall further expect you at once to organize your department with such system that each of your subordinates shall know his precise duties, and discharge them promptly, thoroughly, and courteously.

On motion of Mr. Lamb,

Yours, very respectfully,

C. M. CROSWELL,
Speaker of the House.

The House took a recess until 2 o'clock P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

2 o'clock P. M.

The House met and was called to order by the Speaker.
Roll called: quorum present.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

The committee on printing, to whom was referred the following resolutions:

1. Resolved, That three thousand copies of the Governors' messages, translated into the German language, one thousand into the Holland, one thousand into the Scandinavian, and one thousand copies into the French languages, be printed for the use of the House;

2. Resolved, That one thousand copies of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the House;

To which the following substitute was pending:

Resolved by the House (the Senate concurring), That five thousand copies each of the Governors' messages be printed for the use of the Legislature, in the English, two thousand cach printed in the German, and two thousand in the French languages;

3. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That 1,500 copies of the Governors' messages, both

of the retiring and present incumbent, be translated and printed in the Holland language; and that the same be awarded to the publishers of the Grondwet, of the city of Holland, to be distributed by them among the Holland people in the counties of Allegan, Ottawa, Kent, and Muskegon, at a cost to be fixed by this Legislature;

4. Resolved, That there be 2,000 copies each of the messages of Governor Bagley and ex-Governor Baldwin printed for the use of the members of this House;

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, with the accompanying substitute therefor:

Resolved, That there be printed of Governor Bagley's and exGovernor Baldwin's messages, in one pamphlet for the use of the House, 2,000 copies;

Recommending that the substitute be adopted, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

I. A. FANCHER, Chairman.

Report accepted and committee discharged.

Mr Hoyt moved that the House concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee.

Mr. Greusel moved to amend the substitute by adding to the same the words "and three thousand in the German, fifteen hundred in the Holland, one thousand in the Scandinavian, and one thousand in the French languages, for the use of the members of the House;

Which motion did not prevail.

Mr. Noyes moved to lay the report on the table;

Which motion did not prevail.

The question recurring on the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee,

Mr. Bonine demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded and the substitute was not adopted, by yeas and nays, as follows:

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The question recurring on the adoption of the first reso

olution,

Mr. E. R. Miller offered the following substitute:

Resolved, That one thousand copies of the present and retiring Governors' messages be printed in one pamphlet in the English, 500 copies in the German, 500 in the French, and 500 in the Holland languages for the use of this House;

Mr. Ripley moved to lay the resolution and substitute on the table;