No. 11. RESOLUTION Directing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to place in the hands of the State Librarian five copies of Rogers's Geological Survey. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That there be placed in the hands of the state librarian, by the secretary of the commonwealth, five copies of the Geological Report and map, which he shall have suitably bound, and shall distribute one copy to each of the governments of France, Belgium, Bavaria, Prussia and Russia, as a present from this commonwealth to the above governments; and that the state treasurer be directed to pay the sum required for binding and forwarding the same, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 12. RESOLUTION To pay Samuel B. Laufer for serving as Clerk to the Committee appointed to try the Contested Election of James Donnelly. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer be directed to pay to Samuel B. Laufer, clerk to the committee to try the contested election of the fourteenth representative district of the city of Philadelphia, the sum of three dollars per day and the usual mileage, the number of days to be certified by the committee. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 13. RESOLUTION To pay the widow of John Ray, deceased. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer is authorized and directed to pay to the widow of John Ray, who was employed in the basement of the hall, and died on February seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, the sum of one hundred dollars, and the necessary sick. ness and funeral expenses of deceased : Provided, Said expenses do not exceed fifty dollars, to be expended by the clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED--The twentieth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 14. RESOLUTION Relative to the payment of certain moneys into the State Treasury by the Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the auditor general, in settling the per centage allowed by the act of twenty.second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, on the increase of the capital of the Manufacturers' and Mechanics’ Bank of the city and county of Philadelphia, be and is hereby directed to charge no per centage on the restoration of the capital of said bank, to the amount allowed by and for which it has already paid a per centage under the provisions of the act of twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, but to charge only the per centage imposed by the act of one thousand eight hundred and fiftyseven, on such increase of capital beyond the amount allowed and already settled for under the act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, as may take place under the said act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 15. RESOLUTION Relative to Printing Bank Reports. Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the legislature at its next session, two thousand copies of the reports of the banks and savings institutions of this state, as made to the auditor general, after their first discount day in November next, as required by law, and that the auditor general furnish copies of the statement of each bank received at his department to the state printer, to enable him to deliver this document at the meeting of the next legislature. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 16. RESOLUTION To pay the expenses of the Committee on Contested Election case in the Fourteenth Representative District of Philadelphia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay the committee selected to try the contested election case of the foer. teenth representative district of Philadelphia, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars; fifty dollars of which shall be paid to each member of said committee, for expenses incurred by sitting in Philadelphia. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 17. RESOLUTION Relative to the Commissioners of Dauphin County and their Court House. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the commissioners of Dauphin county are hereby authorized to occupy the second story of the state arsenal, at Harrisburg, as a court house, until the completion of their proposed new court house in said county. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro ter. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 18. RESOLUTION Relative to the charges on Railroads. WHEREAS, Great injustice is done to citizens of this and other states, by reason of the competition existing between the leading railroad lines connecting the east with the west, resulting in great discrimination against the best interests of certain sections of the country: And whereas, The evil can only be effectually remedied by a concert of action between the states more directly interested ; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the governor of this commonwealth be and he is hereby requested to address a communication to the several governors of the states of New York, Maryland and Virginia, requesting them to bring the subject to the attention of their respective legislatures, with the view to the passage of laws that shall provide for the appointment of commissioners, not less in number than three for each state, to meet at such time and place, in conjunction with commissioners from this state, as may be fixed upon by the several governors, to consider the question, and suggest such concurrent action to the legislatures of the said states as may seem to them best calculated to remedy the evil. Řesolved, That the governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint three commissioners, to represent this state wheresoever either of the aforesaid states shall have appointed commissioners for the aforesaid purpose. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 19. RESOLUTION Relative to the expenses attending the sickness and death of Samuel Bal liett, Esquire, a Member of the last House of Representatives. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to the administrators of the estate of Samuel Balliett, late a member of the House of Representatives, who died at Harrisburg, immediately upon the final adjournment, the sum of two hundred and forty-one dollars, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, it being the amount of expenses incurred during his last illness and burial; also, to Messrs. Sloan and Boyd, of Harrisburg, for coffin, forty-five dollars, and to Mrs. Jane John |