100 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 28,

the commencement of each session by the President, unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate.

XLII.

A Committee on Labor and Agriculture, to consist of five
Senators.

A Committee cm Finance, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on. Judicial Proceedings, to consist of five
Senators.

A Committee on Internal Improvements, to consist of five
Senators.

A Committee on Revolutionary Claims to consist of five
Senators.

A Committee on Invalid Deeds and Defective Proceedings,
to consist of five Senators.

A Committee of three Senators, whose duty it shall be to
audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate.

A Committee on Insolvent Laws, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on the Library, to consist of three Senators.

A Committee on Engrossed Bills, to consist of five Senators.

A Commitiee on Pensions, to consist of three Senators.

A Committee on Corporations and Joint Stock Companies,.
to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Elections, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Agriculture, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Printing, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Education, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Federal Relations, to consist of five
Senators.

A Committee on Militia, to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on the Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries,
to consist of five Senators.

A Committee on Retrenchment, to consist of five Senators,
whose duty jt shall be to take into consideration the ex-
penditures of the Government, in the several departments
thereof, and to inquire whether, and if any, what retrench-
ment can be made without injury to the public service, and
report thereupon, together with such propositions relative
thereto as to them shall seena expedient.

A Committee on Public Buildings, to consist of three Sen-
ators, to act jointly with the same Committee of the House of
Delegates.

A Committee of five Senators to act jointly with a com-
mittee of the House of Delegates, as required by the 24th
section of the 3d Article of the Constitution.

XLIII.

In addition to the Standing Committees of the Senate,
there shall be appointed by the President an Executive Com-