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Attention was called to an order passed last May, request-
ing the Clerk of the Court of Appeals to furnish a statement
of the receipts and expenses of his office from 1860 to 1866,
and to which, it was alleged, " the Clerk had as yet made no
response."
This allegation, though no doubt believed to be correct by
the honorable gentleman who made it, in Convention, cer-
tainly dues not accord with the facts of the case. The printed
proceedings of your Convention show that the report was
made more than a month ago. It was read in Convention,
and referred to the Judiciary Committee, of which you are
the Chairman.
I do not wish to be placed in the position of having refused
compliance with the orders of this Convention. To furnish
the information desired by its three orders on this office, a
careful and thorough examination of dockets, papers and
records throughout a period of many years, became actually
necessary. The work consumed my own time, and the time
of a clerk, for more than a month, much to the delay of
regular office business. Still it was performed, and the
information furnished without hesitation.
And not only have I complied with the orders of Conven-
tion, but in all sincerity, I can say, whenever called upon
by any member of the Convention for statistical information
calculated to facilitate the work of remodeling the Constitu-
tion, I have, as far as was in my power, furnished it with
the utmost promptness and cordiality.
I trust, therefore, I am not trespassing too much on your
good services, when I ask the favor of you to correct the mis-
statement above referred to, and which has been made public
through the proceedings of the Convention.
Sincerely and truly yours,
GEORGE EARLE.
See Journal, page 323 ;
Which was read.
On motion of Mr. Rider,
At 2 o'clock P. M. the Convention adjourned.
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