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Was adopted.
The third recommendation of the Committee was then tak-
en up for consideration, viz:
And taey further recommend that the per diem and mile-
age of the other officers be the same as is received by the
members of the Convention;
Which was adopted.
The Convention then proceeded to the consideration of the
fourth recommendation of the Committee, viz.:
In view of the very liberal recommendations of which
the Committee have thought proper to make in behalf of the
officers, they trust that the Convention will not hereafter en-
tertain any proposion for extra compensation ;
Which was adopted.
The Convention then took up for consideration the fifth
recommendation of the Committee, viz. :
The Committee also recommend 'that the President have
power to appoint a Revising Clerk, chosen with special refer-
ence to his capacity and fitness for the office, whose duty it
shall be to revise, arrange and engross, as the same shall be
passed by the Convention, the articles and sections of the
New Constitution, and who shall keep the said record at all
times open for the information of the members of the Con-
vention. It shall also be his duty to revise the printing of
the Journal of Proceedings and Reports of Committees, so as
to assure correctness, and to make an index of the same ;
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. Barnes, submitted the following order :
That the President, at the suggestion of the Committee on
"Revision and Compilation," shall'have power to appoint a
competent Clerk te assist said Committee in their labors;
Which was rejected.
The question then recurring upon the recommendation of
the committee, being the appointment of a Revising Clerk,
It was adopted.
The Convention then proceeeded to the consideration of
the sixth recommendation of the Committee, viz.:
The Committee are also of opinion that the services of two
additional folders are required, and they recommend that the
President have power to appoint them;
Pending the consideration thereof,
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