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propriate in this Convention, and the Committee recom-
mend that it should hereafter be styled, "The Committee
on Accounts;"
Which was adopted.
The report of the Committee was then adopted.
Mr. Longwell, Chairman of the Committee upon Printing,
submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Printing "who were ordered by the Con-
vention to ascertain and report whether Mr. George Colton,
with whom the contract for printing the Journal of Proceed-
ings and Debates of the Convention was made by the Comp-
troller of the State-, is willing to'print at the prices named in
said contract such portion of the proceedings as may be or-
dered by the Convention, and if not, on what terms he will
print such matter as may be ordered thereby," beg leave to
report that they have conferred with Mr. Colton on ths sub-
ject of said order, and have ascertained from him that he is
willing to print the Journal of Proceedings at the prices con-
tracted for; but that he cannot do it without serious loss,
his contract for the printing of the Convention, looking en-
tirely to the printing of the debates of the Convention for all
the profits he expected to make by the contract.
The committee has also ascertained from Mr. Colton that
he can print the Journal of Proceedings at two dollars per
page, and such other matter as may be ordered by the Con-
vention, on such fair and reasonable terms as maybe ap-
proved by the Committee on Printing.
JOHN K, LONGWELL,
Chairman.
JAS. A. HENDERSON,
JAS. R. BREWER,
SAMUEL W. STARR,
JOHN K. THOMAS,
HENRY A. SILVER,
JOHN F. DENT,
WM. MOTTER,
JAS. L. HORSEY.
Which was read, and,
On motion of Mr. Denson,
Adopted.
Mr. Barnes (by general consent) submitted the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the Comptroller, at the suggestion of the
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