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vention are hereby earnestly requested to be present at all
of its future sessions.
Mr. McKaig said the substitute was nothing but John
Thompson's news. [Laughter. ] It meant nothing.
Mr. Gill said it entirely emasculated the original prop-
osition, and no good could result from its adoption.
The substitute was then adopted.
Mr. Carter submitted the following, which was laid
over:
Ordered, That on and after Tuesday, July 30, 1867,
those articles of the constitution which have been ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading shall be taken up on
their third reading in their proper order, at 10. 30 A. M.,
at which hour the said articles shall be the order of the
day, and shall have precedence over all other articles until
12 M.
Mr. Carter from the committee to whom was referred
all those parts of the constitution not referred to any
other committee, made the following report:
Section 1. Every person holding any office created by
or existing under the constitution or laws of the State,
or holding any appointment under any court of this State,
whose pay or compensation is derived from fees or moneys
coming into his hands for the discharge of his official
duties, shall keep a book in which shall be entered every
sum or sums of money received by him, or on account as
a payment or compensation for his performance of official
duties, a copy of which entries in said book, verified by
the oath of the officer by whom it is directed to be kept,
shall be returned yearly to the Comptroller of the State
for his inspection, and that of the General Assembly of
the State, to which the Comptroller shall, at each regular
session thereof, make a report showing what officers have
complied with this section; and each of the said officers,
when the amount received by him for the year shall ex-
ceed the sum which he is by law entitled to retain as his
salary or compensation for the discharge of his duties, and
for the expenses of his office, shall yearly pay over to the
Treasurer of the State the amount of such excess, subject
to such disposition thereof as the General Assembly may
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