mittee think that be ought to receive one hun-
dred dollars more. He thinks he ought to get
more than that.
The question being then taken, the order
was adopted, upon a division—ayes 45, noes
not counted.
Mr. VALLIANT. I have another order of a
similar character. I confess that I submit it
with a great deal of reluctance, not because
1 do not think that the party is justly entitled
to receive what is proposed in this order, but
because it somewhat resembles some proceed-
ings of this convention which have not met
my entire approbation. But I think that the
explanation I can give will fully satisfy every
member of this convention that the order
should be adopted. The order is as follows :
" Ordered, That the committee on accounts
be, and they are hereby instructed to pay to
Mr. Daniel M. Moore, the sum of two hundred
dollars; for extra services rendered, for index-
ing the works of this convention,"
About the time this convention was organ-
ized, Mr. Moore proposed to index the consti-
tution, the journal of debates, and the journal
of proceedings for the sum of five hundred
dollars. Or rather, he wanted a much larger
sum than that, but finally consented to take
the sum of five hundred dollars. There' was
some little difficulty about the employment of
Mr. Moore; the only difficulty was that an-
other person had offered to do the same, and
some other work for the same sum. We did
not give it to the other person because we did
not think he could do all the work. We
finally contracted with Mr. Moore to do the
indexing for three hundred dollars, with the
understanding on the part of every member
of the committee I believe, that we would
recommend to this convention that he be paid
a larger sum, if we deemed his services to be
worth more.
The indexing the work of the last conven-
tion was done for the sum of eight hundred
dollars, at a time when gold was at par.
The work of this convention is much larger
than that of the last convention; that is, the
work of indexing. The debates of the last
convention amounted to about nine hundred
or one thousand pages; the number of pages
of our journal of debate's will not be less than
sixteen hundred or seventeen hundred, and
if eight hundred dollars was a fair compensa-
tion for indexing the debates of the last con-
vention, twelve or fourteen hundred dollars
would not be more than a fair compensation
for our indexing. Yet the committee have
determined not to pay Mr. Moore so much as
that, but to pay him in all five hundred dol-
lars, which is three hundred dollars less than
was paid for indexing the work of the con
vention of 1851.
It is my honest conviction, from a careful
investigation, that five hundred dollars is no
a fair compensation to Mr. Moore, and he i
not willing to do it for that, only he has con |
tracted to do it. It is my judgment that be
is entitled to more than that. The majority
of the committee, however, would not con-
sent to give him more. Perhaps I ought not
to mention that. The committee are unani-
mous in their recommendation to give Mr.
Moore this additional two hundred dollars,
Mr. THOMAS. I move to strike out " two
hundred," and insert "three hundred."
Mr. MILLER. Does that include the index-
ing of the journal of proceedings as well as
the journal of debates ?
Mr. VALLIANT. Yes, sir,
Mr. MILLER, I understand that the index-
ing of the journal of debates of 1850 cost
eight hundred dollars.
Mr. VALLIANT. The indexing of all the work
of the convention of 1850: by that I mean
the journal of debates, the journal of proceed-
ings, and the constitution. The indexer
then received eight hundred dollars in gold,
or what was tantamount to gold. We pro-
pose to give Mr. Moore five hundred dollars ;
that is, we have already contracted to give
him three hundred dollars, and we propose
now to give him two hundred more.
Mr. MILLER. If the indexer of the conven-
tion received eight hundred dollars, he re-
ceived more than he ought. There Were but
a few pages of index, which I think could
i have been made out by a competent person
in a week's time.
Mr. VALLIANT. From 1850 to the present
time, the smallest amount paid for indexing
the journals of the generally assembly has
been four hundred and fifty dollars, and from
that amount up to seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
The question was then taken upon the mo-
tion of Mr. THOMAS to strike out "two hun-
dred," and insert "three hundred," which
was not agreed to,
The question recurred upon the original
order.
Mr. MAYHUGH called for the yeas and nays
upon this question, but they were not or-
dered ,
The question was then taken, and upon a
division—ayes 41, noes not counted—the or-
der was adopted.
BOUND COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr. VALLIANT, from the committee on re-
porting and printing, made the following re-
port:
The committee on reporting and printing,
to whom was referred the order offered Sep-
tember 2, 1864, by Mr. GREENE, of Alle-
gany, very respectfully beg leave to report,
that after mature deliberation they have con-
cluded that said order ought not to be
adopted, and herewith offer the following in-
stead thereof:
Ordered, That the comptroller of the trea-
sury be authorized, and is hereby directed to
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