same shall be agreed to by the Committee, and 80 report to
the House.

RULE XLIX.

The Rules of Proceedings in the House shall be observed
in a Committee of the Whole House, so far as applicable.

RULE L.

The officers of the House shall be one Chief Clerk, one
Reading Clerk, one Journal Clerk, one Sergeaut-at-arms, one
Postmaster, one Assistant Postmaster, Five Assistant Clerks,
one Keeper of Cloak Room, three Poor Keepers, three Pages,
five Folders, three Chaplains.

The Speaker shall appoint a suitable person to be Assistant
Janitor, also a Messenger to the Printer, and Messenger to
the Speaker, and shall provide, by appointment, such employes
as may be found requisite and necessary for the care and cus-
todianship of the rotunda, committee rooms and lavatory.

The Speaker shall appoint additional assistant engrossing
and committee clerks, as the same maybe necessary hereafter,
not to exceed six, to be paid from date of appointment.

The Speaker shall assign and re-assign the employes of the
House from one position to another, as their capacity and
efficiency may indicate, and shall have power to suspend from
duty without pay, for neglect of duty or other misconduct in
his discretion.

He shall also select and appoint a private secretary, who
shall be a stenographer and typewriter, to attend to the official
correspondence and clerical work connected with the office of
Speaker.

The Chairmen of the Committees on Ways and Means
and Claims shall appoint a clerk each to their respective
committees. The compensation of all the clerks and employes
shall be five dollars a day, except the Chief Clerk, Reading
Clerk: and Journal Clerk, who shall be paid ten dollars a
day; the Clerk to the Committee on Claims and Chief
Engrossing Clerk, six dollars a day each.