REPORT.

The Senate Committee appointed to examine the accounts,
disbursements, &c., of the State Librarian, and also the ex-
isting condition of the Library, report that they have per-
formed that duty, and herewith submit the report of that
officer, with the request that it may be entered upon the
Journal.

An examination of the vouchers for the disbursements of
the contingent fund proved entirely satisfactory to your Com-
mitfee.

The supplementary catalogue herewith furnished will show
the number and character of the books purchased out of the
augmentation fund, which we have every reason to believe
has been judiciously expended.

The last annual appropriation has been found wholly in-
adequate to meet the demands of the Library, and the Libra-
rian has at this time unpaid bills in his hands amounting to
nearly six thousand dollars.

For this large expenditure the Librarian is not resonsible;
indeed, when we consider the number and character of the
various articles annually distributed by that officer, in ac-
cordance with orders from this body, and the unlimited
amount of stationery proper, which it is assumed to be his
duty to furnish, and which he does actually furnish, we are
only surprised that larger appropriations are not required to
meet the drain, which only can be arrested by prompt and
appropriate legislation, which your Committee recommend to
your early consideration.

An appropriation of at least six thousand five hundred
dollars will be required to meet the expenses of the present
session, and in view of this fact your Committee decline to
recommend any improvements in the Library at this time.