1202 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [April 1,

Mr. Touchstone, Chairman of the Committee on the Con-
tingent Fund, submitted the following

REPORT.
To the Honorable Speaker and

Gentlemen of the House of Delegates ;

Your "Committee on Contingent Fund" very respectfully
beg leave to report, that they have carefully examined the
accounts rendered to the Executive Department for inci-
dental expenses, and authorized by law to be paid out of the
contingent fund, and find that the bills presented, and
vouchers for disbursements of the said fund, exactly corre-
spond.

The statement herewith presented covers the entire ex-
penditures out of the contingent fund, from the 20th day of
January, 1869, to the 31st day of March, 1870, inclusive;
and shows an aggregate amount of expenditures of six thou-
sand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and nineteen cents,
($6,356.19.)

All of which is respectfully submitted,

JAMES TOUCHSTONE,

Chairman.

JAMES B. SANNER,
THOMAS H. HAMILTON,
HORATIO BECK,
EDWARD S. CHOATE,
JOEL THOMAS,
W. E. COLLINS.

Which was read and adopted.

List of Vouchers under the Contingent Fund placed at the
disposal of the Governor.

1869.	Voucher.	Amount.
Jan'y 20 Wm.F. Shaw & Co........	.......... 1	$600 00
22 Charles Cole..................	........... 2	5750
22 A. S. Abell & Co............	.......... 3	57 15
26 Bell & Wailes.............	........... 4	500
27 Thomas Basil.............	.......... 5	30 00
27 Peter Schoff ...............	........... 6	15i 00
Feb'y 3 Telegraph Company........	........... 7	8 93
11 Samuel W. Brooks.........	........... 8	1445
15 John Daris.................	.......... 9	11430
12 John Murphy & Co........	........... 10	97 75
12 Dechert & Co.................	........... 11	11 00
19 W. H. Vanderford...........	........... 12	3 00
Carried forward...........	...........	$1,154 08