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gates, the Committe-Rooms, and stairs ascending thereto; and
during the recess keep them thoroughly cleaned and ventilated,
and before each session to arrange the furniture, carpets and
desks, and prepare both chambers for the assembling of the
Legislature; for which services he shall receive the sum of
thirty dollars per month.

4. The Governor shall annually appoint two white male citi-
zens, whose pay shall be the sum of thirty-five dollars a month,
to watch and guard all the buildings within the State House en-
closure, from nine o'clock, P. M. until daylight each day, and to
take charge of and keep in order the fire apparatus belonging to
the State.

6. The Governor shall annually appoint some suitable person
to be keeper of the steam house and the furnace of the Record
Office who shall receive the sum of thirty-five dollars per month,
and one assistant keeper, who shall receive the sum of thirty
dollars per month.

6. The Treasurer, upon the warrant of the Comptroller, shall
pay the sums mentioned in sections two, three and four of this
act, to the persons who shall be appointed by the Governor, as
aforesaid.

ARTICLE XLIII.

Habeas Corpus

The Act of 1862, ch. 36, repeals section 3 of this Article, and enacts as follows:

SEC. 1. If any person be committed or detained for any crime, or
under any color or pretence whatsoever, he or any one on his be-
half may complain by petition to any one of the courts or judges
mentioned in the first section of this article, and the said court
or judge shall forthwith grant a writ of habeas corpus, directed
to the officer or other person in whose custody the party detained
shall be, returnable immediately before the said court or judge
granting the same; provided, the person detained be not commit-