50 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 18,

Mr. Walsh submitted the following amendment:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Strike out all after the word "whereas," and insert:

"The Republican Press of this State has alleged that the
officials of the State, have abused the trust confided to them,
more particularly the Treasurer and Comptroller of the
Treasury, by using the funds of the State for their own pri-
vate gain and emolument, by depositing the said funds with
certain parties, and receiving a consideration for such de-
posits, and

WHEREAS, As a matter of justice to the parties thus charg-
ed, and as conducive to the best interests of the State, it is
proper that the truth or falsehood of such charges should be
fully enquired into; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland. 1st,
That a Committee of Seven, consisting of three members on
the part of the Senate, and four on the part of the House of
Delegates be appointed, whose duty it shall be to enquire
into, and report as soon as practicable to the General Assem-
bly, whether or not at any time since January 1863 the
funds of the State have been so used and perverted by being
loaned or deposited with any individual, bank, corporation
or association of persons, for a consideration or compensa-
tion.

2nd, If for such consideration or compensation, then its
value, its terms, and to or by whom it was to be paid, and
whether it has been paid.

Be it Resolved, That the said Committee shall also examine
fully into the accounts of such officers in their several de-
partments, and ascertain whether the expenditures of the
funds of the State have been in conformity with law.

Be it Resolved, That in this connection the said Committee
shall also enquire into the particular charge made in the
Republican Press of this State, as to an attempt on the part
of the Comptroller of the Treasury to procure by false repre-
sentations the passage of a bill to grant a pension to a man
from Somerset county in this State, who was not entitled to
the same.

Be it Resolved, That the said Committee shall have power
to summon witnesses, to administer oaths in dua form of
law, to send for persons and papers, and to report by bill or
otherwise.

Pending the consideration of the amendment,

The hour of one o'clock having arrived, the President an-
nounced the order of the day to be the order submitted by