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For the session of 1867, (90 days,) to Henry A.

Lucas, costing............................ 63,445 89

For the Session of 1868, (90 daya.) to William

Thompson of E., costing.......................... 48,600 00

For the Session of 1870, (90 days,) to William

Thompson of R., costing.......................... 40,000 00

For the Session of 1872, (90 days,) to S. S. Mills

and L. F. Colton, costing......................... 38,000 00

For the Session of 1874, (90 days,) to Mills &

Colton, for the House............................... 48,509 03

To Wm. T. Iglehart & Co., for the Senate........ 20,927 00

For the Constitutional Convention of 1864, to

H. P. Bailey for printing the proceedings.... 17,372 45

To C. C. Fulton, for publishing Constitution...... 2,707 00

For the Constitutional Convention of 1867, to
George Colton, for printing proceedings and
publishing the Constitution...................... 9,879 07

It further appears by examination and comparison that the
largest amounts which the printing cost were for the Sessions
in which the contracts were made by the page, while the
smaller sums were the result of having the work done for a,
specified sum, and it is the opinion of your Committee, that
while it would seem equitable to hare the work done by the
page, it would be more economical to contract for a specified
amount, and we fully concur in an order passed by the House
of Delegates, looking to the matter of regulating the Public
Printing, and recommend that the Joint Committee on
Printing introduce a bill regulating the mode and manner of
contracting in the future, and fixing a maximum limit be-
yond which the cost of printing for any regular session of
the Legislature shall not exceed.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

WM. T. HEPBRON,
On the part of the Senate.

D. W. SNOWDEN,
OB the part of the House.

Which was adopted.

Mr. Stereos, from Select Committee, reported favorably,

Senate hill entitled an Act to authorize the establishment
of a Zoological Collection in the City of Baltimore.

Which was read the first time.