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perfect inventory of the plate, furniture, and appointments
belonging to said house to be taken, recorded, in a book, and
filed in the library.                                         

They further report that they found said house, grounds,
and out-buildings much out of repair, and much of the furni-
ture and appointments requiring renewal.

Your committee recommend that gas light be introduced
into said house.

Your committee beg leave to report the accompanying bill,
appropriating the sum of live thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to cover the outlays for repairing
and puting in order said house, grounds, and out-buildings,
introducing gas light therein, and renewing said furniture and
appointments.

Respectfully submitted,

S. Owings Hoffman,
Thaddeus S. Clark,
Committee on part of the Senate.
Wm. Alexander,
H. G. Grieves,
C. B. Thruston,
Henry H. Goldsborough,
J. A. Davis,

Committee on part of the House.
Which was accepted.

On motion of Mr. Alexander,

The rules were suspended and the bill entitled, an act for
the repairing and introduction of gas light into the Govern-
ment House enclosure and out buildings, and for the purchase
of furniture.

Was read the first time, by special order, the second
and third times, three-fourths of all the members concurring,
and passed by yeas and nays, as follow:

	Affirmative.
Messrs. Berry, Sp'r,	Sudler, of Som.	Stirling,
Morgan, Neale,	Tilghman,	Rogers,
Richardson,	McPherson,
Wickes,	Davis,	Smith, of B. city,
Meginnis,	Ford, of Cecil,	Lynch, of B. city,
Mackubin,	Kidd,	Harrington,
Kilbourn,	Belt,	Crowley,
Griffiss,	Wyville,	Alexander,
Magruder,	Contee,	Gray,
Stonestreet,	Larrimore,	Duvall,