The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-17

items contained ia the bill, while the Loco,
were very indignan, that any one dared
call in question the repor, Of their commit.
leo on claims. With a reliable majority
they braved the storm, took the response.
bili.y, md passed the appropriation bill Ia
which ] now call your attention.
For pay and mileage Of members Of House
Representatives S3,S64.
TO Eastin Morris for 80 copies Supreme
Court Reports, S. each, Sl95. Instead
Ut taking these reports Of Gen. Morris for
the purpose Of dcpositing with the Clerks
OF the County Courts Tor The benetit OF the
Counties, the members OF the House of Rep.
resenta,ives voted Themselves each copy
to be paid for by the State, a, So, while
many Of them afterwards disposed Of their
book for $3.50 to $3.50, and pocketed the
proceeds, while others no doubt have ere
this astonshed the natives with their legal
knowledge obtained from the decisions OF
the Supreme Court Of Iowa. at belongs
only to great men 10 possess great defects. :"
To Palmer e. Paul for printing, &C.,
SMi,s7, for House Rep, also for printing,
and papers for Senate S6G7, 10 all 81 ,63l
81, a sweet little bill. no one knows WIN,
]. is for, except the high pressure commit.
tee.
Speaker Bonhsm extra per diem us
Speaker $50.
To- j. L. Abrahams for Stationary. SG6S
81, included in this amount are .tfly-cight
gold pens, being one fur each member, a.
$3.50 a piece. is $li5. Also knives, pat
~ pans. squirt guns, aud hot whiskey
punches.
To VIM. l.. Leilingwel for superintend.
ing the printing. and indcxing the Journal
Of the House $4,000.
To same rs Chief Clerk nj 81 pr day SIZE.
To Saunders Asst. Clerk a So pr day 1919.
To Folly I'd Asst. Clerk a, SD per day 100.
Thus the Chief Clerk must DO voted
$500 for few Days indexing these Jour-
nails, That those most interested in will new.
or sec. Tor not one out of every five hun.
dred 81 the voters Of this State will ever
get chance to see what their servants
have been doing by looking iato ono OF
their Journals. The journals of each
House will cost about $1,000, making 49,
100.
This Thrcshing Machine required a
Chief Clerk nj 81 per day, and two Assis-
tan,s n, So each per day, while ia Old Ter.
ritorial times when Uncle Sam paid the
bills. one Assisian, was sufficient, aud that
too during session when the laws were
revised, aud five times more business trans
acted, than ut the late session.
The same system Of extravngancc will
npplv u the Senate. The Secretary gets
$500 Tor indexing and experimenting the
Journals, (ihe price heretofore paid was
$500 and S250) 81 per day for services
Is Secretary. aud So per day 10 two bloa,s
stuck up in front Of the Presidents Chair
o intuse spirit into ;nc proceedings, ma.
.lng $3.50 more for this trio Of scribes aud
.ripplcs.
70 Mr.. Bell, Messenger Of House, $50.
10 Geo. Williams, Fireman, $50. Samp-
an, sergeant.ai-Arms, $50. kempIer g.
Williams, cutting wood, $50. Ballard g.
Aosiariy, newspapers mud printing, S2ls.
10 Secretary Bonny for experimenting
printing and distribution of Laws $780,
10 Wheeson ior wood, 800. +. M. Irish
Of wood, 500. For pay and milenge Of
members Of Senate, $4,000. Fireman,
screean,.a,-Arms, mud Messenger Of SEN
lie, S25s. To Seilmsn, President Of the
sena,e, extra, 81 per day, $50.
To John Taylor as Commissioner 10 Law
y, Monroe City, S20i,i0. Il seems
Ia, the Honorable Board of Commission
RS selected by Tho Legislature to locate
he new Seat Of Government selected q
lace some where on the north fork Of Big
sandy end called !, Monroe City, thereup-
N they commenced laying oil lots dispo.
ing Of them and pocke,ing the proceeds.
dr. Taylor complained, TIM, the other two
pocke,ed more than he did;
'ctiDg upon the principle that there ouQh.
o have been an equal distribution Of the
r.