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Legislative Caucuses.

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Senate's room. Senator Vanderford, of
Carroll, presided, and Dir. George Wells,
of Anne Arundel, acted as Secretary. The
following resolutions were offered by Sen
ator Bond, of Calvert, and adopted:
The Democratic members of the Mary
land State Senate, in caucus assembled,
fully recognize their obligations to the
people and the party requirements to re-
duce the expenses of the General Assem-
bly, to a minimum, it is, therefore,
Resolped, 1. That the number AID COM
pensation of the officers of the Senate shall
be filed by vote of the Senate, and not
increased or decreased except by major
ity vote of that body.
2. That it is the duty of the Democratic
members to pass an act fixing by law the
number and compensation Of the officers
hereafter to be appointed.
3. The chairman Of this caucus is here
by instructed to offer motion that IT,"
rules of the Senate be amended So as to
declare that the officers of the Senate shall
consist of the following: One secretary
at compensation of IS per diem, one
reading clerk at 81 per diem, one journal
clerk at 81 per diem, one engrossing clerE
at 81 per diem, one assistant engrossing
c'erk at 81 per diem, one sergeant-at arms
at S. per diem, one doerkeeper at IS per
diem, two assistant doorkcepers al s. each
per diem, five committee clerks at S. each
per diem, one keeper of cloak room at So
per diem, two folders at So each per diem,
one messenger at S. per diem, one keeper
of committee rooms at IS per diem, one
janiter at SIS per diem, two pages each at
s. per diem, two chap'ains at 5000 each
for the session.
4. That Immediately after the organi
cation OF the Senate it shall be the duty of
the chairman of the caucus to prepare a
message to the House of Delegates, re-
questing that body to concur in resolu-
tion authorizing the President of the Ser
ate and the Speaker of the House of Dele
gates to appoint the following joint off
GERS: One postmaster at SIS per diem.
two police officers for the rntunda of tie
Capitol at SIS per diem, ore janitor 40
have charge of the rotunda and closes at
S. per diem, one engineer to have charg,
OF the heating and ventIlating apparatus
a, SIS per diem.
5 That rule shall lie proposed hat
nc extra compensation shall lie allowed
to any member ar officer whatever.
Mr.. Eugene Higgins was unanimously
nominated fnr secretary, bu, in tier adj
dressed to Senator Geo. II. Nflli,ms, de
cliaed the honor.
The following officers were hen nomi-
mated by the caucus, and il adjourned;
For president Geo H. Nj liams Tor sec
rotary, ex-senator John II. Miller; for
reading clerk, john Barrett, "a! Baltimore
for journal clerk. William Furarl, Of Ce'
Gil; for scrgeant-at-arms, John +. Hooper,
of Dorchester for Jani'or, Edward Pow
ers, Of Anne Arundel; for eHsrossiag clerk.
John Ireland, of Anne Arundrl; for as
sis'ant engrossing clerk, II. II Robertson.
Of Somerset.
The members Of the House met in their
chamber, Rub.. A Dobhin. # Howard,
presiding, L. T. Morris, of Baltimore, sec
rotary. The following resolutions were
offered by Nr anley, Of Prince Georges
and adopted: We. the nemoer tic mem
bers Of the House Of De egs'es "f Maryland
in caucus assembled. fully recognizing an
obligation as Democrats To carry cut In
good faith the pledges made by the party
to pass such laws as experience has dem
onstra'cd are wise and proper, and espec
tally recognizing the obligations to reduce
the expenditures of the present House to
minimum; therefore received. that il shall
be the duty of the chairman of this eau
Gus Immediately AFTER the organization OF
the House to offer an order amending the
rules so as to provide for the following Of
fcers One chiefc'erk at IS per diem, one
reading clerk at$7 per di m, one engrsss
ing clerk at 81 per diem, 8 assistants at
per diem, one journal clerk at - per diem
one sergean'-at-arms at IS per diem, five
committee clerks at IS per diem, three
doerkeepers at IS per diem, three folders
a, SIS per annum. one keeper OF commit
tee rooms at IS per diem, tive pages at s.
per diem, one messenger to speaker at g
per diem, four chaplains at 800 each for
the session.
Additional resolutions were adopted
similar - those in the Senate caucus in re
ference to the appointment of ioiat Officers
Of The two houses and their compensation
no extra compensation to any member OF
officer, and the introduction of u bin Fix
ing the number and compenst ion of the
officers Of the General Assembly. The fol-
lowing nominations for officers were then
made: For speaker, Otis Keilbeltz OF Bal
timore, for chief clerk, Jos B. Seth, Talbot
reading clerk, John w. Btughman, o.
Frederick; journal clerk, Richard Wooten
of Prince George, sergeant-at-arms, Thos
H. Moore, of BALTIC. county. The caucus
then, at half-p ten adjourned.
The Republican senators and members
of the House met 10 the Senate chamber
and were in session until halfpast eleven
o'clock. DR.. l.. II. Steiner, presided, and
Geo. A. Davis, of Washington county, was
secretary. The following nominations
were made: For president of the Senate,
L. Fl. S'einer; secretary, S. NJ. Sloan, OF
Allegapy, reading clerk, Thos Robinson,
of Hartford, journal clerk, c. II. Mulligan
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