No. 17. JOINT RESOLUTION To pay S. T. Jones certain moneys. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer is authorized and directed to pay to S. T. Jones, one hundred and eight dollars and thirty-seven cents, for articles furnished to put the hall of the House in mourning on the death of the late speaker, W. C. A. Lawrence, and for crape and other articles furnished members of the two houses who attended the funeral. ISAAC A. SHEPPARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 18. RESOLUTION Relative to the pay of James P. Williams. WHEREAS, James P. Williams, late assistant messenger of the House of Representatives, was actually employed by the clerk, in attending to the mails, for five days preceding the commencement of the present session; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay James P. Williams the regular per diem as assistant messenger, for five days. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 19. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the pay of Samuel M. Fox, Clerk to the Committee on Banks of the Senate. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer be authorized and directed to pay Samuel M. Fox, clerk to the committee on banks of Senate, three dollars per day while employed, and legal mileage to and from the city of Philadelphia; the number of days to be certified by the chairman of the committee on banks. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 20. RESOLUTION To maintain inviolate the Constitution and Sovereignty of the United States. WHEREAS, The states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas are in armed and treasonable rebellion against the sovereign authority and government of the United States, and have constituted and are endeavoring to maintain a treasonable and rebellious government, intended to subvert the constitution and laws of the United States, and to dissolve their allegiance to its authority; and have, with force of arms, seized upon such unprotected revenues, forts, arsenals, navy yards, and other exclusive property of the national government as were within their power of seizure; and have coerced loyal citizens, within their borders, to unwilling submission to their usurped authority; and have raised, officered, equipped and assembled large armies, and ships and munitions of war, with the avowed purpose to wage aggressive warfare against the constitution and lawful author 6. ities of the Union, and against the liberties of the people; and OL have besieged, attacked and captured a fort, in the actual and peaceable possession of United States troops, and have made the garrison prisoners of war, whilst under the protection of the national flag and the federal laws: And whereas, The President of the United States, by his proclamation, dated the fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, has appealed to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid the effort to maintain the honor, the integrity and the existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress the wrongs already long enough endured; therefore, Be it unanimously resolved by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As sembly met, and it is hereby resolved, That the faith, credit and resources of the state, in both men and money, are hereby pledged to any amount and to every extent which the federal government may demand, to subdue the rebellion, to punish the treason, to enforce the laws, to protect the lives, the liberties and the property of the people, and to maintain inviolate the constitution and the sovereignty of the nation. Resolved, That the governor be and is hereby directed to for ward a certified copy of this preamble and resolution to the President of the United States. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 21. JOINT RESOLUTION To pay Incidental Expenses incurred in making arrangements for the Celebration on the twenty-second February. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, That the state treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to pay the following named persons the following sums of money, in full of their claims for services, carriage and horse hire, and materials furnished on the occasion of the cele bration To George Bergner and Company, one hundred and twenty-three dollars for advertising, &c.; to J. F. Knipe, for firing salutes, &c., one hundred and nine dollars; Atlantic and hio telegraph company, one dollar and ninety-eight cents; to . H. Morgan, for distributing invitations, and other services, en dollars; to State Capital band, fifty dollars; to F. K. Swartz, or horse and carriage hire, thirty-five dollars; to William G. lentzer, for one United States ensign furnished for the goveror's mansion, five dollars and fifty cents; to William B. Sipes, or printing orations, two hundred and fifty dollars. J. H. SELTZER, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of April, Anno Domini ne thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 22. JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the pay of the Peace Commissioners. WHEREAS, Difficulty has arisen in adjusting the claims of the peace commissioners from this state; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That the governor be authorized o draw his warrant on the state treasurer, in favor of each of said commissioners and the secretary of the same, for the amount that each is entitled to receive under the joint resolution providing for the payment of said commissioners. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 23. JOINT RESOLUTION To purchase the Manuscripts of the State Book of Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, George H. Morgan has with much labor compiled from the archives of the state, and other sources, the manu scripts of a proposed book to be denominated the State Book of Pennsylvania, containing accurate lists of the state officers, annual receipts and expenditures of the state, since one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, the length of legislative sessions, and the number of laws passed by each, since one thousand sever hundred and ninety, dates of organization of the several counties of the state, with the census tables and electoral votes cast by each since their organization; list of charters granted by the legislature to banks, turnpike, plank and railroads, and canal, navigation and manufacturing companies, since one thousand seven hundred and ninety, with dates and amount of capital stock of each; annual amount of tonnage exports and imports of the state, since one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; an authentic copy of the constitution of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, with an alphabetical analysis of the same, together with a large mass of other statistical and historical information, the publication of which is highly desirable as illus trative of the rise, progress and present condition of the state; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the governor of this commonwealth be and he is hereby author ized to purchase from George H. Morgan, the manuscripts of the State Book of Pennsylvania, as compiled by him from the archives of the state, and other sources, at a cost not exceeding the sum of six hundred dollars, the same to be paid on the warrant of the governor, out of any moneys in the state treasury not other wise appropriated; and the governor is hereby further authorized to permit the aforesaid manuscripts, after their purchase, to be printed in book form and substantially bound by any printer whom he may select, willing to undertake that task at his own expense; and when the same shall be printed in book form, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the commonwealth to purchase of the publisher a sufficient number of copies thereof to supply, with one copy, each of the heads of departments, each of the members of the present legislature and each of the chief officers thereof: Provided, That the same shall be furnished at a cost not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per copy, the same to be paid for out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the order of the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall also superintend the distribution of the same. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |