IN ASSEMBLY, March 12, 1832. REPORT Of the select committee, relative to the procuring of curtains for the windows of the Assembly chamber. Mr. Van Duzer, from the select committee appointed by the Honorable the Assembly, to inquire into the expediency and expense of providing suitable curtains or blinds to the windows of the Assembly chamber, for the protection of its furniture, REPORTED: That they have had the same under consideration, and have no hesitation in recommending that some measures should be adopted to exclude the effects of the sun shining upon the furniture of the chamber, exposed as it is by the position of the Capitol and the size of the windows. The committee are also of the opinion that transparent curtains are best adapted to secure the object desired; the size of the west windows rendering blinds corresponding with the rest of the furniture, altogether unadvisable. The committee have conferred with Mr. Barnett of New-York, the gentleman employed by the Honorable the Senate to supply the windows of the Senate chamber with articles of that description. Mr. Barnett will agree to supply and put up complete, with the necessary and proper machinery, curtains of the quality of the samples exhibited, covering the whole of the four large windows, and the two small lower windows next to the southwest corner of the chamber, with such devices as may be directed, for the sum of two hundred dollars. The committee believe, from the information possessed by them, that the price proposed is as reasonable as the articles can be obtained. The committee deem it unnecessary to comment upon the fact, which must be obvious to every member of the House, that the curtains proposed will conduce much to the comfort of the chamber. They have therefore directed their chairman to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the clerk of this House be instructed to procure and supply transparent curtains, of the quality corresponding with those to be supplied for the Senate chamber, for the four large windows, and the two lower small windows next to the northwest corner of the Assembly chamber; provided the expense of the same, including all necessary machinery and hanging the same, shall not exceed two hundred dollars; and that he pay for the same out of the contingent fund of the Assembly. IN ASSEMBLY, March 12, 1832. REPORT Of the select committee, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of South-Middletown. Mr. Van Duzer, from the select committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of South-Middletown, for the incorporation of a fire engine company in Orange county, REPORTED: That they have had the same under consideration. That it appears from the petition, that the village of Middletown in the town of Walkill in the county of Orange, is of considerable magnitude in point of population. Its buildings, composed chiefly of wood, are so situated, that if fire should be communicated to almost any part of said village, destruction to a large portion of it must be the inevitable consequence. The committee have therefore directed their chairman to ask leave to introduce a bill. |