STATEMENT—(Continued) RECEIPTS. Amount brought forward... From Fees and Emoluments from the From Fees and Emoluments from the From Fees and Emoluments from the firstMonday in December, 1865, to the first Monday in June, 1866.............. From tax on Civil Commissions from the first Monday in June, 1866, to the first Monday in Dec., 1866..... Less 5 per cent... From Fees and Emoluments from the the first Monday in June, 1866, to the first Monday in Dec., 1866....... From tax on Civil Commissions from Monday in Dec., 1866 to the first Monday in June, 1867.... Less 5 per cent, commission. TOTAL. $26,828 83 12,506 23 678 30 15,198 51 Note-In every instance where the charge of 5 per cent. commission occurs the amount is included in the amounts credited for Fees and Emolument. Which were severally read and referred to the Committee upon the Judiciary Department. Mr. Howison submitted the following order: Ordered, That the use of the Hall be allowed to Professor Corson on Wednesday and Friday evenings, the 19th and 21st instant, for the purpose of giving Readings from distinguished authors; Which was adopted: Mr. Giddings, Chairman of the Committee on Department of Labor and Agriculture, submitted the following report with accompanying papers; REPORT: Report of the Committee upon Department of Labor and Agriculture. The Committee appointed to consider the propriety and expediency of organizing a Department of Labor and Agriculture, beg leave to submit the following report, and recommend its insertion in the Constitution under the article of Sundry Officers: |