I refer to this number of pages, because it appears to have been the desire of the committee, as indicated by their action last year, that each volume should be of this size.
All of which is respectfully communicated.
For your information, as requested, I have the honor to state, that the books, &c., to be embraced in the catalogue, have been entered as subjects, and by authors, and when revised and verified, will be rapidly grouped, and then be ready for the printer.
The work of revision, which is indispensable to the accuracy of the catalogue, has proceeded over more than half of the books, and not only involves great labor and much time, but, from its nature, must be performed, chiefly by a single person-the labor and time being much enhanced in a catalogue of subjects. The plan of our catalogue being new, our estimate of the probable time required for its completion was conjectural, and too short-the estimated time having been already reached, or nearly so. It may be assumed that the number of entries in our catalogue will be quadruple the number of entries of the same books in a catalogue of authors (the usual plan). In other words, if a catalogue of authors requires twenty-five thousand entries, our catalogue will require one hundred thousand entries, and thus the labor of revision becomes apparent. It is the constant and persevering effort of the cataloguers to complete the catalogue as soon as possible.
Their efforts in this direction have much increased the labor and time of revision.
To complete the catalogue as soon as possible, it will be necessary to make a more sparing use of summaries and statements of contents, it is proper, however, to say that it is a feature of our catalogue, and we think a great merit, that its usefulness may be almost indefinitely increased by a judicious employ ment of summaries and contents.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
See Auditor of Public Accounts.
APPROPRIATIONS. S. B. 247. Appropriating the public revenue for the fiscal year 1875–6, presented and read first time, Read second time; further proceed- ings; amended; further proceed- ings; read third time, passed and vote recorded, 368-70 Passed House with amendments; taken up; further proceedings; House amendments rejected, 378-9 House insist upon their amendments; motion that Senate insist on their disagreement lost; further proceed- ings; Senate insist on their disa- greement and ask a committee of conference; resolution for a com- mittee of conference agreed to by House, and committee on part of Senate appointed, Report of committee of conference; report disagreed to by House, and resolution for a committee of con- ference communicated, agreed to, and committee on part of Senate appointed, Report of committee of conference, presented and laid on table, Report agreed to by House, Report agreed to by Senate,
206 225 See Boundary Lines.
ARBITRATION.
Petition of citizens of Alexandria for amendment to bill to amend char- ter of, presented and referred,
ARDENT SPIRITS.
S. B. 248. Imposing an additional tax on retail dealers in, presented from committee and read first time; motion to read second time that day lost,
Read second time; amended; further proceedings; motion to read third time that day lost,
Read third time; further proceed- ings,
Further proceedings; bill passed, 394-7 See Seddon.
ARMS OF THE STATE. H. B. 106. Granting a loan of, to Fredericksburg military academy and Bethel academy, communi- cated,
Read twice and referred,
Reported, read third time and passed, 241
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
H. B. 8. To allow commutation for soldiers maimed in war in lieu of, heretofore provided, communicated, read twice and referred,
Resolution requesting, to furnish a tabular statement in regard to re- assessment of lands, Communication from, in response to resolution, received and laid on table, Communication from, enclosing state- ment of reassessment of lands, printed and referred. Doc. No.
10, Resolution for statement of aggregate amount of taxes derived from tobac- co, and taxes derived from manu- facture and sales of whiskey, &c., 138 Requested to furnish a statement of the amount paid to attorneys for the commonwealth for prosecution of misdemeanors and felonies for 1875, together with fines imposed for the same period. Requested to report the amount of revenue received from 1st October, 1875, to 1st January, 1876, &c., Resolution requesting, to furnish com- parative statement of value of per- sonal property in each county, for 1874 and 1875,
Communication from, in response to
resolution, received, printed and referred. Doc. No. 19,
Resolution requesting, to inform Sen- ate why a dividend has been de- clared among bondholders, &c., Communication from, in response to resolution, received, laid on table and printed. Doc. No. 23, Joint resolutions instructing, to sus- pend payment of appropriations to the University, military institute, and lunatic asylums, &c., offeerd; motion to suspend rules lost, and resolutions printed,
Motion to take up joint resolution; further proceedings; motion to take up lost, House joint resolution 225, requiring, to include an itemized statement of certain expenses of government in his annual report, communicated, 390 Resolution requesting, to have printed, on the first day of next session, the general appropriation bill, &c., Report of committee to examine office of,
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Resolution requesting, to furnish a statement of amounts paid during twelve months as jailors' fees, in certain cities, Communication from, transmitting a report of the jailors' fees for twelve months in the cities of Danville, Lynchburg, and four other cities, presented and laid on table, William F. Taylor elected,
So much of report of, as relates to compensation of county treasurers, referred,
See Executive Expenditures. See Public Business.
AUGUSTA COUNTY FAIR. S. B. 197. To amend act to incorpor-
ate, presented, read three times and
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