to each of the Senators and Representatives from this State.

No. 23.RESOLUTION providing for the auditing of the accounts of the Military Department.

Resolved, That the State Auditor be, and he hereby is directed to audit semi-annually the accounts of the Military Department of this State

No. 24.RESOLUTION inviting Col. Taylor, of East Tennessee, to address the General Assembly.

Whereas, Colonel Nathaniel G. Taylor, of East Tennessee, is now in New England for the purpose of presenting the claims of the loyal people of this State to the aid and sympathy of their fellow-countrymen in their sufferings for the cause of the Union:

Therefore, resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives will meet in the Representatives Hall, on Tuesday, February 16th, at 12 o'clock m., and do hereby invite Colonel Nathaniel G. Taylor to address them at that time upon the subject of the hardships, trials and privations of the people of East Ten

nessee.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to transmit a copy of the above resolution to Col. Taylor.

No. 25.RESOLUTION providing for repairs on Washington County Jail.

Resolved, That the sheriff of the County of Washington be, and hereby is authorized to cause to be made certain repairs in his discretion upon the County Jail in said County, at an expense not exceeding fifty dollars.

And that the State Auditor is hereby authorized to

draw his order upon the General Treasurer for the amount of said repairs not exceeding said sum.

RESOLUTION referring the Governor's Message to a select No.26. committee.

Resolved, That the communication of His Excellency the Governor, be, and the same is hereby referred to a joint select committee consisting of William Grosvenor, B. T. Eames, Pardon W. Stevens, of the Senate, and Messrs. George L. Clarke, Samuel B. Bartholomew, and David C. Potter, of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of considering the subjects therein contained, and of reporting such action thereon as to them shall seem expedient.

RESOLUTION authorizing the Governor to aid the sol-No. 27. diers in special cases.

Whereas, Soldiers of Rhode Island Regiments are sometimes found in and about New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, in a destitute and helpless condition,

Therefore, resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to make such arrangements, in either or all of the above named cities, as will insure prompt relief of their immediate. necessities, and secure their return to their regiments, or their homes, or an entrance to the hospital, as their several cases shall require.

Resolved, That the Quartermaster General be, and he is hereby directed to pay, on the order of the Governor, the expenses of the same.

No. 28. RESOLUTION appointing a committee to burn the bills of the Bank of the Republic.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State and the State Auditor be a committee, to burn the bills of the Bank of the Republic, which were placed in the hands of a receiver and are now in the custody of the State.

No. 29.RESOLUTION appointing a committee to define and establish the Boundary Line between North Providence and Johnston.

Resolved, That Daniel Wilkinson, of North Providence, and Walter S. Brownell, of Johnston, together with Samuel B. Cushing, surveyor of the city of Providence, be and they hereby are appointed a committee to define and establish the boundary line between the towns of North Providence and Johnston.

No. 30.RESOLUTION providing for the reception of veteran soldiers.

Whereas, Several hundred of the volunteer militia who have served in the armies of the United States, from this State, and who have re-enlisted into that service are now within this State;

And whereas, their arrival was without the previous knowledge of the people and authorities of the State, so that no opportunity has as yet been afforded to express to these returned veterans in an appropriate manner the estimate in which their services are held by their fellow citizens; it is therefore

Resolved, That the Governor, with Messrs. William P. Sheffield, George L. Clarke, James D'W. Perry, Daniel S. Harris and Rowland Hazard, on the part of the House, and Messrs. Lyman A. Cooke, James M. Pendleton, A. C. Mathewson, Wm. F. Peckham and Thomas A. Whitman on the part of the Senate, be and they hereby are appointed a committee to make provisions for the reception of these gallant, patriotic and self

denying men, by the General Assembly, at some time and place to be determined by the committee, and that the said committee be authorized to do all things necessary to be done to carry this Resolution into effect.

RESOLUTION relative to the pay of Colored Soldiers.

Resolved, That in the opinion of this General Assembly, Congress should without delay, pass an act giving to the soldiers of the Regiments of Colored troops already enlisted, or that shall hereafter be enlisted into the service of the United States, the same pay, in all respects, as is given to other enlisted soldiers; and that we earnestly urge the immediate passage of such

an act.

Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of State to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

No. 31.

RESOLUTION authorizing the Committee on Finance, in No. 32. their investigation of military claims, to send for persons and papers.

Resolved, That the committees on Finance of the Senate and House of Representatives, be and they are hereby authorized to send for persons and papers, in their investigations of certain military and other ac

counts.

RESOLUTION directing the General Treasurer to charge No. 33. interest on Bonds, and transfer tax to Military Department.

Resolved, That the General Treasurer be and he hereby is directed to charge all interest paid or which may hereafter be paid on the Bonds of this State to the military department; and also to transfer from the civil department so much of the State tax as is annually appropriated for the payment of the interest of said bonds to the military department.

No. 34 RESOLUTION on the petition to divide North Providence into three voting districts.

Resolved, That the petition of the voters of North Providence for a division of the Town into three voting districts, be referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Hiram H. Thomas, Thomas J. Hill and Francis W. Miner, on the part of the House, and Messrs. Wm. Grosvenor, Jos. O. Clarke and H. T. Barber, of 'the Senate; and that they may be instructed to report by bill or otherwise.

No. 35.RESOLUTION to re-imburse the town of Richmond for certain moneys advanced to volunteers.

Upon the petition of the town of Richmond praying for the reasons stated in their said petition to be re-im bursed by the State, for certain moneys advanced to volunteers as set forth in said petition.

Voted and Resolved, That the Paymaster General, be and is hereby directed to repay said town of Richmond the sum of twenty-seven hundred dollars, advanced to the following named volunteers, viz: John Ferguson, Charles Smith, John Smith, Thomas Brown, James Carroll, William A. Henry, Philip Rowland, John McCormick and James Hall, the Paymaster General taking from said town the several orders of said vol

unteers.

No. 36.RESOLUTION of thanks to His Excellency Governor Smith.

Resolved, That the Senate have great pleasure in expressing their thanks to His Excellency James Y. Smith, Governor of the State, for the able and dignified manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of this body; and that in terminating their official intercourse with His Excellency, and with one another, the Senators personally feel a cordial satisfaction in placing it on record, that the agreeable harmony which