we quote sootlon 1, ROllaS Rule xmx of the )rorty~i~th.Leg18lattlre:

wtThe rule for pa&g witneaaw m1~10ned to appear before the Howe, or sag or 148 oom- tittees, shall be aa r0u0w8t For eaoh oalbn- dar da a vitaes8 shall attend, the aus af three $8.00) (LcUnn; artd for OOQ&@ to 02 T goin irog the plaoe ef examination he .&all

Naa fQ aotwl an6 ne$6mary espm808, aldl ty6 (#8&O) dollara ror e&oh oalendar day whfah i# 4 neeesiarily 00a8~tta in gaiag to and rettmalmg from said place of elllmination: bd r+obhS #hall be paid for trafeliz& home Whoa the a- ne& was at the plaoe;of trial jhan mmm~aek The aer4Uieate oi the ehaiman of the bamiaittee bbrora vdiieh a witnew irk su6uwned, 0r~ 4hb amoaat dqo suuh ritna$a, &all be mf~ioiemt suthorlty tttr the sasls to be paid.'

we quote aeetion 18, EO~MO anl.a m a? 4hb Bmtey-Eighth Lsgirlaturer .~,. a’ full bantrol tmdW ?*Flve ~mamberm, dth xowe, ever the expenili- direation of the Xio~b out of the aontfngsnt tare6

~rwl; and it ih~ expremly provided fhvf no alaim or bUlr the Rouse mlnll a&n& be paid Out Of ;tha ~.~t~gOn4 iand M- low thb tmnb shall hate beea pr8tiow4 author$re&, MOE Bills tR@mfOre 8tzboe- puttntly approv@ by the Coanittee oa WI- tingent Ibrpenmi8, or nnlem sbherwi80 paO- rid& by~a ro40 0r 4he Howe. The oar- mltfe~ 'an ContiQgent Expeww &all have .sarlgwd 40 14 k aommlttee ale* who is a boolck+4~per Ma a rtaqrapher, and who ehalf;~ under the dlreotfoa the oola- ~4teet.kbsp q'itcuaited aoootuit all *3 Elonorable XIlnfs Favora - pa@ 3

thu uuppllts an& atsrohandlacr of wbatocr- e7er kinA or deaotiptllon, or oth4r ex- panblturas authorized by the Coumlttee, from whom orGored, ana the prlon pal4 therafor. Thie stat4mcnt shall at all tim4S bb Op0Q t0 the ?uUp44tiOz Qt any Member oi' tha Rouse, and the Anut of th4 laebtla@ shall be kept Sa 4 well-, bouml book, and at the oloea of the eeuslon of the I&gIslatnra shall bn Qe- llvered by the chairman of the CommIttee on Contingent ~pc~rs to the Ssoretnry of state, with the rec,ucst thkt It be preserved in the archivea of hia oftlee.' 'IfQ al00 tlfttI for YOQT OOIi8idCPTtStiiOtl ATtiOli 5063, vi the R.Q.S., of Texas an& quote th4 aamer

**The how4 in which tha wntest is peti- In& ahall; as zoon a5 praatioable after the mport Of' 4h% wmmfttee hufd been rb- oelved, fix iia? tar the trial of the opntest, and shell proaeed to detarxitina whether the ovltestaat 0r Oontestee, OP.

either of thcva is entltled to the OOD- teafant's seats pr0s?ided"the 8alE b0u04 stay hold the 4l4otIon vOl@ after rull O0naIa4ratIou of all tbe evidsnae 4nd for the seadons prsscrlbed in hrtiolo 3OSd, and in eueh oaae the f%msrnm ahall at en00 be motifled of the v'80am3yq 8ueh ieem shall be~jjdld ~to the witmmsea and, the offioara 8ervlng the prooes6 fin shall be preserlbsd by rulea of th@ .boash in wh5oh said oontest is pending,

snd nb mUsage or per dieas *hat1 be p&d to either df the parties to said oantwt antL1 eaLd ease iu determined; and in no &me shall any arileega OT per dl# ba piaid to any party tgaalnstwboa any eon- teat 14 aeolaed.*

*~awtlon So. U Ir e eer$lf2aate by me a6 ohairman of' the Prirl34getr, SufYrage an8 Eleotloiw Commfbtee~ o8X4liying the amOUnt du4a W24nt4~8~ 8aWi014nt authority to authorize thu Speaker and ohafxnmn or the Contingent IFxpcnae Comlttche to spay moh nftness and his .ao$ual and neosssary ax- penaea and wltmas i4449

wQuestlon SW. E? : Or, h the alterw8ire, 18 it tleowsary ror th* House, by resolution, to appropriate a sum 07 suma ror t.his purpose baforu subpoenas are 108ued and witnsseee are brought before suoh uoamittee, snd before such aetusl and woewary l xp*n+es an4 witness $ees are pnidt* hrtiole JO66 rgec grp$Ues thst tileidly *3ueb ahsll be pmld to the * ltneeaes as shall be pre-

few sortbaa by the rules or the howt ln M&h the aontss$ 2s pending. * * *.* Seotib 1 1 of Eouss Rule XXVII fixes fha ret88 to be pal4 witaera !b betore oofadttees 0r the BVW6. BccMon 18, Rowe R tie VII, rsr,uims previous ; approve!1 by the Cotittee autboritntion and eubaeqwo out 0r 8021. Rxppstues 011 Cwtlngaut or a rpwaitmes

tingent ima *tiosf~ sthen .8e protided by a vote of the iLo IKVIT othl3rwise provl&3a ma ttxpeweB, by attbtiag tjbt30 Howe." section 1, FIount R in reapeat to witaeea rars

*the osrtlfiaats of the oha muin of tha aowslttes befop whloh witnose is maunimcd 0r th6 4t~ti~ dtl6 8~0h wit- aeab, shall be sufrident a mority rar the same to be ma.*

phe tmtdri0rt9 p @deal by Beation 1, Roust mls xxVIT, i8 thsrtir4re 80 !fia$.ant authority ror the Chairman or the Oodttee o I, c05tbge5t mpi3~08 ana th0 Speaker to furnish the oert .fiimte to the Comptroller TO- gnirea by the term of Sena id BlllnrO. 1.

Senate Bill We. lkurnlahes the nsoessary ap- pro&atlon by law nqrrfma:w the t0r-m Artl~ls 8 6, of the Ooastftutioni !Phe iuourring or obljga- Beotiw tionr to be pai oat or the~uontlngent fund ror oxpmmaa . thus provided mast be purstqnt to authority givea fn~ad- ranoe by the Holaure, else thi want of Wpr6dxleti.ng Irw* fe autthorlr* tht inoarring of libs obligation will pmVrat'ltn payw5tr under the tems 0rjAl'tma 3, seo~ion44, the ConstStution;~ bat in the 0888 wStmu~ee(l, m&i rutborlty 18 given by the term cr ao~tioa 1, House RuleXXVIL

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