Report in favor of the adoption thereof, as follows: Report adversely to the adoption thereof. In the former case, if the House agree with the committee to their report, the resolution is adopted; in the latter it is negatived. Blank forms for all the various "reports of committees," standing or select, on petition, bill or resolution, or with power to report complete, can be obtained by application to the Clerk, who has a full supply of them printed for the use of members and committees. Any member introducing a bill must indorse upon the outside its title in full, as it occurs upon the inside, adding his name: An act to change the name of John Smith to John Smith Jones. Mr. THOMPSON. If a member desires to introduce a bill out of the regular order of business, "Introduction of Bills," then he will have to ask the unanimous consent of the House. If he wishes the bill or other paper to take any particular reference, he may properly note for the information of the Speaker, in pencil mark, after the indorsement, the name of the committee to which he wishes it referred, and it will usually have the reference desired, if it be an appropriate one. These are all the forms ordinarily required in the indorsement of papers, or presentation of reports. CALLING PAPERS FROM THE FILES. When it is desirable to renew matters which have been under consideration at a former session, but which have failed to receive affirmative action, or when it is necessary, for any other reason, to bring the information contained in papers on the files into the possession of the House, or either of its committees, it may be done by resolution. The following forms are applicable: In a case where the original matter was introduced in the Assembly: Resolved, That the papers on file, relative to (here state the subject-matter), be taken therefrom, and referred to the Standing (or Select) Committee on Select, consisting of Messrs. — Mr. J. SMITH. -). (or, if Where the matter originated in the Senate: Resolved, That a respectful message be sent to the Honorable the Senate, requesting it to transmit to this House the papers on its files relative to (here state the subject-matter), and that, when received, they be referred to the Standing Committee on (or to the Select Committee, consisting of Messrs. may be). Mr. BROWN. as the case No paper can be permanently withdrawn from the files of either House. (Extract from chapter 321, Laws of 1859.) SECTION 1. The manuscript or printed papers of the legislature, usually termed " on file" and which have been on file for a longer period than five years, in the custody of the clerks of the senate and assembly, and all other public records of the State, not in the custody of some public officer, shall hereafter be placed in charge of the regents of the university. §2. This act shall not be construed to cause the removal of the documents on record in the office of the secretary of State or in the custody of either of the State officers. § 3. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the capitol to assign and suitably arrange the room formerly in the use of the judges of the court of appeals, and any other rooms which may be needed and can be spared for the purposes of this act. § 4. The regents of the university shall have the sole charge and custody of the records and papers mentioned in the first section of this act, and no paper shall be removed from the files in their custody, or in the charge of the clerks of either house, except on a resolution of the senate or assembly, withdrawing the same for temporary purpose, and, in case of such removal, a description of the paper, and the name of the officer or person receiving the same, shall be entered in a book to be provided for the purpose, with the date of its delivery and return. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to prevent the clerk of the senate or assembly, or a deputy appointed by either of them for that purpose, from having access to any papers of the senate or assembly respectively, for the pur pose of taking copies of the same, as hereinafter provided. § 5. It shall be the duty of the regents of the university, and of the clerks of the senate and assembly, respectively, to cause all papers in their charge to be so classified and arranged that they can be easily found. § 6. No paper shall be withdrawn from the files of the senate or assembly except temporarily, as is provided for in section four of this act, whether the same is in the charge of the regents, or of the clerks of either house, but every person applying therefor to the clerk of the senate or assembly, shall be entitled to receive a certified copy of any petition, memorial, remonstrance, resolution, affidavit, report or other paper of any kind on said files upon payment to said clerk for such copy and certificate, for his own use, the same fees which are by law charged by the secretary of State for engrossing and certifying exemplifications of records deposited in his office. A copy of any paper on the files of the senate, certified by the clerk of the senate, with his seal of office attached, or a copy of any paper on the files of the assembly, certified by the clerk of the assembly, with his seal of office attached, may be read, and shall be received in evidence in any of the courts of this State, or before the canal commissioners, the canal appraisers, or before any State officer or other authority, in like manner and with the same effect as if the original was produced. The clerks of the sen ate and assembly, respectively, shall forthwith procure a suitable seal and press for the purposes of this act, and shall each deposit a certified copy of such seal in the office of the secretary of State. PROCEEDINGS PRELIMINARY TO CONTESTED SEATS. The following provisions of law are applicable in all cases where a contest is intended to be prosecuted for a seat awarded to another by the return of the county canvassers: (Extract from title V, chap. VII, part I, R. S.) § 12. When any person shall intend to contest the election of any member of the senate or assembly, or to support any such election so intended to be contested, and shall be desirous of obtaining testimony respecting any such election, he may make application to the county judge of a county, or to the mayor or recorder of any city, for process to procure the attendance of the witnesses whose testimony he may be desirous to obtain. 13. The officer to whom such application shall be made shall thereupon issue a summons directed to all such witnesses as shall be named by such applicant, and requiring the attendance of such witnesses before him, at some convenient time and place, to be expressed in such |