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SENATE JOURNAL. 5
ployees of any governmental agency
in the State of Texas; and to employ
such porters as he may deem neces-
sary at a salary the same as at the
Regular Session.
It is further recommended that
each Senator and the Lieutenant
Governor be permitted to name one
employee of the Senate other than
their private secretaries, and that
their names be referred to a com-
mittee of five Senators appointed by
the Chairman of the Caucus, and
that said committee be authorized to
select such employees in the En-
grossing and Enrolling Room and
other departments from the names
submitted; and that all employees
shall draw the salaries which were
drawn during the Second Called
Session of the Forty-second Legisla-
ture.
It is further recommended that no
employee for the Senate shall, dur-
ing the time he or she is employed,
furnish to any person, firm, or cor-
poration any information, or copies
of bills or resolutions or other mat-
ters pertaining to the Senate, nor
receive any compensation from any
person, firm or corporation during
their employment by the Senate.
All employees except those re-
sponsible directly to some Senator
or committee shall report for duty at
8 o'clock in the morning and at I
o'clock in the afternoon to the Ser-
geant-at-Arms of the Senate, and
none of said employees shall be paid
for days they are absent from work.
The Chairman of the Caucus ap-
pointed Senators Holbrook, Russek,
Williamson, Patton and Rawlings to
assign employees of the Senate se-
lected by the various Senators to
their respective positions.
It is further recommended that
each Senator, the Lieutenant Gover-
nor and the Secretary of the Senate
be permitted to name one stenog-
rapher and that such employees act
as clerk of each committee of which
said Senator shall be chairman, all
of whom shall receive $5.00 per day.
It is further recommended that
the Lieutenant Governor be author-
ized to use any of the employees
needed for any other work in the
Senate wherever their services may
be required in the judgment of the
Lieutenant Governor.
It is further recommended that
the Senators be given such time as
they desire to name their personalappointments and that such appoint-
ments be made by handing the
names of such appointees to the
Secretary of the Senate.
It is further recommended that
2,000 Journals be printed and that
same be prorated among the Sen-
ators and the Lieutenant Governor,
except that 150 shall be furnished
the members of the House.
It is further recommended that
the Sergeant-at-Arms rent such type-
writers as may be necessary for the
use of employees of the Senate, such
rental not to exceed $4.00 per month
per machine.
It is further recommended that
each Senator, the Lieutenant Gover-
nor and the Secretary of the Senate
be permitted to subscribe for three
daily papers, to be paid for out of
the contingent funds.
It is further recommended that
the Lieutenant Governor, each Sen-
ator, and the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, be allowed the stationery and
postage needed by them respect-
ively, and be allowed expenses in-
curred in transmitting and receiving
of telephone messages and telegrams
that may be actually necessary in
the discharge of their official duty,
said expenses to be paid out of the
contingent fund.
It is further recommended that
the Secretary of the Senate, Ser-
geant-at-Arms and the porters who
have been appointed to prepare the
Senate Chamber in advance for the
meeting of this session of the Legis-
lature be paid for such days as are
approved by the Contingent Expense
Funds Committee at the salary
herein provided said officers and em-
ployees.
PARR, Chairman,
POLLARD, Secretary.
The report was read.
Senator DeBerry offered an
amendment.
The Chair, Lieutenant Governor
Edgar E. Witt, held that it was nec-
essary first to receive and adopt the
Caucus Report.
On motion of Senator Pollard, the
Senate voted to receive and adopt
the Caucus Report.
Senator Pollard moved to make
the Caucus Report the official action
of the Senate.
Senator DeBerry sent up the fol-
lowing amendment:
Amend Caucus Report of Third
Called Session Forty-second Legisla-
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