This Report was presented to the Legislature, in the House of Representatives, April 25. 1850; when it was laid upon the table, and two thousand copies ordered to be printed. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Nine. 5. RESOLVE Relating to a Sanitary Survey of the State. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, be and he is hereby authorized to appoint three persons to be Commissioners, to prepare and report, to the next General Court, a plan for a Sanitary Survey of the State, embracing a statement of such facts and suggestions as they may think proper to illustrate the subject. The Commissioners shall be paid, for the time actually spent in the discharge of their duty, and for their necessary travel, the same compensation that is paid to the members of the General Court; and also for blanks and circulars used, and for postage and other necessary expenses paid, in said commission; and a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to purchase books on the subject; provided, however, that said books shall be considered the property of the Commonwealth, and shall be deposited in the State Library when the commission shall be dissolved: provided, the whole expense of said commission shall not exceed five hundred dollars; and that warrants be drawn accordingly. Passed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 1, 1849. IN SENATE, May 2, 1849. JOSEPH BELL, President. Passed. May 2, 1849.-Approved. GEO. N. BRIGGS. |