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Public Grounds and Public Buildings - 8th R.S. (1859)

Committee Members
Robert Townes, Co-Chair Jesse Billingsley Forbes N. Britton Abram Gentry	Frank Hubert Henry Lawrence Kinney Benjamin Neal Eggleston Townes
Charges
• Inquire into contract made with the contractors for roofing the Capitol and report by bill or otherwise.*
Note: Charge issued pursuant to SR by Throckmorton on 1/23/1861. Joint Committee established by JR by Senator Britton in 8th Leg., R.S. on 11/29/1859. Senators Britton and Eggleston Townes appointed 11/29/1859, Gentry added 1/12/1860. (Senate Journal, 8th R.S., pp. 86, 254) Senator Neal added 3/19/1861 to the various committees on which Britton had been placed (Senate Journal, 8th Adjourned, p. 112). Representatives Robert Townes, Kinney, and Billingsley appointed by Speaker 11/29/1859, Hubert added 12/7/1859. Robert Townes listed as Chairman on part of the House. (House Journal, 8th R.S., pp. 150, 186, 377)
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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