[340] House Misc. Doc., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 211, 396.
[341] Sen. Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, Pt. i., 359.
[342] Governor’s Message, 1872. Annual Cyclop., 1871, 471.
[343] Some committees were authorized to continue during the recess, some thirty, some sixty days, some longer.
[344] The Enrollment Committee had over eighty clerks at $8 a day, when not more than ten could be required, according to the governor’s statement.
[345] The printing bill for the House journals was $68,000, exclusive of New Orleans. House Misc. Doc., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 211, 38.
[346] $20,000 was spent in extra mileage above the amount allowed by law, $40,000 for mileage and per diem of special traveling committees of the House alone. Carter stated that there were thirty-one standing committees and twenty special committees with a full complement of clerks. House Misc. Doc., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 211, 39.
[347] National Republican, Jan. 2, 1872.
[348] Sen. Jour., 1871, 74.
[349] House Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 92, 21. The largest sum ever spent before the war, when they were printed in both English and French, was $60,000.