of  1889,  were  to  generally  supervise  the  State  House
and  grounds,  and  preserve  them  from  injury,  and  to
provide  for  their  being  kept  in  proper  order,  and  to
take  care  that  they  should  be  warmed,  swept,  cleaned
and  ventilated,  and  to  employ  as  many  assistants  as
might  be  necessary,  at  such  prices  as  the  Governor,  At-
torney-General and  State  Treasurer  should  appove — that
is  the  whole  of  it.
Senator  Daly — That  is  all  the  power  he  had.  That  is
no  power  to  contract  these  debts ;  none  whatever ;  the
Treasurer  and  the  Comptroller  had  no  business  to  pay
it.
Senator  Voorhees — Isn't  that  so?

Mr.  Cor  bin — It  raises  an  interesting  question.  That
law  that  I  have  just  quoted,  together  with  the  joint
resolution  of  1846,  is  all  the  law  there  is  on  the  subject.
The  joint  resolution  of  1816  charges  the  State  Treas-
urer with  the  custody  of  the  building  and  grounds,  and
he  continued  in  the  custody  of  them  until  1889,  when
this  law  was  passed  under  which  the  Superintendent
was  put  in  charge.  His  powers  were  such  as  I  have
read.
Chairma:!  Voorhees — And  when  there  was  the  slight-
est doubt  under  the  resolution  of  1846  they  always  ran
to  the  Attorney-General  ?

Mr.  Corbin — I  have  no  further  opinions  of  the  At-
torney-General except  what  I  have  put  in.  But  to
answer  the  question,  practically  from  the  time  the
Superintendent  took  charge  in  1889  he  seems  to  have
taken  full  charge,  and  nobody  seams  to  have  questioned
his  doing  anything  with  the  State  House  that  could  be
done  with  it.
Senator  Skirm — And  therefore  all  his  bills  on  this
work  were  certified  to  by  the  Treasurer  and  Comp-
troller.
