Whereas, the Auditor of Public Accounts, in his report giving the item of expenditure for public printing, has embraced expenditures for both the session of the Legislature for 1839, '40[1840], and of the present session, and has not separated the amount paid for printing, from the amount paid for binding; therefore,

Resolved, That the Auditor be requested to furnish this House with a statement showing the whole amount paid the Public Printer for all the printing done for the session 1839,-'40, including Laws, Journals, and Reports; also, in a separate statement, the amount paid the Binders for stiching, folding, covering with papers, and binding the Reports, Journals, and Laws for the same session; also, in a separate statement the cost of the paper used in the printing of the said session, and the names of the persons to whom paid; also, separately, the aggregate statement of the items of expenditure above enumerated, so as to show the actual amount paid the Public Printer for printing, the actual amount paid the Binders for binding and stiching, and the actual amount paid for paper used at the aforesaid session of 1839,-'40.