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House Committee on Penal Code - 20th R.S. (1887)

Committee Members
Robert Valentine Bell, Chair
Thomas C. Davis
George Cuthbert Groce
Jesse McCaleb
Emory W. Smith
Charges
• Examine and report to the House on changes in the Penal Code of the State, and which are advisable to reduce the number of convicts sent to our Penitentiary.*

Note:
Appointed by Speaker 2/7/1887, pursuant to resolution by Bell of Cooke (House Journal, 20th R.S., p. 277).

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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