"The Committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred the report of the Joint Committee of Inspection of the State Prison, and also affidavits and a report of the Inspectors of said Prison, finding a similar reference had been made to the Committee on State Affairs of the Senate, made an arrangement by which the two committees have met together and acted as a joint committee upon such common reference, and submit the following as the result of their examinations and deliberations, each committee making the same as a mutual report to the respective Houses..." (Page 1). The committees examined the prison, the Agent of the State Prison, and inspectors. The report includes a statement from Alonzo Ferris, Agent, about charges of dereliction of duty, and quotes from the testimony of others. The report is signed by J. Goodwin, Chairman of the Com. of State Affairs of the House of Reps., and Wm. M. Fenton, Chairman of the Com. of State Affairs of the Senate.