Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-23
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
On motion Of MIR. Sewer, the Senate
then proceeded 10 the execution of the spe.
cial order Of the day, being the election by
ballot OF the standing committees, with the
following result, for Chairman Of Commit
tees:
For chairman Of committee on Foreign
Relations. Whole number OF votes As;
necessary to a choice %. Mr.. Sewer re-
ceived "a Mr.. Archer S Mr.. Hannegan
8; Mr.. Benton ; Mr.. Calhoun 2; Mr..
Fairfield Mr.. Webster 6.
Mr.. Sewer, having received the highest
number Of votes, was declared elected.
On Finance.-Whoe number of votes
AZ necessary TO a choice %. Mr.. Lewis
received "a ; Evans II flanagan Ber.
ton /.
Mr.. Lewis, having received the highest
number of votes, was declared elected.
On Comnerce.--Whole number Of votes
Al necessary to choice 81. Mr.. Dix
received Of; Davis 6 ). Huntington S;
Cameron Q /; Dickinson 1.
Mr.. DIX. having received the highest
number Of votes, was declared elected.
On Mdnufdctures.--Whole number. Of
votes 81 ; necessary to a choice 10. Mr..
Dickinson received 90 Simmons 9 DIX
/; Niles ) J. M. Clayton Woodbridge
| Mangum /.
Mr.. Dickinson having received the high
est number of votes, was declared elected.
On Agriculture Whole number OF
votes 90 necessary TO a choice IS. Stur-
geon received % Upham s; Cillery /.
MIR. Sturgeon having received the high
est number Of votes, was declared elected.
On Military Afairs.-Whole number of
| votes "a necessary 10 choice l9. Ben
ton received 80 Crittenden Badger /.
Mr.. Benton having received a majority
OF all the votes given, was declared elected.
The remainder Of the committees were
then agreed upon and the whole as follows:
On Foreign Relations.-Messrs. Sewer,
chairman Cas-, Archer, Anterior, and
Webster.
On Financs.-Messrs. Lewis, chairman
Benton, Evans, Spei2ht, and Huntington.
| On Conamerce.-Messrs. Dix, chairman
Pennybacker, Johnson, of Md. Chalmers,
and Davis.
| On Neutrality-suspicious.. Dickinson,
chairman Coqui!t, Simmons, Sturgeon,
and Woodbridge.
chairman Semple, Upham, Turuey, and
Ciey.
On Military Afaris.--Me.sr. Benton.
chairman DIX, Critsenden, Houston, and
Badger.
On Naval Afdus.-Messrs. Fairfield.
chairman Yu!ee, Mangum, Cameron, and
Miller.
On Militia. Me.srs. Atchison. chairman;
Semple. Barrow, Fairfield, and Green.
On Public Lands.--Messrs. Bree,e,
| oh irmop sblav yVoodhr;Jra pr;pbt and
Corwin.
On Pri,atc Land Claims-Messrs. Yu-
lee, chairman ; Semple, Barrow, Penny.
hacker, and Green.
On Indian Atairs.-Messrs, Bagby,
chairman Atchison, Phelps, Sewer, and
Jarnagin.
I On Claims -.Mes.rs. Penny ecker,
charm an Atchison, J. NJ. Clayton, Rusk,
and Johnson OF Md.
On Revolutionary Ciaims.-Messrs. Sem.
pie, chairman Bright, T. Clayton, Col.
quit, and Phelps.
On Judicia, y Mes.r.. Ashley, chair.
man Breese, Berrien, Westcotl, and Day.
ton.
On the Post Office and Post Road
Messrs. Niles, chairman Sturgeon, Sim.
mons, Rusk, and Morehead.
On Roads and Canals.-Messrs. Han
negan, chairman Turney, Corwin, Hns-
ton, and Morehead.
4 On Pensions.--Messrs Johnson Of La.
chairman; Ashley, Pearce, Atchison, and
Upham.
On District Of Columbia. --Messrs. Cam
eron, chairman Breese, Miller, Chalmers,
and johnson of Md.
On Patents and the Paten! OFce.--Messrs
Colquit,, chairman Turney, Phelps, West
colt, and Davis.
!, On observation-disclosures Turney,
$ chairman Anterior, tMorehead, Ciley,
and Niles.
On Territories.-Messrs. Wes!cott, chair
5 man Cameron, Evans, Chalmers, and J.
=, NJ. Clayton.
, On Public Buildings.-Messrs. Bright,
chairman Cameron, and Dayton.
To Audit and Control the Contingent E6.
. penses Of the Senate.-Messrs. Speght,
7 chairman Niles, and Green.
. On printing .--Messrs. Anterior, chair.
man ; Chalmers, and Simmons.
!. On Engrosscd BiHs.-Messrs. Chsmev,
D chairman Rusk, and Jarnagin.
j. On the Librdry.--Messrs. Peerce, chair.
4 man Chalmers, and Lewis.