The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-14


three to report rules for the government
Of the Senate also committee Of two
to act with Committee appointed, BY
the House, to report joint rdles which
were adopted.
In the House tho speaker nominated,
and tho House appointed, the Commit.
tee to canvas votes for Governor, Lieut..
Governor and Treasurer
Resolutions were adopted for o joint
Assembly, at 10 O'Clock Friday, to hear
the report of the canvassipg committoeS
and the election sermon, by the Rev.
Silas McKeen, Of Bradford,
A committee of two was raised to in
form the Governor that the House was
organized and ready to receive any Elk.
ecutive communication, and committee
of one to make similar communication
to the Senate A committee on Rules
was then appointed and the House adj
journed
FRrDAY.-The hour having arrived
for the meeting of the Joint Assembly,
the Senators repaired to the House Of
Representatives,
The Senators having resumed their
seats, tho joint resolution to hear the
Election Sermon was amended to half
past two
Tho Lieutenant Governor elect ap.
peartd at the bar of the Senate the
oath of Office was administered, and he
assumed the chair. ~.
The President, on taking the chair
made the following remarks.
Gentlemen of the Senats-I take
this occasion, to return my thanks
to the freemen of this State, for
this repeated expression of their conf.
denco and kindness. The position l oc.
cupy, involves, l am aware, duties and
responsibilities of delicate and impor-
tant character. | enter renewedly upon
these duties, conscious Of my inability
to discharge them acceptably, without
the aid of the members of this body. |
assume the responsibilities connected
with this trust, with just sense of their
Importance and reality.
To preside over the deliberations of
this body successfully, requires expert.
ence Judgment, and exemption from pre-
judice While l cannot bring to my aid
the experience so necessary, and that ma
turity ofjudgmeDt imperativoly demand,
ed, l shall labor, by strict application to
the duties of of this Office, to merit ct
least the verdict of honest intention and
motive. In seeing that the rules for the
government of the Senate are observed
it will be alike my duty and pleasure to
extend to every Senator to the utmost of
my power, all aid and assistance, for the
transaction Of the business of the session.
1t will be my constant effort to dis.
charge my duties with apparently. com.
mingled kindness and courtesy. This
on my part is alike demanded, from my.
position and relation.
With confidence alike to assurance
| ask Senators, your forbearance for er.
rors that may trauspiro under my admin
istration, Your aid and support am
sure will be generously ext ended, so that
during the entire session harmony and
cooperation will mark all our acts, and
reflect forth anew, that dignity and char
acter, that have ever marked the exist.
cncs Of this co ordinate branch of our
State Legislature.
Placed in the position of law makers
invested with delegated powers respon-
sible to free and intelligent people !;
answerable at the bar of public opinion
for the proper use of the power confided
to US, trust that our deliberations and
conclusions will justify the confidence re.
posed in us by con6dng constituency
and that we may have added tho assur-
ence of q concience, that shall applaud
and not condemn.
trust our session will be marked with
that brevity, consistent with a faithful
discharge Of every duty we owe ourselves
cur constituents and our country.
10 the House, the Rev. H. P Gushing
was elected Chaplain. Resolutions were
adopted for a Joint Assembly to elect
State Offices, on Tuesday, and q commit
tee appointed on the part of the House
to canvass votes for county Offices,
The Senate came in and the commit
tee to canvass votes for State offices 70.
ported Majority for Gov. Fletcher 49,
5ss, Majority for Lieut.. Gov. Slade, 49,
1852, Majority for Treasurer Bates, 49,.
sos. The Senate withdrew.
The Senate returned the resolution
for joint assembly to hear the Election
Sermon and the Governors Message pro
posing to GLANCE the time to Q I.2 P NJ
this day which was agreed to, and the
House adjourned.
In the House in tho afternoon. the
Senate came 10, the Election Sermon
was delivered, and tho Governors Mes.
sage read, Adjourned.