The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02

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THE INAUGURATION.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INAUGURATION or fHH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, on THE
FOURTH or MARCH, 1851. 8
The doors Of theSenate Chamber will b eopen
ed at IL o'clock .. m, for the admission Of SEN
ators and others Who BY the arrangement Of the
Commute, are entitled to admission, ~ follows
Ex-Presidents and Vice Presidents;
The Chief Justices and Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Colrt;
The Diplomatic Corps. Heads Of Department.,
and ex-Nembers of either branch Of Congress,
and Members Of Congress elect; s+E
Omcer1 Of the Army and Navy who, BY name,
have received the thanks Of Congress p
Governors Of States and Territories Of the
Union, and ex-Govcrnors OF States; Assistant
Sseretaries Of Departments, and tie Assistant
Postmaster-G General: the Controllers, Auditors,
Register, and Solicitor Of the Treasury, Treasur.
er, Commissioner, Judges; f"9
The Mayors of Washington and Georgetown,
and the Reporters of the Senate;
Ali Of whom will be admitted 1t the north
door Of the Capitol.
The families Of the Diplomatic Corps will en-.
Ter at the north door Of the Capitol. and be con-
Quoted to the diplomatic gallery. -
Seats will be placed in front Of the Secretary's
table for the President of the United States and
the President elect, and on their left for the
Committee Of Arrangements
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Court will have seats on the right
Of the chair. - F
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy seats on the
right Of the chair, next the Supreme Court
Heads Of Departments on the left of the chair.
Officers of the Army and Navy, who, by name
have received the thanks of Congress Govern.
ors Of States and Territories Of the Union, ex-
Governors Of States, Assistant Secretaries OF
Departments, and the Assistant Postmaster ZEN.
eral, Controllers, Auditors. Register, and the
Solicitor of the Treasury, Treasurer, Commits
sioners, Judges, and the Mayors Of Washington
and Georgetown, will occupy seats on the right
and left of the main entrance
Members Of Congress and members elect will
enter the Senate Chamber BY the main entrance,
| and will occupy seats on the left of the chair
The galleries will be reserved for ladies, who
will enter the Capitol from the terrace, by the
principle western door of the central building
and be conducted to the gallery of the Senate.
The Rotunda shall be closed, and the passages
| leading thereto kept clear.
The other doors and entrances to the Capitol,
| except those to be open under the arrangement,
will be kept closed.
At IL o'clock, the President, and President
elect, accompanied by two members of the com.
| mittee of arrangements, will proceed in car
rage to the north door of the north wing of the
Capitol, and, entering there, will proceed to the
! Presidents Room.
The Vice-President elect will be accompanied
| to the Capitol by member of the Committee
of Arrangements, and conducted into the Vice.
! Presidents Room, and afterward into the Sen
! ate Chamber, where the oath of Office will be
| administered to him by the Vice President
The Diplomatic Corps and the Justices Of the
| Supreme Court will enter the Senate Chamber q
| few minutes before the President elect.
The Senate will assemble at IL o'clock
The Senate being ready to receive them, the
| President and President elect will be introduce
| ed by the Committee of Arrangements to the
| seats prepared for them in the Senate Chamber.
After a short pause, those assembled in the
Senate Chamber will proceed to the platform on
the central portico of the Capitol, in the follow
ing order:
The Marshal of the District of Columbia.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
! The Sergeant-at-alms of the Senate.
| The Committee of Arrangements
|
President elect.
The Vice.President and the Secretary of the
| Senate. 81 '2 z"
The members of the Senate.
The Diplomatic Corps
Heads of Departments, Governors of States
and Territories, the Mayors of Washington and
Georgetown, and other persons who have been
| admitted into the Senate chamber.
On reaching the front Of the portico the Pres.
ident elect will take the seat provided for him in
| front of the platform.
The President and Committee of Arrange.
ments will occupy position in the rear of the
President elect.
Next in the rear of these the Chief Justices
| and the Associate Justices ofthe Supreme Court
will occupy the seats on the left, and the Vice
President, Secretary, and Members of the Sen.
ate those on the right
The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the seats
next in the rear of the Supreme Court. Heads
of Departments, Governors and Elk Governors of
States and Territories, and Ex-membeis of the
Senate, ex-members and members elect of the
House of Representatives in the rear OF members
of the Senate
Such other persons as are included in the pre-
cedng arrangements will occupy the steps and
the residue of the portico.
All being in readiness, the oath Of Office will
be administered to the President elect by the
Chief Justice, and on the conclusion of the Pres.
ident's address, the members of the Senate, pre-
coded by the Vice. President, Secretary, and
Seargoant-at Arms, will return to the Senate
Chamber, and the President, accompanied by
the Committee of Arrangements, proceed to the
Presidents house.
The Seargeantat-Arms Of the Senate, with the
Marshal of the District, are charged with the
execution Of these arrangements, and, aided by
the police of the Capitol will preserve order.
All horses and carriages will be excluded from
the Capitol square.
Should the weather prove unfavorable, the
ceremony of the Inauguration will take place in
the Senate Chamber
SOLOMON FOOTE,
JAMES A. PEARCE,
EDWARD D. BAKER,
Committee of Arrangements.