Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-18
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

On the Sd, at II O'Clock, the Senate was
called to order by Lieut.. Gov. Colman. Rev.
w. NJ. Prottsman was appointed temporary Sec
rotary, and the oath prescribed by the new Con-
%stltntion was administered to the Senators, both
old and new, by Judge Miller. A committee
was appointed to revise rules, and the
Senate adjourned........The House was
c eallsd clerk sp Of Srd the 18Th 81 General e n NJ Ags anPGy.
The new oath was administered by Judge Henry.
l5 members being presents absent. Mr. L..
p r,rv W sneeEe or an and Mr. lrnI Hobbs !" temporary Chief
Clerk. The temporary organization was COM
pleted by the appointment of Doorkeeper. Ser
geaDt-at Arms and Chaplain, and then the
House adjourned.
The Senate met, on the 14th, pursuant to
adjournment, LIEUT.. Gov. Colman in the chair.
In, effecting permanent organization, Mr.. Nor
rison of New Madrid, was chosen President
pro tenn. Tine following gentleman were then
elected to their respective positions by a
Sc. Louis; /. Assistant secretary-W. Y.
Pemberton of Pettis; Engrossing Clerk
Judge Davis Of Jasper; Enrolling
Arms-Charles P. Persieo of Cooper; DOor-keep-
EFT P. Bailey Of Galloway; Official Reporter
James johnson of st; Louis; Chaplain-Rey. Mr..
ized permanently By. the election
George n. Nolan. Of Kansas city was elected
speaker pro tenn. .,and George w. Frame, Of st.
Louis, Chief Clerk. The remainir G officers, all
Chief Cierk-Daniel Boone, of Jefferson City;
Engrossing CIerk-E. l.. Phillips, of Knox
County; Enrolling Clerk-A; A; Hummer, of
of St. Clair; Door ~Keeper-HenEy E. Moore. Of
jefferson City; Chaplain Rev. s.. $. Bryant, of
jefferson City; Official Reporter-Tennie Math-
ews. of Jefferson City. The House then ad-
journed.
Both houses met in joint session, OF the
5th, for the purpose of counting the State vote.
Mr.. Campbell, of st. Louis, offered the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t is provided by Section 8, Article
5, of the Constitution that Immediately after the
organization of the House, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall open and publish
| the returns of the election of Governor, Lieut.
| Governor and other State officers in the presence
of a majority of each house of the General Assem-
bly,, who shall for that purpose assemble in the
hall of the House of representatives therefore,,
be it
tatives Twiss and Mcdaniel be appointed tellers
to count the vote for each officer and announce
the result under the direction of the two Houses.
Considerable discussion ensued as to whether
the strict letter of the clause in the Constitution,
quoted in the resolution above, or its spirit
should be followed. pending which the Houses
adjourned till afternoon. On r~eassembling, the
point under discussion was disposed of by the
adoption of the following resolutions, offered by
Resolved, That the Speaker now proceed to
open and and publish the election returns of the
election had on the seventh day of November,
1875, which are now in his possession, and that
when he opens and publishes the returns from
a county he shall hand the same to tellers, one to
ssna spp'in sna By two the sy P ,5e Sneaker Of te of
the House. and said tellers shall
examine such return. and if no objection be
tellers shall pass the same to the Secretary. of
the Senate and Chief Clerk ofthe House, and so
on, until all the returns are thus opened and
published, and said Secretary and Clerk
shall then cauSA' all of said returns to
be aggregated and the Speaker
OF the House shall then announce such aggregate
Representatives, and the joint session shall then
by a joint vote declare the persons having the
highest number of votes duly elected to their re-
spective offices.
Resolved, In case any objection shall be made
to any return, all questions arising thereon or in
regard to counting said IL return eha S.n snaA BE De deter deter
of Representatives.
Senator Morrison was appointed teller for the
Greene for the House. When the vote was can
vassed as prescribed by the resolution OF Mr..
Easley, the Message of Gov. Hardin was deliv-
cred to both Houses. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the reading Of
the Governors message by the Clerk was dis
pensed with, and a resolution passed ordering
4 900 copies thereof in English and 1900 in Ger
man to be printed. A special message on the af-
fairs of the Hannibal and st. Joe Railroad was
sent in by the Governor, after the reading of
which the Senate adjourned over till the 9Th.
1.-THE House assembled at ! o'clock on the
9th and after prayer by the Chaplain continued
the reading Of the Governors message. Upon
conclusion of the reading, Mr.. campbell intro
duced a joint resolution for the appointment of a
committee, consisting of 5 member of the House
and 3 of the Senate, to report q bill providing for
a revision of the General Statutes, Governor
Hardin and Judge Wagner to be two of the com
missioners for this purpose. Mr. craig intro.
: daced a esolution denouncing the frauds Of the
Returning Boards of the Sosith, and calling on
Congress for a fair count and the Inauguration
: of the legally elected President and Vice.
President; also pledging the State of Mis-
souri, to sustain such action. Referred tt
the Committee on Federal Relations. Il resolu.
ton informing the Senate that the House would
I be ready for the inauguration Of Governor Phelps
. at Il O'Clock noon on Monday, the stR, was
adopted. The Hoase then adjourned till ~
~ clock OF that day.