Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-01-13
LEGISLATTRE.
SENATE

Mr.. DxGLEr Of Androseoggin cAiiso !"
order. and on his nomination Hon Ausun
n ArRrs vas called to the chair.
An earnest and impressive and appropriate
pr.yer was offered bv Rev. DR.. BufIkk,
member of the House from Vassaiboro-
Chz,. ". TiIden, Assistant Secretary OF the
las, Senate, vas chosen temporary Secretary
and called the roll Of members Who appear
from the returns to have been elected
Eighteen Senators responded to the call, and
a quorum vas pronounced present
On motion of Mr.. BRADFORD OF Wash'hs-
ton. the services Of an officer competent TO
administer the oath was secured, and the
members proceeded to qualify before Hon.
" N. Stratton. and afterw ards subscribed
TO the same.
On motion Of Mr.. HAwEs Of Cumberland,
Resolved, That Andrew r. G. Smith OF
whi,e6eId, in the county Of Lincoln, be ad-
mi,,ed to seat As a member p'rma face OF
the Senate of the ffty-ninth Legislature OF
Maine. in pAace Of Isaac 7. Hobson. Of WIS
casset in the county Of Lincoln
ina.much as said Smith received plurality
Of all the votes cast for the ofice Of Senator
from Lincoln county, as appears BY the duis
s,tes,ed copies Of the official records from the
towns and plantations composing said dis
rict.
Mr.. Smith appeared and was qualified.
On motion of Mr.. DiNGLEr OF Androscog-
gin,
Ordered. That committee consisting OF
,bre. members of the Senate be appointed by
the President TO report to the Senate for It's
action. whether this Senate shall call upon
the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court
for their opinion touching the legal organiza-
ton Of the Senate for the 59th Legislature,
and to report for the action Of the Senate any
questions such as the law and the facts re-
quire in the premises.
Messrs. Dingley of Androscoggin, Rumford
of Washington, and Hawes Of Cumberland,
were appointed that committee.
On motion of Mr.. BRADLEY, Messrs. Brad
ley, Dingey and Lawson were appointed COM
mittee to receive, sort and count the votes for
the President of the Senate. They reported :
Whole number Of votes, Is
Necessary TO a choice. lO
Joseph A. Locke had ls
And was declared elected.
He was conducted to the chair by Mr..
Coombs Of Hancock, and Mr.. Dunham Oi
York.
On taking the chair, Mr.. LOCKE addressed
the Senate briefly:
On motion of Mr.. SMITH. Messrs. Smith 81
Lincoln Cornish of kennebec, and CoOmbs
of Hancock, were appointed committee
to receive, sort and count votes for Secretary
of Senate. They reported:
Whole number of votes, -
Necessary for choice, 10
Charles w. Tilden had -
Who was declared elected.
On motion of Mr.. CooMBs, Messrs. Coombs,
Parker and Emery of York, were appointed
committee to receive sort and count votes fol-
Assistant Secretary. They reported:
Whole number Of votes, 10
Necessary to a choice, 10
Geo. +. Bracket had 10
And was declared elected.
The same committee counted votes fol-
other officers. For Messenger,
Whole number of votes, IL
Necessary to a choice, 10
Chas II. Lovejoy had Is
And was declared chosen.
A. B. L. Chadbourne was chosen Assistant
Messenger. receiving all the votes thrown.
On motion of Mr.. BERRY, the Presiden,
was authorized to appoint page.
\ message was received from the House.
informing the Senate of the organization OF
that branch.
On motion Of Mr.. HAYES, message was
sent to the House, informing that branch OF
the organization Of the Senate.
a long recess ensued, which lasted until
nearly two o'clock this morning, when the
committee reported the series of questions tc
be submitted to the Supreme Court The
questions are not fully completed. and will
be published in full in to-morrow's paper.
At quarter to two adjourned to Saturda,
next at 7. NJ