HOUSE JOURNAL. Lansing, Wednesday, January 3, 1883. Pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution, the members elect to the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan for the year 1883 assembled in Representative Hall, in the Capitol at Lansing, on Wednesday, the third day of January, A. D. 1883, and, in accordance with law, were called to order by Hon. D. L. Crossman, Clerk of the last preceding House, at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by the Right Rev. S. S. Harris, Bishop of Michigan. The certificate of the Secretary of State, showing the members returned by the several county clerks as elected, was then read as follows: List of members of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan years 1883 and 1884: for the Allegan-1st District, Jan. W. Garvelink; 2d District, Francis Goodman. Alpena District-George J. Robinson. Barry-Lycurgus J. Wheeler. Bay-1st District, Hamilton M. Wright; 2d District, Newcomb Clark. Clinton-1st District, William H. Rose; 2d District, Frank Noeker. Eaton-1st District, Tyler Hull; 2d District, Luman Shepard. Emmet District-Israel Canby. Genesee-1st District, Sumner Howard; 2d District, Henry B. Diller. Gratiot Archibald B. Darragh. Hillsdale-1st District, Nathan Alvord; 2d District, George C. Wyllis. Huron-Olin Pengra. Ingham-1st District, Frank L. Dodge; 2d District, John Farmer. Isabella-Henry Woodruff. Jackson-1st District, Patrick Hankerd; 2d District, Abel N. Howe. Kent-1st District, George W. Thompson, Niram A. Fletcher; 2d District, Jarvis C. Train; 3d District, Leonard M. Sellers. Lapeer-1st District, George Davenport; 2d District, Anthony Williams. Leelanaw District-Richard Knight. Lenawee-1st District, George Howell; 2d District, David A. Bixby; 3d District, John U. Harkness. Livingston-George Coleman. Macomb-1st District, Daniel G. Gleason; 2d District, Alexander Grant. Manistee-Robert R. Blacker. Marquette-John Q. Adams. Mason-Roswell P. Bishop. Menominee-Elisha Morcom. Midland District-James Van Kleeck. Monroe-1st District, Burton Parker; 2d District, William A. French. Montcalm-1st District, S. Perry Youngs; 2d District, Stallham W. LaDu. Muskegon-1st District, Francis W. Cook; 2d District, Charles P. Reed. Newaygo-Charles W. Stone. Oakland-1st District, James S. Gray; 2d District, William E. Carpenter. Oceana-James E. White. Ontonagon District-T. B. Dunstan. Osceola-E. Broox Martin. Ottawa-1st District, John B. Perham; 2d District, Cornelius Van Loo. Saginaw-1st District, Newell Barnard; 2d District, Edwin R. Phinney; 3d District, John G. Rummel; 4th District, Jacob M. Wiltse. Sanilac-1st District, Joshua Wixsom; 2d District, John Leitch. Shiawassee-1st District, Fordyce H. Potter; 2d District, Lawrence Van Deusen. St. Clair-1st District, Henry Meyer; 2d District, Edward Vincent; 3d District, Byron F. Parks. St. Joseph-1st District, John W. Bentley; 2d District, James Johnson. Tuscola-1st District, Eleazer B. Hayes; 2d District, Cyrenius P. Black. Van Buren-1st District, Robert L. Warren; 2d District, Harvey H. Howard. Washtenaw-1st District, Charles S. Gregory; 2d District, Edward King. Wayne-1st District, George H. Hopkins, Robert Bolger, Conrad Bettinger, Lyman A. Brant, Walter H. Coots, Ovid N. Case, John Devlin; 2d District, Hyacinthe F. Riopelle; 3d District, Alexander Tinham; 4th District, Myron H. Ellis. Wexford District-Benjamin C. Bonnell. STATE OF MICHIGAN, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Of State, } SS. I, Wm. Jenney, Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed list of all the members elect of the House of Representatives (designated by their respective districts), with the original returns as transmitted to me by the clerks of the several counties of the State, and that it is a true and correct list. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State of Michigan, at Lansing this twenty[L. S.] ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. WM. JENNEY, All of whom were found present and answered to their names. The Clerk then announced that, under the provisions of the statute relative to the organization of the meetings of the Legislature, the oath of office might be administered to the members elect by either the President of the Senate, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, or in their absence by the Clerk of the House. Whereupon, Mr. Van Loo moved that the list of members elect be called by counties, and that the members advance to the Clerk's desk, and there take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, to be administered to them by the Clerk of the last preceding House, Hon. D. L. Crossman; Which motion prevailed. The roll of counties was then called, and the members elect came forward and took and subscribed the constitutional oath of office as administered by the Clerk. Pending the administration of the oath of office to Stephen S. Snyder, member elect from the first district of Calhoun county, Mr. Fletcher, of Kent county, filed his protest against the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Snyder, on the ground that he was disqualified by the Constitution of Michigan from holding the office of Representative in the State Legislature. Pending the administration of the oath of office to Israel Canby, member elect from the district composed of Emmet and other counties, Mr. Fletcher, of Kent county, filed his protest against the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Canby, on the ground that he was disqualified by the Constitution of Michigan from holding the office of Representative in the State Legislature. Pending the administration of the oath of office to Edgar Pierce, member elect from Mecosta county, Mr. Fletcher, of Kent county, filed his protest against the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Pierce, on the ground that he was disqualified, under the Constitution of Michigan from holding the office of Representative in the State Legislature. Pending the administration of the oath of office to Charles W. Stone, member elect from Newaygo county, Mr. White, of Oceana county, presented the protest of Edward E. Edwards, against the seating of Charles W. Stone as the Representative from Newaygo county. The several protests were read by the Clerk and filed for future reference to the committee on elections. On motion of Mr. Alvord, The House took a recess until 3 o'clock P. M. AFTER RECESS. The House met and was called to order by the Clerk. 3 o'clock P. M. Mr. Van Loo offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the rules of the last House stand adopted as the rules of this House until otherwise ordered; Which was adopted. The Clerk announced that the next business in order would be the election of Speaker. On motion of Mr. Alvord, The House proceeded to the election of a Speaker. The roll having been called, the members voted as follows: The Clerk announced that Hon. Sumner Howard, of Genesee, having received a majority of all the votes cast for Speaker, was duly elected to the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. Fyfe moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the Speaker elect and conduct him to the chair; Which motion prevailed. The Clerk appointed as such committee Messrs. Fyfe, Black, and Cook. |