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In obedience to the foregoing proclamation, the members of the House of Representatives convened in their Hall on the day and hour above mentioned.

The Speaker ordered a call of the House when the following members answered to their names:

Messrs. Atkinson, Abbett, Bonner, Boyd, Branham, Brown, Burns, Burwell, Bird, Caldwell, Chambers, Church, Coffroth, Cowgill, Cox, Croan, Crook, Ferris, Glazebrook, Gleason, Goodman, Griffith, Groves, Hamrick, Hargrove, Harrison, Henricks, Hershey, Higgins, Hogate, Hoover, James, Kilgore, Lane, Lasselle, Litson, Lockhart, Major, Meredith, Miller, Montgomery, McVey, Newcomb, O'Brien, Olleman, Osborn, Patterson, Perigo, Pinney, Prather, Reese, Rhoads, Richards, Richardson, Riford, Roach, Sabin, Shuey, Sim, Stewart, Stivers, Stringer, Stuckey, Sullivan, of Scott, Thatcher, Veach, Welch, White, Woodruff, Wright, and Mr. Speaker-72..

Mr. Branham presented the credentials, of Richard H. Litson, a member elect from the county of Jefferson.

Mr. Goodman presented the credentials of John Weikel, a member elect from the county of Dubois.

Mr. Boyd presented the credentials of James S. Wright, a member elect from the county of Spencer.

Mr. Coffroth presented the credentials of Haskiel N. Pinney, a member elect from the county of Johnson.

Mr. Higgins, presented the credentials of Newell Gleason, a member elect from the county of Laporte.

Mr. Newcomb presented the credentials of Stephen Davidson, a member elect from the county of Fulton.

Mr. Sim presented the credentials of Calvin Cowgill, a member elect from the counties of Kosciusko and Wabash.

Mr. Miller presented the credentials of John J. Caldwell, a member elect from the county of Clinton.

All of whom came forward, were sworn into office by the Speaker, and took their seats.

Mr. Branham moved that a committee of three be appointed to inform the Senate that the House was organized and ready to proceed to business.

Which was agreed to.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Branham, Brown and Newcomb said Committee.

Mr. Brown moved to reconsider the vote just taken, and that the Clerk be ordered to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives was organized and ready to proceed to business.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Newcomb offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Speaker, Principal Clerk, Assistant Clerk, and Doorkeeper, elected at the regular session of this House, in January last, are entitled to hold their respective offices during the official continuance of the present General Assembly.

Messrs. Coffroth and Newcomb demanded the ayes and noes.

Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Abbett, Atkinson, Bird, Bonner, Boyd, Brown, Burnes, Burwell, Caldwell Chambers, Church, Coffroth, Cowgill, Cox, Croan, Crook, Davidson, Ferris, Glazebrook, Gleason, Goodman, Gregg, Groves, Hamrick Hargrove, Harrison, Henricks, Hershey, Higgins, Hogate, Hoover, James, Lane, Lasselle, Litson, Lockhart, Major, Meredith, Montgomery, McVey, Newcomb, O'Brien, Olleman, Osborn, Patterson, Perigo, Pinney, Prather, Reese, Rhoads, Richards, Richardson, Riford, Roach, Sabin, Shuey, Sim, Stuart, Stivers, Stringer, Stuckey, Thatcher, Veach, Weikel, Welch, White, Woodruff and Wright-68.

None voted in the negative.

So the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Newcomb offered the following resolution:

Resolved That the following Aassistants be allowed to each officer of the House, to-wit:

To the Principal Clerk,

1 Reading Clerk.

1 File Clerk.

1 Registry Clerk.
2 Engrossing Clerks,
1 Enrolling Clerk.

To the Assistant Clerk,

4 Journal Clerks.

To the Doorkeeper,
3 Assistant Doorkeepers.
2 Firemen and Sweepers.

1 Water Carrier and Spittoon Cleaner.

2d. That two pages shall be appointed by the Speaker, and, at his option, one page for himself.

3d. That a committee of five members of this House be appointed by the Speaker, to whom all applications for an increase of the employees of the House shall he made by the proper officer, and if said committee shall regard such increase as necessary, they shall report a recommendation to that effect for the action of the House.

4th. That the several officers above named may appoint the subordinates to which they are severally entitled, at such times as they may deem their services necessary, and shall report the names of their several employes, and the date when their services commenced, the Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Coffroth moved to amend by making the number of pages three.

Which was not agreed to.

The resolution was then agreed to.

Mr. Stewart offered the following Resolution:

Resolved, That the use of this Hall he tendered to Mr. E. H. Uniac for the purpose of delivering a lecture on Temperance, this evening.

The question being on the adoption of the foregoing resolution,

There being no quorum voting,

A call of the House was ordered, with the following result:

Messrs. Abbott, Atkinson, Bird, Bonner, Boyd, Brown, Burns, Burwell, Caldwell, Chambers, Church, Coffroth, Cowgill, Cox, Croan, Crook, Davidson, Ferris, Glazebrook, Gleason, Goodman, Gregg, Groves, Hamrick, Hargrove, Harrison, Henricks, Hershey, Higgins, Hogate, Hoover, James, Kilgore, Lane, Lasselle, Litson, Lockhart, Meredith, Miller, Montgomery, McVey, Newcomb, O'Brien, Olleman, Osborn, Patterson, Perigo, Piney, Prather, Reese, Rhoads, Richards, Richardson, Riford, Roach, Sabin, Shuey, Sim, Stuart, Stivers, Stringer, Stuckey, Sullivan of Scott, Thatcher, Veach, Welch, White, Woodruff, Wright, and Mr. Speaker-69.

On motion,

The further call was dispensed with.

The question on the resolution offered by Mr. Stuart,

Messrs. Kilgore and Newcomb demanded the ayes and noes.

Those that voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Abbott, Atkinson, Bird, Boyd, Brown, Burns, Burwell Caldwell, Chambers, Church, Coffroth, Cowgill, Cox, Croan, Crook, Ferris, Glazebrook, Gleason, Goodman, Gregg, Griffith, Groves, Hamrick, Harrison, Henricks, Hershey, Higgins, Hogate, Hoover, James, Kilgore, Lane, Lasselle, Lockhart, Major, Meredith, Miller, Montgomery, McVey, Newcomb, O'Brien, Olleman, Osborn, Patterson, Perigo, Pinney, Prather, Reese, Rhoads, Richards, Richardson, Riford, Roach, Sabin, Shuey, Sim, Stuart, Stivers, Stringer, Stuckey, Thatcher, Trusler, Veach, Welch, White, Woodruff and Wright-68.

Mr. Sullivan, of Scott, voted in the negative.

So the resolution was agreed to.

Mr. Higgins offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to revise the rules for this House,

Which was agreed to..

The following message from the Senate was received aud read.

MR. SPEAKER:

I am directed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives, that the Senate has convened, and has adopted a Resolution to the effect that they are prepared to receive any message or communication from His Excellency the Governor. And the President has appointed Senators Dunning and Wright a committee on the part of the Senate to wait upon the Governor, and inform him that the Legislature is ready to receive any communication he may desire to make.

Mr. Henricks moved that the resolution be concurred in, and a committee of three appointed on the part of the House.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Groves offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the door-keeper be instructed to procure from the Secretary of State, copies of the House Journal, and the laws of the last session, and place one copy of each on the desk of each member of this House.

Mr. Rhodes moved to amend so as to include the Senate Journal.
Which was agreed to.

The resolution, as amended, was then agreed to.

Mr. Newcomb offered the following:

Resolved, That the principal clerk be directed to place upon the files and calendar of this session of the House, all bills and joint resolutions pending at the adjournment of the General Assembly at its last regular session, in the same order in which the same stood at the termination of said regular session.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Higgins offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire into and ascertain whether laws passed in pursuance of an act entitled "an act providing for the completion of the unfinished, business of any session of the General Assembly by the next successive special session of the General Assembly, approved March 4, 1865," are

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