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The resolution was adopted.

The President appointed as such committee, Senators Garber, Russell of Jones, and Sudlow.

The resolution offered by Senator Tirrill, relative to supplying the senators with the Code of Iowa, was taken up and considered.

Senator Nichols of Guthrie offered the following substitute for the resolution:

Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That a copy of McClain's or Miller's Annotated Code of Iowa, as may be preferred, and also a copy of the laws of each session of the General Assembly since 1873, be furnished by the Secretary of State to each member of the Nineteenth General Assembly for his use.

Senator Hutchison moved to postpone further consideration of the resolution until next Tuesday.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Hutchison offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby requested to report to the Senate, at the earliest day practicable, what is the lowest price that will purchase one hundred and fifty copies of McClain's or Miller's Annotated Codes.

The resolution was adopted.

The following message was received from the House:

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has concurred without amendment in the Senate resolution relative to adjournment.

Senator Cotton moved to adjourn.

The motion prevailed.

E. C. HAYNES, Chief Clerk.

At 4:30 P. M. the Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow.

SENATE CHAMBER,

DES MOINES, TOWA, JAMary 12, 1882.}

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the President.

Prayer by Rev. Thos. J. Keith.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Pending the reading, the following message was received from the House:

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked:

Resolution relative to having printed thirty-seven hundred copies of the rules of the Nineteenth General Assembly.

E. C. HAYNES, Chief Clerk.

Senator Boling offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be authorized to issue to the

regular newspaper reporters an amount of stationery for their use not exceding one dollar per week.

HOUSE MESSAGE.

The following House message was, on motion, taken up and considered:

Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Secretary of State be directed to have printed 3,700 copies of the Rules of the Nineteenth General Assembly, with diagrams, vote on Governor, and census of 1880 as to population by counties.

Senator Greenlee moved to amend by striking out the figures "3.700" and inserting "1,500."

Senator Nichols of Muscatine moved to amend the amendment by inserting "2,000" instead of "3,700."

The amendment was not adopted.

The motion moved by Senator Greenlee was lost.

The question recurring upon the adoption of the resolution, the same was adopted.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By leave, Senator Nichols of Muscatine introduced Senate File No. 1, a bill for an act to amend section 890 of the Code, relating to tax penalties.

Read a first and second time and ordered passed on file.

Also, Senate File No. 2, a bill for an act reducing the number of grand jurors.

Read a first and second time and ordered passed on file.

Senator Clark of Page moved that the Senate take a recess of thirty minutes.

The motion prevailed.

At 11:30 o'clock the Senate was called to order by Senator Arnold, President pro tempore.

Geo. S. Saylor appeared before the bar of the Senate and took the oath of office as mail carrier.

A committee from the House announced the body ready to receive the Senate in joint convention to inaugurate the Governor and Lieutenant-governor.

Senator Marshall moved that the Senate now repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives.

The motion prevailed.

At 11:40 o'clock the joint convention was called to order by Senator Arnold, President pro tempore.

The joint committee appointed to wait upon Buren R. Sherman, the Governor elect, and Orlando H. Manning, the Lieutenant-governor elect, and inform them of their election, reported that they had discharged that duty.

The report was received and the committee discharged.

Senator Smith moved that the joint convention take a recess until 2:30, city time, to meet at Moore's Opera House, in the city of Des Moines, to participate in the ceremony of inaugurating the Governor and Lieutenant-governor.

The motion prevailed.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

2 O'CLOCK P. M.

The joint convention assembled at Moore's opera-house at 2:30 P. M., and was called to order by the President.

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The oath of office was then administered to the Governor elect Buren R. Sherman, and Lieutenant-governor elect Orlando H. Manning, by Wm. H. Seevers, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Governor Sherman then delivered his inaugural address.

Music.

Senator Arnold moved that the convention now take a recess of thirty minutes to meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The motion prevailed.

At 4:40 P. M. the convention was called to order by the President, and on motion of Senator Bills was dissolved.

At 4:45 P. M. the Senate was called to order by the President. Senator Rothert moved that a committee of two be appointed to wait upon the Lieutenant-governor and notify him that the Senate is now ready to receive him as President of the Senate, and the chair named as such committee Senators Rothert and Hunt.

President Campbell, upon retiring, addressed the Senate as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate-In severing my connections with this body, with which I have been so long and pleasantly associated, a parting word may not be out of harmony with the place and the hour.

Twelve years ago I took the obligation and assumed the duties of a senator on this floor; eight years of that time I was actively engaged in legislative duties, giving my energies and whatever ability I possess, to the State, endeavoring to legislate for the welfare of our great commonwealth, and as I review the legal enactments of that period, I am conscious that my votes and influence, in a great mearsure, have been in the line of duty. As the presiding officer of this body for four years, my relations have been of a most pleasant (and may I not hope, profitable) character.

Since my sojourn here, the whirligig of time has marked many changes-Iowa has stepped forward in the race of States, from the rear rank to a place among the leading States of our nation, developing in a wonderful degree-the seat of population and power has been transferred from the southern and eastern border to the now populous central, western, and northwest sections of the State, which jointly claim increased representation and legislative power in these hal's. The great charitable institutions that so grandly attest the great heart of our great people were then in embryo-your stately capitol, which stands and will stand as a monument of our wonderful developement, was not yet conceived in the brain of the architect; and our educational, industrial, and other interests have kept step with the onward march of our wonderful State. In this period six General Assemblies have come and gone, their work is done, their members scattered as the wind. Of the senators who sat in this chamber, and with whom I

was associated in 1870, but two are here to-day, the honored veteran from Fayette, and the highly respected senator from Ringgold. Some are filling places of honor and trust in the legislative councils and other departments of the nation; some are occupying honored positons in the States and Territories of the west, others have cast their fortunes on the golden shores of the Pacific; death has claimed some of the noblest, and even since we last met as the Eighteenth General Assembly, two of our number, the Hon. Thomas Hanna, of the 20th District and Hon. W. P. Gaylord of the 46th District, have "joined the General Assembly on the other shore," leaving behind examples in public and private life that we revere and should imitate, and precious memories that shall ever be cherished.

As your presiding officer, I have been constantly under obligations to honorable senators for that uniform courtesy and kindness that have been extended toward me, and I thank you one and all for those civilities that have so aided me in discharging the duties of my position. Parliamentary rulings have necessarially been prompt, and in many instances may have seemed harsh, yet it has ever been the aim of your presiding officer to carefully guard the rights of every member, reciprocate the courtesy extended toward myself, and yet facilitate the business of this body. In retiring from this honorable position I commit the power and responsibilities entrusted to me to good hands, and wishing you a pleasant and profitable session, and a cordial good-bye, I desire to present you my worthy successor and your honored Lieutenant-governor, Orlando H. Manning.

Lieutenant-Governor O. H. Manning, upon taking the chair as President of the Senate, delivered an inaugural address.

Senator Larrabee offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote:

Resolved, That we hereby tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks to Lieutenant-Governor F. T. Campbell for the able, conscientious, and impartial manner in which he has performed his official duties. In letter and spirit we say, well done good and faithful servant.

The following resolution, introduced by Senator Hartshorn, was also adopted unanimously:

Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt thanks to Hon. Delos Arnold, our retiring President pro tempore, for the very faithful and impartial manner in which he has presided over our deliberations.

Senator Russell of Jones moved that the Senate do now adjourn

The motion prevailed, and the Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock P. M. Tuesday, the 17th inst.

SENATE CHAMBER.

DES MOINES, lowa, January 17, 1882.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by President Manning.

Prayer by Rev. A. L. Frisbie.

The journal of last day's proceedings was read and approvd.

By leave, Senator Tirrill, from the Committee on Credentials, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Credentials beg leave to submit the following report: That they have examined the credentials of Benton J. Hall, of the Ninth Senatorial District, and find them cor

rect.

R. W. TIRRILL, Chairman.

On motion of Senator Arnold the report was received and adopted. Senator Hall appeared before the bar of the Senate and the President administered to him the oath of office.

The President announced the following list of Standing Commitees, which was read.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Ways and Means-Senators Larrabee, Hebard, Harmon, Russell of Jones, Greenlee, Garber, Arnold, Gillett, Graves, Baker, Whaley, Parker, Nichols of Muscatine, and Prizer.

Judiciary-Senators Russell of Greene, Wright, Nichols of Guthrie, Nichols of Benton, Hemenway, Johnson, Bills, Hartshorn, Harmon, Hall, Hutchison, Robinson, Smith, Kamrar, Keller, Cotton, Wilson, Clark of Page, Brown of Keokuk, Brown of Van Buren, and Russell of Jones.

Federal Relations-Senators Wilson, Nielander, Prizer, Henderson, Poyneer, Sudlow, and Mitchell.

Constitutional Amendments-Senators Johnson, Harmon Dashiell, Clark of Wayne, Abraham, Marshall, Tirrill, Bills, and Hall..

Retrenchment-Senators Bills, Russell of Jones, Smith, Nichols of Muscatine, Hall, Clark of Wayne, Keller, Prizer, and Hunt.

Appropriations-Senators Arnold, Larrabee, Boling, Hebard, Hartshorn, Hutchison, Henderson, Wilson, Cotton, and Logan.

Normal Schools-Senators Harmon, Wilson, Robinson, Arnold, and Hemenway.

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Schools-Senators Hartshorn, Harmon, Hemenway, Nielander, Arnold, Tirrill, Rothert, and Patrick.

Agriculture-Senators Russell of Jones, Garber, Hebard, Poyneer, Nichols of Muscatine, Marshall, Logan, Abraham, Parker, Patrick, Hunt, Sudlow, Clark of Wayne, Wall, Nichols of Guthrie, and Russell of Greene.

County and Township Organization-Senators Nichols of Guthrie, Boling, Clark of Wayne, Garber, Robinson, Poyneer, Brown of Van Buren, and Keller.

Railways-Senators Rothert, Hartshorn, Nichols of Guthrie, He

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