From the county of Cass, EDWARD W TURNER. From the county of Christian, DORICE D. SHUMWAY, From the county of Clark, SAMUEL PREVO and Wm. B. ARcher. From the county of Clinton, BERRYMAN CREEL. From the county of Coles, UsHER F. LINDER and WM. D. WATSON. From the county of Cook, FRANCIS C. SHERMAN, MARK SKINNER and J. J. EVERETT. From the county of De Witt, SAMUEL P. GLENN. From the county of Edgar, HALL SIMMS. 1 rom the county of Edwards, WM. PICKERING. From the counties of Fayette and Effingham, P. FUNKHOUSER and FREDERICK REMANN. From the county of Franklin, WM A. DENNING. From the county of Fulton, REUBEN R. MCDOWELL, THOMAS A. LIT TLE, and EVEN BAILEY. When the county of Gallatin was called, Mr. Reynolds offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the production of certificates of election of members of the House of Representatives be dispensed with in those cases where the member will state he has forgotten his certificate, or mislaid it. From the county of Gallatin, THOMAS HICK, WM. H. STICKNEY, and HENRY EDDY. From the county of Greene, JENRY BRAGG and JOSIAH CASWELL. From the county of Hamilton, SAMUEL S. MARSHALL. From the county of Hancock, THOMAS MORRISON and JAMES STARK. From the county of Jefferson, LEWIS F. CASEY. From the county of Jersey, THOMAS CUMMINGS. From the counties of Johnson and Massac, ENOCH ENLOE. From the county of Jo Daviess, ABNER EADS. From the county of Jackson, JOHN LOGAN.. From the counties of Kane. Mellenry, Boone and De Kalb, GEORGE W. KRETSINGER, JAMES HARRINGTON, and JAMES T. PIERSON. From the county of Knox, CHARLES HANSFOrd. From the counties of Knox and Mercer, EPHRAIM GILMore. From the county of Lake, GEORGE ELA. From the counties of Macon and Piatt, WM. CANTRILL. From the counties of La Salle, Kendall, and Grundy, AMBROSE O'CON NER, JAMES O. GLOVER, and WM. BARBER. From the counties of Logan and Mason, MICHAEL W. SWING. From the county of McLean, MATTHEW ROBB. From the counties of McLean, Livingston, and Woodford, JAMES ROB ESON. From the county of Menard, JAMES M. ROBINSON. Henderson P. BOYAKIN. From the county of Marion, PAN. From the county of Madison, WM. MARTIN, CURTIS BLAKEMAN, and WM. F. D'WOLF. From the counties of Marion, Hamilton and Jefferson, NOAH JOHNSTON. From the counties of Monroe and Randolph, EDWARD OMELVENEY, JOHN MORRISON, and ROBERT MANN. From the county of Montgomery, JAMES M. RUTLEDGE. From the county of Morgan, NEWTON CLOUD, WM. H. LONG, JOSEPH MORTON, and WM. THOMAS. From the county of Ogle, WM. G. DANA. From the county of Peoria, WASHINGTON COCKLE. From the counties of Pope and Hardin, WM. RHODES. From the county of Pike, WM. P. HARPOLE, JAMES M. HIGGINS, and ALFRED GRUBB. From the county of Sangamon, STEPHEN T. LOGAN, BENJAMIN WEST, JAMES N. BROWN, and RESIN H. CONSTANT. From the counties of Rock Island and Henry, WM. BAILEY. From the county of Scott, EDWARD G. MINER and JoчN B. CAMPbell. and SAMUEL STOOKEY. From the counties of Stephenson and Carroll, ROBERT MCCONNELL. From the counties of Tazewell and Woodford, ISAAC WILLIAMS and CHARLES C. WILCOX. From the county of Union, MATTHEW STOKES. From the county of Vermilion, SAMUEL HUFFMAN and WM. P. DAVIS. From the county of Wabash, SAMUEL S. LUKINS. From the counties of Warren and Henderson, JAMES TUCKER and Joux CURTS. From the county of Washington, JOHN WHITE. From the county of Wayne, RIGDON B. SLOCUMB. From the county of White, SAMUEL SNOWDEN Hayes. From the counties of Whiteside and Lee, HUGH WALLACE. From the counties of Will, Du Page and Iroquois, WM. E. LITTLE, MICAJAH J. STANLE, and JOHN MILLER. From the county of Williamson, JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM. On motion of Mr. Denning, Resolved, That EDWARD H. BUCKLEY, who appears as a Representative from the county of Marquette, be sworn and take his seat as such. Whereupon, Mr. Buckley was qualified, and took his seat. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Moore, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives, that the Senate have met and orgamzed; have elected Henry W. MOORE, their Secretary; WILLIAM J. CLINE, their Sergeant-at-Arms; and are now ready to proceed to business. On motion of Mr. Denning, A call of the House was ordered; and those present having answered to their names, On motion of Mr. Simms, Further proceedings under the call were dispensed with. The House now proceeded to the election of a Speaker. Mr. Morris nominated NEWTON CLOUD, of Morgan county. Mr. Thomas of Morgan, nominated STEPHEN T. LOGAN, of Sangamon county. Whereupon, Mr. CLOUD received seventy-three votes, and Mr. Logan received thirty-five votes. Those who voted for Mr. CLOUD, are, Messrs. Bailey of Brown, Bailey of Fulton, Barber, Bragg, Boyakin, Cantrill, Casey, Caswell, Creel, Cockle, Cunningham, Davis, Dawson, Denning, Eads, Ela, Enloe, Epperson, Erwin, Everett, Fry, Funkhouser, Glenn, Griffith, Giover, Grubb, Harrington, Hansford, Harpole, Hart, Hayes, Hendry, Hick, Higgins, Hodges, Johnston, Kretsinger, Little of Fulton, Little of Will, Logan of Jackson, Logan of Sangamon, Long, McDowell, Mann, Marshall, Martin, Miller, Morris, Morrison of Monroe, Morton, O'Conner, Omelveney, Pierson, Prevo, Reynolds, Robeson of McLean, Rhodes, Rutledge, Stanley, Seehorn, Sherman, Stickney, Simms, Skinner, Swing. Slocumb, Stokes. Shumway, Thomas of Bureau, Turner, Underwood, Wallace, and White. Those who voted for Mr. Logan, are, Messrs. Archer, Bailey of Rock Island, Blakeman, Brown, Buckley, Constant, Cross, Cloud, Cummings, Curts, Dana, D'Wolf, Eddy, Gilmore, Huffman, Linder, Lukins, McConnell, Minor, Morrison of Hancock, Pickering, Randolph, Remann, Robb, Robinson of Menard, Stark, Smith, Stookey, Tappan, Thomas of Morgan, Tucker, Wardlaw, Watson, West, Wilcox and Williams. The Speaker was conducted to the Chair by Messrs. BOYAKIN and LOGAN of Sangamon, and, having returned his thanks, entered upon the duties of the oflice. On motion of Mr. Denning, The House proceeded to the election of a Principal Clerk. Mr. Funkhouser nominated JonN MCDONALD, of Fayette county. Mr. McDonald received seventy-five votes, and Mr. Jones thirty-three votes. Those who voted for Mr. McDonald, are, Messrs. Bailey of Brown, Bailey of Fulton, Barber, Bragg, Boyakin, Buckley, Cantrill, Casey, Creel, Cockle, Cunningham, Davis, Dawson. Denning, Eads, Ela, Enloc, Epperson, Erwin, Everett, Fry, Funkhouser, Glenn, Griffith, Glover, Grubb, Harrington, Hansford, Harpole, Hart, Hayes, Hendry, Hick, Higgins, Hodges, Johnston, Kretsinger, Litle of Fulton, Little of Will, Logan of Jackson, Long, McDowell, Mann, Marshall, Martin, Miller, Morris, Morrison of Monroe, Morton, O'Conner, Omelveney, Pierson, Prevo, Remann, Reynolds, Robeson of McLen, Rhodes, Rutledge, Stanley, Seehorn, Sherman, Stickney, Simms, Skinner, Swing, Smith, Slocumb, Stokes, Shumway, Thomas of Bureau, Turner, Underweed, Wallace, White and Mr. Speaker. Those who voted for Mr. Jones, are, Messrs. Archer, Bailey of Rock Island, Blakeman, Brown, Campbell, Constant, Cross, Cummings, Curts, Dana, D' Wolf, Eddy, Gilmore, Linder, Logan of Sangamon, McConnell, Miner, Morrison of Hancock, Pickering, Randolph, Robb, Robinson of Menard, Stark, Stookey, Tappan, Thomas of Morgan, Tucker, Wardlaw, Watson, West, Wilcox and Williams. Mr. McDonald, having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared duly elected Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives. On motion of Mr. Simms, The House proceeded to the election of Assistant Clerk. Mr. Boyakin nominated WILLIAM W. PACE, of Marion county. Whereupon, Mr. Pace received seventy-four votes, and Mr. Johnson received thirtythree votes. Those who voted for Mr. Pace, are, Messrs. Bailey of Brown, Bailey of Fulton, Barber, Bragg, Boyakin, Buckley, Cantrill, Casey, Creel, C. ckle, Cunningham, Dana, Davis, Dawson, Denning, Eads, Ela, Enloe, Epperson, Erwin, Everett, Fry, Funkhouser, Gienn, Griffith, Glover, Grubb, Harrington, Hansford, Harpole, art, Hays, Hendry, Hick, Higgins, Hodges, Johnston, Kretsinger, Little of Fulton, Little of Will, Logan of Jackson, Long, McDow ell, Mann, Marshall, Martin, Miller, Morris, Morrison of Monroe, Morton, O'Conner, Omelveney, Pierson, Prevo, Reynolds, Robeson of McLean, Rhodes, Rutledge, Stanley, Seehorn, Sherman, Stickney, Simms, Skinner, Swing, Smith, Slocumb, Stokes, Shumway, Thomas of Bureau, Turner, Underwood, Wallace, White and Mr. Speaker. Those who voted for Mr. Johnson, are, Messrs. Archer, Bailey of Rock Island, Blakeman. Brown, Campbell, Caswell, Constant, Cross, Cummings, Curts, D'Wolf, Gilmore, Huffman, Logau of Sangamon, Lukins, McConnell, Miner, Morrison of Hancock, Pickering, Randolph, Remann, Robb, Robinson of Menard, Stark, Stookey, Tappan, Thomas of Morgan, Tucker, Wardlaw, Watson, West, Wilcox and Williams. Mr. Linder voted for Mr. Reynolds. On motion of Mr. Reynolds, JOHN A. WILSON, of Hamilton county, was elected Door Keeper by acclamation. On motion of Mr. Simms, The House proceeded to the election of an Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk. Mr. Wilcox nominated BENJAMIN BOND, of Clinton county. Mr. Barbernominated ANDREW J. GALLOWAY, of La Salle county. Mr. Galloway received seventy votes, Mr. Bond thirty-three votes, and Mr. Whitlock three votes. Those who voted for Mr. Galloway, are as follows, to wit: Messrs. Bailey of Brown, Bailey of Fulton, Barber, Bragg, Boyakin, Cantrill, Casey, Caswell, Creel, Cunningham, Davis, Dawson, Denning, Eads. Ela, Enloe, Epperson, Erwin, Everett, Fry, Funkhouser, Glenn, Gritfith, Glover, Grubb, Harrington, Hansford, Harpoic, Hart, Hayes, Hendry, Hick, Higgins, Hodges, Johnston, Kretsinger, Little of Fulton, Little of Messrs. Bailey of Rock Island, Brown, Buckley, Campbell, Constant, Cross, Cumming, Curts, Dana, D'Wolf, Gilmore, Huffman, Linder, Logan of Sangamon, Lukins, McConnell, Minor, Morrison of Hancock, Pickering, Randolph, Robb, Kobinson of Menard, Smith, Stark, Stookey, Tappan, Thomas of Morgan, Tucker, Wardlaw, Watson, West, Wilcox and Williams. Messrs. Archer, Blakeman and Remann voted for Mr. Whitlock. Mr. Denning moved that the House proceed to the election of Assistant Door Keeper by acclamation; which was agreed to. Whereupon, Mr. Bailey, of Fulton, nominated Isham G. Davidson, of Fulton county, and the vote being taken, he was declared duly elected. On motion of Mr. Boyakin, Resolved, That the Clerk inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives have met, and organized by the election of NEWTON CLOUD, Speaker; JOHN MCDONALD, Principal Clerk; WILLIAM W. PACE, Assistant Clerk; ANDREW J. GALLOWAY, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk; Joun A. WILSON, Principal, and ISHAM G. DAVIDSON, Assistant Door Keeper; and are prepared to proceed to legislative business. On motion of Mr. Denning, Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That a joint select committee of five, three on the part of the House, and two on the part of the Senate, be appointed to wait on his Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the two Houses of the General Assembly have met and organized, and are now ready to receive any communication he may desire to make. Ordered, That Messrs. Denning, Sherman and Dana be said committee, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. On motion, the House adjourned till to morrow at ten o'clock. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1846. House met pursuant to adjournment. On motion of Mr. Boyakin, The reading of the Journal was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Boyakin, Resolved, That the rules of the House of Representatives of the last session of the General Assembly of this State be adopted as the rules of this session, until otherwise ordered by this House. MARMONTEL BOYLE and ELDRIGE S. JANNEY, representatives from the counties of Crawford and Jasper, appeared, were qualified and took their seats. JOSIAH R. WYNNE, a representative from the counties of Lawrence and Richland, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat. |