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till they be counted. The President shall then rise and state the decision of the Senate.

30. No person except the members of the Executive, or members of the House of Representatives and their officers, shall be admitted within the bar of the Senate, except by invitation of the President, or some member with his consent.

31. The Senate shall adjourn to meet at ten o'clock in the morning and three o'clock in the afternoon of each day, unless the Senate shall otherwise order.

32. Motions to adjourn shall be decided without debate. Which report was accepted.

On motion of Mr. Lane

Resolved, That the foregoing rules, reported by the committee appointed for that purpose, be adopted for the government of the Senate the present year.

A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk:

"Mr. President-The House of Representatives are ready to meet the Honorable Senate in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution."

On motion of Mr. Hewes

Resolved, That the Senate now meet the House of Representatives in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution.

IN CONVENTION.

The Senate and House of Representatives being assembled in convention in the Representatives' Hall, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Con

stitution

Mr. Lane of the Senate, from the select committee, appointed to compare and cast the votes for Governor, and to report to the convention thereon, asked leave to report at the present time. On the question,

Shall leave be granted?

It was decided in the affirmative.

So leave was granted, and Mr. Lane made the following

REPORT:

The committee, to whom was referred the returns of votes for Governor, report that they have compared and cast their numbers, and find the result to be as follows:

Whole uumber of votes returned,
Necessary for a choice,

Estimated as scattering,
Daniel Hoit has

Anthony Colby has
John H. Steele has

45,765

22,883

994

5,786

15,579

23,406

The committee have found the returns generally correct, and made in proper time. But few instances have come to the notice of the committee of informality or irregularity of proceedings. In Hampton Falls, it appears by the return that the votes were regularly cast, sorted and counted on the day of election, and were declared at an adjourned meeting on a subsequent day. The return from Orford was not received, as appears by the certificate of the Secretary of State, until the 20th day of Mayfive days after the time for its reception had expired. The return was received by mail, and was post-marked the 12th. The return from Columbia was received on the 19th of May. But the committee have included the votes of these towns in the foregoing result. The votes from the town of Canterbury, being for John H. Steele 112, for Anthony Colby 75, for Daniel Hoit 13, scattering 9, are not included in the count, it not appearing by the return that the meeting was holden in any town or county. The committee, however, in rejecting these votes, would not sanction the principle that the official neglect of a returning, officer is to deprive the legal voters of a town of their constitutional right of suffrage. The Legislature may, undoubtedly, in cases of sufficient importance, go behind the return to ascertain the facts; but in this case the committee have not deemed it necessary to go into an inquiry. From the town of Bedford no return has been received.

The committee have instructed me to report the following re

solution.

CHARLES LANE, for the committee.

Resolved, That John H. Steele, having received a majority of all the votes cast in the several towns and places in this State, is duly and constitutionally elected Governor of the State for the ensuing political year.

Which report was accepted.

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The convention rose and the Senate returned to their chamber.

IN SENATE.

message from the House of Representatives by their clerk:

"Mr. President-The House of Representatives have appointed Messrs Blaisdell of Lebanon, Wentworth, Frost, Demeritt of Lee, Magoon, Jones of Bradford, Baldwin, Batcheller of Marlborough, Summers and Williams of Claremont, a committee on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join, to wait on His Excellency John H. Steele, Governor elect, and inform him of his election, and that the Legislature are ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, in which they ask the concurrence of the Honorable Senate."

On motion of Mr. Smith

Resolved, That the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the appointment of the aforesaid committee, to wait on His Excellency the Governor elect, and inform him of his election.

Ordered, That Messrs. Smith and Hale be joined to said committee on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

Mr. Smith, from the joint select committee, appointed to wait on His Excellency John H. Steele, Governor elect, and inform him of his election to the office of Governor of the State of New Hampshire for the ensuing political year, and that the Legislature will be ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, reported that they had attended to that duty, and that His Excellency was pleased to reply, that he would meet the Legislature in the Representatives' Chamber precisely at twelve o'clock this day, accept the office, take and subscribe the oaths prescribed by the Constitution.

A message from the House of Representatives by their clerk:

"Mr. President-The House of Representatives are ready

to meet the Honorable Senate in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution.

On motion of Mr. Gibson

Resolved, That the Senate now meet the House of Representatives in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution.

IN CONVENTION.

The Senate and House of Representatives being assembled in convention in the Representatives' Hall, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, His Excellency, John H. Steele, Governor elect, attended by the Honorable Council, came in, and His Excellency declared his acceptance of the office of Governor, took and subscribed the oaths of allegiance and the oath of office; whereupon Hon. Asa P. Cate, President of the Senate, made proclamation, as follows:

His Excellency John H. Steele, having been duly elected and taken and subscribed the oath of office, I now declare him Governor of the State of New Hampshire for the ensuing political year, and, your Excellency, I here present you with a copy of the Constitution of the State, as a guide to you in the discharge of your official duties.

His Excellency then made the following

ADDRESS.

Gentlemen of the Senate and

House of Representatives:

Before proceeding to recommend to your consideration such subjects as to me appear to call for a share of your attention, suffer me to tender to you, and through you to our constituents, my heartfelt thanks for their manly and generous support. All that remains of life will be too short to enable me to repay the debt of gratitude which I owe to the citizens of New Hampshire. They have the right

to expect from me, and I have the disposition to render to them, service to the extent of my abilities; and although I never sought for or again expect or even wish to be a candidate for any public office; yet as long as life is spared or reason left to guide, I can never cease to cherish a grateful remembrance of their unexpected favors, nor cease to advocate that which I believe to be right, and openly condemn that which I believe to be wrong.

Coming as you do from all parts of the State, you are much better acquainted with the wants and wishes of the people, than it is possible for me to be. Such measures as you may see fit to take, will receive from me that consideration which their importance demands, and nothing but a strong conviction of duty will induce me to interpose any objections to the enactments which you may see fit to make.

Foremost, if not paramount to all other subjects claiming a share of your attention, are our primary schools. If these are neglected or suffered to languish for the want of attention, from a wrong direction given, or inadequate support, the main corner stone of the foundation on which rests our social as well as political fabric, will be undermined. Ignorance, with all its accompanying evils, indolence, superstition, bigotry, vice and folly, will usurp the place of knowledge, virtue, benevolence and rational liberty, and our posterity will inevitably become fit subjects to be moulded into serfs for tyrants to rule over, and in the end become so far degraded as to extol as an act of liberality, the occasional distribution of a few thousands by their rulers, or rather masters, out of the many millions extorted from their own hard earnings. To avoid such results, I cannot forbear recommending to your serious consideration, the propriety, if not indispensable necessity, of providing at least, for some mode whereby an accurate knowledge of the present state of our schools shall annually be laid before the Legislature. Situated as we now are, without well authenticated facts to guide us, we are liable to be misled, even by those who are truly the friends of primary schools. That something should be done, is to my mind most clear. A beginning should be made, and to you, gentlemen, the public are anxiously looking for action.

Although there is in the minds of many a desire to have our present military system altered or amended, there are, I

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