Address of A message from His Excellency the Governor, being his Valedictory Valedictory Address to the Legislature, was received from the Governor Senate, and read and laid on the table. Bullock. Adjourned. FRIDAY, January 8, 1869. Met according to adjournment. Rev. O. T. Walker, having notified the Speaker of his Chaplain. acceptance of the office of Chaplain, appeared, and prayer was offered by him. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. The Speaker presented the report of the Commissioners, seats in the under chapter 58 of the resolves of 1868, to make changes in tives Hall. the arrangement of seats in the Representatives' Hall, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. A setts and message was received from the Governor on the subject Massachu of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Rhode Island and enclosing a communication from Mr. Tappan Wentworth, boundary. an agent appointed by the Governor to visit Rhode Island, and make an attempt to adjust the same; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. orders. Mr. Baker of Beverly, from the committee on the part of Rules and the House to prepare rules and orders for the government of the House, reported, recommending that the rules and orders of the last House should be adopted without amendment. The report was considered and accepted. State officers. The report of the joint committee on votes for Governor Votes for and other state officers, accepted in the Senate, came down, and was accepted in concurrence. The report is as follows: For Governor. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, of Newton, has one hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-one votes. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Quincy, sixty-three thousand two hundred and sixty-six votes. All others, eighty-four votes. For Lieutenant-Governor. JOSEPH TUCKER, of Lenox, has one hundred and thirtythree thousand one hundred and eighty-three votes. Votes for REUBEN NOBLE, of Westfield, sixty-one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight votes. All others, one hundred and twenty-six votes. For Secretary of the Commonwealth. OLIVER WARNER, of Northampton, one hundred and thirty-four thousand five hundred and thirty votes. CHARLES BRIMBLECOM, of Barre, sixty-one thousand five hundred and sixty-four votes. All others, ten votes. Treasurer and Receiver-General. JACOB H. LOUD, of Plymouth, one hundred and thirtyfive thousand and forty-two votes. HARVEY ARNOLD, of Adams, sixty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-three votes. All others, fourteen votes. Auditor. HENRY S. BRIGGS, of Pittsfield, has one hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-eight votes. ARTHUR F. DEVEREUX, of Boston, sixty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-four votes. All others, two votes. For Allorney-General. CHARLES ALLEN, of Boston, one hundred and ten thousand three hundred and twenty-nine votes. CHARLES ALLEN, of Greenfield, twenty-four thousand six hundred and forty-three votes. WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT, of Salem, sixty-one thousand three hundred and thirty-seven votes. WILLIAM F. ENDICOTT, of Salem, thirty-eight votes. And the following named officers appear by the returns to be duly elected : Governor,-WILLIAM CLAFLIN, of Newton. Lieutenant-Governor, JOSEPH TUCKER, of Lenox. Treasurer and Receiver-General,-JACOB H. LOUD, of Auditor,-HENRY S. BRIGGS, of Pittsfield. The report of the joint committee on votes for Councillors, accepted in the Senate, came down, and was accepted in con currence. The committee report that the following named persons are elected Councillors : District No. 1. MARSHALL S. UNDERWOOD, of Dennis. CHARLES ENDICOTT, of Canton. 66 Arms. At twelve o'clock the House proceeded to vote for Ser- Sergeant-atgeant-at-Arms. And Messrs. Ritchie of Boston, Hapgood of Boston, Hale of Salem, Judd of Fairhaven, Thayer of Adams, and Pratt of Middleborough, were appointed a committee to receive, sort and count the votes. Mr. Ritchie afterwards reported as follows: Whole number of votes, two hundred and thirty; necessary for a choice, one hundred and sixteen. Gardiner Tufts of Lynn, one hundred and twenty; John Morissey of Plymouth, one hundred and ten. And Gardiner Tufts was elected, and on motion of Mr. Young of Boston, the Clerk was charged with a message to the Senate to inform that branch of the election. Adjourned. SATURDAY, January 9, 1869. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. Lieutenant election. Ordered, In concurrence, that Messrs. Tweed, Giles and Governor & Crane of the Senate, and Messrs. Bird of Walpole, Allen of Governor noNew Bedford, Horswell of Boston, Simmons of Barnstable, tified of their Tower of Lanesborough, Fisher of Lancaster, and Puffer of Lowell, be a committee to inform the Hon. William Claflin that he has been elected in the manner prescribed by the constitution Governor of the Commonwealth for the current political year, and that the Legislature will be ready to attend upon him in taking and subscribing the oaths required by the constitution to qualify him for that office, as soon as will suit his convenience. Also, to inform the Hon. Joseph Tucker that he has been duly elected Lieutenant-Governor for the current political year, and that the Legislature will attend to his being qualified when agreeable to him. Afterwards, Mr. Bird, from the committee, reported that they had attended to the duty assigned them, and that the Governor elect and the Lieutenant-Governor elect had respectively signified their acceptance of the offices to which they had been elected, and that they would meet the Legislature forthwith for the purpose of being qualified. On motion of Mr. Baker of Beverly, the Clerk was charged with a message to the Senate proposing a joint convention forthwith for the purpose of administering the oaths to the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect. And a message was afterward received from the Senate announcing the concurrence of that branch in the proposition. The Senate then came in, and its President took the chair, and the two Houses being in convention, a committee consisting of Messrs. Brastow and Dean of the Senate, and Messrs. Plumer of Boston, Blinn of Lexington, Harris of Marblehead, Russell of Lawrence, and Stranger of Kingston, was appointed to wait upon the Governor and LieutenantGovernor elect and inform them that the two branches are now in convention, and are ready to attend to the administration of the oaths of office. And Mr. Brastow afterwards reported that the committee. had performed this duty. And the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect then came in, accompanied by various civil and military officers of the Commonwealth. The oaths and affirmations of office were then, in presence of the two Houses and before the President of the Senate, administered to and subscribed by Hon. William Claflin as Governor and Hon. Joseph Tucker as Lieutenant-Governor, and proclamation thereof was made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. His Excellency the Governor then delivered an address to the senators and representatives. After which the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor withdrew, and the convention was dissolved and the Senate returned to its chamber. Ordered, In concurrence, that the Secretary of the Commonwealth give notice to Messrs. Marshall S. Underwood, Charles Endicott, Thomas Rice, Jr., Otis Norcross, Roland G. Usher, Thomas Talbot, Charles Adams, Jr., and Horatio G. Knight, that they have been elected Councillors to advise with the Governor in the executive part of the government for the current political year. Notice was afterwards received from the Secretary that he had notified the above named gentlemen of their election, and that a quorum of them had signified their acceptance of the office, and their readiness to be qualified. vention. On motion of Mr. Kimball of Boston, the Clerk was Joint concharged with a message to the Senate, proposing a joint convention forthwith, for the purpose of administering the oaths of office to the Councillors elect. And afterwards a message was received from the Senate, announcing the concurrence of that branch in the proposition. The Senate then came in, and its President took the chair, and the two branches being in convention, a committee, consisting of Messrs. Coolidge and Ladd of the Senate, and Messrs. Hart of Fall River, Russell of Andover, Hewitt of Weymouth, Bates of Worthington, and Moore of New Salem, of the House, was appointed to wait upon the Councillors elect, and inform them that the two branches are in convention for the purpose of administering the oaths required by the constitution to qualify them for office. qualified. The Committee, having discharged the duty assigned Councillors them, report was made accordingly. And soon afterwards, seven of the Councillors elect, viz.: Messrs. Marshall S. Underwood, Charles Endicott, Thomas Rice, Jr., Roland G. Usher, Thomas Talbot, Charles Adams, Jr., and Horatio G. Knight, came in, and in presence of the two houses, and before the President of the Senate, the oaths were taken and subscribed by them, and declaration was made accordingly. The convention was then dissolved, and the Senate returned to its chamber. On motion of Mr. Plunkett of Pittsfield, Ordered, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth give notice to the Governor that Messrs. Marshall S. Underwood, Charles Endicott, Thomas Rice, Jr., Roland G. Usher, Thomas Talbot, Charles Adams, Jr., and Horatio G. Knight have been duly elected and qualified as Councillors to advise him in the executive part of the government for the current political year. Sent up for concurrence. The report of the joint committee on rules and orders for Rules and the government of the two Houses, accepted in the Senate, orders. came down. The committee report that the committee on Accounts should be omitted from the list of joint standing committees; that the committee on Railways and Canals should be styled the committee on Railways; that the com |