BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN IOWA CITY, ON THE FIRST
DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 1856, BEING THE SIXTH

REGULAR SESSION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

Published by Authority.

IOWA CITY:

P. MORIARTY, STATE PRINTER.

1857.

JOURNAL

OF

THE SENATE

OF THE

Sixth General Assembly of the State of Iowa,

Begun and held at the Capitol, in Iowa City, on the first day of December, A. D., 1856, being the sixth regular session under the Constitution.

SENATE CHAMBER,

IOWA CITY, December 1st, 1856.

This being the day fixed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly, and the hour of two o'clock P. M. having arrived, the Senate was called to order by the Hon. W. W. Hamilton, of Dubuque, on whose motion the Hon. W. F. Coolbaugh was appointed President pro tem.

The roll being called by P. B. Bradley, Secretary of the Senate at its last session, it appeared that the following named members were present, to-wit:

From the county of Lee-E. S. McCulloch and Wm. A. Thurs

ton.

From the counties of Lee and Van Buren-D. T. Brigham.
From the county of Van Buren-A. H. McCrary.

From the county of Des Moines-Wm. F. Coolbaugh and Lyman Cook.

From the county of Jefferson-Wm. M. Reed.
From the county of Henry-Alvin Saunders.

From the county of Wapello-J. C. Ramsey.