committee examine the credentials of members and report forthwith to the senate. Whereupon the committee was appointed as follows: John McDonell, C. C. Hascall, Olmsted Hough-who reported the following names as entitled to seats: 1st District-Jonathan D. Davis, John McDonell, Conrad Ten Eyck. 2nd District-Laurent Durocher, Edward D. Ellis, Olmsted Hough. 3rd District-John S. Barry, Calvin Britain, Horace H. Comstock. 4th District-Silas Finch, William J. Moody, Henry Rum sey. 5th District-John Clark, Charles C. Hascall, Ebenezer Raynale, John Stockton. Mr. Hough moved that the senate concur in the report of the committee of privileges and elections, which motion was adopted. Mr. McDonell offered the following resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That the secretary inform the house of representatives that the senate is organized and ready to proceed to business. Mr. McDonell offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the members of the senate be now sworn into office. The same being adopted, the members of the senate took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution. The roll was then called, and the following members answered to their names: 1st District Johnathan D. Davis, John McDonell, Conrad Ten Eyek. 2nd District-Laurent Durocher, Edward D. Ellis, Olmsted Hough. 3rd District-John S. Barry, Calvin Britain, Horace H. Comstock. 4th District-Silas Finch, William J. Moody, Henry Rum sey. 5th District-John Clark, Charles C. Hascall, Ebenezer Raynale, John Stockton. The senate then took a recess of twenty minutes. A call to order having been made, the members took their seats. Mr. Hascall laid the following resolution on the table: Resolved by the senate, That we proceed to canvass, at the senate chamber, the votes for governor and lieutenant governor, at 3 o'clock P. M., and that this resolution be sent to the house of representatives for their concurrence. On motion of Mr. Rumsey, from the 4th district, The senate adjourned till 10 o'clock, A. M., to-morrow. TUESDAY, November 3, 1836. The senate having met pursuant to their adjournment till 10 o'clock A.M., and a quorum being present, Mr. Hascall called up his resolution of yesterday, which was read as follows: Resolvel by the Senate, That we proceed to canvass, at the senate chamber, the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at 3 o'clock .P.M, and that this resolution be sent to the house of representatives for their concurrence. Whereupon, Mr. Hascall offered the following amendments, which were adopted: After the word 'senate' in the first line, insert the words 'house of representatives'-strike out the words 'the senate. chamber,' and insert 'the hall of the house of representatives' -also strike out the 'words' 3 o'clock P.M. Mr. Ellis moved to strike out so much of the resolution which required the sending of the resolution to the house of representatives for their concurrence; which was lost. On motion of Mr. Ellis, the blank was filled with 11 o'clock A.M., this day. Mr. McDonell moved the insertion of the word 'resolved,' after the words 'this day.' The resolution was then adopted as amended, in the words following, to wit: Resolved by the senate and house of representatives, That we proceed to canvass the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at the hall of the house of representatives, at 11 o'clock A.M., this day. Resolved, That the resolution be sent to the house of representatives for their concurrence. On motion of Mr. McDonell, Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to deliver a copy of the said resolution to the house of representatives. A message was received from the house of representatives by their secretary, S. McKnight, as follows: Resolved, That the house of representatives concur in the resolution of the senate to proceed, at 11 o'clock this day, to canvass the votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, in the hall of the house of representatives. A committee from the house of representatives announced that the house of representatives were prepared to receive the senate in convention. The committee then conducted the senate to the hall of the house of representatives. IN JOINT ASSEMBLY. The returns of the election having been announced by the president of the senate and ordered to be read, it was, on motion of Mr. McDonell of the senate, Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the state of Michigan in convention assembled, That, by canvass of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of said state, it is declared by this convention that Stevens T. Mason is duly elected Governor, and Edward Mundy Lieutenant Governor of said state, in accordance with the 5th article of the constitution. On motion of Mr. Whipple, a committee of three from each house were appointed to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and inform them of their election. Messrs. McDonell, Britain, and Clark of the senateand Messrs, Whipple, Richardson, and Convis of the house were appointed the committee. On motion, the following named gentlemen were invited to take a seat within the bar: Hon. Ross Willkins, Hon. Lucus Lyon, Hon. John Norvell. On motion, the Judges of the supreme court, and all officers of the general government, were also invited to take seats within the bar. The committee appointed to wait upon the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and inform them of their election, returned and announced them as being present, when they were conducted to the chair of the Speaker, and the oath of office administered. The governor then delivered the following INAUGURAL ADDRESS: Fellow citizens of the senate and of the house of representatives. Summoned by the general voice of my fellow citizens to the station of chief executive magistrate of the state of Michigan, it is with feelings which language is inadequate to express, that I embrace the occasion to convey to them my cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their approbation and confidence. If, under ordinary circumstances, the suffrages of this enlightened people had confided to me the exercise of the important and responsible functions of the first office in their gift, the sensibilities awakened by so signal a favor could only have found vent in the silent overflowings of the heart. But to have realized the honor thus bestowed upon me by them, at a time when a blow had been received from another source, to which it would not become me to refer in a spirit of dissatisfaction, adds to the lively and deep sense of gratitude, which I shall cease to cherish towards them only with the expiring pulsations of life. The emotions with which these reflections oppress my mind, are greatly enhanced by the anxiety induced by a cincere consciousness that the cares before me are above my ability, and that in venturing upon them, I have consulted my capacity less, probably, than the impulses of a premature ambition. But if the hazardous task has been undertakan without a sufficiently rigid scrutiny into the qualifications requisite for its satisfactory performance, I derive consolation from the reflection, that the deficiencies of the executive will be amply supplied by the talents, the rectitude and patriotism of the co-ordinate branches of the state government. These, with the intelligence and virtue of the people, afford the surest pledges, that the foundations of the policy of this new and rising state will be laid in the immutable principles of morality, justice and benevolence, and that in its legislation, a comprehensive and correct view will at all times be taken of the various interests embraced within its range. To these sources, then, I look with confidence for that direction and support which may bear us triumphantly through the difficulties and embarrassments incident to the new position in which we are placed. Assembled, fellow citizens, under a constitution framed with singular care and deliberation, and distinguished by a spirit of peculiar liberality and precision, I congratulate you upon the equally signal unanimity with which it has met the approbation of the people of Michigan. While its provisions guard, with a provident forecast, against any invasion of the rights and liberties of the citizen, they secure an adequate responsibility in all branches of the government to the primary source of all power. With such a constitution, and with the facilities provided for any amendments which time and experience may suggest as useful or essential, the wisdom of the legislature, a judicious and patriotic administration of the laws, with a cheerful co-operation on the part of the people, cannot fail to secure the solid and lasting prosperity, freedom and happiness of this dawning commonwealth. The change of government, which is now in the process of |