Messrs. Allen of Greene, Borough, Craig, Hackelton, Hacker, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Mitchell, Murray, Noel, Owen, Parker, Parrish, Pruyne, Stadden, Turney, Warren, Weath erford and Wood.

For Mr. Davidson,

Messrs. Allen of Madison, Bond, Browning, Butler, Edwards, Fletcher, Gatewood, Hamlin, Herndon, Lane, Mills, O'Rear, Reilly, Ross, Servant, Thomas, Vance, Whiteside of Pope, and Wight.

For Mr. Ross,

Messrs.

Whiteside of Monroe and Davidson.

No election having been made, the vote was taken a second time, and the result was the same, and thereupon

No election having been made, the vote was taken a third time, and with the same result, except that Messrs. Borough and Reilly voted for Mr. Turney: and,

No election having been made, the vote was taken the fourth time, and with the same result as that of the third vote, except that Mr. Allen of Greene voted for Mr. Turney.

No election having still been made, the vote was taken the 5th time, and with the same result as on the 4th vote, except that Mr. Herndon voted for Mr. Turney,

Messrs. Allen of Greene and Borough for Mr. Whiteside of Monroe, and Mr. Reilly for Mr. Davidson.

No election having yet been made, the vote was taken the 6th time, and resulted as on the 5th vote, except that

Mr. Herndon voted for Mr. Davidson and Mr. Reilly for Mr. Hackelton: and then,

No election having been made,

On motion

The Senate adjourned until to-morrow, at 2 o'clock P. M.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1836.

2 o'clock, P. M.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

On motion of Mr. Maxwell,

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Resolved, That the rules adopted by the Senate of this State at its last session for its government, be adopted by this Senate, until changed, or amended."

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Prickett.

"MR. SPEAKER:-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives have met and organized, by electing James Semple their Speaker, David Prickett their Clerk, Nelson W. Nunnally their Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, and Jefferson Weatherford their Door-keeper, and that they are now ready to proceed to Legislative business." And he withdrew,

On motion of Mr. Weatherford,

The Senate proceeded to the election of a Speaker, when the vote stood, thus:

For John D. Whiteside

แ "William H. Davidson

Those who voted for Mr. Whiteside, are,

19 votes.

19 66

Messrs. Allen of Greene, Borough, Craig, Hackelton, Hacker, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Mitchell, Murray, Noel, Owen, Parker, Parrish. Pruyne, Stadden, Turney, Warren, Weatherford and Wood.

For Mr. Davidson,

Messrs. Allen of Macon, Bond, Browning, Butler, Edwards, Fletcher, Gatewood, Hacker, Herndon, Lane, Mills, O'Rear, Reilly, Ross, Servant, Thomas, Vance, Whiteside of Pope and Wight.

No election having been made, the vote was taken a second time, and resulted as on the last vote.

No election having been as yet made, the vote was taken a third time, and stood thus:

Messrs. Allen of Greene, Borough, Craig, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Parrish, Reilly, Turney and Wood.

For Mr. Whiteside,

Messrs. Hackelton, Hacker, Mitchell, Noel, Owen, Parker, Pruyne, Stadden, Warren and Weatherford.

For Mr. Davidson,

Messrs. Allen of Macon, Bond, Browning, Butler, Edwards, Fletcher, Gatewood, Hamlin, Herndon, Lane, Mills, Murray,

O'Rear, Ross, Servant, Thomas, Whiteside of Pope and Wight. No election having been yet made, the vote was taken the fourth time, and resulted as on the third vote, except that Messrs. Mitchell, Noel, Owen, Parker, Pruyne, Stadden, Warren and Weatherford voted for Mr. Hacker.

No election having been as yet made, the vote was taken the fifth time, and stood thus:

For Mr. Hacker,

Messrs. Allen of Greene, Borough Butler, Craig, Hackelton, Maxwell, Mitchell, Noel, Owen, Parker, Parrish, Pruyne, Reilly, Stadden, Turney, Weatherford, and Wood-17. For Mr. Davidson,

Messrs. Allen of Macon, Bond, Browning, Edwards, Fletcher, Gatewood, Hamlin, Herndon, Lane, Mills, Murray, O'Rear, Ross, Servant, Thomas, Vance, Whiteside of Pope, and Wight

-18.

For Mr. Whiteside.

Messrs. Hacker, McLaughlin and Warren-3.

No election having been yet made, the vote was taken a sixth time, with the same result as on the 5th vote, except that Mr. McLaughlin voted for Mr. Hacker.

No election having yet been made,

Mr. Fletcher moved that the election of Speaker, be postponed until Thursday, the 8th instant, at 2 o'clock P. M., which was decided in the negative, and

Thereupon the vote was taken the 7th time, and resulted as on the 6th vote, except that Mr. Warren voted for Mr. Hacker.

No election having yet been made, the vote was taken the 8th time, with the same result as on the 7th vote, and thereupon,

No election having been made,

On motion of Mr. Borough,

The election of Speaker was postponed until to-morrow morning 10 o'clock, and then,

On motion of Mr. Weatherford,

The Senate proceeded to the election of Engrossing and

Enrolling Clerk,

When the vote stood thus:

Messrs. Allen of Macon Borough, Browning, Butler, Craig, Edwards, Fletcher, Hackelton, Hamlin, Herndon, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Mills, Mitchell, Murray, Nocl, O'Rear, Owen, Parker, Parrish, Pruyne, Reilly, Ross, Servant, Stadden, Thomas, Vance, Warren, Weatherford, Whiteside of Monroe, Wight, and Wood.

For Mr. Waters,

Messrs. Allen of Greene, Bond, Davidson, Gatewood Lane, Turney and Whiteside of Pope.

For Mr. Capps, Mr. Hacker.

Mr. Flood having received a majority of all the votes given, was declared duly elected Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, of the Senate of the tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois; and thereupon,

On motion,

The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning 10 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1836.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

On motion,

The Senate again proceeded to the clection of a Speaker,

when the vote stood thus:

For Mr. Whiteside

20 votes.

19 66

1 66

Messrs. Allen of Greene, Borough, Craig, Hackelton, Hacker, Herndon, Maxwell, McLaughlin, Mitchell, Murray, Noel, Owen, Parker, Parrish, Pruyne, Stadden, Turney, Warren, Weatherford and Wood.

For Mr. Davidson,

Messrs. Allen of Macon, Bond, Browning, Butler, Edwards, Fletcher, Gatewood, Hamlin, Lane, Mills, O'Rear, Reilly, Ross, Servant, Thomas, Vance, Whiteside of Monroe, Whiteside of Pope and Wight.

For Mr. McLaughlin,

Mr. Davidson,

No election having been made' the vote was taken a second time, and stood as on the first ballot, except that Mr. Herndon voted for Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Whiteside of Monroe, for Mr. McLaughlin.

No election being yet made, the vote was taken the third time, and stood as on the 2d vote, except that Messrs. Herndon and Reilly voted for Mr. Hacker, and Mr. Whiteside of Monroe did not vote.

No election having yet been made,

Mr. Vance moved that the Senate adjourn until to-morrow morning 10 o'clock,

Which was not agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Servant,

The election of a Speaker was postponed until Monday, the 12th instant, at 10 o'clock A. M., and

On motion of Mr. Gatewood,

The Senate adjourned until Friday morning, 10 o'clock.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1836.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

On motion of Mr McLaughlin,

Resolved, That the Editors of the State Register and Free Press be permitted to take their seats within the bar of the Senate during its session, for the purpose of taking minutes of the proceedings of the Senate, for their respective papers. On motion of Mr. Edwards,

Resolved, That the person employed by the Secretary of the Senate to copy the Journal of the Senate for the Public Printer, be authorized to take his seat within the bar of the Senate. Mr. Mills moved that the Senate adjourn until Monday morning, 10 o'clock,

Which was decided in the negative by ayes and noes as follows:

In the affirmative,

Messrs. Bond, Davidson, Hacker, Herndon and Mills-5. In the negative,