o'clock in the afternoon, and there manifest his acceptance of the trust, take the oath and make a communication to the Legislature. W. H.-Y. HACKETT, for the Committee. This report was accepted. The following message was received from the House of Rep resentatives: Mr. President The House of Representatives have passed the following resolution: Resolved, That the select committee appointed to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor elect, and inform him of his election, be a committee on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join, to wait on the Hon. Nathaniel S. Berry a quarter before two o'clock this afternoon, and conduct him, with the honorable Council, to the Representatives' chamber; in which they ask the concurrence of the honorable Senate. The Senate concurred, and Messrs. Hackett and Burnham were joined on the part of the Senate. The following further message was received from the House: Mr. President The Speaker has appointed Messrs. Holbrook of Manchester, Sanborn of Loudon, Boyden of New-Ipswich, Dimick of Lyme, and Dinsmore of Stoddard, a committee on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join, to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him of the election of committees; in which they ask the concurrence of the honorable Senate. The Senate concurred, and Messrs. Cooper and Burns were appointed on the part of the Senate. The Senator from No. 10, Mr. Cooper, submitted the following report: The joint special committee appointed to wait upon the Councillers elect, and inform them of their election, report that they have attended to their duties, and waited upon Hon. R. P. J. Tenney, of District No. 1; Hon. Daniel Sawyer, of District No. 2; Hon. Moody Currier, of District No. 3; Hon. Charles F. Brooks, of District No. 4; and Hon. Denison R. Burnham, of District No. 5, Councillors elect, and informed them of their election as Councillors in their respective districts, for the ensuing year, and that they have severally signified their acceptance. LEMUEL P. COOPER, for the Committee. This report was accepted. The following message was received from the House : 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. And on motion of the Senator from No. 2, Mr. Patten, the Senate went into convention. [See House journal for proceedings of Convention.] After the Convention rose, the Senate adjourned, on motion of the Senator from No. 2, Mr. Patten. FRIDAY, June 7, 1861. The Clerk was proceeding to read the journal of yesterday, when the Senator from No. 9, Mr. Allen, moved that the further reading be dispensed with, which motion prevailed. The Senator from No. 2, Mr. Patten, introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That when the Senate adjourn this forenoon, it adjourn to meet at 4 o'clock P. M., on Monday, June 10. The resolution was adopted. The Senator from No. 7, Mr. Chase, gave notice that at some subsequent day he should ask leave to introduce a bill providing for the more equitable distribution of the estates of insolvent debtors. The Senator from No. 10, Mr. Cooper, submitted the following report: STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. IN SENATE, June session, 1861. The joint special committee who were instructed to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him of the election of Councillors in the several districts of the State, have attended to the duty assigned them, and informed His Excellency the Governor, of the election of the following gentlemen as Councillors for the ensuing political year: No. 1-Richard P. J. Tenney. No. 3-Moody Currier. No. 4-Charles F. Brooks. No. 5-Denison R. Burnham. LEMUEL P. COOPER, For the committee on the part of the Senate. This report was accepted. The Senator from No. 9, Mr. Allen, submitted the following report: The joint special committee, appointed to prepare and report joint rules for the government of both branches of the Legislature, have instructed me to report the following as the joint rules of the present year. JOHN J. ALLEN, Jr., For the committee on the part of the Senate. JOINT RULES FOR THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1. When a convention of the two Houses is to be formed whether by requirement of the Constitution or by a vote or resolve of the two Houses, a message shall be sent from the House of Representatives to the Senate, giving notice when the House will meet the Senate in convention. As soon thereafter as the convenience of the Senate will permit, they will attend in the House. The Speaker of the House shall be chairman of the Convention, and shall state the reason for forming the Convention. When the House and Senate are thus formed in convention, the rules adopted as the rules of the House shall be considered the rules of the convention, so far as they may be deemed applicable, and the convention shall accordingly be governed thereby. 2. Messages shall be sent by such person or persons as each House may determine to be proper. 3. Messages from either House shall be received by the other at all times, except when engaged in putting a question, in calling the yeas and nays, in counting ballots, or in reading the journal. 4. When a message shall be sent from either House to the other, it shall be announced at the door of the House to which it may be sent, by the door-keeper. 5. While bills are on their passage between the two Houses, they shall be under the signature of the clerk of each House respectively. 6. There shall be a committee for the purpose of engrossing bills, consisting of two members of each House. All bills that pass both Houses shall be delivered to said committee, be by them engrossed, carefully examined, and reported to the respective Houses; and shall be signed, first by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and then by the President of the Senate. 7. There shall be a committee, to consist of three members of the House and one of the Senate, on each of the following subjects to wit, On all matters relative to the State Library, and on all matters relative to the State House and State House Yard. 8. When a bill or resolve which shall have passed in one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same shall have passed. 9. Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolve shall be founded. 10. Each House shall transmit to the other all bills which have passed their several stages in the House in which they originated, at least twenty-four hours before the time fixed on for adjournment. 11. After each House shall have adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolve shall be considered lost. 12. No claim outstanding on the first day of the session shall be acted upon unless such claim shall have been presented before the close of the second week of the session. The report was accepted and the rules adopted. The following message was received from the House of Representatives: Mr. President The House of Representatives have adopted the accompanying resolutions, and have appointed as such committee, on the part of the House, Messrs. Chamberlain of Keene, Hughes of Nashua, and Westgate of Haverhill, in which they ask the concurrence of the honorable Senate. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the thanks of the Senate and the House be tendered to the Rev. Henry E. Parker for the very impressive, eloquent and patriotic discourse delivered before the different branches of the Legislature on the sixth inst.; and that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication. Resolved, That a joint committee be appointed to present the above resolution. The Senate concu rred in the adoption of the resolutions, and Mr. Wentworth was joined to the committee on the part of the Senate. The Senator from No. 5, Mr. Tufts, moved an adjournment, which was negatived. The Senator from No. 8, Mr. Burnham, submitted the following report: SENATE, June session, 1861. The committee appointed to prepare rules for the government of the Senate for the present session, have instructed me to report the following rules. JOHN BURNHAM, for the committee. RULES OF THE SENATE. 1. The President having taken the chair, and a quorum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, and any erroneous entry shall be corrected. 2. No member shall hold conversation with another during the reading of the journal, or while a member is speaking in debate. |