Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to wait on the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elect, and inform them of their election, and that the convention of the two Houses are in session, and ready to induct them into office. The President announced Senator Denton and Mr. Groves such committee, Who returned after a short absence, and presented ALPHEUS FELCH and WILLIAM L. GREENLY to the convention, who subscribed to their respective oaths of office before the chief justice, Hon. Epaphroditus Ransom, and thereupon Governor Felch delivered the following inaugural address: (See joint documents.) At the conclusion of the address, on motion of Senator Smith, JAMES E. PLATT, Clerk H. R., pro tem. The House of Representatives was then called to order. On motion of Mr. Hand, Was laid on the table: Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed on the part of the House, to act with such committee as the Senate may appoint, to wait upon the Executive and inform him that the two Houses are now organized and ready to receive any communication which he may deem proper to make. On motion of Mr. Groves, Tuesday, January 6, 1846. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and on calling the roll, Messrs. Ames, Cady and Moran were absent. The journal of yesterday was read by the clerk pro tem., and approved. On motion of Mr. Groves, Resolved, That the House now proceed to elect a Clerk, an enrolling, engrossing and recording Clerk, and a Sergeant-at-arms. The election of Clerk being first in order, and the roll being called, the representatives rose in their places, and voted as follows: The Speaker declared Mr. Hovey duly elected, who thereupon' appeared, subscribed the constitutional oath, and entered upon the duties of his office. The House then proceeded to the election of Engrossing, Enrolling and Recording Clerk, with the following result: Mr. Hand, Hawley, Mr. Van Buren was declared duly elected Engrossing, Enrolling, and Recording Clerk. The House then went into an election for Sergeant-at-Arms, which resulted as follows: Mr. Andrews, A. C. Baldwin, For ISAAC HIGBEE. Mr. Patterson, Peck, The following joint resolution was taken from the table: Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That in place of the customary mode of furnishing stationery, for the use of the members of the legislature, each Senator and member of the House shall be entitled to receive to supply himself with stationery during the session. Mr. Peck offered the following as a substitute: dollars Resolved, That the committee on supplies and expenditures be, and they are hereby instructed and required to keep an accurate ac count of supplies and expenditures for the members and officers of the House, charging each member and officer individually with the supplies furnished him, and keep the same at all times in readiness for the inspection of the House. On motion of Mr. Hand, the resolution and substitute were laid on the table. The following message was received from the Senate: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: } SIR: I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House that Senators Smith and Littlejohn have been appointed a committee on the part of the Senate, to join a like committee on the part of the House, to inform the Executive that the two houses are organized, and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. Respectfully, &c., JAMES E. PLATT, Secretary of the Senate pro tem. On motion of Mr. A. C. Baldwin, The following resolution was taken from the table and adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed on the part of the House, to act with such a committee as the Senate may appoint, to wait upon the Executive and inform him that the two Houses are organized, and ready to receive any communication which he may deem proper to make. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Groves and Peck such committee, who after a short absence, returned and reported that they had waited on the Governor, and informed him that the two Houses were now in session, and ready to receive any communication he might be pleased to make, and had received for answer, that he would, in a short time, communicate a message in writing. In a few moments the annual message was received from the Governor, through the hands of C. C. Jackson, Esq., and read by the Clerk. (See Joint Documents.) On motion of Mr. Hawley, Resolved, That the Governor's Message be laid on the table, and 2,500 copies be ordered printed in the English, 250 in the French, and 250 in the German languages. On motion of Mr. Hand, The joint resolution relative to supplies, was taken from the table, And the question being on the adoption of the substitute offered by Mr. Peck, it was lost. The question then being on filling the blank, Mr. Andrews moved to insert the word "five." The question being on filling the blank with five, it prevailed. Mr. Peck moved to amend the resolution so as to read as follows: Resolved, That in place of the customary mode of furnishing stationery for the use of the legislature, each member of the House shall be entitled to receive five dollars, to supply himself with stationery during the session. Which motion was lost. Mr. Hawley offered the following as a substitute, which was lost : Resolved, That each member of the House furnish himself with stationery for the session, and that he be paid therefor on the certificate of the Speaker of the House, dollars out of the treasury of the State. Resolved, That in addition to the sum mentioned in the preceding resolution, that the chairmen of the committese be allowed such further sum as shall be judged necessary and proper by the committee of supplies and expenditures. Mr. Hand moved to amend the resolution by adding the following, which bid not prevail: And that each committee shall be entitled to be supplied with stationery to the amount of five dollars on the written requisition of the chairman of such committee, expressing that sich stationery is needed for the use of such committee. The joint resolution was then read a second tine, and, On motion of Mr. Patterson, The rule was suspended and the resolution was read a third time and passed. The question then being on the title, On motion of Mr. Hand, It was entitled "a joint resolution relative to stationery." |