Branch-1st District, George W. VanAken; 2d District, George P. Rob Clinton-1st District, Samuel S. Walker; 2d District, Moses Bartow. Eaton-1st District, David B. Hale; 2d District, George Huggett. Genesee-1st District, James B. Moshier; 2d District, Leroy Parker; 3d District, Simeon R. Billings. Grand Traverse-Thomas A. Ferguson. Gratiol-Charles H. Morse. Hillsdale-1st District, Alexander Hewitt; 2d District, Lemuel S. Ranney; 3d District, Leonidas Hubbard. Houghton Huron-Jeremiah Ludington. Ingham-1st District, Samuel L. Kilbourne; 2d District, William M. Stephens. Ionia-1st District, Jacob M. Benedict; 2d District, William Mercer. Jackson-1st District, William H. Smith; 2d District, James C. Wood; 3d District, Isaac P. Wheeler. Kalamazoo-1st District, Simpson Howland; 2d District, Abraham T. Metcalf; 3d District, Godfrey E. Knight. Kent-1st District, James W. Ransom; 2d District, Samuel M. Garfield; 3d District, Edward L. Briggs: 4th District, Erwin C. Watkins. Keweenaw-Thomas D. Bradfield. Lapeer-1st District, Uriel Townsend; 2d District, John T. Rich. Lenawee-Danforth Keyes; 2d District, Marshall Reed; 3d District, Charles Brown; 4th District, Richard B. Robbins. Livingston-1st District, Louis Meyer; 2d District, Isaac Stow. Macomb-1st District, Casper F. Schattler; 2d District, Thomas M. Wilson.. Manistee-William B. Cole. Marquette-Solomon S. Curry. Mecosta-Nathaniel L. Gerrish. Midland-Henry Hart. Monroe-1st District, Christian Hertzler: 2d District, Dykes McLachlin. Montcalm-William Backus. Muskegon-Nathan Whitney. Newaygo-Sulivan Armstrong. Oakland-1st District, Allen Campbell; 2d District, Peter Dow; 3d District, John D. Norton. Oceana-Amos R. Wheeler. Ottawa-1st District, Dirk B. K. Van Raalte; 2d District, Myron Harris. Saginaw-1st District, Charles D. Little; 2d District, Joseph A. Hollon; 3d District, William H. P. Benjamin. Sanilac- Shiawassee-1st District, Fred G. Bailey; 2d District, Lorison J. Taylor. St. Clair-1st District, Lawrence T. Remer; 2d District, Henry Howard; 3d District, John Berk. St. Joseph-1st District, Franklin S. Packard; 2d District, William Hull. Tuscola-John P. Hoyt. Van Buren-1st District, Alexander B. Copley; 2d District, George G. B. Yeckley. Washtenaw-1st District, Ezra D. Lay; 2d District, George Sutton; 3d District, Albert K. Clark. Wayne-1st District, William Livingston, Jr., James Daly, James Craig, Cleaveland Hunt, Peter Klein; 2d District, Michael Greiner; 3d District, Horace N. Ocobock; 4th District, Darwin B. Northrop; 5th District, Cady Neff. On motion of Mr. Goodyear, The House took a recess until half-past two o'clock this afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 o'clock, P. M. The House was called to order by the temporary Speaker. Mr. Remer announced that Representatives Isaac Green, of Sanilac county, and Edwin J. Hulbert, of Houghton county, were present, and desired to take their seats; they came forward, took and subscribed the constitutional oath of office, and took their seats. Mr. Taylor offered the following: Resolved, That the rules of the last House of Representatives be adopted as the rules of this House until further ordered. Which was adopted. On motion of Mr. Remer, The House proceeded to the election of Speaker, with the following result: Mr. Whitney, Mr. Keyes, Mr. Smith, Klein, Little, Stephens, Meyer, Sutton, Northrop, I. P. Wheeler, Ransom, Wiley, Schattler, Wood, 29 1 3 2 Mr. Hoyt, The temporary Speaker announced that Hon. John P. Hoyt of Tuscola county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly elected to the office of Speaker of the House. Mr. Remer moved that a committee of two be appointed to wait on the Speaker elect, and conduct him to the chair; Which motion prevailed. The temporary Speaker appointed Messrs. Remer of St. Clair, and Hunt of Wayne, as such committee. The committee performed the duty assigned them, and the speaker elect, on assuming the chair, addressed the House as follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE,-The return of another biennial period has again brought together the Representatives of the people to assemble (in connection with the honorable members of the Senate) in Legislature, and there enact such laws as shall be warranted by the constitution of the State, and as shall in your judgment be for the best interest of the people of the State of Michigan. And to be chosen as I have been by your kindly good will to preside permanently over the deliberations of such a body is indeed a high compliment, and allow me to assure you that as such I esteem it, and for it I return to you the sincere thanks of a grateful heart, And allow me further to remind you that the duties which you and each of you are to perform are not merely nominal, but active, real duties demanded by an ever jealous and watchful constituency, who expect that each member of this House will so act as to merit the approbation of his own conscience, keeping always in view the properly expressed will of his constituents. If each of you, as I feel sure you will, so act, I have no doubt but that we shall have a pleasant and harmonious session, and enact such laws as shall be for the best interest of this great and rapidly growing commonwealth. Being chosen from among you by your free election, I feel sure that I may rely upon each and every member of this House to aid me in the discharge of the arduous duties which will devolve upon me, and to sustain those acts of mine which shall be proper and right, and kindly correct the many errors into which I shall doubtless fall. Trusting that such will be your course and that we shall have a profitable and pleasant session, and again thanking you for the high compliment which you have paid me, I now enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office which I have been so kindly called to fill. On motion of Mr. Van Aken, The House proceeded to the election of Chief Clerk, with the following result: The Speaker announced that Daniel L. Crossman, of Ingham county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly elected to the office of Clerk of the House. On motion of Mr. Howard, The House proceeded to the election of Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk,. with the following result: The temporary Speaker announced that Hon. John P. Hoyt of Tuscola county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly elected to the office of Speaker of the House. Mr. Remer moved that a committee of two be appointed to wait on the Speaker elect, and conduct him to the chair; Which motion prevailed. The temporary Speaker appointed Messrs. Remer of St. Clair, and Hunt of Wayne, as such committee. The committee performed the duty assigned them, and the speaker elect, on assuming the chair, addressed the House as follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE,-The return of another biennial period has again brought together the Representatives of the people to assemble (in connection with the honorable members of the Senate) in Legislature, and there enact such laws as shall be warranted by the constitution of the State, and as shall in your judgment be for the best interest of the people of the State of Michigan. And to be chosen as I have been by your kindly good will to preside permanently over the deliberations of such a body is indeed a high compliment, and allow me to assure you that as such I esteem it, and for it I return to you the sincere thanks of a grateful heart, And allow me further to remind you that the duties which you and each of you are to perform are not merely nominal, but active, real duties demanded by an ever jealous and watchful constituency, who expect that each member of this House will so act as to merit the approbation of his own conscience, keeping always in view the properly expressed will of his constituents. If each of you, as I feel sure you will, so act, I have no doubt but that we shall have a pleasant and harmonious session, and enact such laws as shall be for the best interest of this great and rapidly growing commonwealth. Being chosen from among you by your free election, I feel sure that I may rely upon each and every member of this House to aid me in the discharge of the arduous duties which will devolve upon me, and to sustain those acts of mine which shall be proper and right, and kindly correct the many errors into which I shall doubtless fall. Trusting that such will be your course and that we shall have a profitable and pleasant session, and again thanking you for the high compliment which you have paid me, I now enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office which I have been so kindly called to fill. |