UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MARCH 1930 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 1886. Pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, the senate convened in the state-house, at Montpelier, on the first Wednesday, being the sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. At ten o'clock in the forenoon the senate was called to order by His Honor Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, the president. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. J. S. Goodall, of Essex. The roll of the senate was called, whereupon it appeared that the following named senators were present, and they were duly sworn by the president, and severally subscribed the oath of office: Addison county....DORASTUS W. NASH....New Haven. HENRY C. BATES.......St. Johnsbury. SMITH WRIGHT........ Williston. Essex county......FRANKLIN D. HALE... .Lunenburgh. JOHN F. DRAPER. ..... .... Sheldon. Grand Isle county..JEROME P. HALL.......South Hero. Orleans county.... AUSTIN T. FOSTER.....Derby. Rutland county....JOEL C. BAKER.. ....... . Rutland. PHILLIPS E. CHASE..........Mt. Holly. ALBERT Y. GRAY................. Middletown Springs. Washington county. WILLIAM CHAPIN..... . . . Middlesex. DANIEL L. CUSHING.... Hartford. The senate then proceeded to the election of secretary. And on motion of Mr. Chapin, no other nomination being made for secretary, CHAUNCEY W. BROWNELL, JR., of Burlington, was unanimously elected by a viva voce vote, under a suspension of the rules. He presented himself at the bar of the senate and received the oath of office. The senate then proceeded to the election of assistant secretary. The president appointed as tellers Senators Powell and Fletcher. The ballots having been taken and examined for assistant secretary, it appeared that the senate had made no choice. The senate again proceeded to the election of assistant secretary. The president appointed as tellers Senators Hale and Smith. The ballots having been taken and examined for assistant secretary, it appeared that the senate had made no choice. The senate again proceeded to the election of assistant secretary. The president appointed as tellers Senators Marsh and Nash. The ballots having been taken and examined for assistant secretary, it appeared that ALLAND G. FAY of Plainfield, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was elected, and he presented himself at the bar of the senate and received the oath of office. The senate then proceeded to the election of chaplain. The president appointed as tellers Senators Spear and Blake. The ballots having been taken and examined for chaplain, it appeared that the senate had made no choice. The senate again proceeded to the election of chaplain. The president appointed as tellers Senators Stoddard and Nash. The ballots having been taken and examined for chaplain, it appeared that REV. T. P. FROST of Montpelier, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was elected. The senate proceeded to the election of a president pro tempore. And on motion of Mr. Baker, no other nomination being made, HENRY C. BATES, a senator from the county of Caledonia, was unanimously elected viva voce president pro tempore, and he presented himself at the bar of the senate and received the oath of office. Mr. Stanley offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That the secretary be and is hereby directed to inform the house of representatives that a quorum of the senate have assembled, and organized by the election of Henry C. Bates, president pro tempore, Chauncey W. Brownell, Jr., secretary, and A. G. Fay, assistant secretary, and are ready on their part to proceed with the business of the session. A message was received from the house of representatives by Mr. Stickney, their clerk, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform the senate that a quorum of the house have assembled, and organized by the election of Josiah Grout, the representative from the town of Derby, as speaker, and William W. Stickney of Ludlow, as clerk, and are now ready on their part to proceed with the business of the session: Mr. Swain offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That the secretary of the senate furnish to each senator and officer of the senate two daily papers and one weekly paper during the present session. Mr. Chapin offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That the senate be governed by the senate rules of the session of 1884 until others are adopted. Mr. Valentine offered the following joint resolution, which was read and adopted on the part of the senate: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the joint rules of the session of 1884 be the joint rules of this session until others are adopted. Mr. Baker offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two senators be appointed by the president to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the senate have organized, and are ready to proceed with the business of the session. |