Kent-1st district, Thomas D. Gilbert; 2d district, Silas S. Fallas; 3d district, William H. Taylor.

Lapeer-John B. Wilson.

Lenawee-1st district, Daniel D. Piper; 2d district, Israel S. Hodges; 3d district, Thomas F. Moore; 4th district, Noah K. Green.

Livingston-2d district, Jacob Kanouse.
Manitou-Charles R. Wright.

Mackinac Alexander Toll.

Macomb 1st district, Thomas M. Wilson; 3d district, Dexter Mussey.

Midland-George F. Hemingway.

Monroe-1st district, Emerson Choate; 2d district, John G. Hood; 3d district, George Peters.

Montcalm-Martin P. Follet.

Muskegon-Chauncey Davis.

Newaygo, &c.-William T. Howell.

Oakland-1st district, Lysander Woodward; 2d district, Sloan Cooley; 3d district, John Hadley, jr.; 4th district, Henry K. Foote; 5th district, George Blakeslee.

Ottawa-John Haire.

Saginaw Benjamin L. Hill.

Sanilac-John C. Waterbury.

Shiawassee-Sullivan R. Kelsey.

St. Clair-1st district, Nathan D. Smith; 2d district, Horace E. Bunce.

St. Joseph-1st district, Edwin Stewart; 2d district, William Wheeler.

Tuscola Cameron C. Stoddard.

Van Buren-Jonathan J. Woodman.

Washtenaw 1st district, Sullivan M. Cutcheon; 2d district, William N. Stevens; 3d district, James W. Childs; 4th district, Charles S. Gregory.

Wayne 1st district, James F. Joy, Jens G. Peterson, William Phelps, Thomas W. Lockwood, William Chapoton; 2d district, John Strong, Jr.; 3d district, John S. Tibbits; 4th district, Andrew J. Leetch; 5th district, Ira Davis.

On motion of Mr. Sessions,

The House proceeded to the election of a Speaker, which re

The Speaker pro tem. announced that Hon. Dexter Mussey, of Macomb county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly elected to the office of Speaker of the House.

Mr. J. B. Wilson moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the Speaker elect and conduct him to the chair.

The Speaker pro tem. appointed Messrs. J. B. Wilson, Lockwood and Hill said committee.

The committee performed the duty assigned them, and the Speaker elect, on assuming the chair, addressed the House as follows:

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Mr. A. Stevens,
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Gentlemen of the House:-I return you my most sincere thanks for your confidence, and the honor you have conferred upon me in selecting me as your Speaker.

We have a session before us of great magnitude, and the people of this State, who have intrusted their interests to our hands, have a right to expect that we will discharge our duties with fidelity and prudence.

It should be our first aim to fulfill those expectations in return for the confidence they have reposed in us, and to cultivate a spirit of harmony.

It is only with the indulgence and aid of the House, that the Chair can properly and satisfactorily discharge its duties.

We shall secure our greatest reward in doing our whole duty to constituents and the State at large. Again returning you my sincere thanks, I assume the duties of the position you have assigned me, distrusting my own abilities to properly discharge them, except by your courtesy and aid, which I confi. dently invoke.

On motion of Mr. Pringle, it was

Resolved, That the rules of the last House of Representatives be and the same are hereby adopted as the rules of this House until otherwise ordered.

"On motion of Mr. Ramsdell, it was

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be and he is hercl y instructed to furnish to each Member of the House a copy of the Manual of the last House.

On motion of Mr. Childs,

The House proceeded to the election of a Chief Clerk, with the following result:

Edward W. Barber, of Eaton county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected to the office of Chief Clerk of the House.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

The House proceeded to the election of an Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, which resulted as follows:

William A. Hall, of Livingston county, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected to the office of Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk of the House.

On motion of Mr. Alexander,

The House proceeded to the election of Sergeant-at-Arms, with the following result: