Schmidt, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Taylor, Vale, Weber, Weidman and Woolson--32. Absent or not voting: Senators Barrett, Bayless, Bills, Bolter, Chesebro, Clark, Converse, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Gatch, Groneweg, Kegler, Knight, Mattoon, Wolfe and Young--17. Miss Huntsman having received all votes cast was declared elected. Senator Sweney nominated Miss May Williams of Polk county, for Bill Clerk. Those voting for Miss Williams were: Senators Barnett, Chesebro, Davidson, Deal, Dungan, Funk, Garlock, Groneweg, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kegler, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Mills, Parrott, Poyneer, Reiniger, Schmidt, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young-31. Absent or not voting: Senators Barrett, Bayless, Bills, Bolter, Brower, Caldwell, Clark, Converse, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Finn, Gatch, Knight, Mattoon, Price, Taylor and Wolfe--18. Miss Williams having received all votes cast, was declared elected. Senator Sweney nominated Mrs. Lizzie Hunter of Jasper county, for Postmistress. Those voting for Mrs. Hunter were: Senators Barnett, Barrett, Bills, Bolter, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Davidson, Dungan, Finn, Funk, Garlock, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kelly Kent, Lawrence, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Mills, Poyneer, Price, Reiniger, Schmidt, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young-34. Absent or not voting: Senators Bayless, Clark, Converse, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Gatch, Groneweg, Kegler, Knight, Mattoon, Parrott, Taylor and Wolfe-15. Mrs. Hunter having received all votes cast, was declared elected. Senator Sweney nominated Col. Richard Root of Lee county, for Sergeant-at-Arms. Those voting for Col. Root were: Senators Barnett, Barrett, Bayless, Bills, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Davidson, Dungan, Finn, Funk, Garlock, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kegler, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Parrott, Poyneer, Price, Reiniger, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young-34. Absent or not voting: Senators Bolter, Clark, Converse, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Gatch, Groneweg, Knight, Mattoon, Mills, Schmidt, Taylor and Wolfe ---15. Col. Root having received all the votes cast was declared elected. Senator Sweney nominated Mr. A. J. P. Barnes of Marion county, for Doorkeeper. Those voting for Mr. Barnes were: Senators Barnett, Barrett, Bayless, Bills, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Davidson, Dungan, Finn, Funk, Garlock, Groneweg, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, McVay, Meservey Mills, Poyneer, Reiniger, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Taylor, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young--33. Absent or not voting: Senators Bolter, Clark, Converse, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Gatch, Kegler, Knight, Mattoon, McCoy, Parrott, Price, Schmidt and Wolfe -16. Mr. Barnes having received all the votes cast was declared elected. RESOLUTION. Senator Sweney offered the following resolution: Resolved, That Col. S. A. Moore of Davis county, G. Hutchins of Wright county, R. P. Harris of Woodbury county, Jacob F. Weaver of Jasper county, Wm. Priestly of Mahaska county, W. F. Lyon of Bremer county, Jonathan Clark of Dallas county and J. C. McMil len of O'Brien county, be and they are hereby appointed additional doorkeepers of the Senate, and assigned to duty as assistants, under the direction of the Doorkeeper. The roll was called with the following result: Those voting in the affirmative were: Senators Barnett, Barrett, Bayless, Bolter, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Davidson, Dungan, Funk, Garlock, Hanchett, Harsh, Kegler, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, Mattoon, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Mills, Parrott, Poyneer, Reiniger, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Taylor, Vale, Weidman, Woolson and Young-33. Absent or not voting: Senators Bills, Clark, Converse, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Finn, Gatch, Groneweg, Hutchison, Knight, Price, Schmidt, Weber and Wolfe-16. So the resolution was adopted. Senator Sweney offered the following resolution: Resolved, That Jeff. Logan and Wm. Coalson be and they are hereby appointed janitors of the Senate and are to have charge of the cloak room. The roll was called with the following result: Those voting in the affirmative were: Senators Barnett, Bayless, Bills, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Converse, Davidson, Deal, Dooley, Dungan, Funk, Garlock, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kegler, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, Mattoon, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Parrott, Poyneer, Price, Reiniger, Schmidt, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Taylor, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young -38. Absent or not voting: Senators Barrett, Bolter, Clark, Dodge, Doud, Finn, Gatch, Groneweg, Knight, Mills and Wolfe-11. So the resolution was adopted. The duly elected officers appeared and took the oath of office. Resolved by the Senate, That a committee of two be appointed to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the Senate is organized and ready to receive any communication he may have to make. Resolution adopted. The President appointed Senators Caldwell and Bolter as said committee. Senator McCoy offered the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That the Secretary of State purchase for the use of the State, and furnish to each member of this General Assembly, including the President of the Senate, a copy of McClain's Code, or a copy of Miller's Code, as each member may select. Provided, that the price to be paid shall not exceed seven dollars (87) per copy for each set of books. Senator Seeds offered the following amendment to the resolution: "And that said books be considered the property of the State, to be returned to the proper custodian of the property of the Senate at the conclusion of the session, to be kept for the future use of the Senate at the subsequent session." Lost. The question recurring upon the resolution, the yeas and nays were demanded. Those voting yea were: Senators Barrett, Bolter, Brower, Caldwell, Clark, Converse, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Dungan, Funk, Garlock, Groneweg, Hanchett, Hutchison, Kent, Kegler, Lawrence, McCoy, McVay, Meservey, Mills, Parrott, Poyneer, Price, Reiniger, Schmidt, Smith, Sweney, Vale, Weber, Weidman, Woolson and Young-34. Those voting nay were: Senators Barnett, Bayless, Bills, Chesebro, Davidson, Harsh, Mattoon and Seeds-8. Absent or not voting: Senators Doud, Finn, Gatch, Kelly, Knight, Taylor and Wolfe-7. So the resolution was adopted. RESOLUTION. Senator Dungan offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Senate hereby invites the resident clergymen of Des Moines to open the morning sessions of the Senate with prayer, in such order as they may arrange among themselves. In their ab sence the President of the Senate may invite any visiting clergyman present to officiate as chaplain, and the latter shall receive the same compensation as resident clergymen. Adopted. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNor. STATE OF IOWA, DES MOINES, January 10, 1888. MÉ. President—I am directed by the Governor to deliver to your honorable body a message in writing. FRED. W. HOSSFELD, Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: You assemble under favorable circumstances. The chief questions that you will be called upon to consider have already been widely discussed by the people, and their opinions and desires are very well known. It is expected by your constituents that you will address yourselves to the work before you with prudence and devotion; that you will dispose of it wisely and promptly; that you will have great care for the reputation and honor of the State; that you will maintain the dignity and majesty of the law by providing certain and quick punishment for those who wilfully and persistently violate it; that you will see to it that aggregated capital, corporate or otherwise, does not take to itself a larger share of the general income than is fairly its due; that you will make sure that all your legislation is in the interest of justice, and well adapted to promote peace and prosperity among the people. You have it in your power to give the Twenty-second General Assembly a very honorable place in the history of the State. I congratulate you on your opportunities, and I congratulate the people that their interests are committed to men so well qualified to guard and promote them. The constitution makes it the duty of the Governor to "communicate by message to the General Assembly, at every regular session, the condition of the State, and recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient." This I now proceed to do. FINANCES. The report of the State Treasurer exhibits the financial condition of the State, the resources and expenditures for the biennial period closing June 30, 1887, showing in detail the sources from which the revenue was derived, the disbursements and other matters of interest. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT BIENNIAL PERIOD. The Auditor of State estimates the receipts for the fiscal term commencing July 1, 1887, and ending June 30, 1889, from State tax, based on two and one-half mills levy in 1887, and two mills in 1888, and from other sources, at $2,992,583. His estimated expenditures for the same period, exclusive of extraordinary appropriations, are $2,174,280.00. Leaving for the payment of outstanding warrants and extraordinary appropriations, $818,303.00. The warrants outstanding July 1, 1887, amounted to $455,987.30, to which must be added about $30,000.00 for interest, making a total of $485,987.30, which, taken from the sum previously named, leaves $332,315.70 that the General Assembly may safely draw upon for extraordinary appropriations. There is usually at the end of each biennial period a number of unexpended balances of special appropriations undrawn from the treasury. The aggregate of these, July 1, 1885, was $363,148; July 1, 1887, it was $153,104.91. A similar condition will probably exist at the close of the current period, and the unexpended balances, therefore, are not inIcluded in the above estimates. As already stated, the estimated revenue from the State tax is based upon two and one half mills in 1887, and two mills in 1888. The total assessment for taxation is $495,710,241.00. An additional half mill for 1888 would increase the revenue about $250,000, and make the sum for special appropriations about $582,000, or something less than the amount of those of the same character made by the Twenty first General Assembly. In view of the facts that property is assessed at scarcely one third of its actual value, that two and one half mills have been levied continuously for six years, and that the money is required to keep in proper repair the various State institutions and to provide for their growing necessities, I recommend that the levy be continued at two and one half mills. The crops have been less abundant than usual, on account of the severity of the drouth during the last season, and every effort should be made that is possible to keep expenses within proper bounds. While the State tax has been one of the least burdensome, yet it is incumbent upon all, under present circumstances, to make no expenditure that is not really necessary, and I earnestly urge that no other expenditure be authorized or countenanced. STATE INSTITUTIONS. I herewith transmit to the General Assembly the biennial reports of the trustees, superintendents and other officers of the various State Institutions. I ask for these reports that careful consideration which their importance deserves. They contain the record of duties well and faithfully performed, and exhibit a condition of affairs alike creditable to those who have managed them and to the State. Having, from frequent visits to these institutions, become quite familiar with their condition and management, it gives me pleasure to say that in my judgment they are economically and skillfully conducted, and are serving with praiseworthy fidelity the interests for |