Messrs. Arnold, Brown of Lancaster, Cheney, Clarkson, Conlter, Coutant, Dorsey, Howe, Jewett, Kimmell, Marshall, Norval, Otterstein, Scovill, Seaman, Tefft, Van Wyck, Wigton—18.

Those voting for Miss Monell were:

Messrs. Beck, Birkhauser, Brown of Douglas, Bonnell, Cuppy, Gallagher, Grimm, Hayden, Ley, Stone, Sullenberger-11.

A majority of the members elect having voted for Miss Stover, she was declared duly elected engrossing clerk.

J. T. Allen and Mrs. George W. Roberts were placed in nomination for enrolling clerk.

The roll was called and those voting for Mr. Allen were:

Messrs. Arnold, Brown of Lancaster, Cheney, Clarkson, Coulter, Coutant, Dorsey, Howe, Jewett, Kimmell, Marshall, Norval, Qtterstein, Scovill, Seaman, Tefft, Van Wyck, Wigton—18.

Those voting for Mrs. George W. Roberts were:

Messrs. Beck, Birkhauser, Brown of Douglas, Bunnell, Cuppy, Gallagher, Grimm, Hayden, Ley, Stone-10.

Not voting, Mr. Sullenberger-1.

A majority of the members elected having voted for Mr. Allen, he was declared duly elected enrolling clerk.

Rev. C. C. Harris and Rev. Sanford Gee were placed in nomination for chaplain.

The roll was called, and those voting for Mr. Harris were:

Messrs. Arnold, Brown of Lancaster, Cheney, Clarkson, Coulter, Coutant, Dorsey, Howe, Jewett, Kimmell, Marshall, Norval, Otterstein, Scovill, Seaman, Sullenberger, Tefft, Van Wyck, Wigton -19.

Those voting for Mr. Gee were,

Messrs. Beck, Birkhauser, Brown of Douglas, Bunnell, Cuppy, Gallagher, Grimm, Hayden, Ley and Stone-10.

A majority of the members elected having voted for Mr. Harris he was declared duly elected chaplain.

Mr. Coutant moved,

That a committee of two be appointed to wait on the Secretary of State and request him to administer the oath of office to the officers elected by the senate.

The motion was sustained,

And the chair appointed as such committee

Messrs. Coutant and Stone.

The committee appeared with Hon. Bruno Tzschuck, Secretary of State, who administered the oath of office to the officers elect, and the same was subscribed by said officers as follows:

We, and each of us, do solemnly swear, that we will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Nebraska, and faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office to which we have respectfully been elected, according to the best of our ability. "So help us God."

SHERWOOD BURR,
WOOD

W. M. SEELY,

C. H. BABCOCK,
J. N. CASSELL,
J. W. BRUSH,
W. H. THOMAS,

C. E. HINE,

J. T. ALLEN,

KATE E. STOVER,

C. C. HARRIS.

Subscribed in my presence, and sworn to before me this 7th day

of January, 1879.

On motion,

BRUNO TZSCHUCK,

Secretary of State.

The senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at half past nine

o'clock.

GUY A. BROWN,

Secretary pro tem.

SECOND DAY.

SENATE CHAMBER,

Wednesday, Jan'y 8, 1879, 9:30 o'clock A.M.

The senate met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the president.

The roll was called and there were present:

Messrs. Arnold, Beck, Birkhauser, Brown of Douglas, Brown of Lancaster, Bunnell, Cheney, Clarkson, Coulter, Coutant, Cuppy, Dorsey, Gallagher, Grimm, Hayden, Howe, Jewett, Kimmell, Ley, Marshall, McMeans, Norval, Otterstein, Scovill, Seaman, Stone, Sullenberger, Tefft, Van Wyck, Wigton, and Mr. President―31. Prayer by the chaplain.

Journal read, corrected, and approved.

A committee from the house appeared and announced that that body was organized and ready for business.

Mr. Howe moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the house and inform that body that the senate was organized and prepared for business, which was agreed to, and the president appointed as such committee,

Messrs. Howe, Ley, and Arnold.

Mr. Brown of Douglas presented the credentials of James A. McMeans, senator elect from the 19th senatorial district, and moved that he be sworn in as a senator, which was agreed to.

Thereupon, James A. McMeans appeared, and the usual oath of office was administered to him by the secretary of state.

A committee from the house appeared and announced that they were prepared to confer with a like committee on the part of the senate, to fix a time for canvassing the vote for executive officers.

Mr. Gallagher moved that a committee of two on the part of the senate be appointed to act with a like committee of the house to fix a time for the two houses to meet in joint convention, to

canvass the vote for executive officers, which was agreed to, and the president appointed as such committee,

Messrs. Gallagher and Marshall.

The committee retired, and subsequently returned, and announced that the committee had fixed the time for canvassing the vote for executive officers at 10:30 A.M.

Mr. Clarkson offered the following resolution which was adopted:

Resolved, That the secretary of state be requested to furnish each member of the senate one copy of the general statutes.

On motion of Mr. Coutant, the hour having arrived, the senate proceeded in a body to the house of representatives, to meet in joint convention with that body, to canvass and publish the vote for executive officers.

JOINT CONVENTION.

The joint convention was called to order by the president of the

senate.

The roll of the senate was called by its secretary, and there were present:

Messrs. Arnold, Beck, Birkhauser, Brown of Douglas, Brown of Lancaster, Bunnell, Cheney, Clarkson, Coulter, Coutant, Cuppy Dorsey, Gallagher, Grimm, Hayden, Howe, Jewett, Kimmel, Ley, Marshall, McMeans, Norval, Otterstein, Scovill, Seaman, Stone, Sullenberger, Tefft, Van Wyck, Wigton, Mr. President-31.

The roll of the house was called by its clerk, and there were present:

Messrs. Babcock, Baker, Barnard, Batty, Bennett, Bradley, Brownlee, Bruce, Burling, Burns, Bush, Carder, Clark, Davis of Buffalo, Davis of Saunders, Day, Dempster, Dodge, Draper, Eiseley, Englehard, Fenton, Ferguson, Fisher, Frederick, French, Gassman, Gates, Gaylord, Gibson, Gilbert, Graybill, Hammitt, Hickman, Hansom, Jenkins, Johnston, Karbach, Keckley, Kennedy of Douglas, Kennedy of Pawnee, Kloepfel, Lash, Lisk, Long, Loveland,

Mack, McArdle, Mead, Mitchell, Moore, Owen, Patton, Plumbeck, Polk, Polock, Price, Rohr, Ryan, Scott, Sessions, Simonton, Shelley, Slocumb, Smith, Sparks of Gage, Sparks of Merrick, Starrett, Stouffer, Stone, Thompson of Cuming, Thompson of Washington, Trowbridge, True, Vandeman, Vanderbilt, Warrington, Wells, Windham, York, Ziegler, Mr. Speaker-82.

Absent,

Messrs. Curtis and Warner-2.

Mr. Coutant offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That a joint committee of three be appointed on the part of the senate, and five on the part of the house, to wait upon the Secretary of State and request him to deliver to the speaker of the house of representatives the returns of the late general election held for state officers, directed to the speaker of the house of representatives, that he may open and publish the same in the presence of the members of both houses, as required by section four, article five, of the constitution.

The president appointed as such committee on the part of the

senate:

Messrs. Coutant, Gallagher, and Norval.

The speaker appointed as such committee on the part of the house:

Messrs. Mitchell, Burns, Carder, Polock, and York.

The committee retired, and subsequently returned bringing with them the returns of the election held on November 5th, 1878, for executive officers, and presented them to the speaker of the house. Mr. Brown, of Donglas, moved,

That the speaker of the house open the returns and publish the vote for executive officers.

Mr. Gibson rose to point of order,

That the constitution provided the manner in which the opening and canvassing of the returns should be conducted, and that the joint convention could proceed in no other manner.

The president decided that the point of order was not well taken.