Master Fowler received 14 votes.

Orchards 66 14 66

Master Charles Isaacs having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected.

The house then proceeded to the election of second page.

Masters Roder, Brown, Fowler and Orchards were in nomination. The vote being taken,

Master Roder received 5 votes.

No person having received a majority of all the votes cast, the house proceeded to another ballot, Masters Brown and Fowler being in nomination.

Master Fowler having received a majority of all the votes cast, was* declared duly elected.

Mr. Seymour, of Otoe,

Moved that the house proceed to the election of enrolling clerk. Mr. Renner, of Otoe, moved an amendment: that the house proceed to the election of engrossing clerk.

Carried and original motion withdrawn.

The house then proceeded to the election of engrossing clerk. Messrs. McCandlish, Bangs, Gass, Newman, Robinson and Gibson

No person having received a majority of all the votes cast, the house proceeded to another ballot.

Mr. Renner, of Otoe, moved,

That after the second ballot, the names of the two persons receiving the lowest number of votes, should be stricken from the list.

Carried.

No person having received a majority, the house proceeded to a third ballot.

Messrs. Bangs, Newman and Gibson being in nomination,

Mr. Bangs received 19 votes.

Newman "6 15 แ

"Gibson 46. 1

Mr. Stephen D, Bangs, of Sarpy, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected.

Mr. Renner, of Otoe, moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock, to-morrow morning.

That a committee of two be appointed to inform Rev. Mr. Lemon of his election to the office of chaplain, and request him to open with prayer.

Messrs. Ritchie and Smith were appointed such committee.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. Lemon.

Journal read and approved.

Committee from council appeared, and reported council organized and ready for business.

Mr. Renner, of Otoe, moved,

That a committee of two be appointed, to wait on the honorable secretary of the Territory, and request him to administer the oath of office to the officers elect.

Carried, and

Messrs. Renner, Chapman and Gates were appointed such committee.

Thereupon, Hon. A. S. Paddock, secretary, appeared in the hall and administered the oath of office to the officers of the house.

Mr. Kennedy, of Douglas, moved,

That a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the council, and inform that body that the house is now organized and ready to proceed to business.

Carried, and

tee.

Messrs. Kennedy, Renner and Evans were appointed such commit

Mr. Gantt moved,

That the members of the house proceed to draw seats for the session.

Mr. Kennedy, of Douglas, moved,

That the drawing of the seats be postponed, and a committee of three be appointed to inform the council that the house was ready to meet them in joint session.

Carried, and

Messrs. Kennedy, Heaton and Allgewahr were appointed such committee.

Mr. Renner, of Otoe, gave notice of the following bills:

A bill for an act to allow soldiers to vote.

A bill for an act to repeal an act, entitled an act, in relation to road tax in certain counties.

A bill for an act to apportion the members of the house of representatives of the Territory of Nebraska.

A bill for an act relative to special acts.

A bill for an act to provide revenue and for other purposes.

Mr. Seymour, of Otoe, gave notice of the following bills:

An act to amend section 437 in chapter 1, entitled executions against the property of the judgment debtor, of the code of civil procedure.

An act to amend section 24 of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the valuation and assessment of real and personal property, and for levying and the collection of taxes in the Territory of Nebraska." An act to amend section 2d, of an act supplementary to an act, to establish a code of civil procedure.

An act to repeal an act, entitled "An act to repeal an act to locate the territorial road from Nebraska City to Brownville."

An act to amend the 67th section of chapter 2d, entitled "Service of summons of the civil code of procedure.'

Mr. Gregory, of Lancaster, gave notice of the following bills: An act to legalize the organization of Lancaster county, and for other purposes.

An act to incorporate the Lancaster salt manufacturing company. A bill for a memorial and joint resolution, relative to a mail route from Plattsmouth, Cass county, N. T., to intersect the mail route from Nebraska City to Fort Kearney, at Saline Creek, in Lancaster county. An act for the protection and encouragement of residents and settlers upon the United States saline reservations in Lancaster county.

The council in body now appeared, when the council and house of representatives went into joint session.

Hon. E. A. Allen, president of council in the chair.

On motion of Mr. Marquett, of Cass,

A committee of five, consisting of two on the part of the council and three on the part of the house, were appointed to inform the governor that the legislature is now ready to receive any communication may have to make.

he

Carried, and

Messrs. Marquette and Welsh on the part of the council, and Messrs. Kennedy, Allgewahr and Hobbs on the part of the house, were appointed such committee.

His excellency, the Governor, by his private secretary, E. P. Runter, appeared and delivered the following

MESSAGE:

Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives:

We have great reason to unite in expressions of gratitude to ALMIGHTY GOD for the preservation of civil and religious liberty, and for the health and prosperity which we have enjoyed as a people during the two years since you were last in session.

Although the great civil war which then existed, still continues with its original bitterness, and the leaders of this causeless and wicked rebellion have been able to marshal great armies, and to gain temporary successes in battle, and to inaugurate and continue a guerrilla warfare on the unarmed inhabitants of large districts from which their armies have been driven by the Union forces, yet no battles with the rebels have been fought on your soil, and no inroads of grave importance have been made by armed bands for purposes of bloodshed and plunder, and no towns have been sacked or their inhabitants massacred; the pursuits of our people have rarely been interrupted, and life, liberty and property have been comparatively secure. The slight interruptions and disturbances which have occurred, have been promptly settled by the civil or military authorities. The supremacy of the law has been maintained, criminals have been tried, convicted and punished, and justice has been regularly administered in every organized county. The hostile Indians on our frontier have been restrained, and severely punished for their savage barbarities. Your remote settlements have been maintained and defended. Your population has been rapidly increasing, your harvests have been abundant; trade has been prosperous, your markets have been good; honest industry has received a fair reward, and almost uninterrupted peace and plenty have reigned throughout your Territory.

We also have great cause for gratitude to the Ruler of Nations for the success that has attended the National arms. When you were

last in session the rebels claimed all of the slave States and all of the Territories south of Kansas and west to California. But the Union armies have been steadily driving them back from the loyal States and toward the interior from the coast, capturing fortifications and cities, until now the stars and stripes float in triumph over at least two-thirds of the territory then claimed by the insurgents. A few months more of vigorous and persistent efforts on the part of the great armies and navies of the republic, it would seem, will probably be sufficient to wipe out the last vestige of this gigantic rebellion, and establish the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws throughout the whole extent of all the States and Territories of the Union.

OUR SOLDIERS.

In the achievement of these great results, our soldiers and sailors have placed us under a debt of gratitude which it will be difficult for the people to fully repay. The salvation of the country and the preservation of the Government, is due to the unbending courage and perseverance of our armies and navies. It must be a source of profound gratification to you to know that the citizen soldiery of Nebraska, springing to arms from the peaceful pursuits of life at the call of the President, totally unaccustomed to the hardships and deprivations of the weary march and camp life, and of the exposures and dangers of protracted campaigns, have performed their part so nobly in every trial of endurance or courage. A Nebraska soldier, whether called on by his country to confront the wily savage on the frontier, or the rebel hosts in battle array, has never shrunk from duty, quailed before dangers, or turned his back on the foe.

Should you, therefore, deem it proper, as the supreme law-making power of the Territory, to make any expression of sympathy and approval, by making provisions for their comfort in the field-especially for the welfare of the sick and wounded-or for the comfort of their families at home-more particularly for the widow and orphans of those who have fallen in their country's defense, it will meet my hearty approval. I would respectfully suggest, also that you should carefully inquire whether there are not other interests dear to the patriot soldier's heart of more consequence to him than food and raiment, which demand your grave consideration. These brave men are citizens of the republic, and of the Territory of Nebraska; they have been accustomed to participate in managing the affairs of their respective townships, counties, and Territory,-they have been accustomed to aid by their voice, vote and influence in the selection of their rulers, and indirectly, in making the laws under which they live. The patriotic services in which they are engaged does not diminish the interest they feel in the welfare of the people at home, the character of the laws under which their families are to be protected and their property held, or the character of the officers by whom these laws are to be enforced. It cannot be pretended that they do not feel as deep an interest in the preservation of our free institutions, for which they are sacrificing their ease and comfort and health, and exposing their