NOES-None. Absent-None. Sick-Senator Clark-1. The title of the bill was then agreed to. Senator Spaunhorst, chairman of the Committee on Claims, made the following report: SENATE CHAMBER, January 20, 1869. MR. PRESIDENT-Sir: Your Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 10, entitled an act to provide for the payment of special tax against the Missouri Institution for the Education of the Blind, beg leave to report that we have carefully considered the same and recommend that the bill do pass. The bill so reported was taken up, and, On motion of Senator Spaunhorst, > Considered engrossed, read the third time and passed by the following vote: AYES Senators Birch, Boardman, Brown of Shelby, Brown of St. Louis, Bruere, Carroll, Cavender, Conrad, Davis, Dodson, Elwell, Essex, Evans, Filler, Gottschalk, Graham, Harbine, Headlee, Human, Morrison, Morse, Rea, Ridgley, Rogers, Rollins Roseberry, Reed, Shelton, Spaunhorst, Todd, Waters and Williams-32. NOES-None. Absent-Senator Blodgett-1. Sick-Senator Clark-1. The title of the bill was then agreed to. The following message was received from the House of Representatives by Mr. Colby, Chief Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT-I am instructed by the House to inform the Senate that the following bill has been introduced into and passed that body: House bill No. 8, entitled An act to appropriate money to cover certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the years 1867 and 1868, In which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully requested. Also, that the House has taken up Senate amendments to House concurrent resolution No. 11, entitled Concurrent resolution concerning the comparing the journals of both Houses on the election of United States Senator, and have concurred in the same. On leave, Senator Elwell introduced Senate bill No. 47, entitled An act to regulate the time of holding circuit courts in the seventeenth judicial circuit. Read the first time, rule suspended, read the second time, and, Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Senator Reed, House bill No. 8, entitled An act to appropriate money to cover certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the years 1867 and 1868, Was taken up, Read the first time, rule suspended, read the second time, and, Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. On leave, Senator Spaunhorst introduced Senate bill No. 48, entitled An act to create an insurance department. Read the first time, rule suspended, read the second time, and, Referred to the special committee on insurance and one hundred copies ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. On leave, Senator Williams introduced Senate bill No. 49, entitled An act to provide for the execution and supervision of the State printing and binding. Read the first time, rule suspended, read the second time, and, Referred to the Committee on Printing. Twelve o'clock meridian, the time fixed by law for counting and declaring the vote for United States Senator having arrived, On motion of Senator Bruere The Senate proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives. JOINT SESSION. The Senators having taken the seats prepared for them in the Hall of the House, The President of the Senate called the joint session to order. In accordance with the law of Congress, the journal of the Senate relating to the election of a United States Senator was read by the Secretary of the Senate, and the journal of the House by the Chief Clerk thereof, from which it appeared that Carl Schurz had, on the 19th inst., received a majority of all the votes cast in each House of the General Assembly, and he was declared by the President duly elected United States Senator from this State for six years from the fourth day of March next. Mr. Ledergerber offered the following resolution: Resolved by the General Assembly of Missouri assembled in joint session, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House be requested to certify to the Governor that in the manner prescribed by the act of Congress, approved July 25, 1866, Carl Schurz has been elected a Senator of the United States from this State for the term of six years from the 4th of March, 1869, and that the Governor be requested to certify to the President of the Senate of the United States the fact of said election. The resolution was read, when, On motion of Senator Gottschalk, Mr. Ledergerber moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait upon the Hon. Carl Schurz and inform him of his election to the Senate of the United States, and invite him to address the joint session. The motion was adopted, and the President appointed as said committee Mr. Ledergerber and Mr. Campbell on the part of the House of Representatives, and Senator Harbine on the part of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Ledergerber After a recess of some time the President called the joint session to order, when the committee appointed conducted the Hon. Carl Schurz into the Hall and the President introduced him to the joint session. The business having been transacted for which the joint session met the President declared the same dissolved, and the Senators repaired to the Senate chamber. Having returned to the Senate chamber the Senate was called to order by the President. Senator Bruere moved that when the Senate adjourn it adjourn until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. Motion adopted by the following vote, Senator Gottschalk demanding the ayes and noes: AYES-Senators Blodgett, Boardman, Bruere, Carroll, Davis, Dodson, Essex, Gottschalk, Graham, Headlee, Human, Morrison, Morse, Rea, Roseberry, Todd and Williams-17. NOES Senators Birch, Brown of Shelby, Brown of St. Louis, Conrad, Evans, Filler, Harbine, Ridgley, Rogers, Reed, Shelton, Spaunhorst and Waters-13. Absent-Senators Cavender, Elwell and Rollins-3. Sick-Senator Clark-1. On motion of Senator Bruere The Senate adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1869. MORNING SESSION. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The President in the chair. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. Wesley Johnson. The journal of yesterday read and approved. The roll of the Senate being called, there were Present-Senators Birch, Blodgett, Boardman, Brown of Shelby, Brown of St. Louis, Bruere, Carroll, Cavender, Conrad, Davis, Dodson, Elwell, Essex, Evans, Filler, Gottschalk, Graham, Harbine, Headlee, Human, Morrison, Morse, Rea, Ridgley, Rogers, Rollins, Roseberry, Reed, Shelton, Spaunhorst, Todd, Waters and Williams-33. Absent-None. Sick-Senator Clark-1. The President presented to the Senate a communication requiring an executive session. On motion of Senator Ridgley The Senate went into executive session. After remaining for some time in executive session the doors were opened and open session resumed. Reports from standing committees being in order, Senator Rea, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-The Committee of Ways and Means to whom was referred House bill No. 8, entitled an act to appropriate money to cover certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the years 1867 and 1868, have examined the same and unanimously recommend the passage of the bill. The bill so reported was taken up, read a third time, and passed by the following vote: AYES-Senators Birch, Blodgett, Boardman, Brown of Shelby, Brown of St. Louis, Bruere, Carroll, Cavender, Conrad, Davis, Dodson, Elwell, Essex, Evans, Filler, Gottschalk, Graham, Harbine, Headlee, Human, Morrison, Morse, Rea, Ridgley, Rogers, Rollins, Roseberry, Reed, Shelton, Spaunhorst, Todd, Waters and Williams-33. Absent-None. Sick-Senator Clark-1. The title of the bill was then agreed to. Senator Rea moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered, and that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The motion to lay on the table was adopted. Senator Williams, chairman of the Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 20, has had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the following amendments, and recommend their adoption and the passage of the bill as amended. The bill so reported was taken up, and amendment No. 1, as follows: Amend Section two by inserting after the word "assembly," in the fourth line, the following: To be in full compensation for all their services; Was read the first and second times, when Senator Reed offered the following amendment to the amendment: Amend by striking out section two; Which was read the first and second times and rejected. The amendment was then agreed to. Amendment No. 2, as follows: Amend section four, by inserting after the word "acts," the following: Or parts of acts; Was read the first and second times and agreed to. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on to-morrow. Senator Reed, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 15, entitled an act to change the time of holding the fourth district court, and to amend section five of chapter one hundred and thirty-five of General Statutes of the State of Missouri, respectfully recommend that the same do pass. The bill so reported was taken up, considered engrossed, read the third time and passed by the following vote: AYES Senators Birch, Blodgett, Boardman, Brown of Shelby, Brown of St. Louis, Bruere, Carroll, Cavender, Conrad, Davis, Dodson, Elwell, Essex, Evans, Filler, Gottschalk, Graham, Harbine, Headlee, Human, Morrison, Morse, Rea, Ridgley, Rogers, Rollins, Roseberry, Reed, Shelton, Spaunhorst, Todd, Waters and Williams-33. NOES-None. Sick-Senator Clark-1. The title of the bill was then agreed to. Senator Reed moved that the vote by which the bill passed be reconsidered, and that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The motion to lay on the table was adopted. Senator Bruere, chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: |