UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

250392 MARCH 1930

JOURNAL

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The forty-eighth regular session of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Indianapolis, on Thursday, the 9th day of January, A. D., 1873, at 10 o'clock a. m., being the day fixed by law for the meeting of the

same.

The House of Representatives being called to order by the Hon. William K. Edwards, Speaker of the last House of Representaties, by authority of an act of the Legislature, the following members answered to their names and were sworn into office by the Hon. Samuel H. Buskirk, one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana, and took their seats, viz. :

From the county of Allen-Jefferson C. Bowser and Mahlon Heller.

From the counties of Adams and Wells-John Mc Connell.

From the county of Bartholomew-John W. Cline.

From the county of Boone-Christian S. Wesner.
From the county of Carroll-John T. Richardson.
From the, county of Cass-Charles W. Anderson.
From the county of Clay-William H. Gifford.
From the county of Clark-Joseph Baker.

From the county of Clinton-William Strange.

From the counties of Clark, Jefferson and Scott-Daniel Blocher.

From the county of Daviess-Matthew L. Brett.

From the county of Decatur-George Goudie.

From the county of Dearborn-Noah S. Given.
From the county of Delaware-Arthur C. Mellett.

From the counties of Decatur and Rush-John D. Miller.
From the counties of Dubois and Martin-Henry A. Peed.
From the county of Elkhart-John E. Thompson.

From the counties of Elkhart and Noble-David S. Scott.
From the county of Floyd-James H. Willard.

From the county of Fountain-Horatio R. Claypool.

From the county of Franklin-Israel Goble.

From the counties of Fayette and Union-Warren H. Broaddus.
From the county of Gibson-Clarence A. Buskirk.
From the county of Grant-Edward S. Lenfesty.
From the county of Green-John R. Isenhauer.
From the county of Hamilton-Nathan H, Clark.
From the county of Hancock-Charles G. Offut.
From the county of Harrison-William H. Pfrimmer.
From the county of Hendricks—Allen Furnas.

From the county of Henry-John T. Hedrick.

From the county of Howard-Thomas M. Kirkpatrick.
From the county of Huntington-Buell M. Cobb.ļ

From the county of Hamilton and Tipton-John E. Rumsey.
From the county of Jefferson-David C. Branham.

From the county of Jennings-James M. Wynn.

From the counties of Jay and Blackford-Abram Wilson.
From the counties of Jasper, Pulaski and Newton-Jithro A-

Hatch.

From the counties of Jefferson and Ripley-William D. Wilson. From the county of Knox-Henry S. Cauthorn.

From the county of Kosciusko-John D. Thayer.

From the counties of Kosciusko and Fulton-Peter S. Troutman From the county of Lagrange-William Prentiss.

From the county of Lake-Martin Wood.

From the county of Laporte-George H. Teeter.
From the county of Lawrence-William H. Edwards.
From the counties of Laporte and Starke-L. Dow Glazebro
From the county of Madison-Thomas M. Jones.
From the county of Marion-John J. W. Billingsley,
Kimball, Edward T. Johnson and Edward King.
From the county of Marshall-Reason B. Eaton.
From the county of Monroe-Andrew W. Reeves.

From the county of Morgan-Harvey Satterwhite.

From the counties of Madison and Henry-John O Hardesty. From the counties of Miami and Wabash-Cyrus V. N. Lent From the counties of Morgan and Johnson-William S. Shirley From the county of Owen-Jesse H. Reno.

From the counties of Orange and Crawford-William M. Ellsworth.

From the county of Parke-John E. Woodard.

From the county of Perry-Gabriel Schmuck.

From the county of Pike-James Barker.

From the county of Porter-Theophilus Crumpacker.
From the county of Posey-James W. Whitworth.

From the connties of Putnam and Hendricks-Jesse 8. Ogden.
From the county of Randolph-Nathan T. Butts.
From the county of Rush-Benjamin F. Tingley.
From the county of Shelby-Samuel D. Spellman.
From the county of Spencer-William Thompson.
From the county of Steuben-Eugenius B. Glasgow.
From the county of Sullivan-Stewart F. Coffman.

From the counties of St.Joseph and Marshall-Joseph Henderson. From the counties of Switzerland and Ohio-Benjamin North. From the county of Tippecanoe-James W. Cole and Elihu Hollingsworth.

From the county of Vanderburg-James D. Riggs and George Woolflin.

From the county of Vermillion-John Gronendyke.

From the county of Vigo-William K. Edwards.
From the county of Wabash-Carey E. Cowgill.

From the county of Warren-Richard G. Odle.
From the county of Warrick-Stephen D. Dial.

From the county of Washington-James Rudder.

From the county of Wayne-Wm. Baxter and Lewis C. Walker.

From the county of Whitley-Cyrus B. Tulley.

From the counties of White and Benton-Robert Gregory..

Those who were absent were :

From the counties of Bartholomew and Shelby-Stenson J. Bar

rett.

From the counties of Boone and Clinton-Marquis L. Martin. From the county of DeKalb-Samuel S. Shutt.

From the county of Johnson-Thomas W. Woollen
From the counties of Jackson and Brown-James A. McKinney.
From the county of Miami-John W. Eward.

From the county of Montgomery-Jesse Y. Durham.
From the county of Noble-Henry C. Stanley.

From the county of Putnam-Weller B. Smith.

From the county of Ripley-Adam G. Hoyer.

From the county of St. Joseph-Wm. W. Butterworth.
From the county of Vigo-Patrick H. Lee.

On motion the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker by a viva voce vote.

Mr. Kimball nominated Hon. Wm. K. Edwards, Representative from Vigo county.

Mr. Richardson nominated Hon. Henry S. Cauthorn, Representative from Knox county.

Those who voted for Hon. Wm. K. Edwards were,

Messrs. Baxter, Billingsley, Branham, Broaddus, Butts, Cauthorn, Clark, Cobb, Cole, Cowgill, Crumpacker, Edwards (of Lawrence), Furnas, Gifford, Glasgow, Goudie, 'Gronendyke, Hardesty, Hatch, Hedrick, Hollingsworth, Johnson, Kimball, King, Kirkpatrick, Lenfesty, Lent, Mellett, Miller, North, Odle, Ogden, Prentiss, Reeves, Riggs, Rumsey, Satterwhite, Scott, Thayer, Tingley, Thompson (of Elkhart), Thompson (of Spencer), Troutman, Walker, Wesner, Wilson (of Blackford), Willson (of Ripley) Wolflin, Wood, Woodard and Wynn-52.

Those who voted for Hon. Henry S. Cauthorn, were,

Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barker, Blocher, Bowser, Brett, Buskirk, Claypool, Cline, Coffman, Dial, Eaton, Ellsworth, Given, Glazebrook, Goble, Gregory, Heller, Henderson, Isenhaur, Jones, McConnell, Offut, Peed, Pfrimmer, Reno, Richardson, Rudder Schmuck, Spellman, Shirley, Strange, Teeter, Tulley, Whitworth. Willard and Mr. Speaker-36.

Hon. Wm. K. Edwards having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for and during the present Legislature.

On motion the House proceeded to the election of Principal Clerk.

Mr. Kimball nominated Hon Cyrus T. Nixon.

Mr. Richardson nominated Hon. E. M. Johnson.

Those who voted for Hon. Cyrus T. Nixon, were,

Messrs. Baxter, Billingsley, Branham, Butts, Clark, Cobb, Cole, Cowgill, Crumpacker, Edwards (of Lawrence), Furnas, Gifford, Glasgow, Glazebrook, Goudie, Gronendyke, Hardesty, Hatch, Hedrick, Hollingsworth, Johnson, Kimball, King, Kirkpatrick, Lenfesty, Lent, Mellett, Miller, North, Odle, Ogden, Prentiss, Reeves, Riggs, Rumsey, Satterwhite, Scott, Thayer, Tingley, Thompson (of Elkhart), Thompson (of Spencer), Troutman, Walker, Wesner, Wilson (of Blackford), Willson (of Ripley), Wolflin, Wood, Woodard, Wynn, and Mr. Speaker—52.

Those who voted for E. M. Johnson, were,

Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barker, Blocher, Buskirk, Bowser, Brett, Cauthorn, Claypool, Cline, Coffman, Dial, Eaton, Ellsworth, Given, Goble, Gregory, Heller, Henderson, Isenhauer, Jones, McConnell, Offut, Peed, Pfrimmer, Reno, Richardson, Rudder, Schmuck, Shirley, Spellman, Strange, Teeter, Tulley, Whitworth and Willard-36.

Hon. Cyrus T. Nixon having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared by the Speaker duly elected Clerk of the House of Representatives.

On motion, the House proceeded to the election of Assistant Clerk.

Mr. Kimball nominated Moses G. McLain.

Mr. Richardson nominated George B. Tebbs.

Those who voted for Moses G. McLain were,

Messrs. Baxter, Billingsley, Branham, Broaddus, Butts, Clark, Cobb, Cole, Cowgill, Crumpacker, Edwards (of Lawrence), Ellsworth, Furnas, Gifford, Glasgow, Goudie, Gronendyke, Hardesty,