JOURNAL, &c. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1839. This being the day fixed, by the twenty-first section and fourth article of the Constitution of this State, for the meeting of the Legislature, the members of the House of Representatives were called to order by the Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham, of Livingston, and on his motion the Hon. Isaac Wixom, of Oakland, was unanimously elected Speaker pro tem. On motion of Mr. Gibbs, of Calhoun, Anthony Ten Eyck was unanimously elected clerk pro tem. ed On motion of Mr. Adam, of Lenawee, Calvin Wood was electsergeant-at-arms pro tem. On motion of Andrew Mack, of Wayne, James J. Cicott was elected door-keeper pro tem. The credentials of the members being presented, there appeared present From the county of Wayne-Louis Beaufait, John L. Near, Andrew Mack, Harry Saunders, Ebenezer C. Eaton, Timothy F. Sheldon, and Titus Dort. Washtenaw Caleb N. Ormsby, Lewis Allen, John Lowry, Stephen Mead, and George Renwick. Monroe-Daniel S. Bacon, Laurent Durocher, and Azel Hoo ker. Oakland-Jonathan Chase, John J. Livermore, Jeremiah Clark, Jesse Decker, Isaac Wixom, and Ammos Davis. Lenawee-Artemas Allen, John J. Adam, Davis Smith, and Joseph H. Patterson. Macomb Samuel Axford, Alexander Tackels, and Isaac J. Grovier. St. Joseph-Frederick Shurtz, and Samuel A. Chapin. Cass and Van Buren-James Newton, and George Meacham. Berrien-Thomas Fitzgerald. Allegan, Barry, and Eaton-David B. Stout. Lapeer-Nathaniel Howland. Saginaw-Norman Little. Mackinac-Jonathan P. King. Kent, Ottawa, and Ionia-Noble H. Finney. Livingston, and Ingham-Kinsley S. Bingham, and Ira Jen nings. St. Clair-True P. Tucker. Shiawassee, Genesee, and Clinton-Robert G. McKee. The oath of office was then administered to the members present by the chief justice, Hon. William A. Fletcher. A message was received from the Senate announcing that a quorum of the Senate was present, organized, and ready to proceed to business. On motion of Mr. Bingham, of Livingston, a committee of two, consisting of Messrs. Bingham and Fitzgerald, was appointed to wait on the Senate and inform them that a quorum of the House of Representatives was present, organized, and ready to proceed to business. Mr. Orinsby, of Washtenaw, announced the death of Calvin Smith, Esq., one of the members elect from said county, and on his motion the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, in the afflicting dispensation of Providence, this House is called upon to lament the death of Calvin Smith, Esq., a representative elect from the county of Washtenaw, Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to order a new election to be holden in said county for the election of one representative to fill the vacancy so occa sioned; and in testimony of our respect for the deceased, and regarding his death as a public calamity, Resolved, That this House be and is hereby adjourned until tomorrow at ten o'clock A. M. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. The House met pursuant to adjournment; the roll being called, the journal of yesterday was read. On motion of Mr. Finney, of Kent, Resolved, That the rules of the last House of Representatives be adopted as the rules of this House, until otherwise ordered, and that the clerk forthwith cause to be printed one hundred and fifty copies of a manuel embracing the subjects of the manuel of the last Legislature adapted to the present session. On motion of Mr. Goodwin, of Calhoun, the House proceeded to the election of the officers of the House, viva voce. FOR KINSLY S. BINGHAM, of Livingston. Whereupon the Chair announced that Kinsley S. Bingham was duly elected Speaker of the House. The Chair announced Messrs. Mack and Bacon as a committee to conduct the Speaker to the Chair. The Hon. the Speaker elect having taken the Chair, the House proceeded to the election of a Clerk, viva voce. The House proceeded to the election of Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk. Mr. Adam, Mr. A. Allen, FOR ALFRED H. HANSCOM. Mr. Finney, Mr. Pond, Mr. Saunders, |