THE BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
TENTH VOLUME.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE.
MONDAY, March 8, 1869.The PRESIDENT pro tem., John R. Cravens, commanded order at ten o'clock a. m.
The Secretary's minutes of Saturday's proceedings was read.
The PRESIDENT pro. tem. There being no business before the Senate at all--
THANKS TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Mr. BRADLEY (interrupting.) Mr. President, I desire to offer the following resolution--on a small piece of paper. [It was a printed slip.]
The PRESIDENT pro tem. The following resolution, if in order, is submitted by the Senate. It may be read for information.
The Secretary read as follows:
RESOLVED, That the most cordial thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered to the Hon. Will Cumback, for the ability, integrity and impartiality with which he has uniformly discharged his arduous labors as President of this body, that for the urbanity, harmony and prosperity of our deliberations we are greatly indebted to his deep sense of justice and his elevating reverence for principle.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. The resolution would be perfectly proper in itself, if there was a quorum to pass it. I suppose there is no impropriety in the resolution being presented and spread upon the journals as being offered without any action.
Several Senators--"Consent," "consent."
The PRESIDENT pro tem. There being no business before the Senate I will appoint the Senator from Wabash, [Mr. Fisher] the Senator from Switzerland, [Mr. Bellamy] and the Senator from Laporte, [Mr. Bradley] to wait upon his Excellency, the Governor, and communicate to him the fact that the Senate is ready to adjourn, and see if he has any communication to make.
Mr. BELLAMY. Mr. President, I ask leave to introduce a resolution?
The PRESIDENT pro tem. The following resolution, which will be read for information, is submitted by the Senator from Switzerland.
The Secretary read as follows:
RESOLVED, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby tendered to the Secretaries of the Senate and their assistants, and the Doorkeeper and his employes, for the faithful, impartial and courteous manner with which they have discharged the duties of their respective stations.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. The Chair will state that this resolution will take the same course of the other. Though not properly in order, it might be placed upon the journals to show the fact that the resolution was offered.
Mr. FISHER. Mr. President I offer the following report.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. The following report is offered by the Senator from Wabash, in behalf of the Committee appointed to wait upon the Governor.
The Secretary read as follows:
MR. PRESIDENT: The Committee appointed to wait upon his Excellency the Governor, to inquire if he had any further communication to make to the Senate, have performed that duty, and received for answer that he had no further communication to make.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. Is there any further business before the Senate?
Mr. FISHER. Mr. President, I would move that the Senate now adjourn, sine die, if there was any Senate to adjourn. I suppose the proper way would be for the President--
The PRESIDENT pro tem., (interposing.) I suppose the motion would hardly be proper. The Chair would simply state that we have now reached that period of time when the Constitution itself, by its own limitation, adjourns this body, and there being no further business before the Senate, under the direction of the Constitution, I now adjourn the Senate, sine die, and the Secretary will inform the House, when in session of that fact.
And so--
The Senate adjourned without day.
