THE
BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
THIRTEENTH VOLUME.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE.
SUNDAY, December 22, 1872.Senators met at ten o'clock a. m. pursuant to adjournment.
The PRESIDENT of the Senate announced the first thing in order to be the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings.
On motion it was dispensed with.
Mr. DAGGY moved that a committee of three be appointed to wait on the Governor and ascertain whether he has any further communications to make to the General Assembly.
The motion was agreed to, and Messrs. Daggy, Dittemore and Beardsley were appointed.
Soon thereafter--
Mr. DAGGY, in behalf of the committee, reported that the Governor has no further communication to make to this session of the General Assembly.
Mr. BEARDSLEY moved to adjourn.
The motion was agreed to, with the understanding that the adjournment was only till two o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senators met at two o'clock.
Mr. DAGGY moved that the Secretary be sent to the House of Representatives to inquire whether it has any further messages for the Senate.
The motion was agreed to.
A message from the House announced that that body had no further business to transact with the Senate during the present session.
On motion it was--
Ordered, that the Senate proceed in a body to the Hall of the House of Representatives to witness the closing exercises there.
The Secretary was directed to inform the House of the action of this body.
Mr. WADGE moved that the Senate take a recess till half-past seven o'clock p. m.
The motion was agreed to--five Senators voting in the affirmative and three in the negative.
NIGHT SESSION.
Senators assembled at 7:30.
Mr. DITTEMORE offered the following:
RESOLVED, That the select committee of three to investigate the cause of the failure of the Auditor of State to distribute the sinking fund of the State to the various counties under the act of 1871 be authorized to continue its investigations after the adjournment of the present session, and report its investigations to the next session of the General Assembly; and the said committee shall have for their services during the time they shall be actually engaged, the same compensation allowed members of the General Assembly.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. DITTEMORE also offered the following:
RESOLVED, That Henry Coleman be paid the sum of ten dollars for washing towels during the present session of the General Assembly, and that the President of the Senate draw a warrant on the Treasurer of State for the amount.
The resolution was adopted.
page: 376[View Page 376]Mr. BROWN moved that the Senate adjourn, whereupon President FRIEDLEY spoke as follows:
THE PRESIDENT'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE :
Before putting the motion I desire to say a single word. I have no language adequate to express the gratitude I feel toward you for your kindness during the session just closed, and especially for the very complimentary manner in which you saw proper to mention my name in the resolution adopted yesterday. When, by your kindness, I was, at the beginning of the session, selected as your presiding officer, I was wholly without experience, and if I have been, in any degree, successful in the discharge of the duties of the position, I must attribute that success to your constant assistance. That I have made mistakes I freely admit, but I beg Senators to believe that they have been mistakes of the head and not of the heart. My relations, both personal and official, have been of the most agreeable character with every Senator on this floor, and the friendship that we have formed, while here, will always be cherished by me with feelings of the most lively satisfaction. And now that we are about to separate to enjoy the Christmas of 1872 and the New Year of 1873, with our families and friends at home, I beg to express the wish that that Christmas may be a merry one and that New Year a happy one with each of you. May sorrow and sadness never cast their dark shadow over your homes. I thank you. [Applause.]
It is moved and seconded that the Senate do now adjourn. As many as favor that motion will please say "aye." [After the affirmative response.] As many as are of a contrary opinion say "no." [There was no response.] The Senate stands adjourned.
And so terminated the Senate proceedings at the Special Session of 1872.
