OF THE House of Representatives OF THE TWELFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA, WHICH CONVENED AT THE CAPITOL, IN DES MOINES, IOWA, JAN. 13, 1868. DES MOINES: F. W. PALMER, STATE PRINTER. 1868. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HALL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DES MOINES, January 13, 1868. At 2 o'clock P. M. the House was called to order by the Hon. J. H. Hatch of Polk county. On motion of Mr. Hatch, Hon. Samuel McNutt of Muscatine, was elected Speaker pro tem. On motion of Mr. Wilcox of Buchanan county, Charles Aldrich of Marshall county, was elected Chief Clerk pro tem. On motion of Mr. Cotton of Clinton county, Benjamin Van Steenburg of Jackson county, was elected Assistant Clerk pro tem. On motion of Mr. Lambert, George Bailey of Dallas county, was elected Door - keeper pro tem. On motion of Mr. Dudley, E. G. White of Wapello county, was elected Sergeant-at-Arms pro tem. On motion of Mr. Brown, Jonathan Thacher of Van Buren county, was elected Post - Master pro tem. Mr. Cotton of Clinton county, moved that a Committee on Credentials be appointed to consist of five members, which motion prevailed. The Chair appointed Mr. Cotton of Clinton, Mr. Lambert of Dallas, Mr. Hatch of Polk, Mr. Wilcox of Buchanan, and Mr. Irish of Johnson as such committee. Mr. Grantham of Henry, moved that the Committee on Credentials be instructed to report at 10 o'clock, A. M., to-morrow, which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Williams of Winneshiek, the House adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. HALL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DES MOINES, January 14, 1868. House called to order by the Speaker pro tem. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Trusdell. Journal of yesterday read and approved. Mr. Cotton from the Committee on Credentials, submitted the following report. Your committee to whom were referred the credentials of persons claiming to be members of this House, beg leave to report that they find the several districts to be represented as follows: 1st District.-C. C. Bauder, William Werner, and Gibson Browne. 2d District. Joel Brown and Seth H. Craig. 3d District. William G. Wilson and J. M. Garrett. 4th District. Bannock Phillips. 6th District.-H. W. Peck. 5th District. 7th District. A. G. Adams and Robert Allen. 8th District. John P. Grantham and Jacob Hart. 9th District.-John Hayden and A. R. Fulton. 18th District. Joseph D. Miles and M. Goodspeed. 19th District. - John Morrison and William Hartsock. 20th District. Charles Stanley and Thomas Ballinger. 21st District.-E. Mechem and Banner G. Bowen. 23d District. Benjamin F. Murray. 24th District. Lysander W. Babbitt. 25th District. - Samuel McNutt and R. M. Burnett. 26th District.-John P. Irish and Jacob Y. Blackwell. 27th District. - Abraham Bolton. 28th District. - Leonard F. Parker. 29th District. Merritt W. Atwood. 30th District. John A. Kasson and Joshua H. Hatch. 32d District.-M. J. Rohlfs, Charles Kelley and M. C. Davis. 33d District. Charles G. Trusdell, Charles E. Leffingwell and Aylett R. Cotton. 34th District.-John Russell and John McKean. 35th District. - William S. Chase and C. P. Sheldon. |