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Excerpt from Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-First General Assembly of the State of Illinois: At Their Regular Session, Begun and Held at Springfield, January 3, 1859 At a General Assembly of the state of Illinois, begun and held in the city of Springfield, on Monday the 3d day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, being the first session of the - twenty-first General Assembly. The Hon. John Wood, lieutenant governor of the state of Illinois, and speaker of the Senate, appeared at 12 o'clock, M., took the chair and called the Senate to order. On Motion of Mr. Kykendal, of Johnson, Finney D. Preston, of Richland County, was appointed secretary pro tem, and Thomas H, Smith of Massac, and Timothy S. Fitch of Madison, were appointed assistant secretaries pro tem. On motion of Mr. Goudy, of Fulton, David J. Waggoner, of Fulton, was appointed sargeant-at-arms pro tem.; and John Williams, of Macoupin, assistant sargeat-at-arms, pro tem. On motion of Mr. Bryan, of Marion, A call of the Senate was ordered, when the following named senatoras appeared and took their seats, viz: From the county of Cook - Norman B. Judd. From the counties of Fulton and McDonough - William C. Goudy. From the counties of Sangamon and Morgan - Cyrus W. Vanderen. From the counties of Champaign, DeWitt, Piatt, Macon, Moultrie, Christian, Shelby and McLean - Joel S. Post. From the counties of Cass, Menard, Logan, Mason, and Tazewell - Samuel W. Fuller. From the counties of Clark, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence and Crawford - Mortimer O'Kean. From the counties of Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Marion, Clay and Richland - Silas L. Bryan. From the counties of Monroe and St. Clair - William H. Underwood. From the counties of Williamson, Hamilton, Franklin, White and Saline - Samuel H. Martin. From the counties of Randolph, Washington and Clinton - Elzey C. Coffey. The following named gentlemen also appeared, presented certificates of their election to the present General Assembly, and the oath of office being duly administered to them by Judge John S. Bailey, of the 5th judicial circuit, took their seats, viz: From the counties of Schuyler, Hancock and Henderson - John P. Richmond. From the counties of Adams and Brown - Austin Brooks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.