compare and cast their numbers, and report to the convention thereon.

Ordered, That Messrs. Jenness of the Senate, Eastman of Hampstead, and Wadleigh of Dover of the House, constitute said committee.

On motion of Mr. Paige of Bradford of the House

Resolved, That the returns of votes for Councillors from the several towns and places in this State be referred to a committee, with instructions to open and record the same, compare and cast their numbers, and report thereon.

Ordered, That Messrs. Preston of the Senate, Paige of Bradford, and Scott, of the House, constitute said committee.

On motion of Mr. Eaton of Seabrook of the HouseThe convention rose and the Senate returned to their chamber.

IN SENATE.

Mr. Robb, by leave, presented the following resolution : Resolved, That the door-keeper be directed to furnish for the use of the Senate, eight of the bound volumes of the pamphlet laws of the State of New Hampshire.

Mr. Sanborn moved to amend the above resolution by striking out the word "eight," after the word "Senate," and inserting instead thereof the word "fourteen." On the question,

Shall the amendment be adopted?

It was decided in the affirmative.

On the question,

Shall the resolution as amended pass?

It was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Preston, by leave, presented the following resolution: Resolved, That the clerk of the Senate be directed to furnish for each member of the Senate, and its officers, two copies each of the Legislative Reporter.

On the question,

Shall the resolution pass ?

It was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Robb

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1849.

The following message was received from the House of Representatives by their clerk:

"Mr. President-The House of Representatives are ready to meet the Honorable Senate in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution."

On motion of Mr. Sanborn—

Resolved, That the Senate now meet the House of Representatives in convention, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution.

IN CONVENTION.

The Senate and House of Representatives being assembled in convention in the Representatives' Hall, for the purpose of proceeding in the elections, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution,

Mr. Jenness, from the joint select committee appointed to open, record and count the votes returned as cast in the several towns and places in this State for Governor, by leave submitted the following

REPORT:

The select committee appointed to open and record the votes for Governor, and to compare and cast their numbers, have attended to the duty assigned them, and instructed me to make the following report:

The whole number of votes returned is

Necessary to a choice,

Estimated as scattering,

Nathaniel S. Berry has

Levi Chamberlain has

Samuel Dinsmoor has

56,033 28,017

117

7,045

18,764

30,107

and is duly elected Governor of the State of New Hamp

shire for the ensuing political year. Returns were received from all the towns and places in this State in due form with the exception of Gosport, Haverhill, Groton, and Dame's Gore, from which no returns have been received; from Orange, which did not state in the certificate the town in which the meeting was held; and from Lisbon, Stewartstown, Stratford, Stark, Randolph, Northumberland, Milan, Lancaster, Dalton, Dummer and Berlin, which, although not received at the office of the Secretary of State, were placed in the hands of the Governor as early as is required by law for the return of the votes.

The committee have instructed me to report the following resolution:

RICHARD JENNESS, for the committee.

Resolved, That Samuel Dinsmoor, having a majority of all the votes cast, is duly and constitutionally elected Governor of this State for the ensuing political year.

On the question,

Shall the resolution pass

It was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Sauborn of the Senate

The convention rose, and the Senate returned to their chamber.

IN SENATE.

The following message was received from the House of Representatives by their clerk:

"Mr. President-The House of Representatives have appointed Messrs. Cross, Harriman, Wheeler, Cutter, Tuttle, Knox, Eastman of Wendell, and Whidden of Lancaster, a committee on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join, to wait upon His Excellency, Samuel Dinsmoor, the Governor elect, and inform him of his election as Governor of this State for the coming political year, and that the legislature are ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, in which they ask the concurrence of the Honorable Senate."

On motion of Mr. Robb

Resolved, That the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the appointment of a joint select committee to wait on Hon. Samuel Dinsmoor, Governor elect, and inform him of his election.

Ordered, That Messrs. Jenness and Preston be joined to said committee on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the clerk notify the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Preston

The Senate adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

Mr. Jenness, from the select committee appointed to wait on Hon. Samuel Dinsmoor, Governor elect, and inform him of his election to the office of Governor of the State of New Hampshire for the ensuing political year, and that the legislature will be ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, reported that they had attended to that duty, and that His Excellency was pleased to reply that he would meet the legislature at the Representatives' Hall precisely at four o'clock this afternoon, accept the office, and take and subscribe the oaths prescribed by the constitution.

Mr. Dame, from the select committee appointed to prepare and report rules and regulations for the government of the Senate the present year, reported for consideration the following

RULES OF THE SENATE.

1. The President having taken the chair, and a quorum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, and any erroneous entry shall be corrected.

2. No member shall hold conversation with another during the reading of the journal, or while a member is speaking in debate.

3. Every member rising to speak, shall address the President, and when he has finished, shall sit down.

4. No member shall speak more than twice on the same question, on the same day, without leave of the Senate.

5. More than one member rising to speak at the same time, the President shall decide who shall speak first.

6. If any member transgress the rules of the Senate, the President shall, or any member may, call him to order, in which case the member so called to order shall sit down, and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide in the case; but if there be no appeal, the decision of the President shall be conclusive.

7. No member shall absent himself, without permission, from the Senate.

8. A motion shall be seconded before it is debated, and if required by the President or any member, it shall be reduced to writing.

9. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, but to adjourn, to postpone indefinitely, to lay on the table, to postpone to a certain day, to commit or to amend, which several motions shall take precedence in the same order in which they are arranged. And no motion to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain day, or to commit, being decided, shall be in order at the same stage of the bill or proposition, until after an adjournment.

10. If the question under debate will admit of division, any member may have it divided; and in filling blanks, the longest time and the largest sum shall be put first.

11. When the reading of a paper is called for, and the same is objected to, it shall be decided by a vote of the Senate, and without debate.

12. When the ayes and noes are required, each member shall declare his assent or dissent to the question, unless for special reasons he be excused by the Senate.

13. When a motion is made to shut the doors of the Senate on the discussion of any business, which in the opinion of any member may require secrecy, the President shall desire the gallery to be closed, and the doors shall remain closed until the subject is disposed of.

14. After a motion has been decided, it shall be in order for any member who voted with the majority, or if the Senate be equally divided, any member voting on the side pre