Having attended to that duty, Mr. CLEAVES, from the Com The report was read and accepted, and Franklin M. Drew declared duly elected Secretary of State for the current political year. On motion of Mr. LANE of the Senate, Messrs. Lane of Cumberland, Fuller of Penobscot, Harriman of Belfast, Bonney of Portland, Hathaway of Skowhegan, Bird of Rockland, and Adams of Biddeford, were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the votes for Attorney General. Having attended to that duty, Mr. LANE, from the Committee, reported: The report was read and accepted, and Thomas B. Reed declared duly elected Attorney General for the current political year. On motion of Mr. ROLFE of the Senate,, Messrs. Rolfe of Washington, Foster of Kennebec, Patten of Bath, Robie of Gorham, Thompson of Dover, Wilson of Thomaston, and Hacker of Fort Fairfield, were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the votes for Adjutant General. Having attended to that duty, Mr. ROLFE, from the Committee, reported: The report was read and accepted, and Benjamin B. Murray, Jr., declared duly elected Adjutant General for the current political year. On motion of Mr. DUDLEY of the Senate, Messrs. Dudley of Aroostook, Smith of Lincoln, Woodbury of Houlton, Sewall of Oldtown, Hutchins of Brewer, Foster of Bethel, and Talbot of East Machias, were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the votes for Land Agent. Having attended to that duty, Mr. DUDLEY, from the Committee, reported: Whole number of votes... Necessary for a choice.. Parker P. Burleigh has. James Walker Moore ... 165 83 .129 36 The report was read and accepted, and Parker P. Burleigh declared duly elected Land Agent for the current political year. On motion of Mr. MINOT of the Senate, Messrs. Minot of Kennebec, French of Somerset, Rawson of Bangor, Hopkins of Mt. Vernon, Goodwin of Berwick, Snowman of Penobscot, and Stewart of Belgrade, were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the votes for seven Executive Councillors. Having attended to that duty, Mr. MINOT, from the Committee, reported: The report was read and accepted, and Uranus O. Brackett, William Deering, John R. Pulsifer, Hiram Knowlton, Ebenezer Choate, 2d, Silas C. Hatch and William Grindle, Jr., were declared duly elected Executive Councillors for the current political year. On motion of Mr. VOSE of the Senate, Ordered, That the Secretary of the Convention be directed to inform Franklin M. Drew of his election as Secretary of State, Thomas B. Reed of his election as attorney General, Benjamin B. Murray, Jr., of his election as Adjutant General, Parker P. Burleigh of his election as Land Agent, and Uranus O. Brackett, William Deering, John R. Pulsifer, Hiram Knowlton, Ebenezer Choate, Jr., Silas C. Hatch, William Grindle, Jr., of their election as Executive Councillors. The purpose for which the Convention assembled having been accomplished, the Senate retired. The House was called to order by the SPEAKER. Report of the Joint Select Committee on Gubernatorial Votes, came from the Senate read and accepted, and was read and accepted in concurrence, and is as follows: Whole number of votes returned.. Sidney Perham has... Charles W. Roberts... Joshua L. Chamberlain.. Samuel F. Hersey... Charles P. Kimball... F. P. Haviland.. Scattering..... .99,801 .49,901 ..54,019 .45,733 22 6 1 1 1 1 6 There were irregularities in the returns from several towns and plantations, but the Committee did not feel authorized to reject them, consequently they were counted. There were no returns from the town of Harrison, in Cumberland county. The town of Franklin, Hancock county, made returns, but the number of votes which the candidates received was not given. Sidney Perham having a majority of all the votes returned, is elected Governor for the current political year. Ordered, That a Committee of three on the part of the Senate, with such as the House may join, be appointed to wait upon Hon. Sidney Perham and inform him that he has been duly elected Governor of the State of Maine for the current political year. This order came from the Senate read and passed, and Messrs. Vose of Waldo, Fuller of Penobscot, and Mayo of Piscataquis, appointed on its part. The order was read and passed in concurrence, and Messrs. Johnson of Augusta, Sanborn of Kittery, Hammond of Paris, Reed of Waldoborough, Lord of Alfred, Martin of Rumford, and Carleton of Whitefield, were joined on the part of the House. Mr. JOHNSON subsequently reported that the Committee had discharged the duty assigned them, and the Governor elect was pleased to say, that he accepted the office to which he had been elected, and would meet the Legislature at such time as it might indicate to take and subscribe the oaths of office necessary to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties. A message was received from the Senate through Samuel W. Lane, Esq., proposing a Convention of the two branches of the Legislature this day at 12 o'clock, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of administering to Hon. Sidney Perham, Governor elect, the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties, and receiving from him such communication as he may be pleased to make. The Clerk was charged with and conveyed a message to the Senate, signifying the concurrence of the House in the proposition for a Convention. The hour having arrived, the Senate came in and a Convention was formed. IN CONVENTION. On motion of Mr. FOSTER of Kennebec, That Senator was charged with a message to Hon. Sidney Perham, Governor elect, informing him that both branches of the Legislature were in Convention assembled in the Representatives' Hall, and ready to administer to him the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties, and receive from him such communication as he may be pleased to make. Mr. Foster subsequently reported that he had delivered the message with which he was charged, and the Governor elect was pleased to say he would forthwith attend upon the Convention. Whereupon, Hon. Sidney Perham, Governor elect, attended by ex-Governor Chamberlain, the Executive Council and Heads of Departments, came in, and in presence of both branches of the Legislature in Convention assembled, before the President of the Senate, took and subscribed the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties. Hon. Franklin M. Drew, Secretary of State, then made the following PROCLAMATION. The votes for Governor which have been returned to the office of Secretary of State, having been examined and counted by the Legislature, who have declared that a majority thereof were given to Sidney Perham, and that he is duly elected, and he having in the presence of the two branches of the Legislature in Convention assembled, taken and subscribed the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to discharge the duties of that office, I therefore declare and make known to all persons in this State who are in the exercise of any public trust, as well as all good citizens thereof, that SIDNEY PERHAM is Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Maine, and that due due obedience should be rendered to all lawful acts and commands as such. God save the State of Maine! The Governor then communicated to the Convention by address information upon the affairs and condition of the State, as follows: Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives : In obedience to constitutional requirement and the people's summons, we have met to consider the condition and interests of the State, and to consecrate our best efforts to her service. It is fitting, that on the threshold of our duties, we acknowledge with devout and reverent hearts the merciful Providence that has vouchsafed to us, as a people, so many blessings, and humbly implore the guidance of Him whose wisdom is alone sufficient to direct, and without whose blessing our labors cannot be crowned with success. |