Benson Brandon Castleton Chittenden Clarendon Danby.. Fairhaven Ira .... RUTLAND COUNTY. Middletown Springs.... Pawlet .. Pittsfield Pittsford. Poultney Proctor Rutland, City of.. Rutland, Town of. Sherburne Shrewsbury Sudbury E. A. WALKER, C. W. PECK, LAFAYETTE ALLEN, JOHN PARRIS, MARTIN C. FITZPATRICK, MYRON J. HORTON, GEORGE H. DAVIS, WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE, ... ALVIN J. RUSSELL, RYLAND N. TAYLOR, EDWIN PIERCE, WILLIAM K. SAWYER, GEORGE H. PAPE, WILLIAM J. CLAPP, JULIUS H. DANIELS, ORVILLE H. RICHARDSON, LEON A. CHILD, MARSHALL D. SMITH, ARCHIBALD BATCHELDER, WILLIAM T. KEYES, OSCAR G. EATON, HERMON E. EDDY, ELI H. PORTER, EVERETT N. KINGSBURY. WINDSOR COUNTY. SOLON A. THOMPSON, WILLIAM A. DAY, HORACE A. EASTMAN, CHARLES H. WATERMAN, ANDREW J. HOISINGTON, HARLAN GRAHAM, JAMES N. AYER, CHARLES H. VAUGHAN, BURTON M. NEWTON, WILLIAM M. PEMBER, EDGAR J. FISH, CHARLES E. WILLEY, JUSTUS DARTT, S. W. BUTTERFIELD, Stockbridge Weathersfield Weston .... West Windsor. Woodstock EDWARD WILDER, WALTER I. KENDALL, CHARLES M. WHITE. The Secretary of State directed the House to the election of Speaker for the two years ensuing, and requested that ballots be prepared and forwarded for that purpose. The ballots having been taken and counted by the tellers, it appeared that JOHN H. MERRIFIELD, the Representative from the town of Newfane, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the two years next ensuing. The Secretary of State designated Mr. Porter of Wilmington, and Mr. Battell of Middlebury, to wait upon the Speakerelect, inform him of his election, and conduct him to the chair. The committee performed the duty assigned them. The Speaker was duly sworn, and addressed the House as follows: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.-I sincerely thank you for this evidence of your confidence in me. I fully realize the fact that I shall not be equal to the duties to which you have called me unless I receive in very large measure your help. This I ask for, and believing that it will be granted to me I accept the trust that you have placed in my hands and pledge you my best efforts to administer it impartially. We have been summoned here by the people of our State to act for them on questions of more than the ordinary interest and importance. We come with widely differing views on some of the questions which we are to determine. To harmonize these views on some basis which shall be just to all interests, as far as possible, may seem to us a difficult task. But we can perform it, my fellow members, if we place uppermost, as I believe we will, our purpose, that purpose the attainment of the greatest public good. Let us then resolve, as we take the oath of office this morning, to sink behind our pledge of fealty to State and country, every personal preference not in accord with this high purpose. Acting in this spirit and seeking the guidance of the Higher Power in all our labors, may we not confidently expect to accomplish the work that has been given us to do in that manner which shall best subserve the highest interest of our State. I now invite your attention to the further business of the session. The Speaker directed the House to the election of Clerk for the two years ensuing, and requested that ballots be prepared and forwarded for that purpose. The ballots having been taken and counted by the tellers, it appeared that THOMAS C. CHENEY, of Morristown, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives for the two years next ensuing. The Speaker designated Mr. Stafford of Morristown, and Mr. Bundy of St. Johnsbury, to wait upon the Clerk-elect, |