5th Dec [FIGURE]
Senate of Deseret
I met to day with the Legislature of the state of
Deseret the House of Representatives & senate sat in
Joint session as there was two vacancies in the
Senate by death viz Bishop Newel K Whitney & Cornelius P Lott
the Govornor appointed Wilford Woodruff & Charles C Rich
to fill their places in the Senate. Several were appointed places
in the House I was also appointed by the Lieut Gov as chairman
of the committee on counties in the place of G. A. Smith, who
deliverd his farewell address to the senate & had taken his depar[ture]
as chief Justice of Iron County, many bills came up to day &
passed the Legislature adjourned untill the 1st Monday in Dec
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