Printed by virtue of an act of the Legislature, under the direction ROBERT SMITH PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS SENATE. Lansing, Wednesday, January 6, 1897. In conformity with the requirements of the constitution of the State of Michigan and the statutes in such case made and provided, the Senate of the State of Michigan on this day at 12 o'clock m., convened in the Senate chamber at Lansing, in said State, and was called to order by Hon. Thomas B. Dunstan, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Religious exercises by Rev. Mr. Osborne, of Lansing. The certified list of Senators elect was read by Dennis E. Alward, Secretary of the last Senate, as follows: STATE OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Lansing, January 5, 1897. Hon. Dennis E. Alward, Secretary of the Senate of 1895: SIR-The accompanying is a list of the members elect of the Senate of the State of Michigan for the years 1897 and 1898, as appears from the returns of the clerks of the several counties of this State, now on file in this office. Respectfully, WASHINGTON GARDNER, Secretary of State. From the 1st Dist.-Arthur L. Holmes, Detroit. |