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BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF FRANKFORT, ON SATURDAY THE THIRTY FIRST
DAY OF DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1842, AND OF

THE COMMONWEALTH, THE FIFTY FIRST.

FRANKFORT, KY.

A. G. HODGES........STATE PRINTER.
1842.

460482
JOURNAL

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

At a General Assembly begun and held for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, at the Capitol, in the town of Frankfort, on Saturday, the 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1842, and in the 51st year of the Commonwealth-on which day (being that designated by law) the following members of the House of Representatives appeared, viz:

From the county of Adair-Hamilton N. Owens.

From the county of Allen-Nathan K. Pope.

From the county of Anderson-Keeling C. Gaines.

From the county of Bourbon-James W. Rice and Edmund H. Parrish, From the county of Bullitt-Robert F. Samuels.

From the county of Breckinridge-Benjamin Smither.

From the county of Bath-Thomas I. Young.

From the county of Boone-Richard Parker.

From the county of Barren-James Murrell and Benjamin M. Crenshaw,

From the county of Bracken-William C. Marshall.

From the counties of Butler and Edmonson-James Oller.

From the county of Christian-Daniel H. Harrison and James F. Buck,

ner.

From the county of Calloway-Thomas M. Jones.

From the counties of Clay and Perry-Daugherty White.

From the counties of Cumberland and Clinton-Francis H. Winfrey. From the counties of Carroll and Gallatin-John Field.

From the county of Casey-Peter B. Riffe.

From the county of Caldwell-James Clark.

From the county of Campbell-John W. Tibbatts.

From the county of Daviess-Warner Crow.

From the county of Estill-Ansel Daniel.

From the county of Fleming-Henry D. Burgess.

From the county of Fayette-Robert S. Todd, Edward A. Dudley and Owen D. Winn.

From the county of Franklin-Charles S. Morehead.
From the counties of Floyd and Pike-Colbert Cecil.
From the county of Graves-Joseph R. E. Wilkenson.
From the county of Greenup-Joseph D. Collins.

From the county of Garrard-George R. M'Kee.

From the county of Green-Aylett Buckner and Thomas W. Edwards. From the county of Grant-Overton P. Hogan.

From the county of Grayson--Eli Bozarth.

From the county of Hardin-John L. Helm and George French.

From the county of Hickman--Robert N. Lewis.

From the county of Harrison-George W. Berry and John O. Beaseman.
From the county of Hopkins--Jabez White.

From the county of Henderson-Henry Dixon.
From the county of Henry-James W. Bashaw.
From the county of Hart-James M. Gardner.
From the county of Jessamine-James H. M'Campbell.
From the county of Jefferson-William P. Thomasson.
From the county of Kenton-John S. Finley.

From the counties of Knox and Harlan-Silas Woodson.

From the counties of Lawrence and Carter-Andrew Kitchen.

From the county of Lincoln-Samuel O. Middleton.

From the county of Logan-George W. Ewing and James W. Irwin.
From the county of Laurel-Thomas J. Buford.
From the county of Livingston-John S. Gilliam.
From the county of Lewis-Thomas Marshall.

From the city of Louisville-A. J. Ballard and William E. Glover.
From the county of Madison-Samuel M. Fox and Nicholas Hocker.
From the county of Mason-Marshall Key and William D. Coryell.
From the county of Mercer-Joseph B. Renfro and John J. Sweeney.
From the county of Monroe-Radford Maxey.

From the county of Marion--Jesse Abell.

From the county of Meade-Reuben D. N. Morgan.
From the county of Muhlenburg-Edward R. Weir.
From the county of Morgan and Breathitt-Eli Lykins.
From the county of M'Cracken-James Campbell.
From the county of Montgomery-Joseph Bondurant.

From the county of Nelson-Daniel S. Howell and Elijah Davis,

From the county of Nicholas-James Stitt.

From the county of Owen-Joseph W. Rowlett.

From the county of Oldham-William T. Barbour.

From the counties of Ohio and Hancock-James Johnson.
From the county of Pulaski-John Griffin.

From the county of Pendleton--John Wheeler.
From the county of Rockcastle--Elisha Smith.

From the county of Russell-Shelby Stone.

From the county of Shelby-William S. Helm and Robert Doak.

From the county of Scott--Richard M. Johnson.

From the county of Simpson-Beverly L. Clarke.

From the county of Spencer-Stilwell Heady.

From the county of Trigg-Allen T. Noe.
From the county of Todd--Burwell C. Ritter.
From the county of Trimble--Daniel B. Johnson.

From the county of Union-Abner Davis.

From the county of Warren--Hezekiah P. Murrell and Jeremiah C. Wilkins.

From the county of Woodford--Medley Shelton.
From the county of Whitley--Thomas Rockhold.
From the county of Wayne-Shelby Coffey.

From the county of Washington--William R. Watts.

Who, constituting a quorum, and having severally taken the oaths prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution and Laws of this State, repaired to their seats.

Mr. Smith nominated Mr. John L. Helm as a suitable person to fill the office of Speaker; Mr. A. Buckner nominated Mr. Robert S. Todd; Mr. Tibbatts nominated Mr. Thomas Marshall, and Mr. J. F. Buckner nominated Mr. Charles S. Morehead; and the vote being taken, it stood thus: Those who voted for Mr. Helm, are as follows:

Messrs. Abell,
Barbour,

Fox,

M'Kee,

Murrell, J.

Those who voted for Mr. Marshall, are as follows: