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Ordered that the thanks of this House be presented to the Hon. John Ruggles, Speaker, for the able & faithful discharge of the duties of his office during the present session of the Legislature - And that this house, duly impressed wit the responsibility and importance of the various duties incumbent on the Chair, consider this public expression of their approbation as justly due for the impartial & dignified manner in which it laborious duties have been discharged; and that he will please to carry with him to his constituents and into domestic life the best wishes and feelings of the members of the House | Ordered that the thanks of this House be presented to the Hon. John Ruggles, Speaker, for the able & faithful discharge of the duties of his office during the present session of the Legislature - And that this house, duly impressed wit the responsibility and importance of the various duties incumbent on the Chair, consider this public expression of their approbation as justly due for the impartial & dignified manner in which it laborious duties have been discharged; and that he will please to carry with him to his constituents and into domestic life the best wishes and feelings of the members of the House | ||
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| + | The very flattering expressions of approbation with which you have been please to honor me, inspires the liveliest emotions of gratitude. It is the more grateful to my feelings, emanating from a quarter toward which is directed a general sentiment of respect and esteem. To have possessed so great a share of the public confidence as to be called to preside over the deliberations of the assembled representatives of the people, was gratifying to my highest ambition; and to have been able so to discharge the arduous duties of the Chair, as in any | ||
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Mr. Mitchell of Freeport laid upon the Clerks table the following order, which being read by the Clerk was unanimously passed - viz
Ordered that the thanks of this House be presented to the Hon. John Ruggles, Speaker, for the able & faithful discharge of the duties of his office during the present session of the Legislature - And that this house, duly impressed wit the responsibility and importance of the various duties incumbent on the Chair, consider this public expression of their approbation as justly due for the impartial & dignified manner in which it laborious duties have been discharged; and that he will please to carry with him to his constituents and into domestic life the best wishes and feelings of the members of the House
To which the Speaker replied as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives The very flattering expressions of approbation with which you have been please to honor me, inspires the liveliest emotions of gratitude. It is the more grateful to my feelings, emanating from a quarter toward which is directed a general sentiment of respect and esteem. To have possessed so great a share of the public confidence as to be called to preside over the deliberations of the assembled representatives of the people, was gratifying to my highest ambition; and to have been able so to discharge the arduous duties of the Chair, as in any