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319 [Report of the Committee appointed to wait on the Governor] Mr. Ingalls, from the committee appointed to wait on the Governor, reported that they had attended to the duty assigned them and the Governor was pleased to say, that he would forthwith communicate to the two Houses by the Secretary of State, after which he had no further communication to make. [Vote of thanks to the President] Mr. Drummond of Lincoln rose in his place and submitted the following order. "Ordered, that the thanks of this board be presented to the Hon. Robert Dunlap for the ability, impartiality and dignity which has characterized the discharge of all his duties, while presiding over the deliberations of this board" which was read by the Secretary and unanimously passed. [President's address] Mr. Dunlap then addressed the Senate as follows, Gentlemen of the Senate, "The order introduced by the member from Lincoln and adopted with so much unanimity, calls for the most lively returns of gratitude. The support and indulgence I have experienced from the members of this board collectively and individually during the period I have had the honor to preside over your deliberations have produced an impression on my heart which no length of time can obliterate, and now as we are about to separate to mingle once more with our immediate constituents, may the friendships we have contracted and matured while engaged in the pleasures and toils of legislation abide with us wherever we go and cheer us in the pursuits of after life. On your return, Gentlemen, once more to the people, the only true source of power, may your legislative labors meet with their approbation and long may you