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323 opinions and feeling are those of every Member of this Board, I ask permission to lay the expression of those feelings upon the table of the Secretary to be by him presented in the acceptance of this Board. "

Mr. Scammon then laid on the table the following Resolve, Resolved, that the prompt, able and impartial manner in which the Hon. Robert P. Dunlap has presided over our deliberations during the present session merit the thanks of this Board. And he is hereby respectfully requested to accept this expression of their approbation, and also their best wishes for his safe return to his family and his future prosperity through life. Which Resolve being read by the Secretary was unanimously passed.

Mr. Dunlap then addressed the Senate as follows, to wit, Gentlemen of the Senate, I am impelled by my feelings, as well as by a sense of duty, to tender to you my grateful acknowledgment for this distinguished proof of your approbation. The numerous instances I have witnessed of your candor and forbearance, during the period I have had the honor to preside over your deliberations, have produced on my mind, an impression, which no