Resolution for counting electoral votes in 1851 session
Representative Robeson of New Jersey proposes a plan for the two houses to meet on the second Wednesday in February 1851 at noon with the President of the Senate presiding. Two tellers from each chamber will list declared votes and the Senate will announce the state of the vote and elected persons, with the record entered in the journals. The measure was defeated 87 to 0 on the pending motion.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Demands on county school system and export report notes
Whitleside county shows school value 259000 dollars and expenditures 98251 with 9956 children and 8399 enrolled. The 85 percent enrollment yields 30.50 per pupil property value and 11.75 per pupil annual expenditure. Other items mention guardian issues and a passenger train fatal incident with splintered wreckage and fire. The report also cites Nimmo on foreign commerce and major export values for breadstuffs provisions cotton and oils with Europe as key market.
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Whiteside County
Rock Island County
Joseph Nimmo
Bureau of Statistics On Foreign Commerce
United States
Nimmo
Alruady
Europe
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Judgment Reversed in Henry Deaths Case in Rock Island
In Rock Island last January the administratrix Mrs Fanny M Henry sought $5,000 for her husband Franklin Pierce Henry who died when wheels fell on him while coupling cars for the CRTE AP R Ro Co in May 187Q. The appellate court reversed the verdict, holding that damages for deaths from switching are uncertain and that evidence of the family’s poverty is not competent.
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Fanny M Henry
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Crte AP R Ro
Orear
The
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Opin
Neer
Teachers and telegraph rates noted in regional notices
Telegraph competition lowers New York and Philadelphia rates to three cents per ten words, with minimal objections from western wire firms. Illinois Teachers Association announces annual meeting in Springfield at Representative Hall from December 28 to 30. Galesburg Register corrects gold dollar composition as nine parts gold and remaining metals. Mrs. Sprague files divorce suit in Washington County Rhode Island amid caution over trial disclosures.
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Wes
Paeae
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The
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Representative Hall
Springfield
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The itemized column lists patents granted, surplus wheat, pensions, cabinet lobbying, oldest voters, presidential ties, and private secretaries. It notes regional election gains, bridal present, railway earnings variances, new stations, and express train crashes. Miscellaneous items include measles and diphtheria cases, excursions, snowfall, endorsements, and candidates’ standings.
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