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This printed document reported upon the actions of the First Territorial House of Representatives when it first met at the town of Pawnee near Fort Riley on Monday, July 2, 1855. On July 6, 1855, the House of Representatives approved a resolution sent to them by the Council (Senate) that moved the meeting of the Legislature to Shawnee Manual Labor School beginning July 16, 1855. This first session of the House of Representatives concluded on August 30, 1855. Included in the volume were various messages from the Governor and Acting Governor. The appendix contained reports of various committees--judiciary, a special committee on exempting slaves from execution, bounds of counties and districts, elections, convention, and public printing. The appendix also included the "opinion of the Supreme Court in regard to the legality of the present session" by Samuel Lecompte and Rush Elmore, a memorial from the legislature of Kansas to the President of the United States requesting the removal of Andrew Reeder, and the Rules and Orders under which the House of Representatives conducted business. The last 31 pages are an index to the volume.
Creator: Kansas. Legislature
Date: July 2 through August 30, 1855
Item Number: 6236
Call Number: SP 328.1 K13
SP 328.1 K13 1855
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6236
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Reeder, Andrew H
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Woodson, Daniel (acting)
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - Elmore, Rush
People - Notable Kansans - Lecompte, Samuel, 1814-1888
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Places - Cities and towns - Pawnee (Geary County)
Places - Cities and towns - Shawnee Mission
Places - Counties - Davis (1855-1889)
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Historic sites - Shawnee Indian Mission
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Government publications
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