Senate Journal: Page 54: Wednesday, January 14, 1998

  Senator Iverson moved that the roll call be dispensed with and
  that the President of the joint convention be authorized to declare a
  quorum present, which motion prevailed by a voice vote.

  President Kramer declared a quorum present and the joint
  convention duly organized.

  Senator Iverson moved that a committee of six, three members
  from the Senate and three members from the House, be appointed to
  notify the Honorable Arthur A. McGiverin, Chief Justice of the Iowa
  Supreme Court, that the joint convention was ready to receive him.

  The motion prevailed by a voice vote and the Chair announced the
  appointment of Senators King, Maddox, and Neuhauser on the part of
  the Senate, and Representatives Lamberti, Millage, and Chapman, on
  the part of the House.

  The following guests were escorted into the House Chamber:

  Secretary of State Paul Pate; Treasurer of State Michael
  Fitzgerald; Secretary of Agriculture Dale Cochran; and Attorney
  General Tom Miller.

  The Justices of the Supreme Court, Chief Judge Cady and the
  Judges of the Court of Appeals, and the Chief Judges of the state's
  judicial districts were escorted into the House Chamber.

  Mrs. Joan McGiverin, wife of the Chief Justice; and Ed and Joan
  McGiverin, Chief Justice McGiverin's cousin and his wife, were
  escorted into the House Chamber.

  The committee appointed waited upon Chief Justice McGiverin
  and escorted him to the speaker's station.

  President Kramer then presented Chief Justice McGiverin who
  delivered the following Condition of the Iowa Judiciary Message:

  Madam President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly, State
  Officials,
  Judicial Colleagues and My Fellow Iowans:

  On behalf of the court, thank you for the invitation to report to you on the
  state of
  the Iowa judiciary.  It is a great honor for the Judicial Branch, as well as
  a personal
  privilege for me, to meet with you each year at this time.  This address
  marks my tenth

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