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HON. HENRY P. SMYTHE.
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee appointed to draw and present resolutions relative to the death of Hon. P. Henry Smythe of Burlington, Iowa beg leave to submit the following:
WHEREAS, Death has removed from among us Hon. P. Henry Smythe, late of Des Moines county, Iowa, an honored, active and useful member of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, During his long residence in Iowa he was one of the most distinguished lawyers in the state, a fearless, impartial and able Judge, of rare judicial capacity, a useful and honored citizen of unquestioned integrity and unrightness and a legislator whose sole thought was the preservation of the rights of the people; Therefore, be it
Resolved, That in his death the state has lost one of its most honored and valued citizen; and be it further
Resolved, That we extend to the family and friends our hearty sympathy for them in their loss and our sincere sorrow for his demise; and be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House and the chief clerk be directed to send an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the family of deceased.
HENRY RITTER,
E. L. MCCLURKIN,
WM. CARDEN,
Committee.