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MR. SPEAKER Your committee to draft. resolutions on the death of Hon. F. McClelland, beg leave to submit the following report:
WHEREAS, It has pleased an all-wise but just Providence to remove from our mist Hon. F. McClelland, of Linn county, a member of this House, and in conformity with an established usage, we present these resolutions, realizing his life is his best tribute. Our deceased associate was an honest man, and held by us as a member of this House in the highest esteem. We therefore would express our regard for his memory and sympathy for the bereaved widow and family in the annexed resolutions:
Resolved, That in the death of Hon. F. McClelland this House has lost one of its most esteemed, active and earnest members; the state a wise and able legislator and a patriot of the highest character; and his family bereft of an affectionate and noble husband and father, the community a valuable citizen.
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the Journal of this House and that the Chief Clerk be instructed to forward a copy of the same to the bereaved wife and family.
H. J. NIETERT,
M. MCDONALD,
J. P. MCDOWELL,
Committee.