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LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MICHAEL HAHN.

tives providing for the appointment of a joint committee to take order for superintending the funeral and escort the remains of the deceased to the place of burial, and that the members of the committee on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President pro temporte.

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives.

The resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

Mr. Eustis. As an additional mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Hahn I move that the Senate adjourn.

The Presiding Officer. The Senator from Louisiana moves that the Senate adjourn.

The motion was agreed to unanimously; and the Senate adjourned.



In the Senate of the United States,

March 16, 1886.

The President pro tempore announced as the members of the committee on the part of the Senate to escort the remains of the late Representative Hahn to the place of burial in the State of Louisiana, Mr. Eustis, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Butler.



In the Senate of the United States,

July 2, 1886.

Mr. Eustis. Mr. President, pursuant to notice heretofore given, I ask that the message of the House of Representatives in relation to the death of Mr. Hahn be laid before the Senate.

The Presiding Officer (Mr. Platt in the chair). The resolutions referred to will be laid before the Senate. The Secretary read the following resolutions of the House of Representatives:

Resolved, That the House have heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. Michael Hahn, late a Representative from the State of Louisiana.

Resolved, That in the demise of our late colleague the country has suffered the loss of a wise legislator, a valuable citizen, and an able and faithful public servant.