Quinn and Howie retreated downstairs to prepare for our first session of the day, with everyone pretending it was a normal Monday.
Lucas brought in a bill in his first session to effect this reform, but was defeated on the motion to have the bill sent to England for approval by the privy council; and he insisted upon the independent.
The first session of the general assembly took place here in 1854.
Four years later, when the legislature held its first session here, the settlement was incorporated as the Borough of Columbus.
The first session was tumultuous; party feeling ran high, and scurrilous and vulgar epithets were bandied to and fro.
