Collections Author:Georgia Historical Society Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LATER LEGISLATURES AND THE FIRST CAPITOL. The third legislative session met January 7th, 1852, and assembled in what was known as the Goodrich Block, on T... more »hird street below Jackson, which is now a part of the Merchants' Hotel. The fourth session met on January 5th, 1853, in the two-story brick building on the corner of Third and Minnesota streets. The new Capitol building (shown in Plate III.) was first occupied by the Legislature in its fifth session, on January 4th, 1854. The Commissioners, in their report to the Legislature, announce the completion of the building, excepting the fitting of the Supreme Court room, which was then in progress. Like all public buildings, more money is reported as needed, and the Legislature is recommended to memorialize Congress for further appropriations to build and fence, and to complete other unfinished details. Governor Gorman, who had been appointed by President Pierce to succeed Governor Kamsey, occupied the Executive Chamber in the new Capitol on July 21st, 1853. In looking over the proceedings of the Commissioners, old settlers will be interested in the mention of the names of those connected with the erection of the Territorial Capitol, of Joseph Daniels, I. P. Wright, C. P. V. Lull, Downer« less