Project Scroll Research Note 2026-25: One week in the Indiana House: the dates of the Jackson Lodge bill of E Clampus Vitus, 30 December 1846 to 6 January 1847

House bill No. 242 of the Indiana General Assembly's session of 1846–47, "An act to incorporate Jackson Lodge of the ancient order of Eclampses Vitus, of Centreville, Indiana," is usually dated by the Indiana State Sentinel's report of 14 January 1847. The Journal of the House of Representatives dates each sitting, and its day headings fix the bill's course. Mr. Julian introduced it in the afternoon sitting of Wednesday, 30 December 1846 (p. 259). It was read a second time and referred to the committee on corporations in the afternoon of Thursday, 31 December (p. 272). The committee's report was read on Wednesday, 6 January 1847 (p. 345): the bill was "for the benefit of a species of animals with which the country is now abundantly supplied, and of which it is not desirable either to increase the number or improve the breed", and it was indefinitely postponed and laid on the table. The House disposed of the bill in a week, and the 14 January date is only the date of the newspaper's report. Project Scroll Research Note 2026-25, version 1. The note sets out the record quoted, where it is held, what it changes, its limits, and what was searched before calling it new. Web version: projectscroll.com/discoveries/notes/2026-25/.