The account with Saginaw county shows a gain to the credit of the county, on the lands sold as above stated. No lands have yet been placed upon the "five-year list," returned delinquent for taxes assessed under the law of 1869, but under that law with the increased charges and interest the result will be the same, but less in benefit to the county; As will appear from the following computation: Suppose a tax assessed in 1869 of.... Add eight months' interest at 30 per cent... The "bid to the State" on the above tax would be for At the end of five years let it be sold for...... There would be charged the county The county would have received from the credits of this tax: $10 00 2.00 1 50 $13 50 01 $13 49 Credit in excess of amount charged county by.... $1 36 Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM HUMPHREY, The communication was laid on the table. Auditor General. MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER HOUSE. The President pro tem. announced the following: To the President of the Senate: } SIR-I am instructed by the House to re-return to the Senate the following concurrent resolution : Resolved (the House concurring), That a committee, consisting of two on the part of the Senate and three on the part of the House, be appointed to examine into and investigate the matters set forth in the message of his Excellency the Governor, with respect to the alleged frauds and fraudulent transactions that have heretofore taken place in the office of the Commissioner of the State Land Office; and that such committee have full power to send for persons and papers, examine witnesses, and take all such measures in respect to such alleged frauds and fraudulent transactions as may be necessary to a full and complete investigation thereof. And that said committee also have authority to sit for such examination after the adjournment of the Legislature, in case the committee cannot complete such investigation before the adjournment thereof, and that they report to the Legislature the testimony taken by them, with their opinion therein, as speedily as possible; and in case the Legislature are not in session when such committee are ready to report, then said committee shall report to the Governor, Which the House amended as follows: "And the Clerk of the House is hereby made clerk of the said joint committee;" And to which amendment the Senate added the following "And said committee are authorized, in their discretion, to employ a short-hand reporter: " And to inform the Senate that in said amendment the House have concurred. Very respectfully, D. L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The concurrent resolution was referred to the committee on engrossment and enrollment, for enrollment. The President also announced the following: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, To the President of the Senate: SIR-I am instructed by the House to inform the Senate that the House have appointed Messrs. L.Walker, Eggleston, and Noyes as the committee on the part of the House for investigating the frauds of the Land Office reported by special message of his Excellency the Governor, dated the 10th inst. Very respectfully, D. L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The message was laid on the table. The President also announced the following: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, To the President of the Senate: SIR-I am instructed by the House to re-transmit the following bill: House bill No. 164, entitled A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the selection, care, and disposition of the lands donated to the State of Michigan, by act of Congress, approved July 3, 1862, for the endowment of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts," approved March 18, 1863; Which the Senate amended as follows: 1. By striking out in line 2, of section 3, the word “three,” and insert in lieu thereof the word "five;" Also, by striking out in line 8 the word " five," and insert in lieu thereof the word "seven;" By adding four new sections thereto, to stand as sections 13, 14, 15, and 16, and to read as follows: Sec. 13. The Agricultural Land Grant Board is hereby authorized and required to appoint one or more persons to examine the Agricultural College lands, now unsold, and to estimate the balance of said lands, and the quality of timber and value thereof upon each subdivision of such land, and to make report to said board of control of such other matters pertaining to such land as will enable such board to determine the value thereof. Sec. 14. Upon the receipt of such report the board of control shall proceed with all reasonable dispatch to determine and appraise the value and fix the price at which each subdivision of lands shall be sold, and certify from time to time to the Commissioner of the State Land Office the price so determined. Sec. 15. From and after the date of such certificate to the Commissioner of the State Land Office such Commissioner shall sell the subdivision covered thereby only at such price as shall be fixed by the board of control, but subject to all the provisions of law now in force except as to the price of the lands covered by such certificate. Sec. 16. The expense incurred in the examination of such lands shall be certified and paid as provided in section 10 of this act. And the title of which the Senate amended as follows: By adding thereto the words "and to add four new sections thereto, to stand as sections 13, 14, 15, and 16;" And to inform the Senate that in the adoption of the said amendments the House has non-concurred. Very respectfully, D. L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. McGowan moved that the Senate insist in its amend To the President of the Senate: SIR-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House manuscript bill, entitled A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Grand Rapids," being amendatory of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Grand Rapids," approved April 20, 1850, as amended by the several acts amendatory thereof, approved March 14th, A. D. 1871; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, D. L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred to the committee on cities and villages. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Wheeler moved that the twelfth subdivision of rule No. 2 of the Senate be suspended for the remainder of the session; Which motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators voting therefor. Mr. Wheeler moved that rule No. 26 of the Senate be suspended for the remainder of the session, so far as said rule provides that "no amendment shall be received for discussion at the third reading of any bill, resolution, or amendment of the constitution, unless seconded by a majority of the Senate; Which motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators voting therefor. Mr. Wheeler moved that the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the following bills and joint resolutions: House bill No. 269, entitled A bill to amend chapter 67 of the revised statutes of 1846, being chapter 153 of the compiled laws of 1871, by adding a new section thereto, to stand as section 14; House bill No. 268, entitled A bill to provide upon the sale of lands, whether by levy, |