terfeiting, was concurred in, and the bill as amended was ordered to be enrolled.

On motion of Mr. G. B. Turner,

The House insisted on its amendment to the Senate substitute for the joint resolution relative to the claim of John W. Palmer.

Mr. G. B. Turner moved that the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution authorizing the settlement of certain claims growing out of the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the Michigan volunteer regiment called to serve in the late war with Mexico, which motion prevailed, and

The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and the engrossment having been dispensed with, it was placed on the order of bills for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Belding,

The bill to incorporate the Tecumseh literary institute was taken from the table, when he moved that the vote by which the bill was yesterday lost on its passage be reconsidered, which motion prevailed.

The question recurring on the passage of the bill, it was passed, by yeas and nays, as follows, two-thirds of the whole House voting in the affirmative:

The committee of the whole were discharged from the further con

sideration of the bill to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the township of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, and

The bill was ordered to be read the third time, was so read, and passed.

The following entitled bills and joint resolution were severally read the third time and passed, viz:

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to amend the revised statutes of 1846, approved March 17, 1847;

A bill to repeal section twelve of an act to amend the revised statutes of 1846, approved April 3, 1848;*

A bill to attach a part of the township of Rives, in the county of Jackson, to the township of Henrietta; and

A joint resolution authorizing the settlement of certain claims growing out of the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the Michigan volunteer regiment called to serve in the late war with Mexico.

The bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe and Erie plank road company, was read the third time and passed, by yeas and nays, as follows, two-thirds of the whole House voting in the affirmative:

The rules were suspended to enable him to move that the commit

tee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the

bill to authorize a re-location of the northern wagon road between the villages of Flint and Corunna, which motion prevailed, and

On motion of Mr. Giddings,

The bill was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

The House having arrived at the order of unfinished business, took up the bill to authorize proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes, and

On motion of Mr. Coe,

The bill was recommitted to the committee on the judiciary.

The House then resolved itself into committee of the whole on the general order, Mr. G. B. Turner in the chair, and after spending some time thereon, the committee rose and by their chairman reported back to the House without amendment, a bill to amend the charter of the village of Adrian, and to limit the amount of taxes to be raised in said village in one year, and

Also reported back with amendments in which the concurrence or the House was asked,

A bill to authorize Alfred Ashley, his heirs or assigns, to construct a plank road across those parts of sections two and eleven in town three north, of range fourteen east, known as salt spring lands belonging to the state;

On motion of Mr. Gildings,

The House adjourned.

Monday, February 12, 1849.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by Mr. O. C. Comstock, in the absence of the Speaker.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and Messrs. Chittenden, Davis, Flower, Hammond, Hartsuff, Hobart, Morton, Mosher, O'Malley, Pennoyer and St. Clair were absent on leave, and Messrs. Allen, Kilborn and G. B. Turner were absent without leave.

Mr. Bacon asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. G. B. Turner for an indefinite period.

Mr. Wilkinson for Mr. Kilborn, for the day.

Mr. J. W. Turner, by unanimous consent, effered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That this House do now proceed to elect a Speaker pro fem., during the absence of Hon. Leander Chapman.

Accordingly, the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker pro tem., with the following result:

RECAPITULATION OF THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE.

Oliver C. Comstock received

George A. Coe

John W. Turner

Horace H. Comstock

Fenner Ferguson

Cyrus Lovell

And Seeley Harger

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29 votes.

Mr. Oliver C. Comstock having received a majority of all the votes

was declared duly elected Speaker pro tempore.

On motion of Mr. Bowne,

The rule requiring the reading of the journal, was suspended..

Mr. Tilden presented the petition of Sylvester R. Hathaway and forty-nine others, voters of the township of Whiteford, asking certain alterations in the charter of the Cottonwood swamp turnpike company, and to authorize the said township to subscribe for stock in said company; referred to the committee on banks and incorporations.

Mr. Bacon presented the petition of C. H. Nicholson and forty-eight others, for the passage of a law to prohibit the sale of wine or spirituous liquors; referred to the committee on state affairs.

Mr. H. H. Comstock presented the petition of Elisha Belcher and sixty-four others, for an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Kalamazoo river; referred to the committee on internal improve

ment.

Mr. Wilkinson presented the claim of Captain Daniel Hicks; referred to the committee on claims.

Mr. Hawley presented the petition of Lucius Lyon and others, against the re-enactment of the law providing for capital punishment; referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Hawley also presented the memorial of Minot T. Lane and others, on the same subject, which he read, when

Mr. Chamberlain moved that the memorial be laid on the table and printed.

Mr. H. H. Comstock moved that the motion be amended by inserting after "memorial" the words "and the memorial of the grand ju ry of Wayne county on the same subject."

Mr. Fox moved the previous question, which was demanded by a majority, and

The main question was ordered to be now put.

The question then being on the amendment moved by Mr. H. H. Comstock,

It was rejected.

The question then recurring on the motion to lay the memorial on the table and print it,

A division was called for, and it was first taken on laying on the table, and decided in the negative.

The question, on ordering the memorial to be printed, was taken and decided in the negative, by the following vote: