land office shall be and are hereby abolished; and the duties heretofore performed by said officers shall be hereafter done and performed by the Auditor General, and all moneys now payable to said commissioner, shall be paid directly to the State Treasurer, the receipt thereof to be countersigned by the Auditor General."

Pending which amendment,

Mr. Chamberlain moved that the bill be committed to the committee on state affairs with instructions to enquire into the expediency of abolishing the offices of commissioner and recorder of the land office, and providing for a discharge of their duties by the State Treasurer and Auditor General; and also providing for the payment of principal and interest due on school and university lands at the offices of the county treasurers of the several counties in which the lands lie; which motion prevailed, by the following vote:

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR:-I am instructed to transmit to you the following entitled bills and joint resolutions, which the Senate have passed and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, viz:

A bill to lay out, alter, and establish a public highway on section one, township two north, of range eleven east, in Troy, Oakland county;

A bill for the improvement of the road leading from Grand Blanc to the Thread Mills, in the county of Genesee;

A bill to amend section thirty-four of chapter one hundred and thirty-four of the revised statutes of 1846;

A bill for the improvement of Flat river in the counties of Montcalm, Ionia and Kent;

A bill for the improvement of the road leading from the township of Marathon, in the county of Lapeer, to Oxford, in the county of Oakland;

A bill to incorporate the city of Detroit gas company;

A bill to authorize Jacob Barns, guardian of Cornelius Barns, to sell certain real estate;

Joint resolution authorizing the board of state auditors to examine and settle the claim of Thomas B. W. Stockton; and

Joint resolution relative to the claim of James Parshall.

I am further instructed to return herewith a bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe and Erie plank road company, and to respectfully inform you that the Senate have concurred therein.

Respectfully, &c.,

W. L. BANCROFT,
Secretary of the Senate.

The bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Monroe and Erie plank road company was ordered to be enrolled.

The Senate bill for the improvement of the road leading from Grand Blane to the Thread Mills, in the county of Genesee;

The Senate bill for the improvement of the road leading from the township of Marathon, in the county of Lapeer, to Oxford, in the county of Oakland; and

The Senate bill for the improvement of Flat river, in the counties of Montealm, Ionia and Kent,

Were severally read twice and referred to the committee on internal improvement.

The Senate bill to incorporate the city of Detroit gas company' was read twice and referred to the committee on banks and incorpo rations.

The Senate bill to lay out, alter and establish a public highway on section one, town two north of range eleven east, in Troy, Oakland

county, was read twice and referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

The Senate bill to authorize Jacob Barns, guardian of Cornelius Barns, to sell certain real estate, and

The Senate bill to amend section thirty-four of chapter one hundred and thirty-four of the revised statutes of 1846,

Were severally read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary.

The Senate joint resolution authorizing the board of state auditors to examine and settle the claim of Thomas B. W. Stockton, and The Senate joint resolution relative to the claim of James Parshall,

Were severally read twice and referred to the committee on claims The following message was received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, February 15, 1849.5

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR: I am instructed to return herewith a joint resolution authorizing the settlement of certain claims growing out of the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the Michigan volunteer regi. ment called to serve in the late war with Mexico, and to respectfully inform you that the Senate insist upon their amendment to the same, and that Senators Baxter, Dort and Isbell have been appointed a committee of conference on the disagreement between the two Houses on said bill.

I am further instructed to return herewith the following entitled bill, and to respectfully inform you that the Senate have concurred therein, viz:

A bill to enlarge the corporate limits of the city of Detroit.

Respectfully, &c.,

W. L. BANCROFT,

Secretary of the Senate.

The bill to enlarge the corporate limits of the city of Detroit was ordered to be enrolled.

On motion of Mr. Chittenden,

A committee of conference was ordered to be appointed on the part of the House on the disagreement between the two Houses on 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.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Chittenden, Fox and Andrews as such committee.

On motion of Mr. Hawley,

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the joint resolution relative to the claim of Alexander Titchworth, Mr Kilborn in the chair, and after spending a short time thereon, the committee rose and by their chairman reported the joint resolution back to the House without amendment.

On motion of Mr. Hawley,

The joint resolution was laid on the table.

The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the general order, Mr. Coe in the chair, and after spending some time thereon, the committee rose and by their chairman reported back with sundry amendments, in which the concurrence of the House was asked,

A bill to incorporate the St. Joseph river navigation company; A bill to incorporate the Frederick and Utica plank road compa ny; and

A joint resolution relative to the selection of the public lands.
On motion of Mr. Wright,

The House adjourned.

Friday, February 16, 1849.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called, and Messrs. David, Davis, Flower, Hammond, Hatch, Morton, Mosher, St. Clair and G. B. Turner, were absent on leave, and Messrs. Campbell, Deming and Smith were absent with out leave.

Mr. Stevens asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Campbell for an indefinite period.

Mr. Bowne for Mr. Smith, as above.

Mr. McNair for Mr. Deming, till Monday.

The journal of yesterday was read and corrected..

Mr. Moffatt presented the petition of division number five of the Sons of Temperance of the state of Michigan, for the prohibition of the sale of wines and spirituous liquors, as a beverage; referved to the committee on state affairs.

Mr. Moffatt also presented the remonstrance of the yearly meeting of Friends, held at Battle Creek, during the present month, against the restoration of the law providing for capital punishment; referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Moffatt also presented the petition of the said yearly meeting of Friends, for the passage of a law making it a penal offence for any officer.or citizen of this state to aid in the capture of fugitive slaves; referred to the committee on federal relations.

Mr. Pennoyer presented the petition of George C. Darrow and sixty others, and of Daniel Ball and one hundred and fifty others, for an extension of the charter of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan; laid on the table.

Mr. Lockwood presented the petition of Wm. C. Hoyt, and sixty others, for the laying out of a state road from the village of Milford, Oakland county, to Davisonville, in Genesee county, and for the ap propriation of certain non-resident highway taxes thereon; referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Mr. Lockwood also presented the petition of Wm. C. Hoyt and others, for the appropriation of certain non-resident highway taxes on the road from Milford to Pontiac; same reference.

Mr. Chamberlain presented the petition of John D. Ross and one hundred and nine others, of Berrien county, for an extension of the charter of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan; laid on the table.

Mr. O. C. Comstock, from the committee on education, to whom was referred the Senate bill to enlarge the powers and increase the number of officers in school district number four, in the township of Ypsilanti, reported the same back without amendment and recommended its passage, which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, and

The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Packhurst from the committee on engrossment and enrollment reported that the following entitled bills were correctly enrolled and were this day presented to the Governor for his approval, viz: