A bill to incorporate the Lapeer and Port Huron plank road company.

The foregoing bills were referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Coe, from the committee on the judiciary, submitted the following report, which was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, viz:

The committee on the judiciary to whom was referred Senate bill to authorize proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes, have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report;

That in the opinion of the committee the House bill on the same subject is preferable, and therefore report the same back with the recommendation that it do not pass.

The Senate bill to authorize proceedings against garnishees, and for other purposes, was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

The following message was received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER, } Lansing, February 24, 1849.j

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

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

A bill to amend sections thirty-one and fifty-two, chapter twenty of the revised statutes of 1846; and

A bill to amend chapter one hundred and six, title twenty-two of the revised statutes.

Respectfully, &c.,

W. L. BANCROFT,

Secretary of the Senate.

The Senate bill to amend sections thirty-one and fifty-two, chapter twenty of the revised statutes of 1846, was read twice and referred to the committee on ways and means.

The Senate bill to amend chapter one-hundred and six of the revised statutes, was read twice and referred to the committee on the ju diciary.

Mr. Lockwood, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a joint resolution relative to certain state property,

which was read twice and referred to the committee on the state library.

Mr. Parkhurst, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the Pontiac and Waterford plank road company, which was read twice and referred to the committee on banks and incorporations.

Mr. H. H. Comstock offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That this House will meet on and after Monday next, at half past nine o'clock A. M., and at half past two o'clock P. M., for the transaction of business.

Mr. Ingersoll moved that the resolution be laid on the table, which motion prevailed, by the following vote:

The committee of the whole were discharged from the further consideration of the bill for the improvement of a road leading from Grand Blanc to the Thread mills, in the county of Genesee, and On motion of Mr. Lovell,

The bill was recommitted to the committee on internal improves ment, with instructions to amend the same so as to be in accordance with the bill for the improvement of Flat river.

On motion of Mr. Coc,

The bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the sale of

331 the Southern railroad and to incorporate the Michigan Southern railroad company, was taken from the table and made the special order for Wednesday next.

Mr. H. H. Comstock moved that the concurrent resolution fixing the day of adjournment, offered by him on Thursday last, be taken from the table, which motion was lost.

Mr. Kilborn gave notice that he would on some future day ask leave to introduce a bill authorizing the holding of the courts of Ing ham county alternately at Mason and Lansing.

Mr. Ferguson gave notice that he would on some future day ask leave to introduce a bill,

On motion of Mr, Coe,

The report of the committee on banks and incorporations, on the bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the sale of the Southern railroad and to incorporate the Michigan Southern railroad company, was recommitted to the committee.

The bill for the improvement of Flat river in the counties of Montcalm, Ionia and Kent, was read the third time, when

Mr. Chamberlain moved that it be laid on the table, which motion was lost, and

The bill was passed, by the following vote:

The question being on the title of the bill,

Mr. Fox moved that it be amended by adding thereto, the words. and an appropriation of lands hereafter to be obtained by the State.

of Michigan," which motion was rejected and the original title was

agreed to.

Mr. Chittenden, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution, which was adopted, viz:

Resolved, That the committee on internal improvement be directed to procure the printing of five hundred copies of the report of the committee on banks and incorporations, on the bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the sale of the Southern railroad and to incorporate the Michigan Southern railroad company, with the following alterations; insert the words "majority of the" before "committee," in the heading, and strike out of the second line from the bottom of the first page, the words "they have come unanimously," and insert in lieu thereof, "and a majority have come." The House having arrived at the order of unfinished business, up the bill to authorize Townsend North to build a dam across Cass river, and

took

The bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the New Baltimore and Romeo plank road company, approved April 3, 1848. And they were severally ordered to be read the third time.

The bill repealing section eight and amendatory of section one of chapter one hundred and fourteen, title twenty-four of the revised statutes, was taken up, when

Mr. G. B. Turner moved that all after the enacting clause be stricken out, which motion prevailed, and

On motion of Mr. G. B. Turner,

The further consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed. The bill to authorize the wardens and vestry of Trinity church in ' Marshall, to convey certain real estate, was taken up and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time.

The bill relative to the discharge of judgments and decrees, and for other purposes, was taken up, when

Mr. Giddings moved that it be laid on the table, which motion was lost, and

The amendment to the bill reported by the committee of the whole was concurred in.

On motion of Mr. G. B. Turner,

All after the enacting clause of the bill was stricken out, and the further consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed.

The bill relative to the publication of the laws and joint resolutions

was taken

up, and the first and second amendments thereto, reported by the committee of the whole, were concurred in, and the third amendment was non-concurred in.

On motion of Mr. J. W. Turner,

The vote non-concurring in the third amendment was reconsidered.

Mr. Coe moved that the bill be committed to the committee on state affairs, with the following instructions:

First. To inquire into the expediency of repealing the law creating a state paper; and

Second. To amend the bill so as to provide the mode of determining the paper in which to publish the laws.

Which motion was agreed to.

The joint resolution relative to furnishing certain laws and documents to the military store-keeper of the Detroit United States arsenal at Dearbornville, was taken up, and the amendment thereto, reported by the committee of the whole, was concurred in, and

The joint resolution was ordered to be read the third time.

The bill to continue for a limited time the charter of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan, was taken up, and the first, second and fourth amendments thereto, reported by the committee of the whole, were concurred in.

On motion of Mr. Coe,

The third amendment was amended by striking out all after the word "or" in the twelfth line, and the amendment as amended was concurred in.

On motion of Mr. Ferguson,

The following was added to the bill to stand as section nine, viz: "Sec. 9. The charter of said corporation shall not be extended by virtue of this act, unless said corporation shall, on or before the fifth day of November A. D. 1849, cause to be filed with the Auditor General of this state, a certificate under its corporate seal, and signed by its president and cashier, setting forth that the said corporation assents to become subject to all the provisions of this act."

Mr. Chamberlain offered the following substitute for section two: "From and after the expiration of the present charter, all bills or notes issued by said bank shall be secured by evidences of debt, issued and payable by the United States, the state of New-York, Michigan, or some one of the New-England states, which pay interest at a