pany;" and the second line of section nine was amended by inserting the words, "one of which shall be in this state," after "offices." The substitute, as amended, was then concurred in by a twothirds vote.

On motion of Mr. Coe,

The committee of the whole were discharged from the further consideration of the bill to incorporate the Minesota mining company, and the question being on concurring in the Senate substitute there'for,

Mr. Coe moved that section six thereof be amended by adding to it the following words: "And any person may enforce the said lien by filing with any court having jurisdiction thereof, an affidavit showing to the satisfaction of such court that he has a claim under the provisions of this section, and such court may thereupon issue an attachment against the property of such company, and the same proceedings may be thereupon had as in other cases;" which motion prevailed.

The substitute, as amended, was then concurred in by a two-thirds

vote.

Mr. Kilborn moved that the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill for the improvement of the county line road from Gidley's station, in the county of Jackson, to Lansing, in the county of Ingham; which motion did not prevail.

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

A bill to authorize John W. Russell to erect a dam across Grand river, in the county of Eaton;

A bill to define and amend the eighth subdivision of section twenty-seven of chapter one hundred and six of the revised statutes of 1846;

A bill to amend chapter one-hundred and twenty-three of the re. ised statutes of 1846;

A bill to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of 1846, relative to appeals;

A bill to amend section four of chapter eighty-eight, of the revised statutes of 1846;

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to exempt a homestead from forced sale in certain cases, approved March 25, 1848;

A joint resolution relative to a donation of lands by the general government for the erection of state asylums for the insane, blind, deaf and dumb; and

Joint resolutions relative to moneys advanced by the state of Michigan in behalf of the United States and for other purposes.

The bill to provide for the laying out and establishing a certain state road in the counties of Oakland and Genesee, was read the third time, when

Mr. Giddings, by unanimous consent, moved to amend the second section thereof by striking ont the words "upon lands or parcels of lands lying wholly within the distance of," and inserting "upon any legal lands, subdivisions of lands, an equal or the greater part of which shall be within the two lines running parallel with said road," which motion prevailed, and

The bill was then passed.

The bill to require the supervisors of Berrien county to construct and maintain certain bridges in said county, was read the third time and passed, by the following vote:

The bill to incorporate the trustees of Elmwood cemetery, and The bill to incorporate the Northville hydraulic company, Were severally read the third time and each passed by a twothirds vote.

The bill to incorporate the Detroit savings fund institute was read the third time and passed, by a two-thirds vote, as follows:

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

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called, and Messrs. Chittenden, David, Davis, Earl, Ferguson, M. S. Gillett, Hartsuff, Ingersoll, Salyer, Tilden and Wright were absent on leave, and Messrs. A. Gillet, Hatch and Mosher were absent without leave.

Mr. Deming asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Mosher for an indefinite period.

On motion of Mr. Coe,

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

Mr. Morton presented the petition of A. and E. S. Higgins, of New York, asking that certain warrants may be re-issued; referred to the committee on claims.

Mr. Lovell presented the remonstrance of Simon Heath and twelve others, against attaching a part of the township of Keene to the town

ship of Boston, in Ionia county; referred to the committee on the organization of townships and counties.

Mr. McNeil presented the remonstrance of three hundred and ten citizens of Shiawassee county, and of the county officers of Shiawassee, against the vacation or removal of the county site of said county; referred to the committee on the organization of townships and counties.

Mr. McNeil also presented the remonstrance of the special commissioner appointed under appropriation act number ninety-five of 1848, in relation to the appropriation therein named; and

The remonstrance of the contractor under the same appropriation act, against a division of the appropriation therein made; which remonstrances were referred to the committee on public lands.

Mr. McNeil also presented the remonstrance of two hundred and forty-two citizens of Shiawassee county, in relation to a certain road; referred to the committee on roads and bridges.

Mr. J. W. Turner presented the petition of R. Kibbee and others, for a charter for a company to construct a certain plank road in Lenawee county; and

The petition of Davis Smith and others, for a charter for a company to construct a plank road from Medina to Morenci, on a route therein described; which petitions were referred to the committee on banks and incorporations.

Mr. Parkhurst, 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:

A bill relative to certain taxes in the township of Norton, in the county of Ottawa;

A bill to attach certain portions of the township of Hamtramck, in the county of Wayne, to the township of Grosse Point, in said county,

and

A bill requiring the commissioner of the state land office to make an annual report to the regents of the University of Michigan.

Mr. J. W. Turner, from the committee on banks and incorporations, to whom was referred the bill to incorporate the North American health insurance company, reported the same back without amend ment, and asked to be discharged from its further consideration, Which report was accepted, and the committee discharged, and the

bill was ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Deming, from the committee on roads and bridges, to whom was referred the Senate bill to authorize the supervisors of the county of Kent to construct a free bridge across Grand river, at or near the mouth of Flat river, in the township of Lowell, reported the same back without amendment, and asked to be discharged from its further consideration;

Which report was accepted, the committee discharged from its further consideration and the bill referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Deming, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill to authorize the supervisors of the county of Ionia to build a free bridge across Grand river, at Saranac, in the township of Boston, and for other purposes, and

The bill to amend an act entitled an act for the improvement of the Bellevue and Waterloo state road in the county of Eaton, approved March 27, 1848,

Reported the same back without amendment, and asked to be discharged from their further consideration;

Which report was accepted and the committee discharged, and the bills were ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Deming, from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of E. N. Peck, and others, relative to a certain road, reported the same back without action, which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Mr. Pennoyer, from the committee on ways and means, to whom was referred the bill to authorize the Auditor General to procure certain maps, reported the same back without amendment, and reported adverse to the passage of the bill, which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, and

The bill was ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Coe, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to legalize the plats of the villages of Orion and New