The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. Mr. Deming, from the committee on reads and bridges, to whom was referred the Senate bill to appropriate four hundred acres of intornal improvement land to aid in constructing a bridge across the Thornapple river, in the township of Caledonia, in Kent county, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended that it be not passed, 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. The following message was received from the Senate: SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, March 6, 1849.j To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR: I am instructed to return herewith the following entitled bill and joint resolution, which the Senate have passed with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House, is respectfully asked, viz: A bill to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of 1846, relative to appeals; and Joint resolution relative to salt spring lands in the town of Saline. I am further instructed to respectfully inform you that the Senate refuse to concur in the first and fifth amendments of the House to a bill to incorporate the Siskoweit mining company of Michigan; that Messrs. Isbell, Thomson and Griswold have been appointed committee of conference on the part of the Senate on the disagreement between the two Houses on said bill; and to request the appointment of a like committee on the part of the House. Respectfully, &c., W. L. BANCROFT, The Senate amendments to the bill to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of 1846, relative to appeals, were severally non-concurred in. The Senate amendments to the joint resolution relative to salt spring lands in the town of Saline, were concurred in, and the joint resolution as amended was ordered to be enrolled. On motion of Mr. H. H. Comstock, A committee of conference was ordered to be appointed on the part of the House, on the disagreement between the two Houses on the bill to incorporate the Siskoweit mining company of Michigan, and The Speaker appointed Messrs. H. H. Comstock, O'Malley and Coe, as such committee. Mr. David offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on engrossment and enrollment be and they are hereby authorized to employ a suitable person as an assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, at any time when they may deem it necessary. Mr. Kilborn offered the following as a substitute for the resolution, which was concurred in, viz: Resolved, That the committee on enrolled bills be, and they are hereby instructed to employ G. G. Deshon assistant Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk of this House, and that they be empowered to employ any further assistance, should it become necessary. Mr. Parkhurst moved that the resolution be laid on the table, which motion was lost, and The resolution, as amended, was adopted. Mr. Kilborn gave notice that on some future day he would ask leave to introduce a bill to provide for improving Grand river, in the township of Lansing, as a highway, and for other purposes; Mr. Parkhurst, from the committee on engrossment and enrollment, reported a bill for the dissolution of a certain school district in the county of Oakland, which was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The bill appropriating certain highway taxes for the improvement of a certain road in the counties of Barry and Eaton, was read the third time, when Mr. Bowne, by unanimous consent, moved to amend the seventh line of section one, by striking out the word "five," before "years," and inserting "three," which amendment was agreed to, and The bill was then passed. The bill to repeal the sixteenth section of an act to amend the revised statutes of 1846, approved April 3, 1848, was read the third time, when Mr. Hawley moved that it be recommitted to the committee on the organization of townships and counties, with instructions to amend the bill so as to except the city of Monroe from its provisions, if in' their opinion justice requires the same, which motion was lost. On motion of Mr. Morton, The bill was laid on the table. The bill to repeal an act to provide against the recovery of damages done by beasts on lands which are not enclosed by a lawful fence, was read the third time and passed.. On motion of Mr. Coe, The title was amended by inserting the words "section two of" after "repeal" and by adding the words "approved March 17, 1847." The House having arrived at the order of unfinished business, took up the protest yesterday offered by Mr. Chamberlain against the action of the House in passing the bill to require the board of supervisors of Berrien county to construct and maintain certain bridges in said county, and The question being on the motion of Mr. H. H. Comstock, that the same be laid on the table and leave granted to Mr. Chamberlain to, withdraw the same from the files of the House, when The motion was withdrawn by the mover. The Speaker decided the paper not to be a protest within the meaning of the constitution, as it was not confined to a discussion of the act, but contained reflections on the House. Mr. Chamberlain appealed from that decision, and the question, being, shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the House? it was decided in the affirmative, by the following vote: The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. The bill to provide for the sale of certain state tax lands and lands withheld for taxes, and for other purposes, was taken up, and the first amendment thereto reported by the committee of the whole, was non-concurred in, and the second amendment was concurred in by the House. On motion of Mr. Buck, The words, "heretofore prescribed by law," were stricken out of the fourth line of section three. Mr. Coe moved to amend the bill by adding thereto the following, to stand as a new section: Sec. That sections seventy-one and seventy-two of said chapter twenty, are hereby amended, by striking out the words "Auditor General" wherever they occur in said sections, and insert in lieu thereof, the words "county treasurer;" so that said sections will read as follows: Sec. 71. The county treasurer shall cause such statements to be published in the county in which the lands therein described are situate, for eight weeks successively, next previous to the first Monday in October in each year, in one newspaper printed and published in such county, if there be one, which shall have been established therein three months prior to the first day of April; and in case there is no such newspaper printed and published in the county, such statement shall be printed and published in an adjoining county, if here be such newspaper established therein; but if there is no suck newspaper printed or published in the same or any adjoining county, such statement shall be printed and published in the state paper. Sec. 72. The newspaper in which such statements are to be published shall be designated by the county treasurer, on or before the first day of April in each year, and not afterwards, unless the proprietor of any paper so designated, shall neglect or refuse to print and publish such statement, or unless from some other cause it shall become impracticable, in which case the county treasurer shall designate some other paper for that purpose before the time limited for commencing the publication. Pending the question on this amendment, On motion of Mr. G. B Turner, The bill was laid on the table. The bill relative to the costs of proceedings in criminal cases was taken up, And the first amendment reported thereto by the committee of the whole was concurred in, and the second amendment was non-concurred in. On motion of Mr. Hawley,' The words "residing out of the township or city where the court may be held," were inserted after "person" in the first line of section two. Mr. Coe moved that the bill be recommitted to the committee on the judiciary with instructions to strike out the first section, which motion was lost, and The bill was ordered to be read the third time. The bill for the improvement of the road leading from Pontiac, in the county of Oakland, to Lapeer, in the county of Lapeer, was taken up, and The question being on concurring in the amendment reported by the committee of the whole, striking out all after the enacting clause, Mr. H. H. Comstock moved to amend the second line of section one by striking out the word "three" before "thousand” and inserting "one," which motion was lost. Mr. Haight moved that section one be stricken out, which motion was lost. Mr. Stevens moved that all after the first section be stricken out, which motion was not agreed to. |