be taken from the table, which motion was lost, by the following Mr. Ingersoll sent up to the chair a preamble and resolution, which was read, when Mr. Chittenden moved that it be laid on the table, ordered printed, and that the Clerk be directed not to enter the same on the journal. A division of the question being called for, it was first taken on laying on the table, and decided in the affirmative, by the following The question was then taken on ordering the preamble and resolution to be printed; it was decided in the negative, and The question then being on directing the Clerk not to enter the same on the journal, it was decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Pennoyer, Stevens, G. B.Turner, YEAS. YEAS. Mr. Davis, Coe, 20 Mr. Ingersoll moved that he be excused from serving on any of the standing committees of this House, which motion prevailed, by the following vote: Mr. Allen Mr. Lockwood, The bill to provide for the removal of the state land office to the Wright, 5 seat of government, and the substitute therefor, were taken from the table. On motion of Mr. G. B. Turner, The substitue was amended by adding the following to section seven: "The several county treasurers receiving moneys under the provisions of this act are required to give to the state a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the county judge, board of supervisors or county auditors, of their respective counties, conditioned that the said moneys shall be paid over to the state treasurer and accounted for as directed in this act: said bonds shall be filed with the state treasurer within four months from the passage of this act." On motion of Mr. Coe, The following section was added to the substitute: "Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the state land office, on or before the first day of February in each year, to transmit to the county treasurer a statement of all university, salt spring and school lands within such county upon which any principal or interest is due or unpaid, the amount of principal due on each description, the amount of interest annually due thereon, with such directions and instructions as he may deem necessary to enable such treasurer fully to carry out the provisions of this act." Mr. Ferguson moved to amend the substitute by striking out all after the enacting clause except the words "the office of recorder of the land office shall be and is hereby abolished," which motion was lost. The substitute was then adopted, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time. On motion of Mr. Wright, The House adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Two o'clock P. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. Mr. Deming moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill to repeal the sixteenth section of an act to amend the revised stat utes of 1846, approved April 3, 1848, was committed to the committee on state affairs, with instructions to amend the same so as to allow the city of Monroe to retain its license moneys, on condition that it supports its own poor, which motion prevailed, and The question recurring on the motion to commit the bill with the instructions, it was lost. Mr, Hawley moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the House refused to commit the bill to the committee on the judiciary, with instructions to add thereto the following to stand as section two: All sums of money paid for licenses by tavern keepers, retailers or common victualers in the county of Monroe, pursuant to the provisions of chapter forty-one of the revised statutes of 1846; or any other act in relation to taverns or other licensed houses, shall be paid to the city or township treasurer, and be expended in the city or township where said licenses are granted, for defraying any proper charges and expenses arising in said city or township, and shall be subject to the order of the proper city council or township board for said purposes. Which motion was lost, The question then being on the passage of the bill, it was passed. On motion of Mr. Lockwood, The committe of the whole were discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution relative to the pay of the late Herman C, Noble, and the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a 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. McNair, Resolved, That two thousand copies of the report of the committee of this House on the revision of the constitution be printed for the use of the members. Mr. Hartsuff, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill authorizing township clerks to subscribe for certain newspapers, and for other purposes, which was read twice, when Mr. Hawley moved that its further consideration be indefinitely postponed, which motion was lost, and the bill was referred to the committee on state affairs. Mr. Davis, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill to authorize Eunice James, widow of Solomon James, to sell certain real estate, which was read twice an referred to the committee on the judiciary. The following entitled bills and joint resolution were severally read the third time and passed, viz : A bill to provide for draining certain low lands in the vicinity of Detroit; A bill to authorize Asquire W. Aldrich to build a dam across the Clinton river, in the county of Macomb; A bill to amend section nineteen of chapter one hundred and fifty of the revised statutes of 1846; A bill to alter the town line dividing the townships of St. Clair and China, in the county of St. Clair; A bill to authorize certain Indians to convey lands in the county of Allegan; A bill for the relief of school district number eight of the township of Ransom, in the county of Hillsdale; A bill to amend chapter fifty eight of the revised statutes of 1846; A bill to vacate a portion of the plat of the village of Berrien, in the county of Berrien; A bill authorizing the commissioner of the state land office to sell certain lots in the town of Lansing; and A joint resolution relative to the pay of the late Herman C. Noble. 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, was read the third time, and On motion of Mr. Hammond, Recommitted to the committee on roads and bridges, with general instructions. Mr. Bowne, by unanimous consent, moved to take from the table the bill to organize certain townships, and for other purposes, which motion prevailed. The Senate amendments to the bill were severally concurred in, and it was ordered to be enrolled as amended. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the general order, Mr. Hawley in the chair, and after spending some time thereon, the committee rose and reported back to the House without amendment, |