vor of the allowance of the claims of Messrs. Andrews and Moffatt, for expenses incurred as a committee in the investigation of the claim of Evert B. Dyckman to a seat in this House, and recommended that the claims be referred to the committee on ways and means with instructions to embody the amount in the general appropriation bill; which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, and the claims were referred to the committee on ways and means, with the instructions. Mr. Ferguson, from the committee on the judiciary, reported a. bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Governor to issue patents in certain cases, approved April 28, 1846; which was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to..the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The following communications were received from the Executive: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, March 16, 1849.5 To the House of Representatives: I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, An act to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of 1846, in relation to appeals; Also a joint resolution relative to the pay of the late Herman C. Noble. To the House of Representatives: EPAPHRO. RANSOM. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, March 16, 1849.) I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, An act authorizing Isaac N. Swan to erect and maintain a dam across Paw Paw river, in Berrien county. EPAPHRO. RANSOM. The bill to incorporate the St. Joseph valley railroad company, was read the third time and passed by a two-thirds vote, as follows: 1.1.1 YEAS. Mr. McNair, Deming, Moffatt, Moran, Flower, Mulhollen, A.. Gillet, O'Malley, Haight, Parkhurst, The title of the bill was amended by striking out the words "St. Joseph valley" and inserting "Marshall and Constantine." The House then resolved itself into committee of the whole on the general order, Mr. Tilden in the chair, and after spending some time thereon, the committee rose and through their chairman reported back to the House without amendment, A bill to vacate the village plat of the village of Bloomingrove, the county of Berrien; and A 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; And also reported back, with amendments, in which the concur rence of the House was asked, A bill for the relief of Indians; and A bill to incorporate the Lansing coal company. The bill to vacate the village plat of the village of Bloomingrove, in the county of Berrien, was, On motion of Mr. Chamberlain, 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, was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time. The bill for the relief of Indians, was, On motion of Mr. H. H. Comstock, Laid on the table. The amendments reported by the committee to the bill to incorpo rate the Lansing coal company, were concurred in, in gross, and the bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read the third time. 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 to authorize Esther Tuthill to convey certain real estate; A bill to alter the town line dividing the townships of St. Clair and China, in the county of St. Clair; and A bill to organize certain townships, and for other purposes. The committee of the whole were discharged from the further consideration of the bill to vacate the seat of justice of Shiawassee county, and for other purposes. On motion of Mr. J. W. Turner, The House adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Two o'clock P. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. The bill to vacate the seat of justice of Shiawassee county, and for other purposes, was taken up, when Mr. Pennoyer offered a substitute therefor entitled "an bill to authorize the board of supervisors of Shiawassee county to raise money to erect county buildings." Mr. Fox moved to amend the substitute by adding thereto the following, to stand as section four: Sec. 4. The board of supervisors shall, before they determine to raise money for the purpose contemplated by this act, by a vote of a majority of all the supervisors elected, if in their judgment the best Interests of the county require it, vacate the present seat of justice of said county and relocate the same at such point as will best subserve the public interest, and the place selected by the supervisors as aforesaid shall thereafter be and remain the seat of justice of Shiawassee county. Mr. Hawley moved the previous question, which was demanded, and the main question was ordered to be now put. The question then being on the amendment moved by Mr. Fox, it was rejected, by the following vote: |