Mr. Deming moved that the bill and amendments be laid on the table, and the amendments ordered to be printed, which motion was decided in the negative, by the following vote:

Mr. McNair,
Pennoyer,
Smith,

YEAS.

The question then being on the first Senate amendment, which amendment strikes out of the first line of section two, the words "three years," and inserts "one year,"

Mr. Chamberlain moved that the amendment be amended by striking out the words "one year," and inserting "from and after the expiration of the present charter," which motion was lost, by the following vote:

The question then recurring on concurring in the first Senate amendment to the bill, it was concurred in, by a two-thirds vote, as

The remainder of the Senate amendments were concurred in, in

gross, by a two-thirds vote, as follows:

The bill was then ordered to be enrolled.

The bill to incorporate the Lansing coal company was taken up, and the question being on concurring in the Senate amendments thereto, the fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth amendments were severally concurred in, each by a two-thirds vote, and the remainder of the amendments were severally non-concurred in.

The bill to incorporate the Monroe and Belleville plank road company was taken up, and the Senate amendment thereto, was non-concurred in.

The Senate amendment to the bill to provide for the appointment of a county judge for the county of Ingham, was concurred in, and the bill as amended was ordered to be enrolled.

Mr. G. B. Turner moved that the committee of the whole be dis-charged from the further consideration of the bill to suppress monopolies and to repeal certain obnoxious laws, which motion prevailed, by the following vote;

Mr. Andrews,

YEAS.

Mr. Moffatt,

Moran,

Mulhollen,

Pennoyer,
Salyer,
Smith,
St. Clair,
Stoddard,

G. B. Turner,
Wilkinson,

Bacon,

Burk,

Cady,'

Mr. Giddings,
A. Gillet,
Haight,
Hammond,

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NAYS..

Mr. Hawley, moved that the bill be laid on the table, which mo-tion was decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Parkhurst gave notice that he would on some future dày ask leave to introduce a bill authorizing Nelson W. Clark, as administrator, and Charlotte Pratt, as administratrix, to convey certain real es

tate.

On motion of Mr. Hartsuff,

The committee of the whole were discharged from the further con-sideration of the bill to amend chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes of 1846; and

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and the engrossment being dispensed with, it was placed on the order of bills for a third reading.

On motion of Mr. G. B. Turner,

The bill to define the jurisdiction of county courts, and for other purposes, was taken from the table, and made the special order for

to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Ferguson,

The committee of the whole were discharged from the further con-sideration of the bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Governor to issue patents in certain cases, approved April 28, 1846,, and

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and the engrossment being dispensed with, it was placed on the order of bills for a third reading.

Mr. David, from the committee on engrossment and enrollment, reported that a bill to provide for the election of a county judge for Ingham county, was correctly enrolled and was this day presented to the Governor for his approval.

Mr. Ferguson moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the House refused yesterday to pass 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, when

Mr. McNair made the following question of order:

"That the vote sought to be reconsidered by this motion, was the reconsideration of a former vote, and recognized as such by the constitution of the state, and, by a rule of this House, no vote on any subject shall be reconsidered a second time without the unanimous consent of the House."

On motion of Mr. G. B. 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.

Mr. Chamberlain moved a call of the House, which was had, when it was found that Messrs. Earl, Hatch, Ingorsoll, Moran, O'Malley, St. Clair, Turrill and Tuttle were absent without leave.

On motion of Mr. Andrews,

The Sergeant-at-Arms was sent after the absentees.
Several of the absentees having returned,

On motion of Mr. J. W. Turner,

All further proceedings under the call, were dispensed with. The question before the House being on the point of order raised this morning by Mr. McNair,

The Speaker decided the motion to reconsider to be in order.

Mr. G. B. Turner appealed from the 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;