Two-thirds of all the members present having voted in the affirm

ative, the bill was declared to be passed, notwithstanding the objec

tions of the Executive.

On motion of Mr. Chittenden,

The House adjourned.

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Monday, March 26, 1849.

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

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called, and Messrs. Curtis, M. S. Gillett, Mosher and Tilden were absent on leave, and Mr. Allen was absent without leave.

Mr. Dayton asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. St. Clair for an indefinite period from and after to-day.

Mr. Stevens presented the petition of James Wright and others; of Morrison Greene and others; of James Copeland and others; of Wm. Harsha and others; of Levi Bishop and others, and of James Suther land and others, all of Detroit, for the passage of the bill supplementary to the charter of the Detroit, Romeo, and Port Huron railroad company; which were laid on the table.

Mr. Dayton presented the petition of F. King and two hundred and ninety-four others, inhabitants of the county of Genesee, on the subject of intemperance; referred to the committee on state affairs.

Mr. Ferguson, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom were referred the Senate bill to vacate a portion of the map or plat of the town of Lyons, in the county of Ionia; and

The Senate bill to provide for settling the damages occasioned by the erection of dams for mills, where the waters thereof overflow ad jacent lands,

Reported the same back without amendment and recommended that they be not passed, which report was accepted, and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subjects, and the bills were placed on the file of bills reported against.

Mr. Ferguson, from the same committee, to whom were referred the following entitled bills, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended their passage, viz:

A bill to authorize Mary Ann Miller to convey certain real estate; A bill for the vacation of certain streets and an alley in the village of Byron, in the county of Shiawassee;

A bill to amend chapter seven, title two of the revised statutes, .and

A bill to amend sections eighteen, twenty, twenty-four and twen ty-eight, of title nine, chapter forty-one of the revised statutes.

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

Mr. Ferguson, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill to authorize Charlotte Pratt, widow of John W. Pratt, deceased, to convey certain real estate, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended its passage, which report was accepted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject, and the bill was referred to a committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. J. W. Turner, from the committee on banks and incorporations, to whom was referred the following entitled bills, reported the same back without amendment and recommended their passage, viz:

A bill to incorporate the Peninsula eclectic medical college of Detroit;

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Jackson mining company of Jackson;

A bill to incorporate the Monroe and Flat Rock plank road company;

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Detroit and Utica plank road company; and

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Tecumseh;

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

Mr. Davis, from the committee on roads and bridges, to whom was referred the Senate bill to create a road fund for the benefit of the German colonists in Saginaw county, and to authorize the appointment of commissioners to expend the same, reported the same back without amendment, and recommended its passage, 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.

Mr. Pennoyer, from the committee on ways and means, reported a bill making appropriations to defray certain expenses authorized for the year 1849, which was read twice, ordered to printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. O. C. Comstock, from the committee on education, reported a bill supplementary to an act entitled an act to establish a state Normal school, which was read twice and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time.

On motion of Mr. O. C. Comstock,

The rule was suspended so that the bill may receive its third reading to-day, and the engrossment being dispensed with, it was placed on the order of bills for a third reading.

Mr. O. C. Comstock, from the same committee, reported a bill to authorize Adrian union school district number one, to borrow mo. ney for the purposes therein mentioned, which was read twice, ordered to be printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

Mr. Morton, from the committee on state affairs, to whom was referred the bill to provide for the election of a board of state auditors, 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 placed on the file of bills reported against.

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,

iz:

A bill to amend and consolidate the act to incorporate the stockholders of the Michigan Insurance company of Detroit, approved March 7, 1834, and the several acts amendatory thereto;

A bill to incorporate the president, directors and company of the Peninsular bank;

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to establish an asylum for the deaf and dumb, and blind, and also an asylum for the insane of the state of Michigan;

A bill appropriating certain highway taxes for the improvement of a certain road in the counties of Barry and Eaton; and

A bill to amend an act to incorporate the Dexter and Michigan plank road company, approved April 3, 1848.

Mr. McNeil from the committee of conference on the part of the House on the disagreement between the two Houses on the bill to authorize a re-location of the Northern wagon road between the villages of Flint and Corunna, submitted a report which was accepted and the committee discharged, and the report was concurred in by the House.

The following communication was received from the Executive: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, March 26, 1849.j

To the House of Representatives:

I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State,

An act to incorporate the Trenton and Ypsilanti plank road com pany;

An act to incorporate the Ray and Almont plank road company;

Also, an act for the relief of school district number eight of the township of Ransom, in the county of Hillsdale.

EPAPHRO. RANSOM.

The following message was received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, March 25, 1849.)

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR: I am instructed to return herewith the following entitled bills, and to respectfully inform you that the Senate have concurred therein, viz:

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

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Governor to issue patents in certain cases, approved April 28, 1846.

Also, the following entitled bill and joint resolutions, which the Senate have passed with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, viz:

A bill to authorize the plats of the villages of Orion and New Canandaigua City, in the township of Orion, in the county of Oakland, to be recorded, and for other purposes;

Joint resolution relative to the claim of Alexander Titchworth; and Joint resolution authorizing the Auditor General to draw certain

warrants.

Also, that the Senate have receded from their first, second, third, seventh and eighth amendments to a bill to incorporate the Lansing coal company, which bill is herewith returned.

I am further instructed to transmit herewith the following entitled bill and joint resolution which the Senate have passed and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, viz:

A bill in relation to school district number six, in the township of Barry, in the county of Barry;

Joint resolution relative to the discharge of a certain mortgage. Respectfully, &c.,

W. L. BANCROFT,

Secretary of the Senate.

The following entitled bills were ordered to be enrolled, viz:

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;

A bill to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the Governor to issue patents in certain cases, approved April 28 1846; and

A bill to incorporate the Lansing coal company.

The Senate bill in relation to school district number six, in the township of Barry, in the county of Barry, was read twice and refer red to the committee on education.

The Senate joint resolution relative to the discharge of a certain, mortgage, was read twice and referred to the committee on the ju diciary..