The following entitled bills were severally ordered to be read the third time, viz: A bill in relation to the terms of the supreme court; A bill to authorize Richard H. Connor to convey certain real es-. tate; A bill in relation to the recorder of Detroit; and The joint resolution was then ordered to be read the third time. The rule was suspended and the joint resolution was read the third time, and was passed, by the following vote:: A bill to incorporate the village of Port Huron. The following entitled bills were severally ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and the engrossment being dispensed with, they were placed on the order of bills for a third reading, viz: A bill to incorporate the village of Leslie; and A bill to amend an act appropriating certain internal improvement lands for the benefit of the Holland colony and other immigrants now settling in the counties of Ottawa and Allegan. The House having arrived at the order of unfinished business, took up the following entitled bills, and ordered them to be read the third time, viz: A bill to alter and lay out a certain state road; and A bill providing for the payment of fees of certain officers for services rendered in criminal cases. The amendments reported by the committee of the whole to the bill to amend section four of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the revised statutes of 1846, were non-concurred in, and The bill was ordered to be read the third time. The amendments reported to the bill to authorize the supreme court to make rules regulating the practice in the circuit and county eourts in cases where a non-joinder or mis-joinder of parties occur, were concurred in, and The bill was ordered to be read the third time. The bill to incorporate the Union mining company was taken and On motion of Mr. Coe, up, Amended by adding to section six the following words: “And any person may enforce the said lien by filing with any court having jurisdiction thereof, an affidavit showing to the satisfaction of such court that he has a claim under the provisions of this section, and such court may thereupon issue an attachment against the property of such company, and the same proceedings may be thereupon had as in other cases." The bill was then ordered to be read the third time. The amendment reported to the bill to encourage the publication of the report of the geological and lineal surveys and accompanying maps of the upper peninsula of Michigan, was concurred in, and On motion of Mr. Stevens, The further consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed. The amendments reported to the bill to refer to the electors of the county of Berrien the question of removing the county seat to the village of Niles, were concurred in, and On motion of Mr. Stevens, The further consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed. The bill to create a state board of equalization and to apportion the state tax among the several counties of the state, was taken up, and the question being en concurring in the substitute therefor, reported from the committee of the whole, Mr. Turrill moved to amend the substitute by striking out of the third line of the sixth section the word "ninety," and insert “seventy." Mr. Lovell moved to amend the motion so as to insert "eighty," which motion prevailed, and the amendment as amended was then agreed to. Mr. Coe moved that the further consideration of the bill be indefinitely postponed, which motion was decided in the negative, by the The substitute was then adopted, and the bill was ordered to be read the third time. The following communications were received from the Executive: To the House of Representatives: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, March 31, 1849.) I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, An act to authorize Eunice James, widow of Solomon James, to sell certain real estate; An act to incorporate the Phoenix copper company; An act supplementary to an act to establish a state Normal school; and An act to incorporate the Native copper company. To the House of Representatives: EPAPHRO. RANSOM. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Lansing, March 31, 1849.) I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, An act to provide for laying out a state road from Ohio, north to the village of Hudson; An act to lay out a state road in the county of Ottawa; An act to vacate the plat of the village of the Lake, in the county of Washtenaw; An act to define and amend the eighth subdivision of section twenty-seven of chapter one hundred and six of the revised statutes of 1846; An act to repeal the sixteenth section of an act to amend the revised statutes of 1846, approved April 3, 1848; An act to repeal section two of an act to provide against the recovery of damages done by beasts on lands which are not enclosed by a lawful fence, approved March 17, 1847; An act to enlarge the powers and increase the number of officers in school districts in certain cases; and An act to incorporate the Galesburg and Grand Rapids plank road company. EPAPHRO. RANSOM. The following messages were received from the Senate: SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, March 29, 1849.) To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed to respectfully inform you that the Senate have concurred in the House amendments to the following entitled bills and joint resolutions, and have ordered the same as amended to be enrolled: Joint resolution relative to the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, and the Sault Ste Marie; A bill to consolidate the laws in relation to county courts, and for other purposes, and A bill for the relief of David A. Wright. I am further instructed to return herewith the following entitled bills and joint resolution, and to respectfully inform you that the Senate have non-concurred therein, viz: A bill to require the county treasurers to cancel and adjust certain sales of lands for taxes; A bill to repeal section five of an act entitled an act relative to state printing, approved March 12, 1849; Joint resolution to rescind joint resolution; number thirty-two of the session laws of 1848. 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 for improving the navigation of Maple river; A bill to prevent the transportation of pickled fish without inspection; A bill to authorize Adrian union school district number one to borrow money for the purposes therein mentioned; and A bill to vacate the plat of the village of Sharon, in the county of Washtenaw. Respectfully, &c., W. L. BANCROFT, Secretary of the Senate. The bills returned with the foregoing message were ordered to be enrolled. 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 |