into a township, and to attach the same to Saginaw county for
judicial purposes, 58.
Of Oliver Doty and others, of the township of Eagle, in Clinton
county, for the abolition of county courts, 58.
Of H. S. Roberts and others, late officers of the first regiment of
Michigan volunteers, for compensation for recruiting, prior to
being mustered into the service of the United States, 58.
Of H. H. Duncklee & Co., a claim for printing, 70, 77, 132.
Of William Hathaway, Jr., and others, for the organization of a new
township in the county of Ottawa, 70.
Of Daniel Munger and George W. Pattison, proprietors of the Mich-
igan State Journal, relative to the state paper, 72, 78.
Of Daniel Allen and others, for an amendment to the act providing
for the draining of swamps, marshes and other low lands, 75.
Of the board of supervisors of Berrien county, relative to county
courts, and also relative to the tax laws, 75.
Of the board of supervisors of Lenawee county, for an alteration in
certain laws in relation to the draining of swamps, marshes and
other low lands, 75.
Of E. L. Clark and others, for an alteration in the charter of the vil-
lage of Adrian, 75.
Of B. Dansard and others, of the county of Monroe, for the resto-
ration of the garnishee law, or the abolition of all laws for the
collection of debts, 76.
Of W. Briggs, a claim for repairs on the capitol, 81.
Of Robert Duff and others, for an alteration in the boundaries of the
townships of Ash and Frenchtown, 81.
Of Peter Devin and others, against any alteration in the boundaries
of the township of Ash.
Of Stephen A. Fenton and others, of the township of China, in St.
Clair county, for the organization of a new township, 81.
Of James S. Pitts, of Ross, Kalamazoo county, a minor, for the pas-
sage of a law authorizing him to convey certain real estate, 81.
Of citizens of Lenawee county, for the repeal of the act for the drain-
ing of swamps, marshes and other low lands, 81.
Of Isaac N. Swain and others, for the passage of an act authorizing
him to build a dam across the Paw Paw river, in the county of
Berrien, 87.
Of Isaac Otis and others, for the establishment of a state road from
Richland, in Kalamazoo county, to Hastings in Barry county,
and asking an appropriation of internal improvement lands there-
for, 87.
Of Joseph Wood and other citizens of Boston, for the incorporation
of the Phoenix copper company, 87.
Of the board of supervisors of Clinton county, for an amendment of
the law requiring delinquent taxes to be returned to the auditor
general, and also for the abolition or amendment of the county
court system, 91.
Of the board of supervisors of Berrien county, asking an appropria-
tion of internal improvement lands on a certain road, 91.
Of inhabitants of the township of Orleans, in Ionia county, relative
to the construction of a canal and locks around the rapids of
Grand river, 92.
Of John Mickle and others, for the passage of a law legalizing cer-
tain acts of the townships of Reading and Allen, in Hillsdale
county, 92.
Of N. Buel Eldredge and others, for the incorporation of the medi-
cal association of the state of Michigan, 92.
Of the commissioners under the act for the draining of swamps,
marshes and other low lands, 92.
Of Horace Hill and others, for alterations in the existing laws in re-
lation to school inspectors, and also in relation to highway com-
missioners, 99.
Of citizens of the village of Jackson, on the subject of convict labor
in the state prison, 99.
Of tax payers of the village of Tecumseh, for an alteration in the
charter of the said village, 99.
Of William F. Jennison and others, for the passage of a law appro-
priating certain non-resident highway taxes on the road leading
from Portland, in Ionia county, to the Grand river road in Clin-
ton county, 99.
Of Almeron Newman and others, for authority to build a dam across
Grand river, 100.
Of P. Dean Warner and others, of Farmington, Oakland county,
for the re-enactment of the garnishee law, 100.
Of the board of supervisors of Allegan county, relative to the tax
laws, 100.
Of H. Fralick and others, of Wayne county, for the repeal of act
number 137 of the session laws of 1848, in relation to bridges,
Of Frederick Hall and others, for the passage of a law authorizing
the publication of the sales of lands delinquent for taxes in Ionia
county, in the Ionia Gazette, 106.
Of James Harrington and Norman A. Harrington, for the passage of
a law authorizing Norman A. Harrington to convey certain real
Of Leonora M. Ellis, a claim for damages for non-performance of
contract on the part of the state for state printing for the year
1843, 107.
Of Amasa D. Chapman and others, of Oakland county, for an office
to be located in Pontiac for the reception of moneys due for
school lands, 123.
Of the board of supervisors of Kent county, for an appropriation of
internal improvement lands to aid in the construction of a bridge
across Grand river at the mouth of Flat river, in the township
of Lowell, in said county, 123.
Of Jacob Sammons and others, of the county of Michilimackinac, for
the organization of a new township, 123.
Of inhabitants of the township of Fairfield, Lenawee county, to re-
instate section one hundred and forty of chapter fifty-eight of
the revised statutes, 123.
Of Stephen Dow and others, of the township of Lyndon, Washtenaw
county, for an act legalizing their township records in matters of
form, 123.
Of John Hagadon, of Kent county, for the passage of an act allow-
ing him to purchase certain salt spring lands, at one dollar and
twenty five cents per acre, 123.
Of Smith Lapham and others, of the township of Plainfield, in Kent
county, for a division of said township, 124.
Of citizens of Macomb county, for an alteration in the boundaries of
the township of Warren, 124.
Of the grand jury of Wayne county, for the repeal of the law abol-
ishing capital punishment, 128.
Of Samuel R. Munro, for relief on account of damages sustained on
the Central railroad, 128.
Of Alfred Ashley, Niel Gray and others, of Macomb and Lapeer
counties, for the incorporation of a company to construct a plank
road from the village of Ashley to the village of Almont, 128.
Of H. C. Thurber and others, of Pontiac, for an extension of the
time for the collection of taxes in said township, 132.
Of C. R. Sherman and others, for an appropriation for the improve-
ment of a certain road in Eaton county, 132.
Of John V. Hopkins and others, of the township of Norton, in the
county of Ottawa, for the organization of a new township, 132.
Of James Hudson and others, asking the right to purchase certain
lands therein described, 132.
Of inhabitants of the village of Adrian, for an amendment to the
lice nse laws, 132
Of Robert Hilton, relative to certain salt spring lands, 132.
Of John L. Morse, for the attaching of certain territory to the town-
ship of Otisco, in Ionia county, 140.
Of Sheldon Ashley and others, for a division of the township of
Courtland, in the county of Kent, 140.
Of C. H. Taylor and others, against the passage of any law in any
wise changing the terms or plans already adopted for the con-
struction of the canal and locks around the rapids of Grand
river at Grand Rapids, 140.
Of the stockholders of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Mich-
igan, asking an extension of their charter, 140.
Of James M. Tefft, for a law authorizing any common law court of
the county in which he resides to grant him a divorce, for cer-
tain reasons, 147.
Of Andrew Loomis and others, of Kent and Ottawa counties, for
an amendment to the several acts authorizing the construction
of a canal and locks around the rapids of Grand river, 147.
Of James Scribner and others, of Kent county, for an investigation
by the Legislature of the acts of the Grand Rapids canal com-
missioners, and for other purposes, 148.
Of A. Kaminsky and others, for the establishment of an emigration
agency, 148.
Of Robert F. Easton and others, for the extension of the charter of
the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank, 154.
Of D. C. Smith and others, of Lenawee and Hillsdale counties, for
an amendment to the revised statutes in relation to highway
districts on township lines, 154.
Of G. C. Morton, and others, against the passage of any law chang-
ing the terms and plans already adopted for the construction of
the canal and locks around the rapids of Grand river, 154.
Of Elliott and Van Aikin, for payment for damages on a certain con-
tract, 154.
Of Henry M. Hall and others, of Kent county, for the passage of a
law authorizing the permanent location of the county site of said
county, 154.
Of Dan B. Miller and others, of the city of Monroe, for an amend-
ment of the license law, 154.
Of the mayor, recorder and aldermen of the city of Monroe, for au-
thority to re-assess certain taxes in said city, 155.
Of W. R. Marsh and others, of Oakland county, against restoring
the law providing for capital punishment, 155.
Of certain German citizens of this state, asking the publication of the
general laws of this state in the German language, 155.
Of James McGrath, a claim and vouchers, for clothing furnished the
first regiment of Michigan volunteers, 155.
Of N. Greusel, a claim and vouchers, 155.
Of A. Hawley and others, of the township of Sherman, asking that
the southern tier of sections in said township may be attached
to the township of Sturgis, in the county of St. Joseph, 155.
Of J. G. Bean, for relief, 159.
Of Seth C. Jones and others, against the passage of any law chang-
ing the terms and plans already adopted for the construction of
the canal and locks around the rapids of Grand river, 160.
Of William Lewis and others, of the township of Gates, Barry coun-
ty, for a change of the name of said township to Yankee Springs,
Of D. D. T. Chandler and others, for the recharter of the Farmers'
and Mechanics' bank of Michigan, 164.
Of S. Smith Bagley and others, of the township of Pulaski, Jackson
county, for a law authorizing the commissioners of highways of
said township to alter the route of a certain road, 164.
Of J. B. Watson and others, of the townships of White Lake and
Commerce, in Oakland county, for the dissolution of a certain
school district, 164.
Of Isaac Van Tuyl and others, of Genesee county, for an amend-
ment of the tax laws, 164.
Of Daniel Johnson and others, of Lansing, asking authority to drain
certain lots on the school section in said township, and in regard
to the payment for so draining, 165.
Of certain residents of the township of Johnson, in Barry county,
for a division of said township, 165.
Of S. F. Drury, for an amendment to the law regulating the duties
of highway commissioners and overseers of highways, 169.
Of citizens of St. Joseph county, for the incorporation of a company
to construct a railroad from Marshall, via Union City, to Con-
stantine, 169.
Of L. H. Haynes and others, of Saline and vicinity, for a restoration
of the garnishee law, 169.
Of Chester Hammond and others, of Calhoun and Branch counties,
for the incorporation of a company to construct a railroad from
Marshall, via Union City, to Constantine, 169.
Of A. Ward, a claim, 170.
Of Ammon Wilson and others, for an appropriation of internal im-
provement lands to build a bridge across Grand river, at Saranac,
in the township of Boston, in Ionia county, and also for the re-
annexation of certain territory to said township of Boston, 176.
Of W. F. Jennison and others, of the county of Clinton, asking the
consolidation of the counties of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham, into
one county, with the county site at Lansing, 176.
Of the judge advocate general of the Michigan militia, 176.
Of Peter Morey, a claim, 176.
Of George Landon and others, of Monroe county, for the recharter
of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan, 176.
Of C. S. Miller and others, of St. Joseph county, for the incorpora-
tion of a company to construct a railroad from Marshall to Con-
stantine, 176.
Of Holden C. Lowing and others, for the organization of a new town-
ship in the county of Ottawa, 176.
Of Robert Pointer and others, against any alteration in the line of
the Lansing and Allegan road, 176.
Of W. W. Murphy and others, of Hillsdale county, for the recharter
of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan, 182.
Of J. D. Pierce and others, for the appointment of commissioners to
lay out a road from Ceresco mills, in the town of Marshall, to
Bellevue, in Eaton county.
Of Stephen Vickery and others, for a repeal of chapter thirty-eight
of the revised statutes of 1846, and a revival of the poor laws
in force in 1847, 182.
Of George Thomas and others, asking an alteration of the poor laws,
so that each town may support its own poor, 182.
Of L. P. Baldy and others, of St. Joseph county, for the recharter
of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of Michigan, 183.
Of L. C. Fletcher and others, for a change of the name of the coun-
ty of Van Buren, 183.
Of John S. Barry and others, of St. Joseph county, relative to the
claim of John Graham, 183.
Of Franklin Welles and others, of St. Joseph county, for the incorpo-
ration of a company to construct a railroad from Marshall to
Constantine, 183.
Of G. S. Willson and others, for a repeal of the usury laws, 189.
Of N. F. Butterfield and others, for an extension of the charter of the
Farmers' and Mechanics' bank, 189.
Of O. B. Sheldon and others, for the appropriation of certain non-res-
ident highway taxes on the state road from Lansing to Hastings,
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