inform that body, that the House had no business before it, and were now ready to adjourn sine die.

The Speaker appointed as such committee, Messrs. J. D. Pierce and Edmunds, who, after a short absence, returned and reported that they had discharged the duty assigned them.

On motion of Mr. Goodwin,

A committee of two was ordered to be appointed, to act with a like committee on the part of the Senate, to wait on the Governor and inform him that the two Houses had no further business before them, and were now ready to adjourn sine die, and to ask him if he had any further communication to make.

A committee from the Sena'e was announced, consisting of Senators Green and Lathrop, who intormed the House that the Senate had no further business before it, and was now ready to adjourn sine die.

The Speaker appointed as such committee, Messrs. Goodwin and H. Mower.

The following message was received from the Senate:

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to respectfully inform the House that Senators Thurber and Coe have been appointed a committee to join the like committee on the part of the House to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the two Houses are now ready to adjourn.

Your ob't serv't,

JAS. E. PLATT,
Sec. Senate.

Mr. Goodwin, from the committee appointed to wait on the governor, reported that they had discharged that duty, and that the governor had informed them that he had no further communication to make.

The Speaker then rose and addressed the House as follows:

Gentlemen of the House-Your labors are closed, but before I perform the last duty of the chair and dissolve forever, the official relation which has so long united us, accept my warmest thanks for the kindness and courtesey, I have, at all times, officially and personally

received from the members of this House. If my attempts to meet worthily, the responsibilities resulting from this relation have deserved the approbation you have been pleased to-night to bestow upon them, I am largely indebted for my success to the continued co operation of the members of the House, and the efficient services of its able clerk-if they have failed to deserve it, the failure cannot I trust be traced to any fault of inattention. In discharging the duties of the chair, I have ever endeavored to act unbiased by political or personal prejudice-and although we have often differed in opinion and action, I assure you that on my part every feeling inconsistent with the warmest regard for each and all of you, has vanished with the hour of its birth. We part, I trust, friends—and whatever my future lot-whether in public or private life-through every vicissitude of life, I shall look back to our association here with mingled gratitude and praise.

And now, farewell-you have all my fervent wishes for your future wellfare and happiness, and may your return to your respective homes and friends be as joyful as this our parting is sad-once more I bid you one and all an affectionate adieu.

The Speaker then declared the House adjourned sine die.

INDEX.

MEMORIALS, PETITIONS AND REMONSTRANCES.

Page.

Of Wilson H. Stout, in regard to the purchase of certain school
lands,

13

Of D. P. Ward and others, relative to a certain road in the town-
ship of Porter, in Cass county,

13

Of Chauncey B. Goodrich, and others, for a division of the
township of Newark, in Allegan county,

Of Daniel Leggett, and others, for a division of the township of
Watson, in Allegan county,

13

13

Of citizens of the township of Manlius, in Allegan county, for
a law legalizing certain acts of the supervisor of said town-
ship,

Of citizens of the township of Irving, in Barry county, for a di-
vision of said township,

Of Oka Town, of Allegan, for a law legalizing the sale of a
certain piece of land,

18

18.

18

Of inhabitants of Grand River Valley, for an appropriation of
lands to construct a canal around the Rapids of Grand River, 18
Of Henry Post and others, for the appropriation of certain tax-
es on the road from Byron to Lyons,

18

Of the board of supervisors of Oakland county, for compensa-
tion to certain supervisors for certain services,

21

Of Asa Pratt, for relief,

24

Of inhabitants of Grand River Valley, for the attaching certain
towns to Clinton county, for judicial purposes,

24

Of the Monroe City Guards, for an amendment to the militia
law relative to the election of officers,

30

Of Wm. Shepard, and others, of Grand River Valley, for the
attaching of certain towns to Clinton county, for judicial pur-
poses,

30

Of the board of supervisors of Calhoun county, relative to the
location of capitol,

Of H. Hubbard, and others, for the setting off of Beaver Islands
into a separate township,

40

40

Page.

Of Peter Patterson, Thomas Healy, and John Hogadone, settlers
on salt spring lands, for relief,

45

Of S. W. Freelove and others, for the addition of a part of the
township of Bertrand to the township of Niles,

Of Miles J. Beach, and others, for the formation of a new
county out of parts of Oakland, Lapeer, St. Clair and Ma.
comb,

Of citizens of the township of Dover, for a law legalizing a cer-
tain assessment in said township,

46

46

46

Of Thomas McIver, for a change in the name of John McIver, 46
Of the board of supervisors of Livingston county, for an altera-
tion in the present tax laws,

46

Of certain Chippewa Indians, for legislative interposition in pro-
curing for them the rights of citizenship,

46

Of the common council of the village of Adrian, relative to the
appointment of certain firemen,

50

Of James Taylor, and others, of Kalamazoo, for the repeal of
the charter of the Kalamazoo Mutual Insurance Company,
Of the board of supervisors of the county of Washtenaw, rela-
tive to appeals from boards of supervisors,

55

55

Of inhabitants of the village of Truago, for a change of the
name of said village,

59

Of citizens of Ionia county, for an alteration of the present tax
laws,

Of Dennis McMan, a settler on salt spring lands, for relief,
Of F. A. Marsh, and others, for a division of the township of
Ada, in Kent county,

Remonstrance of Michael R. Keegon, and others, of Bertrand,
against adding a part of said township to Niles,

Of the collectors of the several wards in the city of Detroit, for
an extension of the time for the collection of taxes,
Of G. Williams & Co. and others, of Detroit, for a law to ena-
ble them to construct artificial docks, and a marine railway at
or near Detroit,

Of C. S. Dunbar, and others, for an appropriation of lands for
the construction of a plank road south easterly from New Buf-
falo,

62

66

66

Of S. W. B. Chester, and others, for the holding of the probate
court of Berrien county at Niles,

66

Of the board of supervisors of the county of Branch, for an al-
teration of the tax laws,

66

Of sundry persons for a change of the name of the township of
Watson, in Allegan county,

66

Of D. S. Bugbie, and others of Barry county, for a law exempt-
ing a homestead from sale on execution,

80

Of Louis Moran, and his miner children, for relief,

80

Of inhabitants of the township of La Salle, in Monroe county,
for an extension of the time for the collection of taxes in said
township,

Of Harvey Sherman, relative to certain university lands,

Of school inspectors, and others, residing in Jackson, relative to
teachers' institutes,

Of Cyrus Dana and Rodney C. Paine, for relief,

Of Isaac Monfore, and others, for a reduction of the price of
school and university lands,

of

Of the township board of the township of Schoolcraft, in Kala-
mazoo county, for a law to enable said township to accept
a bequest,

Of the trustees of the Milwaukee Library Association, for a
grant of the public documents of the late territory of Michi-
gan,

Of Job Brookfield, and others, for permission to build a dam
across the St. Joseph river, at Niles,

Page.

66

86

91

91

95

96

Of Henry Knight, for a reduction in the price of certain uni-
versity lands,

96

Of the board of supervisors of Barry county, for a law authori-
zing the reassessment of certain taxes in the township of Ir-
ving,

96

Of Jessee Myers, for a reduction in the price of university lands, 96-
Of O. D. Richardson, and others, of the village of Pontiac, for
the repeal of the charter of said village,

102

Of Edward Bradley, and others, for the repeal of that provision
in the revised statutes which prohibits county judges from
practising as attorneys,

106

Of citizens of the township of Allegan, for a division of said
township,

106

Of the supervisors of Jackson county, relative to teachers' insti
tutes,

106

Of citizens of Lenawee county, for the incorporation of the
Raisin Institute,

106

Of inhabitants of the township of Polk, in Huron county, for a
law legalizing the collection of certain taxes in said county,
Of James Seymour, in relation to the location of the capitol,
Remonstrance of Jeremiah Riggs, and others, against certain al-
terations in the charter of the Pontiac and Genesee Railroad
Company,

110

110

111

Of E. Cressy, and others, for the incorporation of the Detroit
and Birmingham plank road company,

118

Of inhabitants of Wayne county, for the repeal of the charter of
the Detroit and Grand River plank road company,
Of Timothy O'Sullivan, a settler on salt spring lands for relief, 119
Of Wm. Rogers, and others, for the organization of certain
townships in the county of Ottawa,

119

119

Of Wm. R. Davis, and others, for the organization of town nine
north of range nine west,

Of A. Hinman, and others, residing along the Huron river, for
a law requiring owners of mill dams on said stream, to place
sluices in their dams, so that the passage of fish may not be
obstructed,

Of John Stead and others, for the vacation of a portion of the

119

120