JOURNAL

OF TID

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

OF THB

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

1867.

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JOH. A. KERR & CO., PRINTERS TO THE STATE.

1867.

JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION.

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FIRST DAY.

Lansing, Wednesday, May 15, 1867. Pursuant to the provisions of law, the delegates elected to revise the Constitution of the State of Michigan, met in Convention at the Capitol, at Lansing, at eleven o'clock A. M., and were called to order by Hon. Oliver L. Spaulding, Secretary of State, who called the roll of delegates by counties, and the following answered to their names:

Allegan.-William B. Williams, William E. White.
Barry.-Harvey Wright, Adam Elliott.
Bay.-James Birney.

Berrien.-William S. Farmer, Lorenzo P. Alexander, Henry H. Coolidge.

Branch.-Cyrus G. Luce, Asahel Brown.

Calhoun.--Charles D. Holmes, Eden F. Henderson, George Willard.

Cass.-Levi Aldrich, Jacob J. Van Riper.
Clinton.-Alvah H. Walker, Nathaniel I. Daniells.
Eaton.-Joseph Musgrave, Milton P. Burtch.

Genesee.-Sumner Howard, Henry R. Lovell, Thaddeus G. Smith.

Grand Traverse, &c.-DeWitt C. Leach.
Gratiot.-DeWitt C. Chapin.

Hillsdale.—Lewis J. Thompson, Daniel L. Pratt, Simeon P. Root.

Ingham.—John W. Longyear, Lemuel Woodhouse.
Ionia.-George W. Germain, Sanford A. Yeomans.

Jackson.—Eugene Pringle, Freeman C. Watkins, William F. Goodwin.

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Kalamazoo.-Marsh Giddings, Delamore Duncan, Milton Bradley.

Kent.-Solomon L. Withey, Jacob Ferris, Lyman Murray, Milton C. Watkins.

Lapeer.—Myron C. Kenney, John M. Lamb.

Lenawee.---Jacob C. Sawyer, Perley Bills, Martin P. Stockwell, Horace J. Sheldon, Charles M. Croswell.

Livingston.—Benjamin W. Lawrence.
Mackinac, &c.—Bela Chapman.
Macomb.-Dexter Mussey, Thomas M. Crocker.

Monroe.--Edward G. Morton, William A. Rafter, William Corbin.

Montcalm. George F. Case.
Muskegon. --Henry H. Holt.
Newaygo, &c.-William S. Utley.

Oakland.-P. Dean Warner, Edward P. Harris, Willard BI. McConnell, Jacob Van Valkenburgh.

Ontonagon.-James Burtenshaw.
Saginaw.---Jabez G. Sutherland.
Sanilac.--John Divine.
Shiawassee.-Josiah Turner, S. Titus Parsons.
St. Clair.-Marcus H. Miles, Ezra Hazen.
St. Joseph.— William L. Stoughton, Comfort Tyler.
Tuscola.-- Benjamin W. Huston.
Van Buren.-Samuel H. Blackman, Charles Duncombe.

Washtenaw.- Thomas Ninde, Charles H. Richmond, Lyman D. Norris, Daniel Hixson.

Wayne. Robert McClelland, Daniel Goodwin, Peter Desnoyers, William A. Smith, Jonathan Shearer, William E. Warner. · On motion of Mr. F. C. Watkins, of Jackson county,

P. Dean Warner, of Oakland county, was appointed President pro tempöre.

On motion of Mr. Leach, of Grand Traverse county,

Thoras II. G!cnn, of Berrien county, was appointed Secrecary pro tempore.

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