Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed by this House, to wait upon the honorable the Senate, and inform that body that this House is now ready to adjourn.

The Chair announced as such committee, Messrs. H. L. Miller and Richardson.

Mr. Gillett, from the committee on enrolment, reported as correctly enrolled, "a bill to provide for the payment of certain claims therein named."

"An act to repeal 'An act authorizing the board of commissioners of internal improvement to loan to the Palmyra and Jacksonburg railroad company, a certain amount of railroad iron."

The Chair announced the following message from the executive:

To the House of Representatives:

I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the secretary of state, the following entitled acts:

1. "An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of the state officers, and for other purposes."

2. "An act to amend the law relative to crimes." 3. "An act to amend chapter five, title three, part three of the revised statutes, entitled 'of forcible entry and detainer."" 4. "An act making certain appropriations therein named." 5. "An act to amend section two, of chapter six, title two, part one of the revised statutes, 'relative to district canvass,' and for other purposes.'

6. "An act to provide for the payment of certain claims therein mentioned."

7. "An act to repeal 'An act to authorize the board of internal improvement to loan to the Palmyra and Jacksonburg railroad company, a certain amount of railroad iron,' and for other purposes."

8. "An act in relation to mortgages."

9. "An act to provide for the payment of certain claims therein named."

And, also, "A joint resolution relative to the securities received from the Morris canal and banking company."

J. WRIGHT GORDON.

Executive Office, April 13, 1841.

Mr. Bingham, from the select committee appointed to wait upon the executive, reported that the committee had discharged the duty assigned to it, and that the executive informed the committee that he had no further communication to make to the present session of the legislature.

Mr. H. L. Miller, from the select committee appointed to inform the Senate that the House was now ready to adjourn, reported that the committee had discharged that duty.

When, on motion of Mr. Bingham, the House adjourned, sine die.

INDEX.

PETITIONS.

Of citizens of Washtenaw county, for a law fixing the
pay of members at two dollars per diem-Mr. G.
Spencer,
Of citizens of Sylvan, in same county, for the same ob-
ject-Mr. Pierce,

Page.

38, 48, 53, 88

Of inhabitants of the townships of Irving, Thornapple

and Yankee Springs, Barry county, for the organi-
zation of a township-Mr. Barlow,

Of inhabitants of St. Clair and Sanilac counties, for a
state road through the same-Mr. Porter,
Of inhabitants of the township of Clyde, St. Clair coun-
ty, for a division of said township-Mr. Porter,
Of inhabitants of Ross, Kalamazoo county, for an al-
teration of the boundaries of said township-Mr.
Brown,

38

38

38

38

39

Of inhabitants of Woodhull, Shiawassee county, for a
division of said township-Mr. Castle,

39

Of inhabitants of Kalamazoo county, for a reduction of
the price of university and school lands-Mr.
Brown,

Of inhabitants of Ontwa, Cass county, for a repeal of
the "fee bill," of 1840-Mr. Strong,

39

39

Of inhabitants of Ira, St. Clair county, asking the annexa-
tion of a portion of Cottrelville to said township
-Mr. Porter,

47

47, 78, 92

Of Moses Taft, and others, for an extension of the time
for the payment of certain school lands--Mr. Ty-
ler,
Of inhabitants of Dryden, Lapeer county, for the or-
ganization of a township-Mr. Lamb,

Of the commissioners of Macomb county, for the use of
the jail of Wayne county-Mr. Stockton
Of inhabitants of Monroe county, for an exemption of
nursery property from execution-Mr. Smith,

Of inhabitants of Charleston and Ross, Kalamazoo coun-

47

48

48

ty, for an alteration in the boundaries of said town-
ships-Mr. Brown,

Of two hundred and four inhabitants of Kalamazoo coun-
ty, relative to the abolition of slavery, &c.-Mr.
Brown,

Of inhabitants of Watertown and Dewitt, Clinton coun-
ty, for an act authorizing Philo Doty and William
Utley and others, to erect certain mill dams—
Mr. Castle,

Of inhabitants of Clinton county, for a state road-Mr.
Castle,

Of the officers of Clinton county, for the transfer to said
county of certain taxes, from Shiawassee county
-Mr. Castle,

Of forty-seven inhabitants of Branch county, for a re-
duction of the price of university and school lands
-Mr. Hammond,

Of the commissioners of St. Joseph county, in relation
to certain uncollected taxes-Mr. Tyler,
Of Robert Cathcart, a settler on the university land, for
relief-Mr. Larue,

Of sundry inhabitants of Cooper, Kalamazoo county, for
a reduction of the price of university and school
lands-Mr. Brown,

Of Lewis E. Baily, for compensation for the loss of a horse in the Toledo war-Mr. Smith,

68

Of W. Smyth, and others, journeymen printers, against a reduction of the price paid for public printing— Mr. Harding,

Of N. D. Curtis, and other inhabitants of Monroe, respecting the practice of botanic physicians-Mr. Smith,

Of inhabitants of Lenawee county, for a reduction of the price of school lands-Mr. Speaker,

74

74

74

74

Of J. K. Averill, of Port Huron, St. Clair county, proposing to do the public printing-Mr. Richardson, Of sundry inhabitants of the state, for a law authorizing the practice of botanic physicians-Mr. Speaker, 80, 86 142, 180.

80

Of inhabitants of Calhoun county, for the relocation of
a certain state road-Mr. M. Spencer,
Of inhabitants of Owasso, Shiawassee county, for the
organization of a township-Mr. Castle,

86

Of citizens of Dearborn, Wayne county, respecting the boundaries of said township-Mr. Mather,

88

Of inhabitants of Phelpstown, Ingham county, relative to highway taxes in that township—Mr. Bush,

88

88

Of Humphrey Wheeler, for relief-Mr. Castle,
Of Jacob R. Davis, for relief-Mr. Larue,
Of inhabitants of Sena, Clinton county, to legalize cer-
tain acts of the officers of that township, and for
the alteration of the name of said town-Mr. Cas-
tle,

Of inhabitants of Branch county, for a division of the
town of Bronson-Mr. Hammond,

Of inhabitants of town four south, ranges nine and ten west, to be organized into a separate township—Mr. Brown,

Of H. N. Monson, in relation to the bounty on certain
wolves destroyed-Mr. Porter,

Of citizens of Washtenaw and Jackson, for an appro-
priation on the Central railroad-Mr. Pierce,
Of inhabitants of Port Huron, St. Clair county, that
Black river in said county may be made a public
highway-Mr. Porter,

Of inhabitants of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, for
a state road-Mr. Castle,

Page.

88

88

91

91

91

92

99

99

99

Of inhabitants of Macon, Lenawee county, for a division of said township-Mr. Sprague, 99, 142, 206, 224 Of inhabitants of Dewitt, Clinton county, for the orga

nization of a township in said county-Mr. Castle, Of inhabitants of Washtenaw, for the incorporation of a company for the purpose of manufacturing saltMr. Renwick,

99

99

Of inhabitants of Ionia and Kent counties, for a state road-Mr. Walker,

99

Of inhabitants of Ingham, for the organization of a township-Mr. Bingham,

106

Of S. M. Green, in relation to certain school district taxes-Mr. Richardson,

106.

Of one hundred and fifty-six citizens of Calhoun county for the suppression of the issue of shinplastersMr. M. Spencer,

112

Of S. Hale, of Lenawee county, for a declaratory act on the subject of his election as county commissioner-Mr. Speaker,

112

Of Moses Finch, for relief-Mr. Larue,

112

Of inhabitants of Tompkins, Jackson county, for an alteration of the Clinton and Grand river road-Mr.

Hawley,

112

Of inhabitants of western Michigan, concerning the university and school lands-Mr. Brown,

127

Of inhabitants of Genesee county, for a law for the collection of a certain tax-Mr. Castle,

127