Lansing, Monday, March 23, 1874 The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. Roll called: not a quorum present. The following members answered to their names: Messrs. Armstrong, Blackman, Buell, Dovel, Green, Remer, Rose and Wheeler. On motion of Mr. Remer, The House adjourned. Lansing, Tuesday, March 24, 1874. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. Roll called: not a quorum present. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following bills: A bill to organize the township of Grant in Keweenaw county; A bill to organize the township of Copper Harbor, in Keweenaw county; A bill to amend the charter of the city of St. Clair; A bill to provide for the deposit of the public moneys by the county treasurer of Wayne county; A bill relative to taxation. Report accepted. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following bills: A bill to amend Sec. 3987 of the compiled laws of 1871, relative to the sale of swamp and primary school lands in the mineral range of the Upper Peninsula, heretofore withheld from market as mineral lands; A bill to authorize the township board of the township of Allegan to borrow money for the purpose of paying any judgments that have been or may be hereafter rendered against said township, and to issue bonds for the payment of the same. Report accepted. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following joint resolution: Joint resolution requesting the Senators and Representatives of the State of Michigan in Congress to use their best endeavors to secure relief from the General Government to certain homestead settlers on railroad lands whose homestead certificates have been canceled by the United States of America because of conflict with the land grant of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company. Report accepted. On motion of Mr. Blackman, The House adjourned. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. Lansing, Wednesday, March 25, 1874. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. Roll called: not a quorum present. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following bills: A bill to legalize certain bonds issued July 1, 1873, by the city of St. Clair, for the purpose of local improvements; A bill to amend the charter of the village of Algonac in the county of St. Clair; A bill concerning submarine sites for light-houses, and other aids to navigation. Report accepted. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, the following bills: A bill to amend section seven, of title ten, of act number four hundred and twenty-seven, of the laws of 1869, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Lansing," approved April 3, 1869; A bill to authorize the city of East Saginaw to issue bonds for the completion of water works; A bill to enlarge and extend the corporate limits of the village of Evart. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. Report accepted. By the committee on engrossment and enrollment: The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following bills: A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States on certain land, and for the purchase and condemnation thereof; A bill to provide for the extension of the time for the construction of a railroad from the Straits of Mackinaw to Marquette Harbor, on Lake Superior, and to renew and extend certain powers of the board of control of State swamp lands. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. Report accepted. 302 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [March 26, 1874. The committee on engrossment and enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed, and presented to the Governor, the following joint resolution: House Joint Resolution, entitled Joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Michigan. Report accepted. On motion of Mr. Green, The House adjourned. S. H. BLACKMAN, Chairman. Lansing, Thursday, March 26, 1874. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and in the absence of the Speaker was called to order by the clerk. Roll called: not a quorum present. The hour of 12 o'clock M. having arrived, and no further business appearing to be transacted, On motion of Mr. Bartholomew, The House adjourned sine die. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Michigan, at its extra session for the year 1874. DANIEL L. CROSSMAN, Clerk of the House of Representatives. |