county. Read and referred to the committee on Territorial Affairs. Mr. M'Donell also presented the claim of Henry Sanderson, for certain work done to the Council-chamber-and the claim of B. Woodworth for the rent of an office; and said claims were severally referred to the committee on Expenditures.

Mr. Rumsey presented the memorial of Harvey Bliss, and others, inhabitants of the county of Lenawe, remonstrating against an alteration of the boundaries of said county, as prayed for by certain petitions. Referred to the committee on Territorial Affairs.

Mr. M'Donell presented the claim of Melvin Dorr, Administrator de bonis non, of George Meldrum, deceased, for damages sustained, or which may be sustained, in laying out and opening a Territorial Road through lands belonging to the estate of the said George Meldrum. Referred to the committee on Claims.

Mr. M'Donell, from the committee on Territorial Affairs, reported,

A bill relative to the office and duties of the Auditor of the Territory of Michigan; which was read the first time; and, on motion, said bill was read the second time by its title and laid on the table.

Mr. Lawrence, from the cominittee on the Judiciary, to whom the petition of sundry Physicians had been referred, reported,

A bill to amend an act, entitled "an act to incorporate Medical Societies, for the purpose of regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery in the Territory of Michigan ;" which was read the first time; and, on motion, said bill was then read the second time by its title and laid on the table.

Mr. M'Donell, from the committee on Territorial Affairs, to whom had been recommitted the memorial to the Congress of the United States, relative to an additional body to the Legislature of the Territory, reported the same with amendments; and said memorial, as amended, was laid on the table.

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Mr. Drake, from the committee of Enrolment, reported as correctly enrolled, bills with the following titles, viz: An act for the speedy assignment of dower, and to prevent strip and waste by tenants therein;""an act to raise a sum of money by Lottery for the purpose of establishing a free communication between the city of Detroit and the village of Monroe ;""an act to provide for the compensation of the officers of the Legislative Council, and for other purposes;" "ar act in addition to an act to provide for the appointment and to regulate the duties of District Attorneys;" an act amendatory to an act securing to mechanics and others payment for labor and materials on any house, mill, or other building in the city of Detroit and county of Brown;""an act to amend an act, entitled an act to regulate the assessment and collection of Territorial taxes ;"" an act to set off and organise the townships of Nankin and Pekin, in the county of Wayne;""an act to amend an act, entitled 'an act for the relief and settlement of the Poor;" and "an act to provide for laying out certain counties, and for other purposes ;" and the President signed the same.

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Mr. M'Donell gave notice that he should, on a future day, ask leave to bring in a bill to establish the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan.

The memorial to the Congress of the United States, for an appropriation for a Light-House at the mouth of the River St. Joseph, and for rendering said river navigable, was taken up.

On motion of Mr. Stoekton, the following resolution was added to said memorial, viz:

Resolved, That the Governor of the Territory be and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Delegate from this Territory, at the next session of Congress. On motion of Mr. Stockton, said memorial and resolution were then adopted.

The memorial to the Congress of the United States, asking for a grant of a township of land to enable the Territory to erect a Hospital for the relief of distressed emigrants, sailors, and disabled and discharged soldiers, was taken up ; and,

On motion of Mr. M'Donell, said memorial was adopted.

The memorial to the Congress of the United States, relative to additional appropriations for roads in the Territory of Michigan, was taken up; and,

On motion of Mr. Trowbridge, said memorial was adopted.

The bill to organise the counties of Cass and St. Joseph, was taken up and read a third time.

On motion of Mr. Noble, said bill was then amended by adding thereto three sections, to stand as the 8th, 9th, and 10th sections of said bill.

On motion of Mr. Noble, the title of said bill was then amended by adding thereto the following, viz: "and for establishing courts therein."

And said bill, as amended, was then, on motion, passed.

The bill defining the duties of the Treasurer of the Territory of Michigan, was taken up, with the amendments made thereto by the committee on Territorial Affairs; and,

On motion of Mr. M'Donell, said amendments were accepted, and the bill was then read the third time.

Mr. Trowbridge then moved that the blank in the 7th section of the bill be filled by inserting the word "sixty;" and the motion was agreed to.

Mr. Lawrence then moved that the bill be further amended, by striking out the words, "the Bank of Michigan," in the 3d section of the bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz :-" some specie paying bank at the seat of the Territorial government," and that the subsequent part of the same section be made to correspond with said amendment; and the motion was agreed to by the following vote, the ayes and nays having been required by Mr. Drake : Ayes-Messrs. Brown, Connor, Durocher, Edwards, Lawrence, M'Donell, Noble, Rumsey, Stockton, Trowbridge-10.

Nays-Mr. Drake.

On motion of Mr. M'Donell, the bill was further amended by adding thereto the following section, to stand as the Sth section, viz: That the Treasurer shall keep his office at the seat of Government."

On motion, said bill was then passed.

The bill to amend an act, entitled "an act concerning costs and fees," was taken up and read the third time.

Mr. M'Donell moved to amend the bill by adding thereto a section to stand as the 3d section thereof; whereupon,

Mr. Lawrence moved to lay the bill and amendment on the table; and the motion was agreed to.

The bill to amend an act, entitled "an act relating to interest on contracts," was taken up and read a third time.

Mr. M'Donell moved that said bill be postponed indefinitely. Mr. Stockton moved to amend said motion, so as to postpone the consideration of the bill until the next session of the Council; and the latter motion was decided in the negative by the following vote, the ayes and nays having been required by Mr. Stockton :

Ayes-Messrs. Brown, Connor, M'Donell, Stockton-4.

Nays-Messrs. Drake, Durocher, Edwards, Lawrence, Noble, Rumsey, Trowbridge-7.

On motion, the question "shall the bill now pass ?" was put, and was decided in the affirmative by the following vote, the ayes and nays being required by Mr. Drake:

Ayes-Messrs. Connor, Durocher, Drake, Edwards, Lawrence, Noble, Rumsey, Trowbridge-8.

Nays-Messrs. Brown, M'Donell, Stockton-3.

The bill to amend an act, entitled " an act concerning judgments and executions," (approved April 12, 1827,) and the "act concerning mortgages," was taken up as in committee of the whole.

Mr. Drake moved that the bill be amended by adding thereto the following, to stand as the 3d section thereof, viz:-" That so much of the 5th section of the act concerning mortgages,” as requires the party mortgaging property to be of the age of twentyfive years in order to make the same valid, be, and the same is hereby repealed;" and the motion was agreed to.

Mr. M'Donell then moved that the bill be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and substituting in lieu thereof certain sections to the number of twenty-seven.

On motion of Mr. Lawrence, the reading of said amendment was dispensed with; and,

On motion of Mr. M'Donell, said bill and amendment were then laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Drake, the Council then went into the consideration of Executive business; and having disposed of the same, On motion of Mr. M'Donell, adjourned.

FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 1829.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown.

Mr. M'Donell presented the claim of Lyman A. Hawley, for services as chain-carrier in laying out a certain Territorial Road. Referred to the committee on Claims.

Mr. M'Donell also presented the claim of R. Gillet for coal, and of J. Keeney, for stove-pipe, repairing stoves, &c. for the Legislative Council. Referred to the committee on Expenditures.

Mr. Stockton presented the claim of T. S. Wendell for stationery, and of M. Chapin, for sundries for the use of the Legislative Council. Referred to the committee on Expenditures.

Mr. Noble, from the committee on Internal Improvement, to whom the subject had been referred by a resolution of the Council, reported the following memorial to the Congress of the United States; which was read and laid on the table:

MEMORIAL.

To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled:

The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully represents

That a road leading from La Plaisance Bay at the head of Lake Erie in this Territory through Monroe westwardly on the most cligible route, until it shall intersect the road leading from Detroit to Chicago, is, in the opinion of your memorialists, an object of great importance, not only to the people of this Territory, but to the nation at large.

The southwestern portion of this Territory is now rapidly settling with an industrious, enterprising and valuable population. The surplus produce of all that rich country bordering upon the Rivers Raisin and St. Josephs, and their tributary streams, must at no distant period find an eastern market; and the facility afforded by a road leading from that country to the head of the Lake, for transporting their surplus articles, must be obvious.

The proposed road would not only shorten the distance to tlie Lake some fifty miles, but would open to the eye of the emigrant a first-rate country for settlement. It would increase the value of the public lands through which the proposed road would pass, and in the event of a war, would afford a safe and easy avenue from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan, through which military stores and ordinance might be transported from one post to another, without the expenses usually incident to a frontier in time of war.

To the liberal policy heretofore pursued by the General Government towards the people of this Territory, may be attributed in a great degree its present prosperity; and your memorialists confidently indulge the hope, that an object so just in itself, so important to the growth and prosperity of the country, and whicis would

so essentially promote the convenience of its citizens and the interest of the General Government, will meet with the decided approbation of the National legislature.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing memorial to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Delegate in Congress from this Territory, at the ensuing session of Congress.

The bill in addition to an act, entitled "an act for the establishment of Common Schools," was taken up, read the second time and considered as in committee of the whole.

Mr. Lawrence then moved that said bill be engrossed and read a third time on Tuesday next; and the motion was agreed to.

On motion, Mr. M'Donell bad leave to bring in a bill to establish the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan; and,

Messrs. M'Donell, Drake and Stockton, were appointed a committee to prepare said bill.

The bill to amend the several acts now in force for the regulation of the White-Fishery in the strait of Detroit and the River St. Clair, was taken up as in committee of the whole.

Mr. M'Donell then moved that the bill be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting in lieu thereof a section; and the motion was agreed to.

Mr. Rumsey then moved that the bill, as amended, be committed to the committee on Territorial Affairs; and the motion was agreed

to.

A message on Executive business was received by the hands of Mr. E. A. Brush.

Mr. Stockton, at the request of the President, took the Chair.

The bill in addition to an act, entitled "an act relative to the city of Detroit," (approved April 4, 1827,) was taken up as in committee of the whole.

Mr. Drake moved that said bill be ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday next.

Mr. M'Donell moved to amend said motion, so that the bill be laid on the table until to-morrow.

And the latter motion was agreed to.

The President resumed the Chair.

The bill to amend an act, entitled "an act to authorise the Legislative Council to punish for contempt, and to privilege the members of the Council from arrest," was taken up and read the third time.

Mr. Drake moved, that the bill be amended by inserting, after the word "arrest," in the 4th line of the 1st section, the words, "from civil process ;" and the motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. M'Donell, the question "shall the bill now pass?" was put, and was decided in the negative.

The bill to provide for laying cut and establishing a certain Territorial Road, was taken up and read the third time.