Petitions-From

Abbott, Robert, and others, praying for provision by law
to secure the fees of Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables in criminal prosecutions,

Aldrich, A. H. and others, for remuneration as witnesses

on the trial of Levi Willard,

Alvord, Delia, for a divorce,

Berthelet, Lucy, for a divorce from her husband,
Branch, Israel, and others, for the setting off two tiers of

townships from the west side of Washtenaw county,
Berthelet, Lewis B. against the passage of the bill for the
relief of Lucy Berthelet,

Chapel, Lucy, for a divorce from her husband,

9, 28

32

63

49

119

22,

23

Chubb, J. F. and others, for organising the township of
Lima,

Connor, James, for remuneration for contingent expenses

in laying out a Territorial Road,

Curtis, John, for a divorce from his wife,
Cook, Levi, for remuneration to jurors in certain cases,
Clark, Ed. and others, for the passage of the bill to orga-
nise the counties of St. Joseph and Kalamazoo,
Detroit, Common Council of, relative to raising money for
the improvement of streets,

Evans, Musgrove, and others, for attaching certain town-
ships to the county of Lenawe,

10, 15.

54

80
54

Greaves, Lewis, of Oakland county, for a divorce from his
wife,
Grignor, Augustin, and others, for a new appointment of
Sheriff in Brown county,
Gray, Waterbury, and others, relative to boundary line
between the townships of Monroe and Erie,
Hutchinson, Susanna, for a divorce from her husband,
Henry, Stephen C. and others, for certain alterations in
the act to regulate the practice of Physic and Surgery, 67
Lewis, James O. for an appropriation to purchase a paint-
ing of Gen. Washington, to adorn the Council-cham-
ber,

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Lawrence, Lucy, for a divorce from her husband,
Lewis, Wm. for remuneration for losses, &c. in the pursuit
of John Reid,

12

26, 27

62

13, 14, 34

Mineral Point, certain inhabitants of, for the erection of a
county,

PETITIONS.

Monroe and Wayne, certain inhabitants of the counties of,
relative to toll-bridges,

Moors, Jeremiah, for remuneration for work on the Coun-
cil-chamber,

Macomb, sundry inhabitants of, for the abolishing of the
County Court,

Macomb, Supervisors of, relative to demands against said
county,

Oakland, certain inhabitants of, relative to obstructions in

the Clinton River,

Phillips, Elizabeth Ann, for a divorce from her husband,
Parker, Joshua, and others, for the organisation of a new
township,

St. Joseph, certain inhabitants of the township of, for the
organisation of a new county,

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St. Josephs, certain inhabitants of, for the laying out of a
Territorial Road,

Saut de Ste. Marie, certain inhabitants of, for the incorpo-
ration of a Mining Company,

Smith, T. S. and others, for the establishment of a Terri-
torial Road,

Thompson, Wm. and others, for amending the law in rela-

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21, 22

tion to taxes,
Vreeland, Elias, and others, inhabitants of the county of
Monroe, to be attached to the township of Brown, in
the county of Wayne,

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Van Every, Peter, for a discharge from a certain recogni-
sance,
Washtenaw, certain inhabitants of the county of, for the
organisation of the township of Saline,
Washtenaw, certain inhabitants of, praying that certain
towns of said county may be taken therefrom and at-
tached to some other county,

Washtenaw, certain inhabitants of, relative to a mill-dam,
Wayne, sundry inhabitants of the county of, for increasing
the maximum of taxation,

Wayne and Washtenaw, certain inhabitants of the coun-
ties of, praying for the repeal or amendment of the act
to improve the navigation of the Huron River of
Lake Erie,

59

59

9, 10

77

7

23

91

62, 63

15

Washtenaw and Lenawe, sundry inhabitants of the coun-
ties of, for the laying out of a certain Territorial Road, 49
Williams, John R. and others, relative to the rights of land-
lord and tenant,

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Webster, Luther N. and others, on behalf of Peter Schoon-
over, for a divorce,

30

54, 63

PETITIONS.

Wolverton, James B. and others, for a law declaring cer-
tain streams in St. Clair county public highways,
Wendell, Abraham, and others, relative to the act to li-
cence groceries, &c.

R.

Rules For the government of the Librarian,

Reports-Of the Fiscal Agent of the Council,

61, 62

46, 48, 65

78

63, 113

38, 44

42

44

46

Of the Directors of the Clinton River Navigation
Company,

Reports of Committees-On the subject of taking a census
of the Territory,

On the Judiciary, relative to the rights of landlord and
tenant,

On Territorial Affairs, relative to Imri Fish,
On Expenditures, relative to the petition of Jeremiah
Moors,

Of the select committee on the subject of a Mining
Company,

49, 50, 51, 52
Of a select committee, furnishing a general list of
names suitable to be applied to newly organised town-
ships,

On the Judiciary, on the subject of offices held by mem-
bers of the Council,
Of the select committee to whom the petition of John P.
Sheldon was referred,

RESOLUTIONS.

1. Relative to printing the Governor's Speech,

120, 126

2. To invite certain Clergymen to attend at the opening

3. Relative to the receipts and expenditures of the Terri-
tori il Treasury,

5. Relative to the appointment of standing committees, de-
claring them the same as at the last session,

4. For furnishing members of the Council with certain news-
papers,

6, 12

6

6. For amending the act relative to the navigation of the Hu-
ron River of Lake Erie,

6,7

9, 11

7. To provide for the payment of claims due, agreeably to an
act of appropriation of the last session,
9, 11
S. Relative to amending the law regulating Common Schools, 9, 11
9. Relative to the act for the relief of Th. Palmer and D. C.

M'Kinstry,

10, 17

10, 14, 15, 1

10. For the appointment of a committee to memorialise Con

gress on certain subjects,

10, 16

11. For repealing certain parts of the Militia act,
12. To petition Congress for money to improve the harbor of

Mackinaw, &c.

11, 17

13. Relative to an additional Judge of the Supreme Court, 11, 15 14. Relative to increasing the compensation of the present Judges of the Supreme Court,

11, 15, 91

15. Relative to abolishing the County Courts, &c.; and also

to provide for the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors, 11, 15 16. Relative to the Governor's Speech, 17. Relative to the authority of courts of record to punish for

contempt,

18. To provide for the more speedy distribution of the laws and journals,

19. Relative to the printing for the Council,

11, 13

12, 18

12, 21, 44

13, 19, 20

20. To provide for the payment of claims for surveying cer

13, 21

13, 14, 15, 21

21. Relative to laws and journals to be deposited in the Li-
brary,
ap.
22. Relative to establishing a hospital for the benefit of su-
perannuated soldiers, seamen, &c.

13, 15, 17

14, 16

23. Relative to outstanding claims against the Territory, 24. To cause certain books and pamphlets to be bound, ap. 14

22, 24, 25, 26

14, 16

16, 19

25. To empower guardians to sell real estate, 26. Relative to an additional legislative body, 27. For the appointment of a committee on Internal Improvement, their instructions, &c. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 31 28. Relative to the Circuit Court of the United States for the counties of Michilimackinac, Brown and Crawford, 29. To provide for the payment of publishing lists of nonresident lands,

30. Relative to amendments to the existing code of laws,
31. Relative to repealing certain parts of the law respecting

17,19

18, 19

19

blacks and mulattoes,

19, 21

33. Relative to the act concerning Estrays,
34. Relative to the existing election laws, so far as relates to
the counties of Brown, Crawford, &c.

32. Relative to oaths at elections; also, respecting the administering of oaths to Justices of the Peace,

35. Relative to repealing the act relative to the Mission Family at Michilimackinac,

24, 25, 82, 84, 85

36. To amend the act for preventing Justices who are licenced Attorneys, to practice and plead before Justices of the Peace,

26,27

37. Relative to notice of intended applications for divorce, 27, 29 38. Relative to the sessions of Courts,

39. For amending the act regulating appeals from a Justices'
Court,

10. For amending the criminal laws of this Territory,
41. Relative to the condition and prospects of the Mission
Family at Michilimackinac,

42. To provide compensation for Justices of the County
Courts, when acting as canvassers of the election for
county officers,

43. Relative to the forms of oaths to be taken by the sureties of Sheriffs and Coroners,

27, 31

27

29, 31 29

31,36

31

44. For authorising Under Sheriffs to perform the duties of the Sheriff in his absence,

45. To provide for the expense of keeping Imri Fish, a prisoner in the jail of Oakland county,

31, 32

36, 40

36, 37, 40

46. Relative to a list of the names of townships,
47. For directing the Attorney General to issue process
against certain toll-bridges,

48. Relative to amending the act regulating civil process;
also, to repeal the act providing that township meetings.
shall not be held at taverns,

$7,40

37

49. For defining the duties of township collectors, &c. 37,40 50. For repealing a certain law relating to the naming of townships,

40

53. Relative to the term of service of the present members of the Council; and the convening of the fourth Legislative Council,

51. Relative to marks and brands for cattle, &c.
52. Requiring the Supervisors to report to the Governor the
state of Schools in the several townships,

44, 53

44, 47

56. To provide for the inspection of provision, &c.
57. To petition Congress for the extension of the elective
franchise,

54. Relative to the rules for the government of the Librarian, 45 55. To extend the provisions of the act for securing to mechanics pay for their labor, &c.

45, 47

48, 59

48

60. Relative to the County Court in the county of Chippewa,

58. Relative to naming counties in the St. Josephs country, 53,54 59. Relative to amending the criminal law,

48

56

61. Relative to the powers of the Territorial Courts in rela

tion to marriage contracts,

62. To fix the or hography of a certain name,
63. Relative to settling the accounts with the Treasurer of

the Territory,

and the terms of the Circuit Court for the counties of
Michilimackinae, Brown and Crawford,