INDEX.

MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, AND REMONSTRANCES.

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Of board of supervisors of Wayne county,.
Of citizens of Monroe county for reduction of price of school
and university lands,

9

9

Of citizens of Hampton, Saginaw county for state road from
Tuscola to Lower Saginaw,

13

For extension of time for collection of taxes in townships of
Ottawa and Norton, Ottawa county,

13

Of Mariah Brears, to convey certain lands in Lenawee county,
Of Napoleon artillery company, for the refunding of certain
money,

14

Of Samuel Morgan, for relief,

Of citizens of Van Buren county, for an appropriation on the
Paw Paw river,

Of citizes of Kent and Barry counties, for a state road from
Hastings to Grand Rapids,

14

For a division of the township of Johnstown, Barry county,
Of David B. Bradford and others, relative to loss of wood by
fire, in the workshop of the state prison,

14

14

Of 110 legal voters of Kalamazoo county, for the expunction
of the word "white" from the second article of the consti-
tion of this state,

Of 120 legal voters of Kalamazoo county, for the passage of
a law prohibiting the taking of cognizance of claims for
fugitive slaves,

Of citizens of Wayland, Allegan county, relative to certain
highway taxes,

14

14

18

18

18

Of inhabitants of Niles, Berrien county, for a modification of
the charter of the village of Niles,

18

Of 249 citizens of Wayne county, for the re-enactment of
sections 1 and 5, chapter 8, title 1, part 4th, revised statutes,
Of inhabitants of St. Ignace, Mackinaw county, for the or-
ganization of a new township,

Of J. Babcock, and forty other legal voters of Monroe county
for a reduction of the price of school lands, &c.,
Of inhabitants of Branch county, for the passage of a law to
prevent racking or damming streams to catch fish,
Of sundry physicians of Calhoun county, relative to the time
of holding the meetings of the medical society of said coun-
ty,

Of inhabitants of Van Buren county, for an appropriation on
state road from Schoolcraft to St. Joseph,

Of 22 legal voters of Monroe county for a reduction of the
price of school lands, &c.,

Of Receiver of the Detroit City Bank, for relief,
Of inhabitants of Tuscola, Saginaw county, for jurisdiction
over certain territory,

Of inhabitants of township of Brownstown, for a division of
Wayne and Monroe counties,

29

Remonstrance of inhabitants of the village of Niles, against
repealing 8th section charter of said village,

Of A. Walcott, for relief,

29

31

Of 62 inhabitants of Lenawee county, for the abolition of cap-
ital punishment,

31

Of 250 colored inhabitants of Wayne county, for the expunc-
tion of the word "white" from the second article of the con-
stitution,

Of 61 legal voters of Kalamazoo county, for the further pro-
tection of personal liberty,

Of inhabitants of Copper Harbor, Marquette county, for the
organization of a new township,

Remonstrance of common council of village of Niles, against
alteration of charter of said village,

Of committee of finance of board of regents, relative to lea-
sing female seminary lot,

Of inhabitants of valley of Grand River, relative to the im-
provement of said river,

Of 37 legal voters of fractional township eight south of range
eight west, for a division of said township,

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Of inhabitants of Lyons, Ionia county, for the organization
of a new township,

Of supervisors of St. Joseph county, for the repeal of latter
clause of 25th section of tax law,

Of James Parker, relative to certain lands purchased by him,
Remonstrance of inhabitants of Bronson, Branch county, a-
gainst the division of said township,

Of T. D. Gilbert, for the reimbursement of a certain sum of
money,

41

Of Ross Wilkins and 215 other legal voters of Wayne coun-

Of A. M. Burroughs, and 81 other legal voters of the valley
of Grand River, for the improvement of said river,

ty. for the expunction of the word "white" from the second
article of the constitution,

Of J. Arnold, for relief from limitation law on claims against
the state,

Of John Parkinson, for the adjustment of certain claims,
Of Melvin Drake and 37 other legal voters, of the couuty of
Oakland, for the expunction of the word "white" from the
second article of the constitution,

Of Jared Todd and 72 other legal voters of Hillsdale county,
for the same,

Of A. T. Bolton, and 39 others, citizens of Michigan, for the
organization of the militia,

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42

42

46

51

51

51

Of citizens of Marcellus, Cass county, for legalizing the acts
of township officers,

52

Of inhabitants of Warsaw, Berrien county, for the organiza-
tion of a separate township,

52

Of supervisors of Eaton county, for repeal of law limiting tax
for township purposes,

Of Hiram Bowen and 36 other citizens Kalamo, Eaton coun-
ty, relative to the rejected tax for 1842,
Of E. B. Harrington, relative to publication of decisions of
supreme and chancery courts,

Of Jared Todd and 99 other citizens of Hillsdale county pro-
hibiting the taking of cognizance of claims for fugitive
slaves,

Of supervisors of Cass county, for an amendment to the tax
law,

Of John Biddle, and 201 other citizens of Wayne county, for
the repeal of the supervisor system, so far as it relates to
Wayne county,

52

Of Samuel Nichols, and 22 other legal voters of Monroe coun-
ty, for the expunction of the word "white" from the sec-
ond article of the constitution,

57

Of Samuel Nichols, and 27 other legal voters of the county
of Monroe, for the better protection of personal liberty,
Of 42 inhabitants of Monroe county, for a law to punish for-
nication and adultery,

58

58

Of 286 citizens of Macomb county, asking that Charles W.
Chapel may be allowed to construct a feeder to the Clinton
and Kalamazoo canal,

58

Of 73 citizens of Rochester, Oakland county, for the same,
Of Melvin Drake, and 60 other citizens of Oakland county,
for the better protection of personal liberty,

58

58

Of S. S. Church and 92 other citizens of the counties of Cal-
houn and Eaton, relative to the improvement of the state
road from Marshall to Ionia,

66

Of L. C. Mathews, and 21 other citizens of St. Joseph coun-
ty, for a revision of the laws relative to school and univer-
sity lands,

66

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Of Isaac N. Stage, for relief,

Of Loren Andrews, and others, relative to certain salt lands in
Macomb county,

Of citizens of Washtenaw county, for the better protection of
personal liberty,

66

66

66

Of citizens of Washtenaw county, for the expunction of the
word "white" from the second article of the constitution,
Of Wm. L. Greenly, and 122 other inhabitants of Lenawee
and Hillsdale counties, in behalf of John Silk,
Of a committee of citizens of the central part of the strte, rel-
ative to loss of wool in state prison,

66

66

67

Of 35 legal voters of Macomb county, asking that Charles W.
Chapel may be allowed to construct a feeder to the Clinton
and Kalamazoo canal,

Of Isaiah J. Hudson, for relief,

Of inhabitants of Ionia county, for the organization of a new
township,

Of inhabitants of Branch county, for an appropriation on the
southern railroad,

Of David W. Howell, for compensation for improvements on
university lands,

74

Of citizens of Washtenaw county, for the expunction of the
word "white" from the second article of the constitution of
this state,

Of James W. Hickok, and 26 others, for a state road from Eaton
Rapids to Bellevue,

Of George W. Logan and 100 other mechanics of this state
for a law to prevent convict labor from competing with that
of mechanics,

Of citizens of Allegan county, relative to the publication of
tax advertisements,

82

Of inhabitants of Branch county, for an appropriation on the
southern railroad,

82

82

Of M. Eldred, jr., and others of Kalamazoo county for a re-
duction of the price of university lands,

Of inhabitants of St. Joseph county, for a revision of the law
relative to school and university lands,

Of Jason H. Macomber, and 60 other inhabitants of Clinton
county, for the improvement of Grand River,

Of sundry citizens of this state for a modification of the mili-
tia law.

Of John F. Fuller and 23 other residents of town two north,
of range seven west, for the organization of the same into
a separate township,

82-

82

89

Of inhabitants of this state asking a modification of the pres-
ent militia law,

89

Of legal voters of Washtenaw county for the expunction of
the word "white" from the second article of the constitu-
tion of this state,

89

Of inhabitants located along the line of the Southern railroad
for an alteration of the law regulating the board of internal
improvement,

Of Michael Furlong for the reduction of the price of certain
school lands,

Of 207 citizens of Bloomfield, Oakland county, for the in-
corporation of a company to construct a plank road from
Birmingham to Detroit,

Of others for the same,

Remonstrance of inhabitants of Tuscola against being attach-
ed to Lapeer county,

Of inhabitants of Tuscola for a state road from Tuscola to
Lower Saginaw,

95

Of legal voters of Macomb county, for the expunction of the
word "white" from the second article of the constitution of
this state,

95

Of legal voters of Macomb county for the better protection
of personal liberty,

Of Wm. C. Hoyt and others, for the division of the county
of Oakland,

95

100

Of sundry citizens of Galesburgh, Kalamazoo county, for an
act incorporating the Alphadelphia association,

100

Of 89 citizens of Battle Creek, Calhoun county, for the

100

same,

Of 75 citizens of Bellevue, Eaton county, for the same,
Of 55 citizens of Spring Arbor, Jackson county, for the same,
Of sundry citizens of Kalamazoo county, for the same,
Of Joseph George Prime and 17 others for the expunction of
the word "white" from the second article of the constitu-
tion of this state,

Of Levi June and others of Washtenaw county for the same,
Of Joseph George Prime and 17 others for the better protec-
tion of personal liberty,

100

100

100

101

101

101

Of Levi June and others of Washtenaw county for the same,
Of P. Easterly, Esq., relative to penal statutes,

101

101

Of Michael Cook and 42 others of the county of Washtenaw
for a modification of the militia law,

101

Remonstrance of inhabitants of St. Clair county against at-
taching any other territory to said county,

101

Of inhabitants of Ecorse, Wayne county, relative to a divis-
ion of said township,

101

Of E. Clark and others of the county of Washtenaw for a
law to encourage the organization of volunteer companies,
Of sundry citizens of Wayne and Monroe counties for the
formation of a new county,

101

106

Of C. W. Vining and 55 others of Columbia, Jackson coun
ty, for the incorporation of the Alphadelphia association,

107

Of H. R. Shetterly and others for the same,

Of sundry citizens for building a dam across Kalamazoo river, 107

107