act directs that "a sum amounting to not less than fifteen per DOUGLASS HOUGHTON. Detroit, November 17, 1840. Proposals for work at the state salt springs, on Grand river, Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned, at his office in Detroit, until the 10th of December next, for the following work, viz: for three hundred feet of rock boring; one hundred feet to be four and a half inches in diameter, and two hundred feet to be four inches in diameter. Said proposals to include the entire costs of securing the gum already sunk upon the state lands, firmly upon the rock; or of tubing with good cast iron pipe, not less than seven inches in diameter, within said gum, at the option of the contractor. The proposals also to specify the rate of increase per fifty feet for the rock boring. The contractor to be furnished, until the completion of the contract with the use of a dwelling house, blacksmith shop and tools, a supply of good wood, (upon the ground) for the use of the steam engine, as also the steam engine, the latter (which is now "set up,") to be put in good repair by, and at the expense of the contractor, and to be left in good repair upon the completion of the contract. Proposals to state the time at which the work will be commenced, and it is to be understood that the work, when commenced, is to be continued diligently, day and night, until completed. Payment will be made by the state treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of an act approved March 31, 1840, which act directs that "a sum amounting to not less than fifteen per cent upon the work completed, shall remain unpaid until the final completion of the contract;" and also, "that before such contract shall take effect, it shall receive the assent of the governor." Satisfactory sureties will be required for the faithful performance of the contract. The undersigned reserves to himself the power to annul and determine the contract, at any time after the rock boring may have exceeded one hundred and fifty feet. DOUGLASS HOUGHTON, Detroit, November 17, 1840. [No. 6.] Annual report of the attorney general. OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, Detroit, January 11, 1841. To the legislature of the state of Michigan: The undersigned would respectfully report, that the principal business done in the office of the attorney general during the past year, has been the continuance of business heretofore commenced, the details of which have been submitted to the legislature in previous reports. A statement of the suits instituted the past year, is herewith communicated, together with abstracts of such of the reports of prosecuting attorneys as have, in obedience to a positive statutory requirement, been transmitted to this office. The full reports of the attorneys for the counties of Wayne and Monroc, are also here with presented, as embracing several suggestions for the action of the legislature. My annual communication has been delayed to a late period, with the hope that returns would be received from the remaining prosecuting attorneys. No reports, however, having reached me from those officers for the counties of Washtenaw, Lenawee, Hillsdale, Jackson, Oakland, Genesee, St. Clair, Kent, Calhoun, Berrien, Ingham and Livingston, no information can be given respecting the nature or amount of criminal proceedings had in those counties during the year. P. MOREY, Attorney General. Statement of the official business commenced and transacted at the office of the Attorney General, for the year 1840. Wayne Circuit. Robert Stuart, treasurer, vs. The president, directors and company of the Bank of Manhattan. Attachment. This suit was instituted to recover the bonus of ten thousand dollars, due from the Bank of Manhattan, under its charter. Shiawassee Circuit. The Board of Internal Improvement vs. A. Beach & Co. An appeal from the Board of Internal Improvement. Wayne Circuit. Eurotas P. Hastings, for the use, &c., vs. John Wells and Charles Wells. Suit upon a note assigned to the auditor general by the State bank. Oakland Circuit. Eurotas P. Hastings vs. The president, directors and company of the Bank of Pontiac. The same. Oakland Circuit. Eurotas P. Hastings vs. The Detroit and Pontiac railroad com Eurotas P. Hastings vs. Linus S. Gilbert and Gideon Gates. The same. Macomb Circuit. Eurotas P. Hastings vs. Aaron B. Rawles. The same. Wayne Circuit. The president, directors and company of the Michigan state bank vs. Benjamin Porter. Suit brought to recover the amount of a cash account due the State bank and assigned to the auditor general. Wayne Circuit. The president, directors and company of the Michigan state bank vs. Benjamin Porter and Amasa B. Gibson. The same. Macomb Circuit. The board of internal improvement, appellants vs. Robert Wattles, for the use, &c., of Edward Peck, appellees. A reference to the circuit court of Macomb county, by the board of internal improvement, under the seventeenth section of the law for the regulation of internal improvement of last session. Lapeer Circuit. The people vs. Henry Daum. Indictment for murder. Abstract of the reports of the Prosecuting Attorneys for the counties of Wayne, Monroe, Kalamazoo, Branch, St. Joseph, Shiawassee, Macomb, Van Buren and Cass, made to the Attorney General, for the year 1840. For rape, County of Cass. obstructing officer in the discharge of duty, perjury, obtaining property under false pretences, 1211 selling spirituous liquors without license, embezzlement, counterfeiting, passing fraudulent money, not paying over to successor, school moneys, Carried forward, 9 648221 4 1 |