J. Matthews was chosen messenger; and Pitt Phillips assistant messenger.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

Resolved, That the following Standing Committees be appointed,

to consist of three members each, to be denominated

The Committee on the Judiciary,

Territorial Affairs,

Expenditures,

Claims,

On motion of Mr. Martin,

Resolved, That the daily hour to which the Council shall stand adjourned, shall be eleven o'clock, A. M. until otherwise ordered

by the Council.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

The Council adjourned to eleven o'clock, A. M. tomorrow.

On motion of Mr. Hascall,

TUESDAY, January 14, 1834.

Resolved, That the standing committees be appointed by ballot. On motion of Mr. Stockton,

The Council proceeded to ballot for the standing committees; and the following members were chosen :

Committee on the Judiciary.---Messrs. Martin, Doty, Hascall.
On Territorial Affairs. _ Messrs. Bacon, Renwick, Britain.
On Internal Improvement and Agriculture._ Messrs. Stockton,

Doty, Bacon.

On Expenditures. Messrs. Renwick, Durocher, Satterlee. On Claims. Messrs. Durocher, Satterlee, Stockton. On the Militia. --Messrs. Hascall, Britain, Stockton. On Schools._ Messrs. Satterlee, Moran, Renwick. On Incorporations.--Messrs. Doty, Farnsworth, Millington. On Printing.-Messrs. Britain, Moran, Millington. On the Library. _ Messrs. Farnsworth, Hascall, Britain. On Enrolment. - Messrs. Millington, Doty, Martin. The President announced the following regulations for the daily transaction of business, until otherwise directed by the Council. "After the journal is read, the Council is open for business, the following order will be given :

1. Petitions or memorials to be offered. 2. Resolutions.

3. Reports of committees.

4. Bills and resolutions ready for a second reading.

5. Bills on their passage.

6. Reports in possession of the Council, which offer grounds for

a bill, are to be taken up, that the bill may be ordered in.

7. Bills or other matters before the Council, and unfinished the preceding day.

8. These matters being despatched, for expediting business, the general file of bills and other papers are then taken up, agreeably to their first introduction to the Council."

On motion of Mr. Stockton,

The petition of sundry inhabitants of Macomb county, praying for the incorporation of township No. 2 north, range 12 east, into a separate township, by the name of Bloomfield, presented on the 10th instant, was referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Doty presented a petition from the supervisors of the county of Brown, praying for the passage of a law authorizing them to hold a meeting and levy a tax upon the estate in said county, and to settle the claims chargeable against the county. The petition was referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Doty presented a petition from the members of the bar of the counties of Crawford and Iowa, together with a memorial and sundry resolutions adopted at a public meeting held at Mineral Point, on the 16th of October, 1833, praying for the abolition of the county courts of said counties, and for the institution of a circuit court in each of them, to be held by a competent judge, with an adequate salary: to hold three terms a year in the county of Iowa, and two terms a year in the county of Crawford.

The petition, memorial, and resolutions were referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Millington presented a petition from the inhabitants of township No. 3 south, range 4 east, in the county of Washtenaw, praying that the said township may be organized into a separate township by the name of Freedom, and the inhabitants authorized to transact the business of the township within its limits.

The petition was referred to the committee on territorial affairs. On motion of Mr. Martin,

Resolved, That the territorial committee be instructed to report a memorial to Congress, praying the erection of the state of Michigan, and the establishment of the Territorial government of Wiskonsin.

Mr. Stockton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the admission of this territory into the Union on equal footing with the several states thereof, by

1. Providing for taking a census of the inhabitants of the territory.

2. Providing for the election of delegates to form a state convention.

On motion of Mr. Martin, the resolution was laid on the table until tomorrow.

Mr. Doty laid on the table the following resolution: Resolved, That a printer for the Territory of Michigan be chosen by the Legislative Council, at the first session of each Council, who shall hold said office until another is appointed and qualified, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall be provided by law.

On motion of Mr. Renwick,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory communicate to the Legislative Council whatever information he may possess in relation to the non-fulfilment of the contract existing between the Territory of Michigan and Mr. M'Knight, publisher of the laws of said territory, with a statement of the causes of delay in the distribution of the laws.

On motion of Mr. Hascall,

Resolved, That the committee on expenditures be instructed to purchase, for the use of the Governor and Council, fourteen copies of the map of the Territory of Michigan.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory be directed to place fifty copies of the Journal of the second session of the Fifth Council in the Library, for the use of the Council.

On motion of Mr. Durocher,

Resolved, That fifty copies of the rules, reported for the government of the present Council, together with lists of the names of the respective committees, be printed, as soon as may be, for the use of the Council.

On motion of Mr. Martin, the Council adjourned to 11 o'clock, A. M. tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1834.

The President laid before the Council a communication from the Auditor of the Territory, transmitting his report of territorial receipts and expenditures in the year 1833; and also, a communication from the same officer, suggesting the passage of a law appropriating one hundred dollars to defray the expense of transmitting licenses by mail to the clerks of the several counties in the peninsula. These communications were referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Britain presented four petitions from sundry inhabitants of the county of Berrien, complaining of the injudicious location of the present seat of justice in that county, and praying for a review with a view to a relocation of the said seat of justice.

The petitions, with an affidavit accompanying them, were referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Hascall gave notice that he should, on a future day, ask leave to introduce a bill to set off the south-east corner township in the county of Lapeer for township government; and also, a bill for the division of the township of Novi, in the county of Oakland. Mr. Farnsworth laid on the table the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on territorial affairs be instructed to prepare a memorial to Congress, praying for a grant of lands to this territory, to aid in the construction of a rail-road across the peninsula of Michigan.

Mr. Hascall submitted the following resolution :

Resolved, That when any member shall state in his place, that notice has been posted up agreeably to the provisions of the statute relative to petitions, it shall be taken and deemed to be sufficient testimony of the fact.

Mr. Martin moved to strike out of the resolution all the words after the word "Resolved," and to insert the following as an amendment:

"That the judiciary committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing or amending the act, entitled 'an act to regulate the mode of petitioning the Legislative Council." The question being taken on the amendment, it was lost.

The question then recurred on the original resolution, and it was disagreed to.

Mr. Stockton laid on the table the following resolution : Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to the judiciary, be referred to the committee on the judiciary : That part relative to grand jurors, to the committee on territorial

affairs:

That part relative to education, to the committee on schools: That part relative to public roads, to the committee on territorial affairs:

That part relative to the construction of a rail-road, to the committee on internal improvement and agriculture:

That part in relation to the removal of bars and the construction of piers at the mouths of sundry rivers, to the committee on internal improvement and agriculture:

That part in relation to a census, to the committee on territorial affairs:

Mr. Doty laid on the table the following resolution :

Resolved, That a select committee be appointed, to inquire whether the lands and property of the Indians, inhabiting the territory of Michigan, have not been taken from them without their consent; and whether they have not been invaded or disturbed in their property, rights and liberty, otherwise than in lawful wars, authorized by Congress, in violation of the third article of the ordinance of 1787.

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Resolved, That said committee be instructed to inquire what laws ought to be enacted by this Council, to prevent wrongs being done to the Indians, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.

On motion of Mr. Stockton, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the resolution submitted by him yesterday, instructing the judiciary committee to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the admission of this territory into the Union on an equal footing with the several states thereof; and on the question to adopt the same, it was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Doty, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the resolution laid on the table by him yesterday, in relation to the appointment of a printer for the territory of Michigan. Mr. Doty offered the following as a substitute for the resolution: Resolved by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, that a printer for the Council be chosen by the Legislative Council at the first session of each council, who shall hold said office until another is appointed and qualified, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall be provided by law.

On motion of Mr. Durocher, the substitute was laid on the table. Mr. Britain moved to reconsider the resolution adopted by the Council yesterday, directing the Secretary of the Territory to communicate such information as he may possess in relation to the non-fulfilment of the contract existing between the Territory of Michigan and Mr. M'Knight, publisher of the laws for the said territory, with a statement of the causes of delay in the distribution of the laws.

And the question to reconsider the same being taken, it was lost. On motion of Mr. Martin,

The Council adjourned to eleven o'clock, A. M. tomorrow.

THURSDAY, January 16, 1834. The President presented a communication from the Treasurer of the Territory, transmitting to the Legislative Council his account of the receipts and expenditures of the Territory for the year 1833. The communication was referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Bacon presented a petition from the inhabitants of Township 7, Range 1, 2 and 3, in the county of Lenawe, praying that they may be organized into a separate township, and authorized to hold public meetings and elect their own officers.

The petition was referred to the committee on territorial affairs. On motion of Mr. Stockton, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the resolution laid on the table by him yesterday; and having, on his motion, amended it, adopted the same, as follows: Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to the judiciary, be referred to the committee on the judiciary: