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Yeas: Messrs. Britain, Doty, Farnsworth, Martin, Satterlee, M'Donell, president-6.

Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Durocher, Hascall, Millington, Moran, Renwick, Stockton-7.

Mr. Stockton moved that the report of the committee, unfavorable to the opening of said road, be adopted; and the yeas and nays being demanded on the motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Durocher, Moran, Stockton_4. Nays: Messrs. Britain, Doty, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, M'Donell, president-9.

On motion of Mr. Renwick, the report and resolution were both laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Hascall, the committee proceeded to the consideration of the report of the judiciary committee adverse to the repeal of the "act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons," and the resolution submitted by him to recommit the report to the same committee, with instructions to bring in a bill to repeal the said act.

Mr. Farnsworth moved to substitute the word "amend" for "re

peal" in the said resolution. The motion was disagreed to. Mr. Hascall moved the adoption of the resolution;

And, on the question, "shall the resolution be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Britain, Durocher, Hascall, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton-7.

Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Doty, Farnsworth, Martin, Moran, M'Donell, president-6.

The bill for the relief of Hiram Wilmarth, and the bill to incorporate the Detroit Co-operative Association, were read the second time by their titles.

The engrossed bill to incorporate the Village of St. Joseph, being under consideration, on third reading,

On motion of Mr. Britain, it was committed to the committee of the whole.

The engrossed bill to amend the act entitled "an act relative to the privileges and duties of townships," was read a third time and passed.

Mr. Stockton moved the adoption of the following as an additional rule for the government of the Council:

"RULE --. That on the passage of any bill chartering a moneyed institution, unless nine of the members shall vote for the same, it shall be lost."

The chair declared the proposition to be out of order at this time. On motion of Mr. Durocher, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the memorial to Congress, soliciting compensation for

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property lost, captured or destroyed during the late war, belonging to citizens of the Territory of Michigan.

Mr. Bacon moved to amend the memorial by striking out of it the following sentence:

"And it is a lamentable truth, and no less lamentable than true, there may at this day be seen, on reference to the congressional public documents, the names of persons who were actually engaged in the service of the enemy, and some of whom were leaders at the robberies and massacres herein recited, receiving, under the sanction of Indian treaties and otherwise, thousands of dollars annually from the government of the United States, whilst the just claims of so many citizens on this frontier, who made sacrifices in lives and property in defence of their country, have been hitherto denied."

The motion to strike out the said clause was rejected.

Mr. Durocher moved to add the following resolution to the memorial:

Resolved, That copies of the foregoing resolution be transmitted by the governor to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Delegate in Congress from this Territory.

Mr. Bacon moved that the memorial and resolution be laid on the table.

The motion was disagreed to.

On motion of Mr. Durocher the memorial and resolution were then adopted.

On motion of Mr. Doty, the Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to establish branches of the Bank of Michigan, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, and the Bank of River Raisin, with the amendments to the said bill reported by the committee on incorporations; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and Mr. Satterlee reported that the committee of the whole had had the said bill, with the amendments, under consideration, and instructed him to report the bill with amendments.

Mr. Martin moved that the Council concur in the amendments made in committee of the whole.

Mr. Stockton called for a division of the motion, so as to take the question separately on each amendment.

The question was then taken on concurring in the first amendment, to be added to the second section of the bill, as follows, and decided in the affirmative:

"They shall appoint three commissioners to open books to receive subscriptions for five hundred shares of said additional stock, within thirty days after the passing of this act; and the said books shall be continued open for sixty days thereafter, when

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they shall be closed, and the stock which shall have been subscribed, shall be apportioned among the subscribers thereto by the said commissioners, in the said manner as was provided for the distribution of the original stock of the said bank. The residue of the said stock shall be distributed in the manner provided in respect to the said original shares."

The second amendment being under consideration, as follows: Strike out section 5, and insert-

"The said branch bank may emit the bills of the Bank of Michigan, endored by the cashier of the said branch bank; which bills, so endorsed, shall be redeemable at said branch; or said branch may issue bills signed by the president and cashier thereof, being bills of the Bank of Michigan made payable at said branch.

Resolved, That the bills of said Bank of Michigan, or of the branch thereof, shall be received in payment for debts due to either of them."

Mr. Millington moved the following as a substitute to the same : "The bills or notes issued by said branches, promising the payment to any person or persons, his, her or their order, or to bearer, signed by the presidents and cashiers thereof, shall be redeemable at said banks and the branches thereof in specie. If such bills and notes issued as aforesaid, are not paid when the same are due and demanded at the banking houses of said banks or branches, in the legal coin of the United States, the said corporations shall be dissolved, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.”

And the yeas and nays being demanded on the question to adopt the said substitute, it was decided in the negative, as follows: Yeas: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president-5.

Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran--8.

The question recurring on the second amendment made in committee of the whole, the yeas and nays were demanded, and were as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin 7. Nays: Messrs. Millington, Moran, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president-6.

So the second amendment was concurred in.

Mr. Millington moved, that the Council do adjourn; and the yeas and nays being demanded on the said motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton_4. Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, M'Donell, president_9.

The third amendment made in committee of the whole being under consideration, as follows:

Add to section 8: " And five hundred shares of the said capital stock, the president, directors and company of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, shall permit the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, residing west of the meridian line to subscribe; and for that purpose books shall be opened at days after the passing of this act, by commissioners appointed by the said president and directors; and days thereafter (during which time the said books shall be kept open,) the said commissioners shall proceed to distribute the said stock among the subscribers thereto, according to the charter of the said Farmers and Mechanics' Bank."

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Mr. Millington moved to amend the same by substituting the following:

"And the said stockholders and directors of each of the said banks shall permit and allow the inhabitants residing west of the meridian to subscribe three-fourths of the additional capital stock of said banks; and shall also appoint three commissioners to open books for that purpose, at the place where said banks are located, within thirty days after the passage of this act, and six months shall be allowed to said inhabitants to subscribe for said stock, from and after the books are opened as aforesaid; ten per cent. shall be paid to said commissioners at the time of subscribing, and the balance of said subscriptions shall be paid in the same manner as is provided by the acts chartering said banks; said branches shall not commence business until one-half of said additional stock is subscribed and the per cent. paid in as aforesaid."

The question on the said amendment being taken by yeas and nays, it was decided in the negative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president--5.

Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran--8.

Mr. Renwick moved, that the Council do adjourn; and the yeas and nays being demanded on the motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton-4. Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, M'Donell, president_9.

The question recurring on the third amendment made in committee of the whole,

On motion of Mr. Bacon,
The Council adjourned.

THURSDAY, February 27, 1834.

The president laid before the Council an official communication from the honorable Lucius Lyon, the delegate from this territory in Congress, stating the improbability, for reasons set forth in the letter,

of the passage of a law by Congress, at the present session, authorizing the people of Michigan to take measures for the formation of a state government, preparatory to their admission into the Union.

On motion of Mr. Doty, the said communication was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Hascall presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of the county of Lapeer, praying for a review of a part of the territorial road laid out in the fall of 1832, from Rochester to the seat of justice of Lapeer. Laid on the table.

Mr. Stockton presented a petition from Joseph Stead, of the county of Macomb, praying a revival of the power of granting a legal sanction to alterations in village plats. Referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Stockton again called up the following, which he had yesterday offered to the Council, as an additional rule for its government: "RULE 52. That on the passage of any bill chartering a monied institution, unless nine members shall vote for the same, it shall be lost."

On motion of Mr. Martin, the said proposed additional rule was laid on the table.

Mr. Doty, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the message of the Governor of the 25th instant, returning with his objections the bill "to create and establish a common school fund," reported an amended bill to create and establish a common school fund.

The bill was read the first and second time. Mr. Doty, from the committee on incorporations, made a report adverse to the petition of John P. Arndt. Laid on the table.

Mr. Bacon, from the committee on internal improvement, reported

A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate highways," approved April 17, 1833.

The bill was read the first time.

Mr. Doty, from the committee on incorporations, made an unfavorable report on the petition of the First Protestant Society of Detroit for an act of incorporation. Laid on the table.

Mr. Stockton, from the committee on internal improvement, reported

A bill to provide for making necessary alterations in territorial roads.

The bill was read the first time.

Mr. Stockton, from the committee on internal improvement, made an unfavorable report on the petition for a dam across the river St. Joseph at Mockasin Ripple. Laid on the table.

Mr. Satterlee, from the select committee, to whom the resolution

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