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Mr. Fletcher moved so to amend the 14th section, as to retain in the hands of the Legislature, a general comtrol over said Road. The question being taken, the motion was lost.

Mr. Drake moved that the bill pass.

The question being taken, it was decided that the bill do now pass; and that the title thereof be,

"An act," &c.

Ayes, 10; Nays, 3.

Mr. Stockton requiring the ayes and nays:

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Bartow, Drake, Durocher, Irwin, Kingsley, Lawrence, Le Roy, M'Donell, Schoolcraft, Edwards-10.

Those in the negative, are,

Messrs. Brown, Fletcher, Stockton-3.

On motion of Mr. Lawrence, the Council went into the consideration of Executive business; and having disposed of the same, On motion of Mr. Schoolcraft,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Council be, and he is hereby authorised and required to furnish Edward D. Ellis, copies of the Journal of the present session of the Legislative Council, for publication.

Mr. Schoolcraft moved to suspend Rule 18th, and asked leave to introduce a bill.

The rule being suspended, and leave granted;

Mr. Schoolcraft offered-A bill supplementary to an act to provide for the payment of the contingent expenses of the Legislative Council, for the year 1830.

The bill having been read the first time;

On motion of Mr. Schoolcraft, the 19th rule was suspended, and the bill passed to its second reading.

On motion of Mr. Drake,

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time to

morrow.

Mr. Fletcher, from the committee on Enrolment, reported as correctly enrolled bills with the following titles:

An act to provide for the incorporation of Religious Societies. An act to restore the jurisdiction and powers of the County Court of the county of Crawford.

An act to set off and organise the township of La Salle, in the county of Monroe.

An act to amend the several acts to organise the Militia.

An act to regulate the fees of County Treasurers.

An act for the relief of Laurent Durocher.

An act to amend the several acts for the punishment of crimes. The President having signed said bills,

The Council adjourned.

SATURDAY, July 31, 1830.

Mr. M'Donell presented a communication from the Auditor, relative to a claim of the Sheriff and Crier, for services at the May session of the Supreme Court. Referred to the committee on Claims.

Mr. Irwin moved to reconsider the vote taken on the passage of the "bill making certain appropriations, to be paid out of the Territorial Treasury, for the year 1830."

The motion prevailing, and the bill being again before the Council;

On motion,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Mr. Schooleraft, from the committee on Expenditures, to whom the subject of furnishing Chairs for the Council was referred, reported-That the committee recommended that authority be given to the Fiscal Agent, to contract for the same.

On motion, the report was concurred in.

The memorial, petitioning Congress for the establishment of a road from Saginaw to the Sault Ste Marie, was taken up and read. On motion of Mr. Schoolcraft, the memorial was adopted; and is as follows:

To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States :

The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully prays

That an appropriation may be made by Congress, for surveying and marking out a road, and bridging the streams, from Saginaw, by the most eligible route across the public lands, to the site of old Fort Mackinac, on the north-eastern extremity of the Peninsula of Michigan; and also, in continuation, from Point St. Iguace, in the county of Michillimackinac, to the village of Sault Ste Marie.

Many inducements exist in favor of this work, which is one of primary importance to the Territory, and the advance of settlements beyond the Saginaw, and the rapidly increasing importance of that portion of the public, with our emigrant population, indicate that the time has arrived for urging the opening of this important communication between the northern and southern part of the Peninsula.

It is believed that the fertile valleys of the Tittabewassa and the Cheboigan, will afford the greatest facilities for such a read, that no large streams, or other formidable obstacles will be found to intervene ; and that the whole work can be accomplished at an expense greatly inferior to the enhanced value that will thereby be given to the public lands.

Where such reasons exist for the execution of a public work, it appears necessary only to advert to them; and your memorialists therefore submit the subject to your wise deliberation.

Resolved, That the Governor of the Territory be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing memorial to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Delegate in Congress from this Territory.

The memorial, petitioning Congress for the erection of a LightHouse at Point Detour or Drummond's Island, having been taken up and read;

On motion of Mr. Schoolcraft, it was adopted.

Which memorial is as follows:

To the Hon, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

The petition of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully represents—

That the commerce of the Upper Lakes is annually increasing, in the amount of its shipments, and the number and variety of its objects. Every season witnesses its extension into some new quarter where it had not before penetrated, or elicits some new resources from the vegetable or mineral kingdoms. And a brisk and profitable exchange of commodities is maintained between the northern and southern and the western and eastern portions of the Lake country. The tonnage of this region has doubled within ́a short period, and promises to redouble within a still shorter period. And during three fourths of the year, these Lakes are covered with a class of vessels which, both for staunchness and beauty of model, are no where excelled. Steam has within the last twelve years added its facilities to communication, and there are at this time 9 boats in active operation for the accommodation of passen. gers only. And all the multiplied operations of coasting an exchange are carried on, with a spirit of enterprise, which must astonish those, who pause to reflect upon the shortness of the period in which these favorable and gratifying changes have been effected.

In the progress of this transformation of an entire region, so vast in extent, and so varied in resources, and embracing as it does, four distinct and separate inland seas, between which there is an open communication, it is evident, that almost every season must demand some increased facilities to navigation, either in the form of light-houses, harbor piers, or other works of a national character.

Among those portions of the country, which have not heretofore claimed the attention of Congress, but whose increased and increasing commerce entitle them to notice, your memorialists solicit your attention to the Straits of St. Mary, connecting Huron with Superior; and they respectfully ask that an appropriation may be granted for the erection of a light-house on Point Detour or Drummond's Island, as one or the other-position may be deemed most eligible-Also, an appropriation to excavate the bar in Lake George, and to fell and burn the trees from the head of said Lake, for the width of 30 rods, to a point opposite Garden River.

Resolved, That the Governor of the Territory be requested to forward copies of the above memorial to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Represenatives, and the Delegate in Congress from this Territory.

Mr. M'Donell, from the committee on Territorial Affairs, to whom had been referred the petition of Nathan Goodell and others, to be attached to Cass county, reported-That the committee recommended a postponement of the subject, until the next session of the Council.

The report was concurred in.

The memorial, petitioning Congress for the establishment of a post-route from Detroit to the Sault Ste Marie, having been taken up and read;

On motion of Mr. Schoolcraft, it was adopted.

Which memorial is as follows:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully solicits the establishment by law of a postroute from Detroit, by the way of Pontiac, Saginaw, the mouth of Cheboigan River, Michillimackinac, and Point St. Ignace, to the Sault Ste Marie; and that a mail be transmitted thereon once in every month.

Resolved, That copies of the foregoing memorial be forwarded, under the direction of the Governor of the Territory, to the VicePresident of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Delegate in Congress from Michigan.

The memorial, petitioning the President of the United States for the survey of a Canal or Rail-way route, across the Peninsula of Michigan, having been taken up and again read;

On motion of Mr. Kingsley, it was adopted.

Which memorial is as follows:

To his Excellency the President of the United States:

The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully represents

That it is the opinion of your memorialists, that the construction of a Canal or Rail Road across the Peninsula of Michigan, from such point on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan as shall be deemed most eligible, to the eastern coast thereof, is an object of high importance to this Territory, and to this Nation.

This object your memorialists think can be accomplished, with that aid from the national government which it will be for the interest of that government to grant, and which the people of this Territory have some reason to expect.

Your memorialists cannot say whether it may be found more ex

pedient to construct a Canal or Rail Road across this Peninsula; but that either may be done, with great facility, as the face of the country is in general very level, and a sufficient quantity of water may be had on the summit level between the two points, where the proposed route would terminate, for the purposes of a Canal.

When the Canal in the State of Illinois, proposed to be constructed by that State, with the aid of the General Government, connecting the waters of Lake Michigan with those of the Mississippi, shall be finished, the proposed communication between the waters on the east and those on the west side of the Peninsula, will connect the waters of the Gulph of St. Lawrence with those of the Gulph of Mexico.

If a survey were made, for either a Canal or Rail Road across the Peninsula, the public lands, in the vicinity of such surveyed Youte, would doubtless be increased in value, and meet with a more ready sale.

Every possible exertion may be expected, from the inhabitants of the Peninsula, in the attainment of an object so desirable as that above named. With these considerations, your memorialists respectfully request your Excellency to direct a company of engineers to survey a route from the mouth of the St. Josephs to the eastern coast of this Peninsula, for a Canal or Rail Road, as may be thought most expedient.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit to the President of the United States, a copy of the above memorial.

The memorial, petitioning Congress for an increase of the compensation of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Territory, having been taken up and read;

On motion of Mr. Kingsley, it was adopted.

Which memorial is as follows:

To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States:

The memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, respectfully represents

That when the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan, were first appointed, and their salaries fixed, the official duties of said Judges were far less laborious, than they are at this time; and that there were formerly some perquisites attached to the offices of the Judges of the Supreme Court, which no longer exist. Until within a few years, the said Judges were required to hold Courts, only in the city of Detroit: now they are required to hold Courts in ten different counties in the Territory, and in most of them twice a year. Some of those counties are nearly two hondred miles distant from Detroit; and the number of counties in which said Judges are obliged to hold Courts, are yearly increas ing. Hence the labors and expenses of said Judges are much increased.

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