and speaker of the house of representatives, or the secretary of the senate or clerk of the house of representatives, shall grant to any member or officer of the legislature, a certificate of the time of his attendance, he shall be satisfied by the certificate of the assistant librarian, that said member has returned all books taken out of the state library by him, and has settled all accounts for fines, for injuring such books, or otherwise. Approved, April 13, 1841. [No. 27.] JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the Ypsilanti and Tecumseh railroad. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioners appointed by an act of the last legislature to settle with the Ypsilanti and Tecumseh railroad company be, and are hereby authorized to make a full and final settlement with said company, according to the provisions of said act; which settlement shall not have any force or effect, unless approved of by the next legislature; and shall have power to send for persons and papers, and to take testimony under oath, which oath, they or either of them, are hereby authorized to administer: Provided, The expenses attending said settlement, shall not be charged to the state. Approved, April 13, 1841. [No. 28.] JOINT RESOLUTION concerning the claim of E. Corning & Co., of the city of Albany, for railroad spike. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the acting commissioner be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and examine the accounts of Erastus Corning & Co., of the city of Albany, for railroad spike furnished for, and on account of the different works of internal improvement of this state, and to ascertain the amount due them, or to become due them, on the delivery of the balance of spike, if any yet [remain] in their hands and properly chargeable to the state, under contracts or orders heretofore made by the authorized agents of the state, and upon ascertaining the amount, if any, so due said Corning & Co., the said acting commissioner shall give his certificate thereof addressed to the auditor general, who is hereby authorized and required, upon the presentation of said certificate, to draw his draft for the same, in like manner as is done in payment of estimates for labor done, or materials furnished the several works of internal improvement of this state. Approved, April, 13, 1841. [No. 29.] JOINT RESOLUTION relative to a distribution of the session laws, journals and documents of the present session of the legislature. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the secretary of state distribute to each member and officer of this legislature, the session laws, when printed, for the year A. D. 1841; and, also, one set of the like journals and documents of the two houses, for the same year. Approved, April 13, 1841. [No. 30.] JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the claims of Harrington and Bathy. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the board of internal improvement be, and they are hereby directed to cause the work done by Daniel B. Harrington and T. Bathy, on the Northern railroad, for which they claim compensation, as having been done for and by the authority of the state, and not included in any estimate heretofore made, to be examined, and to report to the next legislature what amount, if any, ought to be paid to said claimants, or either of them. Approved, April 13, 1841. |