Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the congress of the United States be, and they are hereby earnestly solicited to cause the line in question to be surveyed and marked, and that simultaneously with the survey, a commissioner be appointed by the general government, to attend, conjointly with a commissioner to be appointed by this state, and who, by their concurrent action, so establish the boundary in question, if practicable, as shall be in conformity with the manifest general intent of the act of congress.

Be it further resolved, That the delegation of this state be, and they are hereby requested to use their efforts to procure the passage, in congress, of some appropriate act, or joint resolution, to effect this object.

Mr. Gidley rose, and said he was requested by Senator Fuller, who was sick at his room, and who is the chairman of the select committee on apportionment, to introduce, for him, a "bill to apportion anew the representatives and senators among the several counties and districts of this state;" the bill was twice read, referred to the committee of the whole, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Gidley, from the committee on internal improvement, to whom was yesterday referred the "joint resolution relative to the board of appraisers on the public works," reported a substitute bill entitled a "bill to abrogate the board of appraisers on the public works;" which was twice read, and referred to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Adam, from the committee on public instruction, reported the following joint resolution; which was laid on the table for one day:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the directors of each school district in making their annual reports for the current year, shall, in addition to the other items required by law, specify the number of children between the ages of five and seventeen inclusive, belonging to families using habitually the French, German or other language than the English; the number of such

children attending the district school, and the number of such, if any, attending schools where school books in any other language than the English are used; also, the number of adults, above the age of seventeen, who can read the French, German or other languages, and cannot read the English.

Resolved further, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several school inspectors and county clerks, and of the superintendent of public instruction, to embody the returns hereinbefore authorized and required, in their annual report for the current year.

The President announced the following special message from the executive:

To the President of the Senate:

SIR-I have the honor to enclose herewith, two small charts, illustrative of the difficulties which exist in relation to the boundary line between this state and the territory of Wisconsin, being the same to which I made reference in my communication of the 12th instant, and those maps, together with the communication accompanying them, from the state geologist, I pray may be considered for the use of both houses.

I have the honor to be, sir,

With great respect,

Your odedient servant,

WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE.

Executive Office, January 20, 1841.

The message and accompanying papers were laid on the table.

Mr. Walker, pursuant to previous notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a "bill to amend an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the disposition of prisoners apprehended within the county of Macomb,' approved February 4, 1840;" Messrs. Walker, LeRoy and Drake, committee thereon, reported the bill, which was read twice, and referred to the committee of the whole.

Mr. Adam offered the following preamble and joint resolution:

Whereas, it is provided in the law prescribing the duties of

state printer, that one hundred and sixty copies of each bill or document, ordered to be printed by either house, shall be struck off, (when no other number is specially ordered,) in order to supply the members of both houses with two copies each of all and singular, said bills or documents; therefore,

Resolved by the Senate, (the House concurring,) That it shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, to see that the messengers of the House are supplied with one hundred and twenty copies of all Senate bills and documents; and the duty of the sergeant-at-arms of the House, to see the messengers of the Senate supplied with forty copies of all House bills and documents; two copies of each several bill and documents shall be furnished to each member.

The rule was suspended, and the same were adopted.

Mr. Drake, in pursuance of previous notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a "bill relative to the sale of real estate." The President appointed Messrs. Drake, Witherell and Fuller, a committee to report the bill, which was done, and the bill read twice, referred to the committee of the whole and ordered to be printed.

The "bill authorizing county commissioners to establish a distinction between county and township poor," was read the third time and passed.

The title of the bill was amended, by prefixing the letters "re," immediately preceding the word "establish," and the title, as amended, was adopted.

On motion, the Senate went into committee of the whole, Mr. Gidley in the chair, on the "bill to prescribe the powers and duties of justices of the peace, in civil proceedings."

After some time spent thereon, the committee rose, and through their chairman, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. Leave was granted.

On motion, the Senate adjourned.

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Friday, January 22, 1841.

The President called the Senate to order.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Duffield.

Mr. Barry, from the committee on state affairs to whom was referred the special message of the executive, in relation to the boundary line between this state and Wisconsin, reported the following joint resolution, which was laid on the table for one day:

A joint resolution authorizing the governor to appoint a commissioner to act in concert with such commissioner as may be appointed by the federal government, for the purpose of surveying and marking the boundary line between this state and the territory of Wisconsin.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the governor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint the state geologist, or some other fit and proper person, as commissioner to survey and mark the boundary line between this state and the territory of Wisconsin, to act in concert with such other commissioner or commissioners as may be first appointed for that purpose, by authority of the government of the United States.

Mr. Drake, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the "bill requiring mortgages of personal property to be recorded in the town clerk's and other offices," reported the same back, and recommended its indefinite postponement.

On motion of Mr. Bridge, the bill was laid on the table and ordered printed.

Also, by same, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of the upper village of Marshall township, praying for leave to alter a certain portion of said village plat, reported the same back to the Senate, and were discharged from the further consideration thereof.

On motion, leave was granted the petitioners to withdraw the said petition.

The joint resolution reported by the committee on state af'fairs, and laid on the table yesterday, came up for consideration.

Mr. Drake moved to lay the resolution on the table, which motion was lost, by the following vote:

The question recurring upon the adoption of the resolution,

it was adopted.

The joint resolution reported yesterday by the committee on public instruction, was taken up from the table, and adopted.

On motion, the Senate went into committee of the whole, Mr. Edmunds in the chair, upon the "bill to abrogate the board of appraisers on the public works of the state."

After some time, the committee rose, reported the bill back to the Senate, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration thereof.

The committee of the whole were discharged, and the bill was laid on the table.

The Senate then resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. Adam in the chair, on the "bill to provide for establishing the seat of government of the state, until 1847."

After a time, the committee rose, reported progress, and asked and obtained leave to sit again.

The Senate, in committee of the whole, Mr. Gidley in the chair, went into the consideration of the "bill to prescribe the powers and duties of justices of the peace, in civil proceed-. ings."

After some time spent thereon, the committee rose, reported progress, and asked and obtained leave to sit again.

The President announced a message from the executive, on executive business.

On motion of Mr. Drake, the Senate went into executive session.

When the doors were opened, the Senate adjourned.