Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Durocher, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—8.
Nays: Messrs. Doty, Farnsworth, Millington, Renwick, Stockton—5.
So the amendment was concurred in.
The question on the second amendment, inserting, after the last blank in the fourth line of the sixth section, the words, "or to continue the same at said place after it shall have been established," being taken, it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—10.
Nays: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Stockton—3.
So this amendment was also concurred in.
The question being taken on the third amendment, inserting the same words after the last blank in the fourth line of the twelfth section, it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—10.
Nays: Messrs. Millington, Renwick Stockton—3.
So this amendment was also concurred in.
The question being taken on the fourth amendment, inserting the same words in the nineteenth section, the yeas and nays were as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—10.
Nays: Messrs. Millington, Renwick, Stockton—3.
So this amendment was also concurred in.
Mr. Stockton moved to strike out all those sections of the bill which relate to the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank. This motion was disagreed to.
Mr. Stockton then moved to strike out all the bill after the enacting clause.
And the yeas and nays being taken on this motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Millington, Satterlee, Stockton—3.
Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Renwick, M'Donell, president—10.
So the Council refused to strike out.
The title of the bill was then amended to read as follows:
"A bill to establish branches of the Bank of Michigan, Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, and Bank of River Raisin."
On motion of Mr. Hascall, the said bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill, No. 23, amendatory to an act entitled "an act to provide for the assessment and collection of territorial taxes;" and after some
