Mr. Moran presented an account of John M. Wilson, sheriff of the county of Wayne, for attendance on the supreme court of the Territory. Referred to the committee on expenditures.
Mr. Renwick submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That any members of the Legislative Council, who are stockholders of the Bank of Michigan, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, or the Bank of River Raisin, shall be excused from voting on the passage of the bill to establish branches of the Bank of Michigan, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, and the Bank of River Raisin.
On motion of Mr. Hascall, the resolution was laid on the table.
Mr. Stockton called up the additional rule, submitted by him, as rule 52, for the government of the Council, requiring the votes of nine members to charter any monied institution.
Mr. Bacon moved the reference of the proposed rule to the committee on the judiciary.
The yeas and nays being demanded on this motion, they were as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin—7.
Nays: Messrs. Millington, Moran, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—6.
Mr. Millington submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the judiciary committee, to whom has just been referred the proposed additional rule for the government of the Council, report before two o'clock p. m. of this day.
Mr. Doty moved to amend the resolution so as to require the committee to report at the next session of the Council.
On this motion, the yeas and nays being demanded, 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 said amendment was adopted.
Mr. Stockton moved further to amend the resolution, so as to give the committee on the judiciary leave of absence until the next session.
The yeas and nays being demanded on this motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Martin, Millington, Renwick, Stockton—4.
Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Moran, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—9.
The question on the adoption of the resolution was then taken by yeas and nays, and decided in the affirmative, as follows:
