Mr. Durocher presented sundry accounts against the Council. Referred to the committee on expenditures.
Mr. Britain presented the account of A. M. Hurd. Referred to the committee on expenditures.
Mr. Farnsworth presented the accounts of George L. Whitney. Referred to the committee on claims.
Mr. Millington presented the account of J. Dean. Referred to the committee on expenditures.
Mr. Moran presented the account of C. Cleland. Referred to the committee on expenditures.
On motion of Mr. Doty, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the resolutions submitted by him on the 1st instant, directing, the librarian to subscribe to certain newspapers for the Council, and to preserve them in regular files in the library.
Mr. Bacon moved the following as a substitute to the said resolutions:
Resolved, That it is inexpedient for this Council to subscribe for any newspapers or periodicals during the recess of said Council. And the question on this motion being taken by yeas and nays, it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Durocher, Hascall, Martin, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—9.
Nays: Messrs. Britain, Doty, Farnsworth, Moran—4.
Mr. Moran called up his resolution relative to an extra session of the Council, and laid the following as a substitute on the table:
Resolved by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That the Congress of the United States be most respectfully solicited to pass a law, at their present session, to authorize this Legislative Council to hold an extra session; to be convened by proclamation issued by the Governor of the territory, for the dispatch and completion of the mass of public and important business pending before the Council; in which the population of this territory are so deeply interested, which cannot with any degree of accuracy receive the final action of the Council, the session being limited to sixty days by law, which will terminate in four days hence; by which a large and respectable portion of the people will be disappointed in their just expectations, and will operate to the disadvantage of a growing and enterprising population.
Resolved, That Congress be further respectfully solicited to pass a law, authorizing a census to be taken of the population of this territory for the purpose of facilitating their admission into the Union as a state government.
Resolved, That the Governor of the territory be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the president of the Senate, speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the delegate from this territory in Congress.
