Mr. Millington, from the committee on enrolment, reported that they had examined and compared the "act to create and establish a common school fund," and found it to be correctly enrolled.
The bill to incorporate the Kalamazoo Mutual Insurance Company, and the bill to organize certain townships, were severally read the second time by their titles.
The engrossed bill to provide for the election of a county assessor, and for other purposes, was read the third time and passed.
The Council again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill concerning circuit courts; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and Mr. Millington reported, that the committee of the whole had had the said bill under consideration, and instructed him to report the same with sundry amendments.
Mr. Martin moved that the Council concur in the amendments.
Mr. Bacon called for a division of the motion, so as to take the question separately on each of the amendments.
And on the question, "will the Council concur in the amendment to the first section, which provides that the judge may reside in the county of Wayne?" it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Britain, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Stockton—8.
Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—5.
On the question, will the Council concur in the substitute for the fourth section, which allows the judge mileage in travelling for the purpose of holding the circuit courts? it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Doty, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Millington, Moran, Renwick, Stockton—10.
Nays: Messrs. Britain, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—3.
The remaining amendments were severally ageed to.
Mr. Martin moved a recess of the Council until two o'clock p. m. The motion was disagreed to.
Mr. Bacon moved, that the bill and amendments be printed. The motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, the said bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time tomorrow.
Mr. Hascall gave notice, that, on a future day, he should ask leave to introduce a bill to provide for the payment, from the territorial treasury, of persons who were compelled by law to attend the court of inquiry and the court martial for the trial of Colonel David Perrine, of the fourth regiment of Michigan militia.
Mr. Durocher gave notice, that, on a future day, he should ask leave to introduce a bill amendatory of an act entitled "An act to regulate Taverns."
Mr. Martin moved a recess till four o'clock p. m. which motion was disagreed to.
