INDEX.

PETITIONS PRESENTED.

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33,47

Of Martin Kundig, keeper of the county poor house of
Wayne county, praying for relief, Mr. Wixom,
Of inhabitants of the county of Ingham, for the organization
of township one north of range one east, Mr. Acker,
Of inhabitants of same county, for town two north of range
east, Mr. Lowry,

Of sundry inhabitants of Kalamazoo county, to cut a race
across university and school lands for Elisha Doan, Mr.
Hammond,

Of N. P. Hoag, for relief, Mr. Smith,

Of sundry inhabitants, for the establishment of a State Bank,
Mr. Mack,

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42

42,63

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42

Of the township board of the town of Dearborn, relative to
assessment of taxes, Mr. Dort,

43

Respecting the abolition of slavery, Mr. Hammond,

43

Of certain inhabitants of the county of Jackson and Calhoun,
for a state road, Mr. Gibbs,

47,51

Of inhabitants of the townships of Alacedon and Aurelius,
for legalizing the proceedings at their township meetings,
Mr. Jennings,

47

Of the commissioners of the county of Wayne, for the remo-
val of the county poor house, Mr. Mack,

47

Of H. B. Hent and others, relative to taxes in Antrim, Shi-
awasse, Mr. McKee,

47

Of inhabitants of Hillsdale and Lenawee, for turning part
of the water of the branch of the St. Joseph into Lime
Lake, Mr. Seeley,

47,59

Of Amos Norton and others, for the organization of a town
in Ottowa, Mr. Finney,

51

Of inhabitants of the county of Washtenaw and Wayne, to
change the name of Michigan city to Raisinville, Mr Ea-

ton,

51

Of inhabitants of Calhoun county, for the organization of a
township, Mr. Gibbs,

Of supervisors of Allegan, Plainfield and Otsego, in county
of Allegan, in relation to assessment of taxes, Mr. Stout,
Of Wm. H. Dean and others, for making judgments in jus-
tices' courts a lien on real estate, and for an alteration of
the law in relation to chattle mortgages, Mr. Speaker,
Of P. P. Acker and others, for improving the navigation of
the St. Joseph river, and the construction of a canal, in
continuation, to Homer, Calhoun county, Mr. Acker,
Of Hiram Smith and others, on same subject, Mr. Good-
win.

Of the president of the common council of the village of
Niles, for alteration in their charter, Mr. Fitzgerald,
Of citizens of Monroe county, for an appropriation on the
State road leading from Monroe to Dearbornville, in
Wayne county, Mr. Bacon,

Of the forwarding merchants of the city of Detroit, relative
to unclaimed goods in their possession, praying that a law
may be passed authorizing the sale of the same after a gi-
ven time, Mr. Mack,

Of the directors of the Gibraltar and Flat Rock company, for
increase of capital, Mr. Near,

Of Elisha Deming and others, for improvement of St. Joseph
river, Mr. Acker,

Of the common council of the city of Monroe, for amend-
ments to their act of incorporation, Mr. Bacon,

67

Of the members of the bar of Wayne county, for an increase
of the number of masters in chancery, Mr. Mack,
Of citizens of Berrien county, on behalf of certain settlers
on lands belonging to the State, Mr. Fitzgerald,
Of the county of Wayne, for the use of the basement of ca-
pitol for county officers, Mr. Eaton,

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67

Of C. C. Haskell and others, for vacating a part of the plat
of the village of Flint, Mr. McKee,

71

Of the overseers of highways of the town of Thornapple, Mr.
Stout,

71

Of 207 citizens of Berrien county, in relation to settlers on
the university lands, Mr. Fitzgerald,

73

Of citizens of Calhoun and Jackson counties, for the improve.
ments on the St. Joseph river, Mr. Goodwin,

73

Of 397 inhabitants of Hillsdale county, for removal of seat
of justice from Jonesville to village of Hillsdale, Mr. See-
ley,

Of W. H. Slack, guardian of heirs of Abraham Slack, for
authority to sell and convey real estate, Mr. Smith,

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73

Of sundry inhabitants of Wayne, for aid in constructing a
road, Mr. Near,

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73

Of eighty citizens of Watertown, for the organization of the
county of Clinton, Mr. McKee,

73

Of citizens of Clinton county, for a branch of Clinton and Ka-
lamazoo canal down the Looking glass river, to the waters
of Grand river, Mr. McKee,

Of inhabitants of the township of Elba, county of Lapeer, for
legalizing certain township acts, Mr. Howland,

Of 100 citizens of the township of Dearborn, Wayne county,
praying for an appropriation for laying out and making a
turnpike road from Dearbornville to Flat Rock, and from
thence to Monroe, Mr. Dort,

Of sundry inhabitants of Wayne county, for the construction
of a road, Mr. Near,

Of sundry inhabitants of township 8, and fraction of town-
ship 9 of range 4 west, in Hillsdale county, praying to be
set off and organized into a township, Mr. Seeley.

Of Thomas Beals, relative to a protested draft on the State
Treasury, Mr. Mack,

Of sundry citizens of the county of Sanilac, to be set off into

a new county and attached, for judicial purposes, to the
county of Saginaw, Mr. Little,

Of citizens of the township of Raisinville, Monroe county,
protesting against the act of March 31, 1838, to organize
certain townships, and praying for its repeal so far as that
township is concerned, Mr. Bacon,

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85

Of the board of the township of Richland, county of Kala-
mazoo, to legalize assessment roll, Mr. Hammond,
Of citizens of Calhoun and Jackson counties, for improve-
ments on the St. Joseph river, Mr. Gibbs,

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85

Of citizens of Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Ingham and Shiawassee
counties, for a branch of Clinton and Kalamazoo canal,
Mr. McKee,

85

Of inhabitants of town 7 north, of range 4 east, that said town
be set off from the township of Owasso, and attached to
Vernon, Mr. McKee,

85

Of citizens of Plymouth, relative to school district No. 6, in
said township, that the neglect of their assessor may be re-
medied, Mr. Mack,

From the supervisors of the county of Washtenaw, for the
passage of a law authorizing commissioners to raise by loan
$5000, to complete county jail, Mr. Renwick,

Of sundry citizens of Calhoun, for improvements on St. Jo-
seph river, Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Acker,
Of Guy Carpenter, for relief, Mr. Smith,