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94 from Fort-street to Spring Wells, be recommitted to the same committee, with instructions to report a bill providing for laying out and establishing said road, with a provision that said road shall not be opened unless by the consent of the proprietors of lands through which it may pass, or until it shall hereafter be ordeied to be opened, and the damages, if any, be paid, by the proper authorities.

Mr. Martin, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was recommitted the bill concerning the circuit courts, reported the same with amendments.

The bill and amendments were laid on the table, and the amendments ordered to be printed.

The president announced, that he had, this day, presented to the Governor, for his approbation, the bill to provide for the election of a county assessor, and for other purposes.

The bill concerning the Bank of River Raisin, and the bill to amend the act entitled "An act concerning costs and fees," were severally read a second time by their titles.

The engrossed bill to establish branches of the Bank of Michigan, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, and the Bank of River Raisin, being under consideration,

Mr. Stockton moved to recommit the said bill, together with the remonstrance this day presented against the establishment of branch banks, to the committee on incorporations.

Mr. Martin demanded the yeas and nays on this motion;

And, on the question, shall the said bill, with the remonstrance, be recommitted? it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Doty, Millington, Moran, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—7.

Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin—5.

Mr. Stockton moved to recommit the bill to incorporate the bank of Macomb county; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Doty moved that the Council again resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to incorporate the stockholders of the Bank of Wiskonsin.

The motion was lost.

Mr. Martin moved to adjourn. This motion was also disagreed to.

The Council again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on bill No. 22, to incorporate the village of St. Joseph; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and Mr, Bacon reported, that the committee of the whole had had the said bill under consideration, and instructed him to report the same with sundry amendments.

On motion of Mr. Bacon, the Council concurred in the amendments; and the bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time tomorrow.