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100 property lost, captured or destroyed during the late war, belonging to citizens of the Territory of Michigan.

Mr. Bacon moved to amend the memorial by striking out of it the following sentence:

"And it is a lamentable truth, and no less lamentable than true, there may at this day be seen, on reference to the congressional public documents, the names of persons who were actually engaged in the service of the enemy, and some of whom were leaders at the robberies and massacres herein recited, receiving, under the sanction of Indian treaties and otherwise, thousands of dollars annually from the government of the United States, whilst the just claims of so many citizens on this frontier, who made sacrifices in lives and property in defence of their country, have been hitherto denied."

The motion to strike out the said clause was rejected.

Mr. Durocher moved to add the following resolution to the memorial:

Resolved, That copies of the foregoing resolution be transmitted by the governor to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Delegate in Congress from this Territory.

Mr. Bacon moved that the memorial and resolution be laid on the table.

The motion was disagreed to.

On motion of Mr. Durocher the memorial and resolution were then adopted.

On motion of Mr. Doty, the Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to establish branches of the Bank of Michigan, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, and the Bank of River Raisin, with the amendments to the said bill reported by the committee on incorporations; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and Mr. Satterlee reported that the committee of the whole had had the said bill, with the amendments, under consideration, and instructed him to report the bill with amendments.

Mr. Martin moved that the Council concur in the amendments made in committee of the whole.

Mr. Stockton called for a division of the motion, so as to take the question separately on each amendment.

The question was then taken on concurring in the first amendment, to be added to the second section, of the bill, as follows, and decided in the affirmative:

"They shall appoint three commissioners to open books to receive subscriptions for five hundred shares of said additional stock, at within thirty days after the passing of this act; and the said books shall be continued open for sixty days thereafter, when