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162 to whom was referred the subject of the publication of the revised code of laws, I make the following statement:

I was employed by Mr. Mason to furnish copies of the laws to the printer. Accordingly, immediately after the adjournment of the last Council, I commenced that duty, beginning with the laws designated by the printer, and continued to furnish them as fast as copied; and never to my recollection, was there any delay occasioned by want of copy from the office of the Secretary of the Territory; but on the contrary, there was usually more copy than was required—upon several occasions there were copies of the laws ready in the office, which the gentleman, superintending the publication, declined taking, declaring that he had already sufficient copy on hand for the present purposes. The copy was handed by me to Mr. Brush, while he continued to superintend the publication, and afterwards to Mr. Pritchette, to whom that duty was transferred.

I. S. ROWLAND.

March 7, 1834.

The foregoing statement, to my personal knowledge, is positively correct.

STEVENS T. MASON.

The Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and collection of township and county taxes;" and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.

The bill to provide for the compensation of the officers of the Legislative Council, and for other purposes, was considered in committee of the whole, amended, reported to the Council, the amendments concurred in, engrossed, read the third time and passed.

On motion of Mr. Stockton, the Council proceeded to consider the resolutions submitted by him in relation to the adjournment of the present and the commencement of the next session of the Council; and the blanks being filled, the said resolutions were adopted, as follows:

Resolved, That the present session of the Council shall terminate on the 8th day of March, 1834.

Resolved, That the second session of the sixth Legislative Council shall commence on the first day of January, 1835.

The following messages were severally received from the Governor, by Mr. Pritchette, his private secretary, and laid upon the table:

I have this day approved and signed and herewith return to you the following bills, viz:

"An act to incorporate the stockholders of the Michigan Insurance Company of Detroit."

"An act to incorporate the Portage Canal Company."