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

"An act to provide for the compensation of the officers of the Legislative Council, and for other purposes."

"An act making certain appropriations to be paid out of the territorial treasury, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four."

G. B. PORTER.

March 7, 1834.

Mr. Britain moved, that the Council proceed to the consideration of the bill for extending the charter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Michigan, with the report thereon of the select committee to whom the bill had been referred.

Mr. Bacon moved that the said bill and amendments be laid on the table.

The yeas and nays being demanded on this motion, it was decided in the negative, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Doty, Millington, Satterlee, Stockton—5.

Nays: Messrs. Britain, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Moran, Renwick, M'Donell, president—8.

The question recurring on the original motion to go into committee of the whole on the bill, it was decided in the negative.

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

I have examined the bill entitled "an act in addition to an act for the punishment of crimes." The bill is of so important a character, and the principle contained in the first section so novel, that it should not be hastily acted upon. The moment for closing the session having arrived, I beg leave to return the bill to you, that it may be laid over to the next session.

G.B. PORTER.

March 7, 1834.

The bill entitled "an act to repeal an act to provide for establishing seats of justice, and the act amendatory thereto," is herewith returned. The act of July 31, 1830, does not seem to me exceptionable. It has been considered a safe method of effecting the location of a county site in the time of my predecessor: and until the Legislative Council point out the evil resulting from it, or devise a