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16 2. Providing for the election of delegates to form a state convention.

On motion of Mr. Martin, the resolution was laid on the table until tomorrow.

Mr. Doty laid on the table the following resolution:

Resolved, That a printer for the Territory of Michigan be chosen by the Legislative Council, at the first session of each Council, who shall hold said office until another is appointed and qualified, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall be provided by law.

On motion of Mr. Renwick,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory communicate to the Legislative Council whatever information he may possess in relation to the non-fulfilment of the contract existing between the Territory of Michigan and Mr. M'Knight, publisher of the laws of said territory, with a statement of the causes of delay in the distribution of the laws.

On motion of Mr. Hascall,

Resolved, That the committee on expenditures be instructed to purchase, for the use of the Governor and Council, fourteen copies of the map of the Territory of Michigan.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory be directed to place fifty copies of the Journal of the second session of the Fifth Council in the Library, for the use of the Council.

On motion of Mr. Durocher,

Resolved, That fifty copies of the rules, reported for the government of the present Council, together with lists of the names of the respective committees, be printed, as soon as may be, for the use of the Council.

On motion of Mr. Martin, the Council adjourned to 11 o’clock, A. M. tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, January 15,1834.

The President laid before the Council a communication from the Auditor of the Territory, transmitting his report of territorial receipts and expenditures in the year 1833; and also, a communication from the same officer, suggesting the passage of a law appropriating one hundred dollars to defray the expense of transmitting licenses by mail to the clerks of the several counties in the peninsula.

These communications were referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Britain presented four petitions from sundry inhabitants of the county of Berrien, complaining of the injudicious location of the present seat of justice in that county, and praying for a review with a view to a relocation of the said seat of justice. The petitions, with an affidavit accompanying them, were referred to the committee on territorial affairs.