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21.] The following resolution was adopted as an amendment to the same:

Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing memorial to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Delegate in Congress from this Territory.

On motion of Mr. Farnsworth,

The memorial, as amended, was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Martin,

Sheldon M'Knight was appointed printer pro tempore to the Legislative Council.

And the Council adjourned to 11 o'clock, tomorrow.

, January 21, 1834.

Mr. Moran presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of the county of Kent, praying that all that portion of the county of Kent, lying south of Grand River, attached to the county of Kalamazoo, may be established as a township by the name of Porter. Referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Millington presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of township four south, range six east, in the county of Washtenaw, praying that said township may be incorporated into a separate township, by the name of York. Referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

Mr. Farnsworth presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of the counties of Macomb and Oakland, praying that a charter may be granted to a bank, to be called the Clinton River Bank, and to be located in the town of Shelby, county of Macomb. Referred to the committee on incorporations.

Mr. Durocher laid on the table the following resolution:

Resolved, That in accordance with a resolution adopted for the appointment of a printer, a printer shall be elected from the following named applicants: George L. Whitney, Sheldon M'Knight, and Charles Cleland; a separate ballot be taken on each of them; and the one receiving the highest number of votes, provided such number be a majority of the whole, shall be the printer for the Legislative Council.

Resolved further, That the committee on printing shall determine the amount of compensation to be allowed to such printer, together with the security he shall give for the performance of the undertaking; which the committee shall report for the approval of the Council.

On motion of Mr. Stockton,

Resolved, That a committee, to be styled the committee on agriculture, be appointed as one of the standing committees of the Council; and that the committee on internal improvement and agriculture, heretofore appointed, be styled the committee on internal improvement.