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84 Mr. Bacon, from the committee on territorial affairs, to whom the petition on the subject was referred, made the following report, which was read and adopted:

The committee on territorial affairs, to whom were referred the petition of inhabitants of St. Clair, praying a division of said township, and a remonstrance against the same, report:

That by a division of the township as prayed for, the original township would be left so small, and the expenses of sustaining a township corporation would be so great on its inhabitants, that your committee deem it inexpedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

Mr. Bacon, from the committee on territorial affairs, to whom the petition of the inhabitants of Grass Lake for a division of the county of Jackson was referred, made an adverse report thereon, which was concurred in.

Mr. Doty, from the committee on territorial affairs, made the following report, which was concurred in:

The committee on territorial affairs, instructed by resolution on the 21st of January last, to inquire into the expediency of memorializing Congress in relation to the rights of actual settlers upon the public lands, beg leave to report the following resolution:

Resolved, That the delegate in Congress from the Territory of Michigan be requested to urge the passage of a law by Congress, recognizing the rights of actual settlers upon the public lands within this territory, which they have acquired by long and uninterrupted possession, and making adequate provision for their security before the said lands are offered for sale by the government of the United States.

Resolved, That the president of the Council do transmit a^opy of the preceding resolution to the honorable Lucius Lyon, the delegate from this territory.

Mr. Bacon, from the committee on territorial affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the 13th instant, in relation to a law for the inspection of lumber in such counties as may need it, reported that "it is inexpedient to legislate on the subject at this time."

The engrossed bill "concerning circuit courts," being read a third time,

Mr. Doty moved to recommit it to the committee on the judiciary.

And, after debate, the motion to recommit was taken by yeas and nays, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Doty, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—6.

Nays: Messrs. Britain, Durocher, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Stockton—6.

So the motion to recommit the said bill was disagreed to.