On motion of Mr. Doty, the Council proceeded to the consideration of bill No. 5, to establish a district court in certain counties, and to define its powers and duties, together with the amendments made to the same in committee of the whole.
Mr. Bacon moved to strike out the word "territorial" in the 4th line of the 4th section of said bill.
The yeas and nays being demanded on this motion, it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Durocher, Millington, Moran, Ren- wick, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—8.
Nays: Messrs. Doty, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin—4.
Mr. Doty moved to strike out all the words in the 4th section after the word "treasury," and to insert the following: "and hereafter the territorial taxes collected in said counties shall be paid into the territorial treasury."
The question on this motion being taken by yeas and nays, it was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Doty, Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin—4.
Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Durocher, Millington, Moran, Renwick, Satterlee, M'Donell, president—8.
Mr. Martin moved the following amendment:
"Strike out all the 4th section after the words 'out of,' and insert ‘to be paid on the certified account of said judge out of the county treasury of Iowa and of Crawford, in equal portions from each."
Mr. Millington moved to amend the proposed amendment by striking out all after the word "Crawford," and inserting as follows: "in proportion to the amount of taxes collected in the counties aforesaid."
On motion of Mr. Martin, the bill and amendments were laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Bacon, the Council resolved itself into a committee of the whole on bill No. 26, to organize certain townships; and, after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and Mr. Doty reported that the committee of the whole had had the said bill under consideration, and instructed him to report the same with amendments.
The Council concurred in the amendments and the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday.
The following message was received from the Governor, by Mr. Pritchette, his private secretary:
To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan:
I have in conformity to your resolution, transmitted to the president of the Senate and to the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, and also to the delegate in Congress from
