On motion of Mr. Bacon,
Resolved, That the committee on territorial affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of attaching so much of the township of Summerfield as is comprised in township 5, south range 7 east, to the township of Lenawe, and of legalizing the proceedings of said township.
On motion of Mr. Stockton,
Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary inquire into the expediency of so amending the act to regulate taverns as to admit the licensing of groceries in the several townships.
On motion of Mr. Martin, the Council proceeded to the consideration of the following resolution, submitted by him yesterday:
Resolved, That the territorial treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to transmit to the county treasurer of the county of Brown, all such sums of money as may have been received for taxes and duties from said county, contrary to law.
And the same, being read and considered, was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Satterlee,
Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire and report to the Council, whether the judge appointed under the provisions of an act entitled "an act to establish circuit courts in certain counties, and to define their powers and duties," can legally hold a court in case such judge shall have failed to comply with the provisions contained in the first section of said act, which requires that the judge shall reside within the circuit for which he is appointed.
On motion of Mr. Martin, the Council proceeded to consider the following resolution, submitted yesterday by Mr. Doty:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the territory do cause the laws enacted at the present session of the Council to be published, so soon as they are deposited in his office, in the following newspapers, to wit:
The Democratic Free Press, printed at Detroit;
The Michigan Sentinel, printed at Monroe;
The Michigan Emigrant, printed at Ann Arbor;
The Michigan Statesman, printed at White Pigeon;
The Galenian, printed at Galena;
And the Green Bay Intelligencer, printed at Navarino.
Mr. Millington moved to amend the resolution, by inserting, after the word "Navarino," the words, "the Journal, printed at Detroit; and the Courier, printed at Detroit."
On this motion Mr. Martin demanded the yeas and nays; and the same being taken, were as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Durocher, Moran, Millington, Renwick, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—9.
