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... bill entitled " A bill for the payment of the members of the senate and house of representatives of the state of Michigan , " accompanied with the following report which was accepted . The committee on state affairs , to whom were ...
... bill entitled " A bill for the payment of the members of the senate and house of representatives of the state of Michigan , " accompanied with the following report which was accepted . The committee on state affairs , to whom were ...
Page 113
... entitled " an act to organize certain townships , " was taken up , and read the first and second time , and referred to the committee on the organization of townships and counties . On motion of Mr. Hutchins of Lenawee , the bill entitled " ...
... entitled " an act to organize certain townships , " was taken up , and read the first and second time , and referred to the committee on the organization of townships and counties . On motion of Mr. Hutchins of Lenawee , the bill entitled " ...
Page 125
... bill to authorize John M. Barbour and others to build a dam across the St. Joseph river , at Bertrand , which was read twice , laid upon the table , and ordered that the printing be dispensed with . Also , a bill entitled an act to amend an ...
... bill to authorize John M. Barbour and others to build a dam across the St. Joseph river , at Bertrand , which was read twice , laid upon the table , and ordered that the printing be dispensed with . Also , a bill entitled an act to amend an ...
Page 128
... entitled to all the rights and privileges to which uy the laws of Michigan the inhabitants of , other townships are ... bill as amended was concurred in , and ordered to lay on the table . A message was received from the senate transmitting a ...
... entitled to all the rights and privileges to which uy the laws of Michigan the inhabitants of , other townships are ... bill as amended was concurred in , and ordered to lay on the table . A message was received from the senate transmitting a ...
Page 129
... bill entitled " an act to provide for the laying out and recording town plats and for other purposes . " By Mr. Hutchins , from the committee on Banks and In- corporations ; A bill to authorise the building a dam across the St. Joseph ...
... bill entitled " an act to provide for the laying out and recording town plats and for other purposes . " By Mr. Hutchins , from the committee on Banks and In- corporations ; A bill to authorise the building a dam across the St. Joseph ...
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Page 63 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free Inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its Delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitution and State Government...
Page 64 - Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio...
Page 17 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted : after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over, the doors shall then be shut, and those for whom no excuse, or insufficient excuses are made, may, by order of those present...
Page 14 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members — on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Page 14 - The previous question shall be in this form, " Shall the main question be now put ?'' It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present, and...
Page 308 - An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed...
Page 14 - The speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house.
Page 83 - What then remains to be done ? that we commit our injuries to the even-handed justice of that Being who doth no wrong ; earnestly beseeching him to illuminate the councils, and prosper the endeavours of those, to whom America hath confided her hopes, that, through their wise direction, we may again see, re-united, the blessings of liberty and property, and the most permanent harmony with Great Britain.
Page 296 - Michigan shall be, and is hereby, declared to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever...
Page 119 - Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to set apart and reserve from sale, out of any of the public lands within the Territory of Michigan, to which the Indian title may be extinguished, and not otherwise appropriated, a quantity of land, not exceeding two entire townships, for the use and support of a University within the Territory aforesaid, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...