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MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

By unanimous consent, the Speaker announced the following:

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Lansing, August 9, 1870.

To the House of Representatives:

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I have this day approved, signed, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State,

An act to legalize the returns of taxes for the county of Keweenaw, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine;

Also,

An act to legalize the returns of taxes for the county of Houghton, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty

nine.

HENRY P. BALDWIN.

The message was laid on the table.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.

By unanimous consent, the Speaker announced the following

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To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following concurrent resolution:

Resolved, By the House, (the Senate concurring,) That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward one copy of the laws and resolutions passed at the present session of this Legislature; also, one copy of the journals and documents of the Senate and House of Representatives to each of the members and officers of the two Houses, directed to the clerks of the several counties in which said members and officers reside, as soon as the same shall be printed, bound, and ready for delivery;

In the passage of which the Senate has concurred.

Very respectfully,

HENRY S. SLEEPER,

Secretary of the Senate.

The message was laid on the table.

The Speaker also announced the following:

SENATE CHAMBER, Lansing, August 9, 1870. Š

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to transmit the following concurrent resolution:

Resolved, (the House concurring,) That the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to compile and prepare for publication, and make indexes, and superintend the publication of the journals and documents of the present Legislature, and when completed and certified to by the Secretary of State, they shall each be entitled to and receive for such services, the sum of one hundred dollars;

Which has passed the Senate, and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

HENRY S. SLEEPER,

Secretary of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Holt,

The House concurred in the adoption of the concurrent resolution.

Mr. Huston, unanimous consent being given, introduced the following:

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Michigan, for municipal aid to railroads.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State be and the same is hereby proposed, the same to stand as an additional section of article eighteen, to be known as section sixteen:

SEC. 16. Cities, townships, or other municipalities, may be authorized by the Legislature to aid in the construction of railroads to an amount not exceeding three per cent. of its

assessed valuation: Provided, That the total amount of indebtedness authorized for all such purposes shall not exceed at any one time, five per cent. of the assessed valuation of the municipality: And provided further, That no such aid shall be authorized without the vote of two-thirds of the electors of such municipality, voting at any election duly called for that purpose: And provided further, That this section shall not apply to that part of the State south of the first base line.

The aforesaid amendment shall be and is hereby submitted to the people of this State at the next general election to be holden on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and seventy, as provided in section one, article twenty of the Constitution; and the Secretary of State is hereby required to give notice of the same to the sheriffs of the several counties of this State in the same manner that he is now required by law to do in the case of an election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; and the inspectors of election in the several townships and cities of this State shall prepare a suitable box for the reception of ballots cast for and against such amendment. Each person voting at said election for said amendment, shall have written or printed on his ballot the words "For railroad aid-Yes ;" and each person voting against such amendment shall have written or printed on his ballot the words "For railroad aid-No." The ballots shall in all respects be canvassed, and returns be made as in elections of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

The joint resolution was read a first and second time by its title, and,

On motion of Mr. Huston,

The rules were suspended and the joint resolution put on its immediate passage.

The joint resolution having been read a third time, and the question being upon its passage, pending the taking of the vote thereon,

Mr. Romeyn moved to lay the joint resolution on the table.

Mr. Huston demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded, and the motion to lay on the table did not prevail, by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.

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The joint resolution was then not passed, two-thirds of all

the members elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as

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To the Speaker of the House of Representatives :

SIR-I am instructed to return to the House the following bill:

House manuscript bill, entitled

A bill to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the Legislature for the extra session of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy,

And to inform the House that the Senate has amended the

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