By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

Mr. Ingersoll offered the following:

Resolved, (the Senate concurring), That the printer for the State be instructed to transmit to each newspaper in the State, and to the State officers, Supreme and Circuit Court Judges, and to the clerks of the several counties in the State, one copy each of the journal of the Senate and of the House of Representatives during the present session.

On motion of Mr. Ingersoll,

The rule requiring a concurrent resolution to lie on the table one day was suspended, and the resolution was adopted. Mr. Stewart offered the following:

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to furnish this House, at his earliest convenience, with any information he may possess relative to the sale of the "Reeder Farm" by the Board of Escheats.

Mr. Ingersoll moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Mr. Miles demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded, and the motion prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Miles offered the following: Resolved, That the Governor and State Treasurer be and they are hereby requested to send to the House copies of all papers upon which the State Treasurer delivered to the Detroit, Hillsdale and Indiana Railroad Company $50,000 of the

bonds of the city of Ypsilanti, after the decision of the Supreme Court declaring the laws under which such bonds were issued to be null and void.

Mr. Norton moved to lay the resolution on the table.

Mr. Klein demanded the yeas and nays.

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

The question being on the adoption of the resolution,

Mr. Miles demanded the previous question.

The demand was seconded, and the main question ordered. The resolution was not adopted.

Mr. Fuller offered the following:

Resolved, That the memorial read this morning, submitted to this House by the common council of the city of Marshall, be printed in the journal;

Which was adopted.

The following is the memorial:

STATE OF MICHIGAN,

CITY OF MARSHALL,

Mayor's Office, July 26, 1870.

To the Legislature of the State of Michigan:

GENTLEMEN-Herewith I have the honor to submit to your honorable body a copy of resolutions which were unanimously adopted by the common council of said city, at a meeting held on Monday evening, 25th inst., in accordance with the instructions of said council.

Very respectfully,

F. KERSTADT, Mayor.

Whereas, The electors of the city of Marshall have, on two several occasions, within two years past, voted with almost entire unanimity; first, in favor of taxation under a protective law, and subsequently in favor of taxation under the law of 1869, conferring power on cities or other municipalities to issue bonds in aid of railroads ;

And whereas, Said law having been declared unconstitutional and invalid by a late decision of the Supreme Court, a special session of the Legislature has been called by the Governor, to meet on the 27th inst., for the purpose, among others, of proposing an amendment of the constitution, to be submitted to the people at the next general election in this State, in order to the ratification of the bonds issued under the provisions of the act referred to, and to the enactment of such laws in relation to granting aid to the construction of railroads as sound public policy may seem to require; therefore,

Resolved, That all the Common Council of the city of Mar

shall approve the object indicated by the proclamation of His Excellency Governor Baldwin, in calling the special session of the Legislature, and request our representatives in that body to promote the submission to the vote of the people of such amendments to the constitution, as are necessary in order to the ratification of said bonds already issued, and to empower the Legislature to pass valid laws to enable the people to develop the immense resources of our northern counties, and thereby to stimulate the enterprise and prevent the depopulation of our southern towns and cities;

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Council that the desire of the people of the city of Marshall for such action on the part of the Legislature of the State of Michigan is almost unanimous, and that said people deem it due to the honor and credit of the people of the State of Michigan as well as to their prosperity, that said action should be taken;

Resolved, That the Mayor of this city is respectfully requested to forward a copy of the above resolutions to the said Legislature at once.

Mr. Slayton moved to take from the table the following resolution:

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the House 1,000 copies of the opinions of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, in the case of The People ex rel. the Detroit and Howell Railroad Company vs. the Township Board of the township of Salem. Also, the points of counsel in the argument of counsel in said cause;

Which motion prevailed.

The question being upon a pending amendment offered by Mr. Fuller, to strike out the words "one thousand" and insert "ten thousand" in lieu thereof,

Leave being granted the amendment was withdrawn.

Mr. Mason offered the following as a substitute for the resolution:

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the House