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These conditions were that the people should recognize the boundary as claimed by Ohio, and in the place of the territory cut off from the southern portion of the State accept, as its equivalent, what is commonly known as the upper peninsula.
An act of the State Legislature* passed on the 25th of July, 1836, authorized the election of delegates to meet in convention for the purpose of ratifying or rejecting the proposition of Congress. The delegates were chosen on the 12th of September, and the convention assembled at Ann Arbor on the 26th of the same month. The propo- sition was rejected, but a large proportion of the people were in favor of accepting it; and, following the disso- lution of the convention, a second was called in an informal manner and assembled, also at Ann Arbor, Dec. 14, 1836.
A resolution was adopted giving the assent of the State to the propositions of Congress, and, though not in accordance with the forms of law, it was finally acquiesced in. The convention appointed two special messengers to carry a copy of their proceedings to Washington.t
Upon the reception of the proceedings there was con- siderable debate in Congress, but a bill of admission was finally passed on the 26th of January, 1837, and the State became an accredited member of the Union, though Con- gress had tacitly acknowledged the existence of a State government since November, 1835.}
During what was known as the " Patriot War" in Canada in 1837-38, there was considerable sympathy mani- fested by the people of Michigan. Secret organizations called "· Hunter Lodges" were formed in a number of locali- ties, and small parties of volunteers crossed the line to as- sist the people against the British government, but the State militia was called out, and no serious disturbance oc- curred. There had been no regular garrison maintained at Detroit since 1827, but this outbreak showed the necessity of military protection along the frontier, and since that date the place has been occupied by a detachment of the United States army.
Michigan furnished during the Mexican war of 1846-47 one volunteer regiment of infantry, commanded by Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton, and one independent company of cavalry, recruited at Detroit by Capt. A. T. McReynolds. There were also three additional companies recruited in the State for the Fifteenth United States Regular Infantry, to wit : Company A, Capt. Samuel E. Beach, at Pontiac ; Company C, Capt. Isaac D. Toll, a prominent citizen of St. Joseph County ; and Company G, Capt. Winans, raiscd in Monroe County.§
When the great Rebellion of 1861 broke out, Michigan, in common with her sister-States of the North, responded enthusiastically to the call for troops, and during the war furnished 90,797 men to the Union armies. They served in every part of the military and naval departments,-in- fantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, signal corps, national war-vessels, river-gunboats, etc., and a Michigan regiment had the honor of capturing the arch-traitor Jeff. Davis himself at the close of the war.
The total deaths in the various organizations were over 13,000 on the field, in hospital, and in the horrible prison- pens of the Confederacy, equal to about fifteen per cent. of the total. A history and roster of the organizations which went into the field from Ingham and Eaton Counties will be found at the close of the work.
POPULATION.
The population of the territory now comprising the State of Michigan, from the earliest information to the present time, has been as follows :
* It is a curious fact that from November, 1835, until January, 1837, Michigan bad both a Territorial and State government in full operation.
+ This anomalous convention was sometimes popularly termed the " Frost-Bitten Convention."
# Wisconsin, comprising the greater part of the territory remaining, was admitted as a State May 29, 1848.
. ¿ A company of volunteers was also raised by Capt. F. W. Curte- nins at Kalamazoo.
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HISTORY OF INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.
In 1760 (estimated), 2500. Iu 1796 (estimated), 3000. In 1800 (eensus), 3200. In 1810 (census), 4762. In 1820 (eensus), SS96. Iu 1830 (census), 31,639. In 1834 (census), 87,273. In 1840 (eensus), 212,267. In 1850 (eensus), 397,654. In 1854 (State census), 507,521.
In 1860 (United States census), 749,113.
In 1864 (State eensus), S03,661.
In 1870 (United States census), 1,184,282.
In 1874 (State eensus), 1,334,031.
In 1880 ( United States eensus), 1,606,000.
STATE OFFICERS.
Under the Constitution of 1835.
GOVERNORS.
Stevens T. Mason, Nov. 3, 1835, to April 13, 1838.
Edward Mundy, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, April 13 to June 12, 1838, and from Sept. 19 to Dee. 9, 1838.
William Woodbridge, Jan. 7, 1840, to Feb. 23, 1841.
James Wright Gordon, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, Feb. 24, 1841, te Jan. 3, 1842.
John S. Barry, Jan. 3, 1842, te Jan. 5, 1846.
Alpheus Felch, Jan. 5, 1846, te March 3, 1847.
William L. Greenly, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, March 4, 1847, to Jan. 3, 1848.
Epaphroditus Ransem, Jan. 3, 1848, te Jun. 7, 1850.
Joha S. Barry, Jun. 7, 1850, to Jan. 1, 1852.
Under the Constitution of 1850.
Robert McClelland, Jan. 1, 1852.
Andrew Parseos, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, March 8, 1852, to Jun. 3, 1855. Kinsley S. Bingham, Jan. 3, 1855. Moses Wisner, Jan. 5, 1859.
Austin Blair, Jan. 2, 1861.
llenry H. Crapo, Jan. 4, 1865.
Henry P. Baldwin, Jan. 6, 1869.
Jehn J. Bagley, Jan. 1, 1873.
Charles M. Croswell, Jan. 3, 1877, present Governor.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS.
Edward Mundy, Washtenaw County, 1835-39. James Wright Gordon, Calhoon County, 1840-41. Thomas J. Drake, Oakland County ( Acting), 1841. Origen D. Richardson, Oakland County, 1842-45. William L. Greenly, Lenawee County, 1816-47. Charles l'. Bush, Livingston County (Acting), 1847. William M. Fenton, Genesce County, 1848-51. Calvin Britain, Berrien County, 1852. Andrew Parsons, Shiawassee County, 1853. George R. Griswold, Wayne County (Acting), 1853. George A. Coe, Branch County, 1855-58. Edroud B. Fairfield, Hillsdale County, 1859-61. James Birney, Bay County, 1861. Joseph R. Williams, St. Joseph County (Acting), 1861. Ilenry T. Backus, Wayne County ( Acting), 1862. Charles S. May, Kalamazoo County, 1863-61. Ebenezer O. Grosvenor, Hillsdale County, 1865-66. Dwight May, Kalamazoo County, 1867-68. Morgan Bates, Grand Traverse County, 1869-72. Henry Il. Holt, Muskegon County, 1873-76. Alonzo Sessions, Ionia County, 1877-80.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM EATON COUNTY. SENATE.
James W. Iliekok, 1853-54; William Hervey, 1859-60; Smith W. Fowler, 1863-64 ; Albertus L. Green, 1867-68 ; Homor G. Barber, 1871-72; Asa K. Warren, 1875-76; Jacob L. MePeek, 1879-80.
MIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Elisha Ely, 1838; Daniel Barber, 1839; Nathan Barher, 1840; John M. Freneb, 1842; Whitney Jones, 1844-45; Benjamin Knight, 1846; Wells R. Martin, 1847; Willinm Hammond, 1848; Wil- liam W. Crane, Jehn Montgomery, 1849; Horatio Hall, James W. lliekok, 1850; George Jones, 1852; Chester C. Chutfield, 1854; llenry A. Shaw, 1856; Henry A. Shaw, Seneca HI. Gage, 1858 ; Chauncey Goodrich, Albertus L. Green, 1860; George Y. Cowan, John Dow, 1862; Robert Nixon, Albertus L. Green, 1864; William M. Tompkins, Phineas S. Spaulding, 1866; Edmund W. Hunt, Almon K. Thompson, 1868 : Albertus L. Green (special election in Second District, Jaly 19, 1870), 1870; Martin V. Montgomery, Rossel B. Hughes, 1870; Henry A. Shaw, Asa K. Warren, 1872; David B. Hale, George Iluggett, 1874; Samuel Nixun, James J. Gould, 1876; Samuel M. Wilkins, Orsamus S. Barnes, 1878.
NOTE .- The counties of Enton and Barry ferm the Fifteenth Sena- torial District, and the counties of Ingham and Clinten form the Six- teenth District. Each district is entitled to one member of the Senate.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM INGHAM COUNTY.
SENATE.
Ephraim B. Danforth, 1847-48; Charles P. Bush, 1855-56; Whitney Jones, 1859-60; Lauren K. Ilewett, 1863-64 ; James Turner, 1867- 68; Isaac M. Cravath, 1871-72; George M. lluntington, 1875 -* 76; John S. Tooker, 1879-80.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Amos E. Steele, 1840 ; ITiram II. Smith, 1843; George Mathews, 1848; Amazigh Winchell, 1850; Jehn S. Crossman, 1851-52; Ferris S. Fitch, 1853-54; Peter Linderman, 1857-58; Newton N. Mus- catt, 1857-58; John W. Phelps, 1859-60; Marcus M. Atwood, 1861-62, 1871-72; Chauncey Goodrich, Ilulbert B. Shank, 1861- 62; Orlando M. Barnes, 1863-64; John D. Woodworth, 1863 to 1866; Lucien Reed, 1865-66; Daniel L. Crossman, 1867 to 1870 ; Robert C. Kedzie, 1867-68 ; Geurge P. Sanford, 1869-70; Alvin N. Ilart, 1871-72; Ira HI. Bartholomew, Arnold Walker, 1873-74 ; Samuel L. Kilbourne, William M. Stephens, 1875-76 ; James M. Turner, Stanley W. Turner, 1877-78 ; Ozro A. Bowen, Henry P. Henderson, 1879-80.
PRESIDENTS PRO TEM., STATE SENATE.
Charles P. Bush, Ingham County, 1847. Alvin N. Hart, Ingham County, 1849.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Henry A. Shaw, Eaton County, 1859.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES.
George M. Huntington, Mason County, Fourth District. Frauk A. Ilooker, Charlotte County, Fifth District.
CONVENTIONS.
The first State convention in which the counties of Ing- ham and Eaton were dircetly represented was the Constitu- tional Convention which met at Lansing on the 3d of June, 1850, for the purpose of forming a new State Constitution. The delegates from Eaton County in this convention were Charles E. Beardsley and John D. Burns.
From Ingham County they were Charles P. Bush and Ephraim B. Danforth.
* Clerk of the llouse from 1873 to 1878.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
In the Constitutional Convention of 1867 the members from Eaton County were Joseph Musgrave and Milton P. Burtch ; from Ingham, John W. Longyear and Lemuel Woodhouse. This proposed revision was rejected by a large majority.
The Constitutional Commission, appointed in 1873 to revise the Constitution, was composed of eighteen mem- bers, of whom Isaac M. Crane was from Eaton County. The proposed revision was rejected by an immense ma- jority, and the State is still governed by the Constitution of 1850.
The following statistics of 1836 and 1876 show the wonderful growth of the State during forty years :
1836.
Population
150,000
Value of agricultural products ..
$10,000,000
" lumber
$300,000
Acres of taxable land
4,000,000
Value of manufactures.
$2,300,000
fish products
$100,000
Number busbels of wheat.
1,000,000
oats.
1,000,000
corn
690,000
66 potatoes
2,000,000
Pounds of wool.
150,000
Number of schools
800
Value of school property
$500,000
1876 .*
Population.
1,416,000
Value of products
$330,000,000
Acreage of land
36,128,640
Acres taxable
26,530,168
Value of manufactures
$130,000,000
lumber
$40,000,000
¥
" copper.
$5,000,000
« iron
$6,948,000
" salt
$1,200,000
fish taken.
$900,000
Number of farms in State.
113,413 10,213,692
5,540,893
Value of farm products.
$90,000,000
Number busbels of wbeat
16,000,000
corn.
21,000,000
"
potatoes
12,000,000
Number pounds of wool.
8,000,000
Number of schools ..
5,787
children taught
343,98]
Value of school property.
$9,115,354
VALUATION OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY OF THE STATE FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
1838 $43,000,000
1840.
38,000,000
1845
29,000,000
185]
31,000,000
1856
138,000,000
1861
172,000,000
1866
308,000,000
1876.
630,000,000
The variation in values is owing to the difference in the basis established at different periods. It might be in 1838 upon the actual value of property, in 1845 upon fifty per cent., and in 1856 and 1876 upon three-fourths, or upon the actual cash value, whatever standard was adopted. The latest equalized valuation of $630,000,000 in 1876 probably represents about two-thirds of the real value ; to which adding fifty per cent., we have a total of nearly $1,000,000,000 as the true valuation of the taxable prop- erty of the State.
The assessments of the various counties in the State are equalized by the State Board of Equalization once in five
years. The latest equalization was in 1876. The Board is made up of the Governor, Auditor-General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and Commissioner of the State Land Office.
CHAPTER X.
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Tho State Capital-Removal to Lansing-The New Capitol-The State Agricultural College-The State Reform School for Boys.
THE STATE CAPITAL.+
THE original constitution of 1835 fixed the State capital " at Detroit, or any other place prescribed by law, until the year 1847," when it was to be permanently located by the Legislature. Detroit being the commercial metropolis of the State, and convenient of access, there was no objection to its remaining the capital for the time specified in the constitution.
Agitation concerning the removal began in the spring of 1846, in consequence of articles published in the Detroit papers severely censuring two members of the Legislature for their opposition to the granting by the State of some special privileges to the Michigan Central Railroad Com- pany. The matter was carried so far at Detroit that a gang of rowdies finally hung the obnoxious members in effigy in the public streets, and the proceedings of the par- tisans of the railroad became notorious throughout the State.
One of these members of the Legislature was Hon. Wil- liam T. Howell, at that time a senator from Hillsdale, later of Newaygo County, and since deceased. The animadver- sions and dictatorial spirit of the Detroit press and the scandalous proceedings of individuals were justly consid- ered by the gentlemen aimed at as insults, not only to them- selves and the Legislature, but to the whole people of the commonwealth. They were men of influence, and them- selves and friends thoroughly ventilated the whole matter, the result being a strong concentration of public opinion against Detroit as the permanent location of the State cap- ital.
Another occurrence added intensity to this feeling, and that was the defeat of Hon. Epaphroditus Ransom, of Kal- amazoo, for the United States Senate by Hon. Alpheus Felch, of Ann Arbor, then Governor of the State. Judge Ransom was the favorite candidate of the western coun- ties. His defeat was attributed to the political influence of Detroit, and the result was that there was soon a decided majority in both branches of the Legislature against that city. The agitation of the subject of the removal of the capital onee commenced, public opinion every day grew stronger in favor of removal, and the question which natu- rally followed was, " Where shall it be located ?"
Among those who were prominently instrumental in getting the capital located at Lansing were Hon. Charles P. Bush and George W. Peck,-the former a member of the Senate in 1847, and the latter Speaker of the House.
* These are the latest general and official statistics obtainable.
+ The facts for the following article were principally taken from the columns of the Lansing Republican of Sept. 26, 1873.
acres in farms.
" " improved.
oats
10,000,000
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HISTORY OF INGIIAM AND EATON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.
They were both residents of Livingston County, and both subsequently removed to Lansing. They were strong Dem- ocrats, and, as the Legislature was then Democratie by a three-fourths majority, they exerted a powerful influence iu that body.
Governor Felch, in his annual message, called the atten- tion of the Legislature to Section 9 of Article XII. of the constitution concerning the permanent location of the State capital. On the 6th of January, 1847, George B. Throop, of Detroit, a member of the Ilouse, introduced a bill to establish the State capital at Detroit. The matter was re- ferred to a select committee, composed of George B. Tbroop, Ilarvey Chubb, of Washtenaw County ; Alexander Arzeno, of Monroe ; Patrick Marantette, of St. Joseph ; John D. Pierce, of Calhoun ; Enos Goodrichi, of Genesee; and Alex- ander F. Bell, of Fonia County.
On the 3d of February following this committee made three separate reports. Mr. Throop recommended that the seat of government be located in such county as should furnish the necessary land and suitable buildings for the use of the Legislature and State officers for a term of years, and promised that the county of Wayne would enter into a contract to furnish the capitol building and ground then occupied by the State at Detroit, free of expense, upon the passage of a bill locating the seat of government in that city.
In a lengthy report, Mr. Throop opposed the permanent location of the capital for at least ten years, maintaining that the increase of population was so rapid that none of the locations which had been named would be satisfactory for any considerable length of time. This report was signed by Mr. Throop alone.
The second report was adverse to the location of the capital at Detroit. The reasons advanced were the dangers of foreign invasion, which the difficulties concerning the Oregon boundary just then seemed to make possible, and the increased expense of living in Detroit as compared with other places. It was claimed that the State officials could not live within their salaries in Detroit. The mem- bers who signed this report also claimed that the State Capitol in Detroit would sell for nearly enough, when added to the proceeds of the State building lands, to erect a cap- itol sufficient for the needs of a generation. They scouted the idea of expending $200,000 as a dream of 1836. The second report was signed by Messrs. Pierce and Marantette.
The third report, and the one, as results proved, which had the greatest influence with the Legislature, was signed by Enos Goodrich, of Genesee County, who advocated the permanent location of the capital at some point north of the Central Railroad, and declared himself in favor of im- mediate action. Ile reasoned that such a course would result in a rapid settlement of the wild land of the State, thereby replenishing the treasury and adding greatly to the population. Ile referred to the location of the capital of Ohio in a wilderness as a most wise action, which had de- veloped the central portion of that great commonwealth and cemented all sections harmoniously together.
The following propositions were considered by the com- mittee :
The board of supervisors of Calhoun County had passed
resolutions offering suitable buildings at Marshall, during the time required to erect new ones, and ample grounds, free of expense, upon which to erect the permanent build- ings for the State government.
James Seymour, at that time a resident of Flushing, in Genesce County, but who owned a large tract of land and had erected a saw-mill at Lansing, also made a very liberal offer. Early in the session he had purchased a large num- ber of farmers' maps of Michigan, from which he drew red conspicuous lines from Lansing (or Michigan) to most of the important towns of the State, and marked the distance on each line from Lansing to the place connected. A copy of this map he caused to be placed on the desk of each member of the Legislature. A glance showed that Lansing was from forty to seventy miles " from anywhere ;" but, at the same time, it also made apparent the fact that it was quite centrally located relatively to many of the more im- portant towns of the State, as Detroit, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, etc. He offered to donate twenty acres on section 9 of the township of Lansing, to erect buildings equal to those occupied at Detroit, and to give bonds in $10,000 for the fulfillment of his obligations.
A large number of towns competed for the location. Among them we find the names of Ann Arbor, Albion, Battle Creek, Byron, Charlotte, Corunna, Caledonia, De- troit, De Witt, Dexter, Eaton Rapids, Flint, Grand Blanc; Ingham,* Jackson, Lyons, Marshall, and Owosso.
The House at that time consisted of sixty-five members, and there was a full attendance at the session of 1847. After much discussion the matter was brought to a vote on the IIth of February, the question being on a choice of location ; twelve localities were considered, with the follow- ing result :
Yeas.
Nays.
Ann Arbor ...
18
44
Albion.
27
34
Battle Creek
23
38
Byron.
27 31
Corunna
17
44
Detroit
18
43
Dexter
17
44
Eaton Rapids
27
34
Grand Blane.
23
35
Jackson
27
31 .
Lyons.
30
28
Marshall
29
32
The vote on Lyons was reconsidered, and finally Lansing was chosen by the following vote :
Yens, 35 .- John Adams, of Lenawce; Alex. F. Bell, of Ionia; Calvin Britain, of Berrien ; Alvarado Brown, of Branch ; Lintsford B. Coates, of Allegan ; Jonathan II. Culver, of Branch ; Oliver P. Davison, of Oakland; Daniel II. Deming, of Lenawee; Alfred L. Driggs, of St. Joseph ; Evert B. Dyckman, of Kalamazoo; Thomas J. Faxon, of Lenaweo; Enos Goodrich, of Genesee ; llenry A. Goodyear, of Barry ; Silas G. Ilarris, of Ottawa ; Philotus Haydon, of Van Buren ; Charles A. Hlebard, of Lapeer ; Daniel B. Ilarrington, of St. Clair ; II. S. IIol- lister, of Jackson ; Ira Jennings, of Livingston ; David Johnson, of Jackson ; Less E. Jones, of Jackson ; Sullivan R. Kelsey, of Shiawas- see; Joseph II. Kilbourne, of Ingham; Benjamin Knight, of Euton ; Peter D. Mackley, of Oakland; Thomas McGraw, of Oakland; Albert Miller, of Saginaw; Hlorace Mower, of Kalamazoo; David A. Noble, of Monroo; Charles M. O'Malley, of Mackinac; Darius Pierce, of Washtenaw ; Charles II. Taylor, of Kent; Aaron B. Truesdell, of Washtenaw; William W. Upton, of Clinton; George W. Peck (Speaker), of Livingston.
* Ingham City was the first county-seat of Ingham County. There was a village laid out there, but it was never built up.
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STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Nays, 27 .- Alex. M. Arzeno, of Monroe; Richard P. Parker, of Berrien; Ifarvey Chubb, of Washtenaw; Lewis Darrah, of Monroe ; Eb. C. Eaton, of Wayne ; James M. Edmunds, of Washtenaw ; George W. Ferrington, of Wayne; llenry Fralick, of Wayne ; James L. Glen, of Cass; Alfred Goodell, of Macomb ; Justus Goodwin, of Calhoun ; D. Kinne, of Hillsdale ; Thomas N. Loomis, of Oakland; Patrick Marantette, of St. Joseph ; James McFarlan, of Wayne; George W. Moore, of Wayne; John D. Pierce, of Calhoun ; Lyman B. Price, of Macomb; George Renwick, of Washtenaw ; Jesse Seeley, of Oakland; Elisha G. Seymour, of Chippewa; James Shaw, of Cass; Jacob Shook, of Macomb; Henry W. Taylor, of Calhoun ; George B. Tbroop, of Wayne ; Zachariah Van Daser, of Hillsdale; Sylvester Walker, of Lenawee.
The bill was engrossed and ordered to a third reading by a vote of forty to twenty-four, and a reconsideration was refused. A motion to recommit and substitute Marshall for Lansing was lost by twenty-one to forty-four,-every member voting. A similar motion in regard to Jackson was lost by twenty-three to forty-one, and on the final read- ing the bill was passed by the decisive vote of forty-cight to seventeen, every member voting.
A supplementary bill containing the following provisions was also passed :
" That this act shall take effect the first day of December next.
" That the government cause suitable offices to be provided at the seat of government for the Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Auditor-General before the day on which the act shall take effect.
" That the books and all other property necessary in the respective offices aforesaid be removed to the seat of government hy the said first day of December, and that the offices be opened there on the second day of December next.
" That the Governor also cause a suitable room to he prepared for the State Library, and the library to be removed to the seat of gov- ernment by the first day of January, 1848.
" That the Governor also cause suitable rooms to he prepared for the next session of the Legislature at the seat of government, and cause them to be furnished in a suitable manner, either by removing the furniture of the present Capitol, or otherwise, as he may think best and most convenient, before the first Monday of January, 1848."
When the matter came before the Senate there was no special committee appointed for its consideration, but the offer of Mr. James Seymour received favorable discussion, though it was not finally accepted.
The House bill was sent to the Senate on the 13th of February, and referred to the committee on State affairs. This committee consisted of William M. Fenton, of Gene- see ; A. T. MeReynolds, of Wayne; Nathaniel Balch, of Kalamazoo; Samuel Denton, of Washtenaw; and E. B. Danforth, of Ingham.
On the 6th of March the following vote was taken, the Senate consisting of twenty-two members, of whom one, Hon. Elijah B. Wetherbee, of Flint, had died on the 20th day of February, previously.
Yeas. Nays.
Caledonia.
9 12
Detroit City
7
14
Aun Arbor.
7
14
De Witt.
9 12
Marshall
12 9
This last was reconsidered and rejected by a vote of ten yeas, eleven nays.
Yeas.
Nays.
Corunua.
9
12
Lansing (first trial).
5
16
Dexter ...
10
Eaton Rapids.
9
12
Detroit.
10
11
Jackson
14
7
The last reconsidered and rejected.
Ingham
Yeas. Nays. Albion
8 13
8
13
Lyons. 14 7
The last reconsidered and rejected.
On the 9th of March, after numerous efforts to amend, recommit, etc., the House bill was passed by a vote of twelve to eight, as follows :
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