existence--yet we believe that Congress has the power, and that it is their duty to prohibit by legislative enactment, the introduction or existence of slavery within any of the territories of the United States, now or hereafter to be acquired.

Resolved, That our senators in Congress be instructed and our representatives requested to use all honorable means to accomplish the objects expressed in the foregoing resolution, and that the governor of this state be requested to forward copies of these resolutions to our senators and representatives in Congress.

Approved January 13, 1849.

[No. 5.]

JOINT RESOLUTIONS directing the Secretary of State to fur

nish certain statutes.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the secretary of state be, and he is hereby directed to furnish each of the officers and members of the present legislature with a copy of the session laws of eighteen hundred forty-six, eighteen hundred forty-seven and the revised statutes of eighteen hundred thirty-eight, so far as the same can be supplied from his office without re-printing the same.

JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of John Lee.

Section 1. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the commissioner of the state land office, be, and he is hereby directed, upon the receipt from John Lee, of the county of Macomb, of the interest due on a certificate of purchase, number ten hundred and fifty-five, for the north east quarter of section sixteen, in township number two north of range number twelve east, together with the penalty prescribed by law, with interest on such sums, from the thirty-first October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, to the time of payment, to issue a new certificate of said premises to the said

Lee: Provided, That the interest and penalty so due, together with the interest thereon, be paid to the said commissioner on or before the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-nine: Provided also, the same shall not previously have been sold or otherwise disposed of to any other person.

Approved January 31, 1849.

[No. 7. ]

JOINT RESOLUTION to encourage Immigration. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the governor be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, if in his opinion, the interest of the state would be thereby promoted. to appoint some suitable and proper citizen of Michigan to act as agent for this state to reside in the city of New York, from a period to commence as soon as practicable, until the first day of November next, and whose duty it shall be to encourage emigration into this state, under such advice or direction as the governor may from time to time deem proper give; and for the purpose of defraying the necessary expensessuch agency, the governor is hereby authorized to draw upon the contingent fund for any sum or sums not exceeding in all seven hundred dollars.

Approved February 1, 1849.

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[ No. 8. ]

JOINT RESOLUTIONS appointing the "Michigan State Journal" the State Paper, and for other purposes.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Michigan State Journal," published in the town of Lansing, shall be the state paper, for publishing all notices required by law to be published in the state paper: Provided, That all notices, required by law to be published in the state paper, the publication of which shall have been commenced in the "De mocratic Free Press," previous to the passage of this resolution,

may be continued during the time said notices are required to be published by law, in said "Democratic Free Press," with the same legal effect as if it had continued to be the state paper.

Resolved, That this joint resolution shall take effect and be in. force from and after its passage.

Approved February 2, 1849.

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JOINT RESOLUTION directing the publication of a statement of lands to be sold in the county of lonia, in eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. State of Michigan, That the auditor general shall cause the statement of the lands to be sold in the county of Ionia, for taxes, in October, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to be published in the "Ionia Gazette," which statement shall be published in the same manner, for the same time, and to the same effect as like statements required by law to be published in other cases.

Resolved, That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 10, 1849.

[ No. 10. ]

PREAMBLE AND JOINT RESOLUTION relative to removing and storing the Military Stores of the State in the United States Arsenal at Dearbornville.

Whereas, It appears by the adjutant and quarter master general's report of 1848, that a quantity of field artillery and equipage, with other accoutrements received of the United States, are now lying in a ware-house in the city of Detroit subject to charges for storage, and much exposed to damage by fire and otherwise; and the state having no convenient place to store the same; and whereas permission has been given by the chief of the ordinance department at the city of Washington to this state to store in the Detroit arsenal at Dearbornville, any military stores belonging to the state of Michi gan, therefore

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the adjutant and quarter master gene. ral be, and he is hereby authorized and required, to transport at the expense of the state, such of the field artillery and equipments as are now under his care and control, and such as may be hereafter received from the general government for the use of this state, likewise such other military stores of this state as cannot be conveniently stored in the state armory in the city of Detroit, to the Detroit United States arsenal at Dearbornville, and have the same stored in said arsenal and appendages, according to the rules and regulations of the ordinance department, subject to be drawn therefrom by the adjutant and quarter master general or his succes. sor in office.

This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 13, 1849.

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JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the settlement of certain claims, growing out of the "raising, subsisting and mustering into service" of the Michigan Volunteer Regiment called to serve in the late war with Mexico.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the board of state auditors be, and they are hereby authorized and required to make a just and equitable settlement of all claims that may be laid before them, growing out of the raising, subsisting and mustering into service of the Michgian volunteer regiment, called to serve in the late war with Mexico; and in case the board shall find any sum or sums due any claimant or claimants, they are hereby authorized to certify the sum or sums so found due, to the auditor general, who shall draw his warrants for the same, upon the state treasurer, who shall pay such warrants out of any money in the general fund not other wise appropriated: Provided, That all such claims shall be presented for final adjustment on or before the first day of November next, and for all such claims, not so presented, the state shall in no case be held responsible: And provided further, before said board

enter upon the settlement of any such claims, the claimant shall furnish to the state a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board, conditioned that the settlement shall be final, and that he will at no time thereafter apply to the legislature of Michigan for relief, predicated upon such claim.

This joint resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 17, 1849.

[ No. 12. ]

JOINT RESOLUTIONS proposing an amendment to the Constitution, relative to certain public officers.

Whereas, An amendment to the constitution of this state was proposed by the last legislature in the words following, to wit: "The legislature of this state for the year eighteen hundred and fifty shall provide by law for the election by the people of the following officers, viz: judges of the supreme court, who shall be ineligible to any other than a judicial office during the term for which they are elected and for one year thereafter; auditor general, state treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and prosecuting attorneys; and the said judges are prohibited from receiving any fees of office or other compensation than their salaries for any civil duties performed by them:"

And Whereas, If said proposed amendment should be agreed to by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the present legislature, the same must be submitted to the people of this state at such time as this legislature shall prescribe: therefore,

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, (Two-thirds of each house concurring therein,) That the aforesaid proposed amendment to the constitution of the state be and the same is hereby agreed to by this legislature, and that the same be submitted to the people of this state for approval and ratification according to the provisions of the first section of the thirteenth article of the constitution, on the first Tuesday of November next. And it shall be the duty of the secretary of state and all other officers required by law to give or publish any notices in regard to the annual election on said day, to give notice that the