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MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.

The Speaker announced the following:

SENATE CHAMBER, }

Lansing, February 21, 1861.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

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

A bill to organize the township of Wisner;

Which the Senate has amended by inserting, immediately after the word "east," in the second line, the words, "in the county of Tuscola," and also by adding the same words to the title;

In the passage of which, as thus amended, the Senate has con curred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect.

Very respectfully,

A. B. TURNER, Secretary of the Senate.

The House concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the Senate, by the following vote:

YEAS.

N. K. Green,

Mr. Pringle,
Rankin,
Read,

A. L. Green,

SENATE CHAMBER,

Lansing, February 21, 1861.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

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SIR-I am instructed by the Senate to transmit the following entitled bill :

A bill to amend an act entitled an act for the benefit of fractional school district No. 1 of Vassar, and No. 2 of Tuscola,

Which has passed the Senate by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect, been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

A. B. TURNER, Secretary of the Senate.

The bill was read a first and second time, by its title, and referred to the committee on education.

Also the following:

SENATE CHAMBER,
Lansing, February 21, 1861.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

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

A bill to amend sections 8, 9, 16 and 18, of chapter 94, of the revised statutes of 1846, the same being chapter 118 compiled laws,

Which the Senate has amended by striking out of the interlineation in the third line the words "one hundred," and inserting "fifty" in lieu thereof; also, by striking out the word "five," interlined in the fourth line, and inserting "ten." The Senate

has also amended the title by adding thereto the words: "relative to criminal proceedings before Justices of the Peace;"

In the passage of which, as thus amended, the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of twothirds of all the Senators elect.

Very respectfully,

A. B. TURNER, Secretary of the Senate.

Mr. Sessions moved that the House concur in the amendments made to the bill by the Senate

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Mr. Pringle called for a division of the question on the amendments.

The question being upon concurring in the first amendment, by striking out "one hundred," and inserting "fifty," it was not concurred in, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The second named amendment, to strike out the word "five" and insert "ten," was concurred in, by yeas and nays, as follows:

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

SIR: I am instructed by the Senate to transmit the following entitled bill:

A bill to vacate a part of the village plat of Constantine, in the county of St. Joseph,

Which has passed the Senate by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect, been ordered to take immediate effect, and in all of which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

A. B. TURNER, Secretary of the Senate.