CONTENTS. 1. Memorial of the State Board of Education, relative to Township and District School Libraries. 2. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, on the memorial of the German-American Seminary, for amendment to the act granting said Seminary 25,000 acres of Swamp 3. Memorial of Hon. Hiram C. Hodge, to the House of Repre- sentatives, claiming a seat in the House from the Second Report of the Committee on Mines and Minerals, relative to the Specific Taxes in the Upper Peninsula. 5. Report of the Committee on Elections, in relation to the petition of Hon. Henry Miller, claiming the seat occupied by Hon. John N. Donaldson, as Representative from District number one, of Oakland county. 6. Minority Report of the Committee on Elections, in relation to the petition of Hon. Henry Miller, claiming the seat occupied by Hon. John N. Donaldson, as Representative from District number one, of Oakland county. 7. Communication from the Commissioner of the State Land Office, giving a statement of lands appropriated by this 8. Memorial of S. P. Ely and Lewis H. Morgan, in relation to the Railroad interests of the Upper Peninsula. 9. Communication from the Auditor General, transmitting the reports of the Bay de Noquet and Marquette Railroad Company, and the Michigan Southern and Northern Indi- 10. Memorial of the Directors and Stockholders of the Mar- 11. Report of W. T. Howell, from the select committee on the subject of the land grants made by Congress to the State of Michigan. 12. Report of the Committee on Elections, in relation to the memorial of Hon Hiram C. Hodge, claiming the seat of Hon. Chandler Freeman, as member from the Second Representative District, in the county of Clinton. 13. Memorial of B. L. Hill, on behalf of the Fishermen of Michigan, protesting against the passage of any law to suppress pound or trap-net fishing. 14. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, relative to the claim of David W. Noyes, Hiram Miller, Unn Miller and Loren Andrus, of Macomb county. 15. Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, on the Asylum for the Insane. 16. Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, relative to the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. 17. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, relative to the Swamp Lands. 18. Report of the Majority of the Joint Committee on Education and Agriculture, relative to the Agricultural College. 19. Report of the Minority of the Joint Committee on Educa tion and Agriculture, relative to the Agricultural College. 20. Report of the Committee on Geological Survey, in regard to the survey of portions of the State, and the collection, management and preservation of Geological Specimens. 21. Report of the Committee on Banks and Incorporations, relative to making appropriations in aid of the State Agricultural College, and the Michigan School of Homeopathy and Surgery. 22. Report of the Committee on Elections, relative to a certain bill pending before the Legislature, to enable the qualified electors of this State, in the military service, to vote at certain elections, and to amend sections forty-five and sixty-one, of chapter six, of the compiled laws. 23. Report of the Committee on State Prison, relative to the State Prison and the Detroit House oi Correction. 24. Report of Hon. W. T. Howell, Chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations, on the Joint Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, on the subject of opening a channel of communication through Canada, for Western Produce. 25. Communication from the State Treasurer, relative to the negotiation and sale of State Bonds. 26. Report of the Committee on Education, relative to the higher education of Females. 27. Report of the Committee on Ways and Means, relative to the claims of William Beard, for work done on the Muskegon Sand Flats. 28. Minority Report of the Committee on Elections, on the subject of allowing the qualified Electors of this State, in the military service, to vote at certain elections. |