by required to forward one copy of each to the several officers and members of this Legislature, by forwarding the same to the county clerks of the several counties of this State in which the officers or members reside, so soon as the same may be printed, bound and ready for delivery.

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

Approved March 20, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claim of Thomas B. W. Stockton.

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 to examine and settle the claim of Thomas B. W. Stockton for damages occasioned by the laying and construction of the Northern Railroad: Provided, The same Thomas B. W. Stockton shall first stipulate in writing that the finding and decision of the said Board of State Auditors shall be and remain a final adjustment of said matter between him and the State: Provided further, That the amount awarded by the Board of State Auditors, if any there be, shall not exceed the actual damage at the time of the laying out and constructing of said Northern Railroad, and shall have no reference to the present value of the land alleged to have been damaged. Approved March 20, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTIONS authorizing the board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claims of Heber Cowden.

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 examine and settle the claim of Heber Cowden, for services performed as brigadier general under existing provisions of law, and by the direction of the adjutant general, and for the amount found to be justly due the said Heber Cowden,

the Auditor General is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer, for the sum so found due; and the State Treasurer is hereby required to pay said warrant out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated.

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Resolved, That these joint resolutions shall take effect immediate

Approved March 23, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the board of State Auditors to examine and settle the claim of A. Kaminsky.

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 to examine and settle the claim of A. Kaminsky for balances due him for printing the Governor's message in the German, Dutch and French languages for the years eighteen hundred and forty-eight and eighteen hundred and forty-nine; and for the amount found to be justly due the said A. Kaminsky, the Auditor General is hereby authorized and reqired to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum so found due, and the State Treasurer is hereby required to pay said warrant out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated.

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

Approved April 1, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTION relative to furnishing certain Laws, Journals and Documents to the Michigan State Agricultural Society for the use of a Library.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the following laws and documents be and they are hereby donated to the Michigan State Agricultural Society, (if it can be done without reprint, or injury to the State library,) to aid said society in establishing an agricultural library, at such place and

under such regulations as the executive committee thereof may pre scribe, viz: one copy of the revised statutes of 1838 and 1846, one copy of the session laws, one copy of the joint documents and journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of each Legislature since and including the year 1839, and also one copy of the session laws and documents of the present Legislature, and of each successive Legislature; and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and required to transmit to the recording secretary of said society the above named laws and documents as soon as practicable, who shall receive the same and place them in the library aforesaid.

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

Approved April 1, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTIONS for the relief of Andrew V. Booskirk and others.

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 authorized, upon the receipt from Andrew V. Booskirk of the county of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania, of the interest due on a certificate of purchase (number two hundred and seventy-three) for the north-east fractional quarter of section number sixteen, in township number six south of range number nine east, containing eighty-seven and 20-100ths acres of land, together with the penalty prescribed by law, with interest on the sums unpaid, from the sixth day of October, A. D. 1848, to the time of payment, to issue a new certificate of said premises in the usual form to said Booskirk: Provided, The said penalty and all the interest then due be paid to said Commissioner on or before the first day of May, 1850; and that said land shall not previously have been sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of the passing of this resolution.

Resolved further, That the commissioner aforesaid be and he is hereby authorized, upon the receipt of Richard McGraw of the county of Oakland, in this State, of the interest due on a certificate of purchase, numbered one thousand and seventeen, for the north

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east quarter of the north-east quarter of section sixteen, in township two south of range eight east, containing eighty acres, together with the penalty prescribed by law, with interest on the sums unpaid, from the fourteenth day of November, A. D. 1849, to the time of payment, to issue a new certificate of said premises to said Richard McGraw: Provided, The said penalty and all the interest, when due, be paid to said Commissioner on or before the first day of May, 1850; and that said lands have not been sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of the passage of this resolution.

Resolved further, That the Commissioner aforesaid be and he is hereby authorized, upon the receipt from Jonas N. Henry of the county of Kalamazoo, on the interest due on a certificate of purchase, numbered two thousand three hundred and eighty-five, for the southeast quarter of the south-east quarter of section sixteen, in township three south of range nine west, together with the penalty prescribed by law, with interest on the sums unpaid, from the first day of March, 1849, to the time of the payment, to issue a new certificate of said premises in the usual form to said Henry: Provided, The said penalty and all the interest then due be paid to said Commissioner on or before the first day of June, 1850; and that said lands shall not have been previously sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of the passing of this resolution.

These joint resolutions shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage.

Approved April 1, 1850.

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PREAMBLE AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS relative to a grant of land to officers who served in the war with Mexico.

Whereas, In the opinion of this Legislature, the pay and commutations for rations of the officers of the army of the United States, under the rank of brigadier general, who served in the late war with Mexico, was not sufficient to defray their necessary expenses while in Mexico, and afford them a reasonable compensation for their services, though the same pay and commutation would be amply sufficient while the army was in the United States;

Therefore, resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use all honorable means to procure the passage by Congress of a law making a donation of the public lands or of money to all the officers under the rank of brigadier general who served in the war with Mexico, equal in amount to double rations during the time of their extraordinary expenses.

Resolved, That the Governor be and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

Approved April 1, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTION relative to a certain sum of money belong ing to the State, alleged to have been stolen from the post office. Whereas, The sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars, received by the treasurer of Kalamazoo county for taxes on non-resident lands, in the month of August, 1849, and forwarded by said treasurer to the Auditor General on the fourth day of September, 1849, by mail, was stolen from the post office at Kalamazoo, or some other post office; therefore,

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars, with the interest thereon, shall be assumed by the State, and the said county of Kalamazoo shall in no wise be held responsible for the same: Provided, The said treasurer of Kalamazoo county shall give a good sufficient bond to the Auditor of this State, that in case of the recovery or finding of said sum of money, it shall be paid into the treasury of this State.

Approved April 2, 1850.

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JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to State Convention.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the several county clerks be required to report to the Secretary of State on or before the first day of June next: