LIBRAR University MICHIGAN 99 The Senate went into committee of the whole on the special order, Senator Lamb in the chair. After some time spent therein, the committee rose, and through their chairman, made the following report: The committee of the whole have had under consideration the following entitled bill: Senate bill No. 6, entitled A bill authorizing the payment of bounties to volunteers in the service of the United States; Have made several amendments thereto, but not having gone through therewith, have directed their chairman to report that fact to the Senate, and ask leave to sit again. J. M. LAMB, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee granted leave to sit again. The Senate adjourned. Lansing, Friday, January 29, 1864. The Senate was called to order by the President, at 10 -o'clock A. M. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Bryant. Roll called: a quorum present. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS, By Mr. Wait: petition of P. Marantette and 40 others, asking the passage of a law to allow the towns along the line of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad to issue bonds and levy taxes to aid in the construction of said road; Referred to the committee on internal improvements. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on State affairs: The committee on State affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 10, being A bill to authorize the city of Battle Creek, and the several townships of Calhoun and Barry counties, to pledge their credit to aid in the construction of a railroad from the city of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, to the village of Hastings, in the county of Barry, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with the accompanying amendments, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill, when so amended, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the furtherconsideration of the subject. D. H. JEROME, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The amendments were concurred in, and the bill referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER HOUSE. The President announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following entitled bills: 1. A bill to authorize the several townships in any of the counties on the line of the proposed railroad, of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad company, to aid in the construction of said railroad; 2. A bill to provide for the payment of the officers and members of the Legislature, for the extra session for the year 1864; 3. A bill to authorize the several townships of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties to subscribe stock in the Schoolcraft and Three Rivers railroad company; 4. A bill to accept the grant of lands made to the Staie of Michigan by the United States, to aid in the construction of a. military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, to the Wisconsin State line, by way of Houghton, on Portage Lake, and to provide for the laying out and construction of the same; Which have passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, been ordered to take immediate effect, and in all of which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, N. B. JONES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bills were read a first and second time by their titles, and The first and third named bills were referred to the committhe on internal improvements. The second named bill was referred to the committee on finance. The fourth named bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following joint resolution: Joint resolution expressing confidence in the President, and nominating Abraham Lincoin for a second term; Which has passed the House, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, N. B. JONES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Jay moved that the Senate concur; Mr. French called for the yeas and nays; The motion to concur prevailed, by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, by yeas and nays, as follows: SIR-I am instructed to return t to the Senate the following entitled joint resolution: Joint resolution relative to the construction of an artesian well, at the State Reform School; In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect. Very respectfully, N. B. JONES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The joint resolution was referred to the committee on enrollment for enrollment. The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed to return to the Senate the following entitled bill: A bill to authorize the township of South Haven, in Van Buren county, and other townships in the counties of Van Buren and Allegan, to make loans and levy taxes for the construction and improvement of the harbor at the mouth of South Black river, in said township of South Haven, And to inform the Senate that the House has made the following amendments thereto: Strike out the words "payable annually," in the fourth line of section two, and insert after the word "annum," in same line, the word "represented;" also insert after the word "coupons," in said fourth line, the words "in the usual form;" In the passage of which, as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and has ordered the same to take immediate effect, by a vote of twothirds of all the members elect. Very respectfully, N. B. JONES, Clerk of the House of Representatives. On motion of Mr. Warner, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the House, by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the committee on enrollment, for en rollment. The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR:-I am instructed to return to the Senate the following entitled bill : A bill to authorize the county of Bay to issue its bonds to aid in the construction of a railroad from Bay City to East Saginaw, And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the bill by striking out the word "road" where it first occurs, in |