THIRD READING OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS. House bill, entitled A bill to establish and regulate a mining school in the Upper Peninsula, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the mem bers elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House adjourned till to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Lansing, Thursday, February 21, 1861. The House met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Gillet. Roll called: quorum present. Absent at roll call, without leave, Messrs. Douglas and Mr. Goodrich asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. PETITIONS PRESENTED. By Mr. Tibbits: petition of sundry persons, praying relief Referred to the committee on banks and incorporations. By Mr. Childs: petition of Thomas F. Burton, John F. Hub- Referred to the committee on agriculture and manufactures. By Mr. Alexander: petition of E. B. Sherwood and 44 others, Laid on the table. By Mr. Peters: remonstrance of Samuel Bartlett and 39 By Mr. Blakeslee: remonstrance of Alonzo Ferguson, James Referred to the committee on roads and bridges. By Mr. Wetherby: petition of Benj. F. Ferris, J. M. Rowell Laid on the table. By Mr. Fowle: petition of Stephen Fitzsimmons, Daniel La- Also, petition of Parley Brown, Michael Depue and 19 others, Also, petition of Harvey Osborn, Wm. Chester and 42 others, for the same purpose; Also, petition of D. G. Mosher, Wm. Moore, and 18 others, Also, petition of Emanuel Bently, Freeman Page and 27 oth- Also, petition of E. T. Chester, A. R. Kellogg and 35 others, Also, petition of Z. H. Gray, Almond Colton and 17 others, Also, petition of Charles Mosher, Peter B. McArthur and 14 Also, petition of H. N. F. Lewis, Joseph Cleveland and 41 All of which were laid on the table. By Mr. Shank: petition of Eber M. L. Cory and 20 others, Laid on the table. By Mr. Brownell: remonstrance of sundry persons against Laid on the table. By Mr. A. Stevens: remonstrance of Harvey Williams and Referred to the committee on State affairs. By Mr. A. Stevens: petition of Geo. E. Smith, A. Miller, B. B. Referred to the committee on public lands. By Mr. Choate: remonstrance of James Mulholland, Andrew Referred to the committee on State affairs. By the Speaker: petition of the employees in the State print- ing office, asking that the House authorize the committee on ways and means to employ a clerk; Mr. Howell moved that the petition be rejected; On motion of Mr. Blakeslee, The whole subject was laid on the table. PRESENTATION. The Speaker presented to the House, with the compliments of C. F. Dietrich, a lithographic view of the city of Grand Rapids. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. By the select committee on apportioning anew the representatives among the several counties and districts of this State: The special committee to whom was referred certain bills "to apportion anew the representatives among the several counties and districts of this State," with instructions to report a bill on the basis of one representative for every ten thousand inhabitants, Have had the same under consideration, and herewith report back House bill No. 39, with certain amendments, in which they ask the concurrence of the House, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the same. Respectfully submitted. S. M. CUTCHEON, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. Mr. Childs moved that the House concur in the amendments made by the committee; Mr. Howell moved that the bill be laid on the table, and ordered printed, with the amendments made by the committee Which motion prevailed. e; By the joint committee on constitutional amendments: The joint special committee upon constitutional amendments to the Constitution, to whom was referred the matter to enquire and report what amendments to the Constitution were desirable and necessary, and also, several resolutions from each House, have had the same under consideration, and would respectfully report, that as the result of their examination of the matter committed to them, the many amendments that would be desirable to make the present Constitution subserve the purpose of being a convenient organic law for the government of any well regulated State, would be so numerous as to constitute almost an entire revision of the instrument, which your committee believe, in view of the early time when the question of revision is to be submitted to the people, under the provisions of that instrument, the present Legislature would not be disposed to adopt. Your committee, however, find some points in which they deem it indispensable that amendments should be made, in order to enable the government to proceed with any degree of convenience or success. To that end, therefore, they herewith report a joint resolution embracing such amendments as they deem indispensably necessary, entitled Joint resolution to provide for amendments of article 6, section 2; article 9, section 1; article 13, section 6; article 15, sections 1, 2 and 4; article 20, sec 2, of the constitution of the State of Michigan, And recommend its adoption. All of which is respectfully submitted. Report accepted. S. L. WITHEY, Chairman of the Senate Commiitee. THOS. W. LOCKWOOD, Chairman of House Committee. The joint resolution was read a first and second time, by its title, ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND NOTICES. Mr Howell offered the following: Resolved, That the view of the city of Grand Rapids, presented to the House, be put in a substantial frame and hung in the State library. Mr. Gilbert offered the following as a substitute: Resolved, That the thanks of this House be returned to C. F. Dietrich, Principal of the Grand Rapids Mercantile Institute, for |