A bill to provide the Auditor General's office with recorded plats of cities, villages and towns;

Which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Howell,

The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order.

Mr. Tibbits offered the following:

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That the Legislature of Michigan, now in session, adjourn sine die on Thursday, the 14th day of March, A. D. 1861, at 12 o'clock M.

Laid on the table under the rules.

Mr. Childs moved to take from the table joint resolution, entitled

A joint resolution relative to the agricultural college;
Which motion prevailed.

The question then recurring upor. the adoption of the amendment made to the joint resolution by the Senate, by striking out the words "until the 20th day of March next," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "till such time as the board in control of the institution, at the adjournment of the Legislature, shall determine,"

The amendment was concurred in, by yeas and nays, as follows:

A bill compelling mining companies in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to file with the county treasurer of the county in which they are doing business, a list of their stockholders, and the amount of the indebtedness of the companies,

Being under consideration,

By unanimous consent the following words were stricken out at the end of the bill: "This act shall be enforced from and after its passage."

The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question being upon agreeing to the title,

Mr. Warner moved to strike out the words, "the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," and insert in lieu thereof the words "this State;"

Which motion prevailed.

The title, as amended, was then agreed to.

House bill No. 84, entitled

A bill to provide for holding inquests on the view of dead bodies within the cities of this State by the coroners of the counties in which they are situate,

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 37, entitled

A bill in relation to the collection of recognizances in criminal

cases;

Was read a third time, and a majority of all the members elect not voting therefor, was not passed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Pringle moved to reconsider the vote whereby the House

refused to pass the bill.

Mr. C. Davis moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the

table.

Mr. Howell demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded, and the motion did not prevail, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question recurring upon the motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the House refused to pass the bill,

Mr. Howell demanded the yeas and nays.

The demand was seconded.

Mr. Sessions demanded the previous question.

The demand was seconded, and the main question ordered. The motion to reconsider prevailed, by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS.

Mr. Sessions,
Shank,

Mr. Alexander, Mr. Fowle,
Goodrich,

Baker,