continuance of the post office in the city of Detroit, as a distributing office, report: That they have had the same under consideration, and that it appears, from letters received from our senators in Congress, that the post office in the city of Detroit, is to remain and continue to be a distributing office as heretofore. That the distributing office to be established at the village of Toledo, on the first of April, is intended for the land mail only, and will "in no way interfere with the transportation of the mail to Detroit in steamboats during the summer." Your committee therefore recommend the rejection of the preamble and resolution referred to. RANDOLPH MANNING, Chairman. (No. 22.) Resolutions of the State of Vermont relative to Slavery, &c. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Montpelier, Vermont, Nov. 18, 1836. } SIR:-In compliance with the request of the general assembly of this state, I have the honor to transmit the subjoined resolutions, with the request that they may be communicated to the legislature of your state. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, His Excellency the Governor of Michigan. S. H. JENISON. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, That neither Congress, nor the state governments, have any constitutional right to abridge the free expression of opinions, or the transmission of them through the public mail. Resolved, That Congress do possess the power to abolish slavery and the slave-trade in the District of Columbia. Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the executives of each of the states, and to each of our senators and representatives in Congress. In House of Representatives, Nov. 15, 1836-Resolutions read and passed. A. L. MINER, Clerk. In Senate, Nov. 16, 1836-Read and resolved to concur. N. WILLIAMS, Secretary. (No. 23.) Statement of the Bank of Washtenaw, March 3, 1837. SIR-In compliance with a resolution of the honorable the legislature of the state of Michigan, passed on the 14th day of February last, and received by me on the 1st instant, I have the honor to transmit to you herewith, a statement of the affairs and condition of this bank, duly verified, and am, With great respect, Hon. E. MUNDY, President of the Senate, Detroit. E. J. COBB, Cashier. Resources. Bills discounted, $157,867 42 Specie, 13,208 48 Bills of solvent banks, 8,334 60 Funds in New York on interest, at 5 per cent., sub ject to sight drafts, 12,969 06 Funds in New York on interest at 6 per cent., to re deem our circulation payable there, 50,400 00 Funds in Lockport on interest at 6 per cent., subject to sight drafts, 13,516 45 Funds in Buffalo, 1,358 12 Due from the Bank of Michigan, 1,674 46 108 00 40 31 5,381 44 2,500 00 $267,358 34 Brought forward, Bank of Monroe, Dividends unpaid, Due individual depositers, State of Michigan, Washtenaw County, ss. 57 10 520 00 23,520 81 $267,358 34 William S. Maynard, president, and Ebenezer S. Cobb, cashier of the Bank of Washtenaw, in said county, being duly sworn, make oath and say, that the foregoing statement of the affairs and condition of said bank is, in every respect, just and true, and further these deponents say not. WILLIAM S. MAYNARD. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 4th day of March, 1837. N. R. RAMSDELL, Notary Public. State of Michigan, Washtenaw County, ss. E. W. Morgan, one of the directors of the Bank of Washte naw, being duly sworn, maketh oath, that the foregoing statement is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true, and that all the other directors of said bank, except W. S. Maynard and E. S. Cobb, are now absent from the village of Ann Arbor, and further saith not. E. W. MORGAN. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 4th day of March, 1837. N. R. RAMSDELL, Notary Public. Statement of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Detroit. SIR-In conformity with a joint resolution of the legislature of Michigan, passed 14th inst., I enclose a statement of the condition of this bank. Very repectfully, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN A. WELLES, Cashier. Hon. E. MUNDY, President Senate, Michigan. To the Hon. E. MUNDY, President of the Senate: SIR-Herewith I transmit a statement of this institution, agree ably to a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, passed February 15, 1837. State of Michigan, County of Wayne, ss: On the tenth day of March, A. D. 1837, personally appeared before me, a notary public in and for said county, Frederick H. Stevens and John Norton, jr., and made solemn oath that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by them, is just, correct and true. JAMES A. VANDYKE, Notary Public, W. C. M. |