by said board might be deemed just and equitable, having in view the interests of the different funds for which the lands were originally appropriated, and the just and equitable relief which each par ticular case might demand;

And whereas, Job Brookfield, Cyrus Dana and Rodney C. Paine, presented to said board of auditors their several claims for relief growing out of the sale of the northwest fractional quarter of section thirty-five, township seven north, of range seventeen west;

And whereas, It appears that said board of auditors awarded the said land to Job Brookfield, and that a patent has been issued to said Brookfield for the same;

And whereas, It appears that a full hearing was not had before said board on the claim made by said Dana and Paine for relief in regard to said land;

And whereas, It was provided by said act, that the provisions thereof should not preclude any person who might feel himself aggrieved by the decision or award of said board from applying at any time after such decision and award to the legislature for relief; and the said Dana and Paine having petitioned the legislature for relief in the premises, it is hereby

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the said board of auditors re-examine the said claim of said Job Brookfield, and the said claim of said Dana and Paine for relief, in relation to the sale of said lands, and into all equities between the State and said parties, and into all equities as between the sa'd Brookfield and the said Dana and Paine, growing out of the sale of said lands, whether under the original certificate of sale, or the subsequent transfers thereof. And the several parties have the right to produce testimony in relation to the several claims; and the said board of auditors shall enter into a full examination of said several clams; and if, upon a full hearing of all the parties, they shall determine that the said Job Brookfield is not justly and equitably entitled to said land, then and in that case, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to proceed before the proper tribunals by scire facias or otherwise, to cause said patent so as aforesaid issued to said Brookfield to be vacated, and if they shall on such hearing determine that said Dana and Payne

are justly and equitably entitled to relief in the premises, they shall make such award as by said board shall be deemed just and equitable; and such award shall be subject to the "provisos" contained in section two of act one hundred and two, approved March twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, herein above referred to, and that said board make full report of the proceedings herein, and the ground and reasons of their decision, and the substance of the evidence before them.

Approved March 5, 1847.

[No. 15.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to a certain Sum of Money stolen from the Treasurer's Office, in Shiawassee County. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the auditor general be, and he is hereby directed and required, to proceed to carry out the provisions of joint resolution number eighteen, of eighteen hundred and forty-six, relative to money stolen from the treasurer's office in Shiawassee county, without first demanding or receiving the official bond of the county treasurer therein referred to; and that so much of said resolution as requires the demand or delivery of said bond, or the prosecution thereof be and the same is hereby rescinded: Provided, The county of Shiawassee, before availing itself of the benefit of the resolution aforesaid, assign and wholly transfer to the state of Michigan, all the rights of said county against Isaac Castle, late county treasurer of said county, for the money to which the resolution hereby amended relates, and furnish satisfactory evidence that the bond specified in said resolution is lost or destroyed.

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

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to furnishing legislative documents to the British Museum.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State

of Michigan, That the secretary of state be and he is hereby directed to deliver to the order of Wiley & Putnam, of New York, for the use of the British Museum, one copy of each of the laws and legislative documents and journals as can be conveniently spared from the state library.

Approved March 10, 1847.

JOINT RESOLUTION

[No. 17.]

relative to the transmission of documents to Alexander Vattemare, of Paris.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the secretary of state be, and is hereby authorized and directed to transmit to Alexander Vattemare, of Paris, or to any duly authorized agent of said Vattemare, in this country, twelve copies of the revised statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six; also twelve set of the journals and documents of the legislature, and of the laws enacted at the present session, to be distributed among such departments of the French government as have contributed to make up the packages already received from said Vattemare by this state.

Resolved, That the thanks of this legislature be, and they are hereby tendered, to the said Alexander Vattemare for his disinterested labors and sacrifices in the cause of science, and especially for his valuable contributions and collections for the benefit of our own state library.

Approved March 10, 1847.

[No. 18.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to a Loan of Money to the Trustees of the Wesleyan Seminary, at Albion.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the time for the payment of the sum of two thousand dollars, loaned to the trustees of the Wesleyan Seminary at Albion, for the term of six years, in accordance with the provision of joint resolution No. forty-one, approved February seven

teenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be and the same is hereby extended for the period of four years from the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forry-eight, on which day, by the terms of said loan, the said sum becomes due: Provi ded, That the auditor general, state treasurer and land commissioner shall be satisfied that the security given by said trustees for the same, is ample and sufficient.

Resolved, That the state treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to the order of the said trustees, after the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight aforesaid, out of any moneys in the treasury, which shall then be to the credit of the primary school fund, not otherwise loaned or appropriated, the further sum of two thousand dollars, as an additional loan, to be repaid within four years, with interest, payable annually, upon the security for the re-payment of the principal and interest, being made satisfactory to the aforesaid state officers. Approved March 15, 1847.

[No. 19.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the settlement of a claim of Edward D. Ellis and William H. H. Briggs.

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 make a settlement with Edward D. Ellis and William H. H. Briggs on just and equitable terms, and their decision thereon shall be final, for any claim they may have against the state, growing out of the provisions of the several acts and joint resolutions of the legislature of eighteen hundred and forty-three, in relation to the public printing, and the conditions of a contract entered into between the state and the said claimants relative to the printing aforesaid; and in case the board shall award any sum due the said claimants, they are hereby authorized to certify the amount found due them, to the auditor general, who is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the amount so awarded and certified, who is hereby authorized to pay

said sum out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro

priated.

Approved March 16, 1847.

[No. 20.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the Surveys of the United States Military Roads within this State.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the secretary of state be, and is hereby required to obtain from the secretary of war of the United States the original or certified copies of the surveys of all the military roads established by the United States within this state and file the same in his office.

Approved March 16, 1847.

[No. 21.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to Building Expenses at the State Prison.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representaives of the State of Michigan, That the agent and inspectors of the state prison shall incur no further expense for building purposes without the express direction of the governor or further provisions of law, except to secure and keep in repair the psesent buildings and the prison walls; and such expenditures shall not exceed one thousand dollars for the current year.

Approved March 16, 1847.

[No. 22.]

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to certain State Tax Lands, and other Lands.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the auditor general be and he is hereby authorized and required to withhold from sale all lands bid off to the state for taxes in the township of Lansing, in the county of Ingham,