DOCUMENTS

ACCOMPANYING THE JOURNAL

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN,

AT THE

ANNUAL SESSION IN 1838.

DETROIT:

JOHN S. BAGG, STATE PRINTER.

1838.

CONTENTS. .

No.

1. Geological,...

2. Bank commissioners,.

Page.

1

2

3. Affidavits of the president and secretary of the St. Clair

and Romeo company relative to the expenditures,.. 13

4. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,...

5. Report of the State Treasurer,...

6. Report of a select committee of the late House of Rep-

resentatives, of which the Hon. E. Ely was chair-

man, on the subject of state taxes,.

...

7. Communication from the Hon. William A. Fletcher, re-

lative to the revised code of laws,...

13-

3388

86

113

115

: 115

118

8. Statement of the expenditures on account of the state

geological survey for the year 1837,.........

9. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, em-

bracing a list of state lands claimed by individuals,.

10. Report of the select committee setting forth the changes

asked by petitioners in the northern and southern rail-

roads,....

11. Report of the majority of the committee on education, on

the petition of the trustees of Michigan college,.... 120

12. Report of the select committee upon a communication

from the State Treasurer, relative to what moneys

would be received into the treasury,...

13. Report of the committee on the judiciary upon a resolu-

tion respecting an amendment of the act to regulate

and define the powers of justices of the peace and

constables in civil cases,...

120

129

... 129

14. Report of the board of commissioners of internal im-

provement,....

15. Report of the commissioners on the state penitentiary, 253

16. Report of committee on the judiciary, on the resolution

relative to the ninety-fifth and ninety-seventh chap-

ters of the revised laws,....

270