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JOURNAL

OF THE

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

OF THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

1867.

Printed by Order of the Convention, under the supervision of

THOMAS H. GLENN,

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JOHN A. KERR & CO., PRINTERS TO THE STATE.

1867.

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JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION.

FIRST DAY.

Lansing, Wednesday, May 15, 1867.

Pursuant to the provisions of law, the delegates elected to revise the Constitution of the State of Michigan, met in Convention at the Capitol, at Lansing, at eleven o'clock A. M., and were called to order by Hon. Oliver L. Spaulding, Secretary of State, who called the roll of delegates by counties, and the following answered to their names:

Allegan.—William B. Williams, William E. White.
Barry.-Harvey Wright, Adam Elliott.

Bay.-James Birney.

Berrien.-William S. Farmer, Lorenzo P. Alexander, Henry H. Coolidge.

Branch.-Cyrus G. Luce, Asahel Brown.

Calhoun.-Charles D. Holmes, Eden F. Henderson, George

Willard.

Cass.-Levi Aldrich, Jacob J. Van Riper.

Clinton.-Alvah H. Walker, Nathaniel I. Daniells.

Eaton.-Joseph Musgrave, Milton P. Burtch.

Genesee.-Sumner Howard, Henry R. Lovell, Thaddeus G.

Smith.

Grand Traverse, &c.-DeWitt C. Leach.

Gratiot.-DeWitt C. Chapin.

Hillsdale.-Lewis J. Thompson, Daniel L. Pratt, Simeon P.

Root.

Ingham.-John W. Longyear, Lemuel Woodhouse.

Ionia.-George W. Germain, Sanford A. Yeomans.

Jackson.-Eugene Pringle, Freeman C. Watkins, William F.

Goodwin.

Kalamazoo.-Marsh Giddings, Delamore Duncan, Milton

Bradley.

Kent.-Solomon L. Withey, Jacob Ferris, Lyman Murray, Milton C. Watkins.

Lapeer.-Myron C. Kenney, John M. Lamb.

Lenawee.-Jacob C. Sawyer, Perley Bills, Martin P. Stockwell, Horace J. Sheldon, Charles M. Croswell.

Livingston.-Benjamin W. Lawrence.

'Mackinac, &c.-Bela Chapman.

Macomb.-Dexter Mussey, Thomas M. Crocker.

Monroe.-Edward G. Morton, William A. Rafter, William

~Corbin.

Montcalm.-George F. Case.

Muskegon.-Henry H. Holt.

Newaygo, &c.-William S. Utley.

Oakland.-P. Dean Warner, Edward P. Harris, Willard M.

McConnell, Jacob Van Valkenburgh.

Ontonagon.-James Burtenshaw.

Saginaw.-Jabez G. Sutherland.

Sanilac.-John Divine.

Shiawassee.-Josiah Turner, S. Titus Parsons.

St. Clair.-Marcus H. Miles, Ezra Hazen.

St. Joseph.-William L. Stoughton, Comfort Tyler.
Tuscola.-Benjamin W. Huston.

Van Buren.-Samuel H. Blackman, Charles Duncombe. Washtenaw.-Thomas Ninde, Charles H. Richmond, Lyman D. Norris, Daniel Hixson.

Wayne.-Robert McClelland, Daniel Goodwin, Peter Desnoyers, William A. Smith, Jonathan Shearer, William E. Warner.

On motion of Mr. F. C. Watkins, of Jackson county,

P. Dean Warner, of Oakland county, was appointed President pro tempore.

On motion of Mr. Leach, of Grand Traverse county,

Thomas H. Glenn, of Berrien county, was appointed Secretary pro tempore.

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