Mr. Hascall submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the petition from the citizens of the county of Oakland respecting the law regulating the courts of probate, be referred to a select committee, to consist of three members, who shall have power to have before them the records and files of said courts, in order to compare and ascertain the practice under the existing laws, and report the same ti Ter islative Council.

The rlution having been read, Mr. Hascall moved that it be adc ed.

Mr. Srague called for the reading of the resolution submitted by him on the 11th inst. on the same subject.

The resolution having been read, was laid on the table. The question on the adoption of the resolution offered by. Mr. Hascall being taken, was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Martin gave notice that he should, at a future day, ask leave to bring in a "Bill to prescribe the mode of proceeding in all cases arising under the act of March 31, 1827, securing to Mechanics and others, payment for their labor and materials in erecting any house, mill, or other building."

Mr. Sprague gave notice that he should, at a future day, move for leave to bring in a bill to appoint a supreme judge of probate for this Territory, and to make the Court of Probate a separate and distinct branch of the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Renwick,

Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the Highway act, as to make it obligatory on the overseer of Highways, in addition to the list of names as required by existing laws, to make an accurate return of all taxable property, in the possession of every taxable inhabitant of their several districts, and annex it to the list of names to be returned to the Commissioner of Highways of the township for which he has been elected an overseer of highways.

On motion of Mr. Bacon,

Resolved, That the committee on Internal Improvement be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the disbursement of a portion of the money collected, or hereafter to be collected for Territorial Taxes in repairing and preserving the roads constructed by the government of the United States within this Territory.

A message was received from the Acting Governor of the Territory, on executive business, by the hands of Mr. I. S. Rowland.

Mr. Sprague, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported,

A Bill to authorize the court to be holden in the county of St. Joseph, to be held at the Academy in the village of White Pigeon.

The bill was read the first time, and laid on the table.

The resolution for the appointment of a Fiscal Agent of the Council, was taken up and read the third time.

On motion of Mr. Hascall,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.

Mr. Durocher, agreeably to previous notice, moved for leave to bring in a "Bill to amend an act entitled 'An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Village of Monroe, and for other purposes,' approved May 29, 1828." Leave being granted, Messrs. Durocher, Bacon, and Sprague, were a p pointed a committee to bring in the bill.

Messrs. Torrey, Moran, and Martin, were appointed the select committee, to which was referred the memorial of the supervisors of the county of Wayne; and

Messrs. Hascall, Martin, and Renwick, the select committee to whom was referred the petition from sundry citizens of Oakland county, on the subject of the Probate laws.

The Council went into the consideration of executive business, and having disposed of the same,

Adjourned to to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M.

TUESDAY, May 15, 1832. The following petitions and papers were presented, read, and severally referred:

By Mr. Sprague, the petition of Peter Schoonover, for a divorce. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Bacon, a petition from certain inhabitants of Monroe county, for the chartering of a bank, to be called "The River Raisin Bank," and located in the village of Monroe. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

And an account in favor of the county of Monroe, for costs accrued against the Territory in certain cases where the prosecutions failed. Referred to the committee on Claims.

By Mr. Hascall, a communication from General Charles Larned, asking compensation for members and witnesses of the court martial assembled for the trial of Colonel David Perrin. Referred to the committee on Claims.

By Mr. Moran, a petition of certain citizens of the Territory, praying for a limitation of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Renwick, a communication from D. S. Brooks and H. Norton, suggesting the name of "Hixson" as an appropri

ate one to be given to the township proposed to be set off from the town of Dexter.

By Mr. Britain, a communication from H. Norton, of similar tenor, on the same subject.

Which communications were referred to the committee on Territorial affairs.

The President presented a petition, on behalf of the inhabitants of Spring Welis township, praying a division of that township. Referred to the committee on Territorial Affairs. On motion of Mr. Torrey,

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Resolved, That the Auditor of the Territory be directed to furnish the Council with a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Territorial Treasury, since the 2d of February, 1831, or since he last rendered an account; and the amount of claims against the Territory, if any such remain unpaid. Also the amount of Territorial Taxes assessed since that period; shewing the portion assessed in each county and what amount has been paid into the Territorial Treasury by such county, including duties for sales at auction, a list of the persons assessed in each county, their avocations, and the amount paid by each individual; the number of judgments obtained for Territorial taxes, together with the number of suits, pending & against whom, for what, and for what amount; also, the aggregate amount paid by each county, and the amount due by such county, the amount paid out in each county since that period, and for what expended.

Mr. Torrey, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported

A Bill to amend an act regulating marriages, approved April 12, 1827.

The Bill having been read the first time,

On motion of Mr. Torrey, the 14th rule being suspended, The Bill was read a second time, and laid on the table. Mr. Durocher, from the select committee to whom the subject was referred, reported

A Bill to amend an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act to incorporate the Village of Monroe, and for other purposes," approved, May 29, 1828.

Which was read the first time, and laid on the table.

Mr. Martin, from the committee on Territorial Affairs, reported

A Bill to organize the townships of Royal Oak and in the county of Oakland,

The Bill having been read the first time,

On motion of Mr. Sprague, the 14th rule being suspended, the bill was read a second time, by its title, and laid on the table.

The Bill to authorise the courts to be holden in the county of St. Joseph, to be held at the Academy in the village of White Pigeon, was taken up, and read the second time.

On motion of Mr. Sprague,

Ordered, That the bill be engrossed, and read a third time

te-norrow.

The resolution appointing a Fiscal Agent of the Council, read a third titne yesterday, was taken up.

Mr. Bacon moved that the resolution pass.

The question being taken, it was decided in the affirmative.

The Council adjourned to to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. WEDNESDAY, May 16, 1832. The following petitions and papers were presented, read, and severally referred.

By Mr. Renwick, a petition from the citizens of Ypsilanti, for an act to incorporate that village. Referred to the committee on Territorial Affairs.

A petition from the inhabitants of the same village, for an act to incorporate a company, for the purpose of building a rail way between Ypsilanti and Detroit. Referred to the committee on Internal Improvement.

And a petition from certain citizens of the Territory, praying a limitation of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Hascall, the petition of Benjamin Sherman, for a divorce. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Torrey, the petition of Samuel Reed, for relief against a certain recognizance entered into by him, in the Circuit Court of Wayne county. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

The petition of James Hankerson, for a divorce. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

-And a claim of A. C. Truax & A. Hosmer, for certain services rendered under the Act for laying out and establishing Territorial roads. Referred to the committee on claims. By Mr. Britain, the petition of Emeline Manchester, for a divorce. Referred to the Judiciary committee.

By Mr. Moran, a petition, from certain citizens of the Territory, praying a limitation of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Referred to the Judiciary committee.

On motion of Mr. Martin,

Resolved, That the daily hour to which the Council shall stand adjourned, shall be eleven o'clock, A. M. or until otherwise ordered.

Mr. Hascall submitted the following resolution, which was read and laid on the table.

Resolved, That the 32d, 33d, and 34th standing rules which require Executive business to be done in secret session, be suspended.

Mr. Bacon, from the select committee to whom the subject was referred, reported,

A bill to provide for the inspection of Staves and Heading, which was read the first time and laid on the table.

The Bill, to authorise the Courts to be holden in the county of St. Joseph to be held at the Academy in the village of White Pigeon, was taken up and read the 3d time.

Mr. Torrey moved that the Bill pass.

The question being taken, it was decided that the bill pass, and that the title thereof be, " An Act, &c."

The Council went into the consideration of Executive business, and having disposed of the same, adjourned.

THURSDAY, May 17, 1832. Mr. Sprague presented a petition of the citizens of St. Clair county, praying to have a Territorial road established from Point du Chesne, to the Fort Gratiot turnpike, which was read and referred to the committee on Internal Improve

ment.

Mr. Torrey presented a petition from the widow of J. B.. Dumay, praying authority to sell certain land, which was read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Durocher submitted the following resolution, which was read and laid on the table.

Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the necessity of amending that part of the Act concerning Grand and Petit jurors, which relates to the clerk of the county Courts in each of the several counties, so as to require him to make, at the time of making a statement of the number of Grand as well as of Petit jurors to be selected in each of the Townships in said counties, a list of the names of the Grand and Petit jurors who served the preceding year, and of those remaining in the boxes provided to contain their names, in order to acquaint the assessors with the names of Grand and Petit jurors that serve, and remaining in said boxes before the making out of their lists of the names of persons they may select.

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The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Martin, on the subject of bail,having been taken up and read, was, on motion, adopted.

On motion of Mr. Britain,

Resolved, That the committee on Territorial Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of dividing the coun ties of Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo, into town