in the county in which such commissioner shall have resided at the time of his appointment.

tolls.

Sec. 5. All tolls established in pursuance of this act may be Collection of collected by said commissioner, in his name of office, before any

court of competent jurisdiction.

Approved March 16, 1861.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.

[ No. 1. ]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relative to the furnishing of documents to members and officers of the legislature.

Resolved, By the Senate, (the House concurring,) That the Secretary of State be and is hereby authorized and directed to forward one copy of the laws and resolutions passed at the present session of the legislature, also one copy of the journals and documents of the Senate and House of Representatives, and joint documents of the Senate and House of Representatives, to each of the members and officers of the two houses, directed to the clerks of the several counties in which said members and officers reside, as soon as the same shall be printed, bound, and ready for delivery.

Approved March 7, 1861.

[No. 2. ]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

Resolved, (the House concurring,) That Aaron B. Turner, secretary of the Senate, and Edward W. Barber, clerk of the House of Representatives, be and they are hereby authorized and requested to compile and prepare for publication, and make indexes and superintend the publication of the journals and documents of the present legislature, and when completed and certified to by the Secretary of State, they shall be entitled to and receive for said services each the sum of three hundred dollars.

Approved March 14, 1861.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

[ No. 1. ]

JOINT RESOLUTION respecting the suit of the State of Michigan against the Phenix bank of the city of New York.

Whereas, There is now pending in the court of appeals of the State of New York, a cause wherein the people of this State are plaintiffs, appellants, and the Phenix bank of the city of New York is defendant, appellce, which suit was instituted in the superior court of the city of New York, to recover from said bank the sum of thirty-five thousand six hundred and three dollars and seventy-four cents, alleged to have been fraudu lently obtained from the treasury of the State in the month of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; therefore

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That the Governor of this State be and he is hereby authorized, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, to engage the professional services of such counsel as may think fit, to appear in said cause in behalf of this State, and to prosecute the same to a final decision.

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Approved January 22, 1861.

[ No. 2.]

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the reciprocity treaty of June fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

Whereas, The government of the United States did, on the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, conclude with the government of Great Britain, a treaty called