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MICHIGAN. 



Federal troops at Potosi, though claiming to be 

 neutral, virtually sustained the revolutionists. 

 The Federal commander declared himself un- 

 able to cope with the spreading revolution. 



On finding that the customs regulations in ref- 

 erence to goods shipped to Mexican ports were 

 but rarely complied with, the Government de- 

 termined to enforce the law. The Minister of 

 Finance issued a circular under date of Mexico, 

 Aug. 5, 1869, containing the following clauses: 

 MEXICO, August 5, 1869. 



ABTICLE 1. All captains of vessels carrying freight 

 from Europe to the ports of the republic must formu- 

 late their manifests, and the shippers their respective 

 invoices, as stipulated in paragraph two of article 

 twenty-one of the ordinance bearing on these matters, 

 with the only difference that they are relieved from 

 presenting the receipt drawn up by the Mexican con- 

 sul, which should be remitted to the customs on the 

 arrival of the vessels. 



ART. 2. The manifest and the invoices will be 

 considered sufficient by the customs authorities for 

 the dispatch of the goods, and therefore must con- 

 tain the same requisitions expressed in the existing 

 regulations. 



ART. 3. The absence of such documents or of any 

 formality in their concoction will be subject to the 

 penalties mentioned in the ordinance in paragraph 

 two of article twenty-eight and others having refer- 

 ence to this subject. 



AET. 4. The copies of manifest and invoices that 

 formerly were submitted to the Mexican consuls 

 shall henceforth be posted at the port of sailing of the 

 vessel, duly addressed to this ministry. 



ART. 5. The stipulations mentioned in the fore- 

 going shall take effect after the lapse of six months 

 from the date of the present circular. 



ART. 6. The consular certificate will not be dis- 

 pensed with for vessels proceeding from the United 

 States or other ports where there are consuls of the 

 republic. The penalties of the law will be strictly 

 applied to all omissions, to which effect all consuls 

 and vice-consuls, respectively, are ordered to comply 

 with the conditions imposed by virtue of the existing 

 ordinance. 



Independence and liberty ! EOMEEO. 



MICHIGAN. The only general election 

 held in 1869 was on the first Monday of April, 

 for one Justice of the Supreme Court and two 

 Begents of the University. The result of the 

 canvass for the first-named office was as fol- 

 lows : Thomas M. Cooley (Rep.) 90,V05 ; D. 

 Darwin Hughes (Dem.) 59,886 Republican 

 majority, 30,819. 



Jonas H. McGowan and Joseph Estabrook, 

 the Republican candidates for Regents of the 

 University, were elected over John M. B. Sill 

 and John F. Miller, by an average majority of 

 28,204. At the same time Circuit Judges were 

 chosen as follows : 



1st Circuit. 



2d " 



3d " 



4th " 



5th " 



61 h " 



7th " 



8th " 



9th " 



10th " 



llth " 



12th u 



13th " 



14th " 



15th " 



16th " 



.Daniel L. Pratt '. .Republican. 



.Nathaniel Bacon " 



. Jared Patchen Democrat. 



. Sanmel Higby " 



. George "Woodruff. Republican. 



.James S. Dewey " 



.Josiah Turner " 



.Louis S. Lovell " 



. Charles R. Brown " 



.Jabez G. Sutherland Democrat. 



.Daniel Goodwin " 



.James O'Grady " 



.Jonathan G. Ramsdell Republican. 



.Moses B. Hopkins " 



. Charles Upson " 



.William T. Mitchell .... Democrat. 



Later in the year Judge Bacon died, and 

 Daniel Blackman, Democrat, was elected to fill 

 the vacancy. Judge Hopkins also died within 

 the year, but the vacancy had not been filled 

 on the 1st of January. Of the County Boards 

 of Supervisors the Republicans elected majori- 

 ties in 44 counties, the Democrats in 9, and 4 

 were equally divided. 



The Legislature ratified the proposed fif- 

 teenth amendment to the Constitution of the 

 United States, and they also proposed several 

 amendments to the State constitution, which 

 will he voted upon by the people at the gen- 

 eral election in 1870. The first increases the 

 power of the Board of Supervisors to raise 

 money for the repair of public buildings, high- 

 ways, etc. ; the second, third, and fourth, estab- 

 lish impartial suffrage and representation with- 

 out regard to color; and the fifth increases 

 the salaries of the State officers the Govern- 

 or's, from $1,000 to $2,500 ; the Circuit Judge's, 

 from $1,500 to $2,000 ; the State Treasurer's, 

 Auditor-General's, and Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction's, from $1,000 to $2,000; the 

 Secretary of State's, the Commissioner of the 

 Land-office's, and the Attorney-General's, from 

 $800 to $2,000. The most important legisla- 

 tion was the creation of two new judicial cir- 

 cuits; an act giving interest on overdue in- 

 stalments of interest upon written contracts ; 

 an act making permanent provision for a sol- 

 diers' aid-fund for infirm, maimed, and needy 

 Michigan soldiers ;* an act to punish with im- 

 prisonment in the State Prison persons who 

 shall engage in a prize-fight, or in the training 

 of parties therefor, or shall assist therein, or 

 knowingly carry persons to or from a prize- 

 fight, and punishing less severely any person 

 attending such a fight; an act providing for 

 the further geological survey of the State ; 

 several acts for the preservation of fish, game, 

 and birds, one of which provides that no per- 

 son shall, at anytime, within the State, kill any 

 robin, nighthawk, whippoorwill, finch, thrush, 

 lark, sparrow, cherryhird, swallow, yellowbird, 

 bluebird, hrownthrasher, wren, martin, oriole, 

 woodpecker, bobolink, or any song-bird, nor 

 rob the nests of such birds, under a penalty of 

 five dollars for each bird killed or nest robbed ; 

 an act authorizing townships, cities, and vil- 

 lages to aid in the construction of proposed 

 railroads to the extent of ten per cent, of their 

 assessed valuation, on a vote of a majority of 

 the electors voting on the question at a meet- 

 ing called for the purpose. Under this last 

 act aid was voted during the year to the 

 amount of more than $2,000,000. 



The total receipts into the Treasury for the 



year were.. $2,116,58659 



Balance in the beginning of the year 1,130,227 15 



Total available funds 3,246,813 74 



Warrants drawn during the year 2,412,724 02 



Balance on hand 834,089 72 



Total bonded State indebtedness Nov. 30, 1868 3,614,078 49 

 " " " 1869 3,043,578 49 



Reduction during the year $570,500 00 



