23326 OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. EXTRA SESSION OF 1862. PRINTED BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, UNDER THE DIRECTION AND John A. Kerr & Co., Printers to the State. 1862. SENATE JOURNAL. EXTRA SESSION, 1862. Lansing, Thursday, January 2, 1862. Pursuant to a Proclamation of the Governor, the Senate convened in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol, in Lansing, at 12 o'clock M. The Senate was called to order by the President, Hon. Henry T. Backus. Prayer by Rev. J. C. Armstrong. The Secretary called the roll, and the following named Senators answered to their names: Messrs. Adair, Bailey, Baldwin, Brown, Butterfield, Carpenter, De Land, French, Gale, Galloway, Hazen, Ingersoll, Lacy, Lane, McDermid, Monroe, Mulholland, Near, Stout, Strickland, Tower, Webb, Wilder, Withey. The proclamation of the Governor was then read by the Secretary, as follows: PROCLAMATION. Whereas, Since the last session of the Legislature, by section eight of "An act entitled an act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," enacted by the Congress of the United States, a direct tax has been laid annually upon the State of Michigan of five hundred and one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three and one-third dollars; And Whereas, It is also provided by section fifty-three of the said act of Congress, "That any State may lawfully assume, assess, collect and pay into the Treasury of the United States, the direct tax, in its own way and manner, by and |