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man that made it." He says "You have got to do it." Says he, "I
am not eligible. A member of tho Legislature cannot perform the
duties of an office created during its session or by the same Legislature." Well, the question then arose whether that could be changed.
That provision only applied to appointments by the Governor, and the
idea was suggested of conferring the power of appointment upon the
chancellor and judges of the supreme court, and that change was
procured to be made, so that members of either house would be
eligible for the appointment by that appointing power. And the result
was that every senator, but two, without any solicitation on his part
signed a request that he should be appointed and he was appointed.
He was to report to the Legislature, at the session of 1846, which gave
about eighteen months for the revision. His first term had expired of
course, and he was out of the session of 1845 but was elected again in
1845 for 1846-7, and served during those years. He was chairman of
the judiciary committee during those two sessions. January 25, 1844,
Senator Green, from the committee on judiciary reported a bill to
provide for consolidating and revising the general laws of the State of
Michigan. It was read twice, laid on the table and ordered printed.
January 31, he reported it to committee of the whole. The bill, on
motion of Senator Green, was given effect from and after its passage,
and as amended it was read a third time and passed by a vote of 10
to 5. On February 23, the house concurred with amendments. On
February 27, the senate concurred in the house amendments. February 28, the house concurred in the senate amendments. March 1, the
bill was signed and presented to Governor John S. Barry who signed,
it March 2, 1844,
He made the report to the Legislature, and it was acted upon in
1846.
The revision was a quarto consisting of 1023 pp., 32 titles, 172
chapters, and the title page was:
Proposed Revision
of the
General Statutes
of the
State of Michigan.
As reported to the Legislature
At its annual session in 1846
By
Sanford M. Green,
Commissioner of Revision.
Detroit,
Bagg & Harmon, Printers to the State.