Report of the Committee on Mines and Minerals, relative to the specific taxes in the Upper Peninsula [electronic resource].
"The committee on mines and minerals, to whom was referred several petitions of the citizens of Houghton and Ontonagon counties, praying for a remission of the specific taxes in the Upper Peninsula, to aid in the construction of roads and bridges, have taken the matter into serious consideratio...
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| Other title: | LLMC online. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Michigan?] :
[publisher not identified],
[1863]
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| Series: | House doc. ;
no. 4; Legislature, 1863. |
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| Summary: | "The committee on mines and minerals, to whom was referred several petitions of the citizens of Houghton and Ontonagon counties, praying for a remission of the specific taxes in the Upper Peninsula, to aid in the construction of roads and bridges, have taken the matter into serious consideration, and after having thoroughly examined the subject in all its varied aspects, are profoundly impressed that the period has at length arrived when duty imperatively, demands that this Legislature should do that justice to the inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula, to which they are so clearly entitled, and which has been so long and persistently denied them."--Page 1. |
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| Item Description: | Includes the following tables: Appropriation of internal improvement lands [showing date, project, and number of acres]; Statement of moneys expended by the general government for improvements in the state of Michigan [showing project and amount]; Statement of articles purchased by the Upper Peninsula during the year 1861, compiled from statistics furnished by the Detroit Board of Trade, and other sources. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (14 pages). |