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Petitions to Congress 447 Agricultural College, praying for a grant of land as an endowment of said Michigan Agricultural College; and Whereas we believe that the practical working of the Michigan Agricultural College fully vindicates the feasibility and correctness of the principles upon which it is founded. Therefore— Resolved, That our senators in Congress be instructed and our representatives requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of a law in accordance with the memorial. Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward copies of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each of our senators and representatives in Congress. GEORGE A. COB, President of the Senate. BYRON G. STOUT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved January 29, 1858. KINSLEY S. BINGHAM. STATE OF MICHIGAN, J Office of Secretary of State, \ I, John McKinney, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of a joint resolution passed by the legislature of the State of Michigan with the original, now on file in this office, and that it is a true copy thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the said State at Lansing, this 4th day [L. S.] of February, A. D. 1858. JOHN McKINNBY, Secretary of State.
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