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He stated that " The committee have had presented for their consideration the four locations of Marshall, Jackson, Ann Arbor and Detroit, and various places have been named north of the line of the Central Railroad; among others the Salt Spring lands in the county of Gratiot. The four places named have their advocates among the members of the committee; while it is believed that no member seriously maintains the proposition that the Central Railroad runs through or near the centre of the State, or furnishes along its line any plan which is now or can hereafter be the centre of the State. Consequently, if it be the purpose of the Legislature to establish the seat of government for the State, and not for the town or county, or in a central position, that location must be sought for and found away from that line, and from the four principal places named, which have found supporters amongst the committee."
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