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It provided for the location of the capitol "in the township of Lansing in the county of Ingham." A supplementary bill was then passed providing for the appointment of commissioners by the Governor, to designate the exact site, pursuant to which he appointed, March 2%, as such commissioners: James L. Glen, of Cass; Benjamin F. H. Witherell, of Wayne, and Alonzo Ferris, of Genesee. Mr. Witherell resigned and David Smart was appointed in his stead April 2, 1847. These commissioners stuck the capi tol stake on the school section in the township of Lansing, which was then a solid woods and at the commencement of the discussion had been subject to private entry at four dollars an acre.
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