The Committee on Counties to whom was referred the petitions and remonstrance of the Citizens of Fulton County for and against the removal of the county seat of said county; beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the petitions and remonstrance, and find 1357. names signed to the petition and 1326 names signed to the remonstrance; they also find that from the affidavits of different individuals two hundred & six persons signed the remonstrance after having signed the petitions; which number your committee are of opinion should be taken from the petition, and would leave a majority of one hundred and seventy five in favor of the Remonstrance and against the removal of the county seat; your committee would also remark that from the affidavits of sundry individuals it appears that the persons signing the remonstrance were legal voters and residents of Fulton County; which facts do not appear on the face of the petition from all the facts which your committee are in possession of, it appears that a decided majority, of the legal voters of Fulton County, are opposed to a removal of the County seat of said county; and whilst a law of this state is in force declaring “that no county seat shall be removed without the consent of a majority of the legal voters of such county” your committee are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioners ought not be granted, and ask leave to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.