The committee on Counties, to which were 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 1,357 names signed to the petitions, and 1,326 names signed to the remonstrance; they also find that, from the affidavits of different individuals, 206 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 175 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. 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 to be granted, and ask leave to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject[.]