Request from the Detroit Bar to the Senate and House of Representatives of Michigan. The memorial notes the importance of the judiciary branch of government and indicates that the salaries of the judges of the Supreme Bench and Circuit Judges are too low. The Detroit Bar recommends that the Board of State Auditors pay for expenses related to travel, and that the Legislature be given the responsibility for setting the salaries of the judges and state officers. The report is signed by A.D. Fraser, President of the Detroit Bar, and is dated January 19, 1857.

Vols. contain reports of the association and proceedings of the annual meetings, occasional special meetings; and midsummer meetings for 1933-41.