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45. [Governors message] which the settlement, as well as the settlers themselves, have in many instances experienced from the large proprietors, will, it is presumed, long be remembered in order to be guarded against by future legislators. A part of the public lands is covered with timber, which hereafter will be valuable; at the same time the land itself is not generally well calculated for settlement. The preservation of the timber therefore will be highly interesting to the State. What progress has been made under the fifth article of the British Treaty in settling the eastern boundary of the State against the Province of New Brunswick, and the northern boundary against that of lower Canada, I am not able to inform you. As this State and Massachusetts have so deep an interest in the settlement of these boundaries, there would seem to have been a propriety in the agent appointed on the part of the United States, being taken from one of these two States. But under existing circumstances you will consider whether the interest of the State does not require from you the adoption of such arrangements, as are best calculated to afford the present agent such information in relation to this important subject, as the people in this State have it in their power to give. A revisal of the Militia Law is rendered necessary with a view of conforming it to the equitable provisions of the Constitution. Other improvements also will no doubt suggest themselves. The peculiar situation of this State renders the most particular attention to the Militia necessary. Our future safety as well as the honor of the Country requires it. And now that the service