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Senate may join be a committee to enquire what compensation ought to be made to the Chaplain of the Senate and to the several ordained ministers of Portland who officiated in rotation as Chaplains of the House, during the present Session of the Legislature, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

[Committee - enquiry respecting Banks &c] An order of the Senate appointing Messrs Tallman and O.Brien with such as the House may join a committee to receive the returns of the several Banks made to the Legislature the present Session — investigate the same and report a statement of facts as respect the standing of each Bank with a view to enable the Legislature to judge of the expediency of raising a committee to examine into the actual condition of such as may appear of doubtful standing, came down for concurrence — The House concurred and Messrs Gardiner of Gardiner, Scammon of Saco and Dunlap of Brunswick were joined.

[Report - allowing Treasurer of Counties the Laws] The committee to whom was referred the subject of allowing to each Treasurer of the several Counties a set of the Statute Laws — reported a resolve — read & accepted.

[Resolve - Allowing to Treasurers the Laws &c] Resolve "Directing one set of the Statute laws to be furnished to the Several County Treasurers — Read & passage refused.

[Bill - South Berwick Bank] The Bill which passed this House the 28th JanY" to in-corporate the South Berwick Bank" came from the senate amended as taken into a new draft — The House concurred the amendment and ordered it to be engrossed as amended.

Adjourned until nine oclock tomorrow morning. Attest James L child Clerk.