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  Mr Smith of Nobleboro' moved a postponement of the consideration of the foregoing preamble & order, until Monday next at eleven oclock and that 300 copies thereof be printed for the use of the members and this question was taken by yeas & nays and decided in the negative as follows yeas 69 nays 74"- The House on motion amended see appendix page 41. 297 the order by striking out the words "this day at half past three oclock in the afternoon". The House then on motion assigned tomorrow at ten oclock to consider the foregoing preamble & order, and ordered three hundred copies thereof to be printed for the use of the members.   
 
  Mr Smith of Nobleboro' moved a postponement of the consideration of the foregoing preamble & order, until Monday next at eleven oclock and that 300 copies thereof be printed for the use of the members and this question was taken by yeas & nays and decided in the negative as follows yeas 69 nays 74"- The House on motion amended see appendix page 41. 297 the order by striking out the words "this day at half past three oclock in the afternoon". The House then on motion assigned tomorrow at ten oclock to consider the foregoing preamble & order, and ordered three hundred copies thereof to be printed for the use of the members.   
  
Remonstrances of Hawley A Keay & others of Lebanon against the right of Nathan Lord Junior to hold a seat in this House as a member from said town, was read & referred to the committee on Elections.
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Remonstrances of Hawley A Keay & others of Lebanon against the right of Nathan Lord Junior to hold a seat in this House as a member from said town, was read & referred to the committee on Elections.
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The House resumed the consideration of the report of the joint committee appointed to examine the returns of votes for governor &c Mr. Smith of Nobleboro' moved to amend the report," by adding to the whole number of votes returned seventeen votes which were

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Senate have refused, on a motion made for that purpose, to send a message to this House proposing to elect by joint ballot the number of Senators required by the Constitution, according to the usage which has heretofore prevailed in such cases -

In consequence of which, no other alternative seems to be presented, but that the public business shall be left undone, the wheels of government stopped, & the Constitution prostrated - or this House must proceed, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution, to have the vacancies in the Senate filled, the Councilors chosen, & the votes for Governor declared & published, the public business of the State dispatched, and the just expectations of the people fulfilled Therefore,

Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate requesting such Senators, as have been elected, to meet the members of the House in the Hall of the House of Representatives, this day, at half past oclock in the afternoon, & elect by joint ballot the number of Senators required.

Mr Smith of Nobleboro' moved a postponement of the consideration of the foregoing preamble & order, until Monday next at eleven oclock and that 300 copies thereof be printed for the use of the members and this question was taken by yeas & nays and decided in the negative as follows yeas 69 nays 74"- The House on motion amended see appendix page 41. 297 the order by striking out the words "this day at half past three oclock in the afternoon". The House then on motion assigned tomorrow at ten oclock to consider the foregoing preamble & order, and ordered three hundred copies thereof to be printed for the use of the members.  

Remonstrances of Hawley A Keay & others of Lebanon against the right of Nathan Lord Junior to hold a seat in this House as a member from said town, was read & referred to the committee on Elections.

The House resumed the consideration of the report of the joint committee appointed to examine the returns of votes for governor &c Mr. Smith of Nobleboro' moved to amend the report," by adding to the whole number of votes returned seventeen votes which were