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the committee on the State valuation, to deduct the poll and so much of the estate of Abraham Hilton from the valuation roll of the Town of Alna, and annex the same to the town of Jefferson, as set off to said Town of Jefferson by an Act passed February 23, 1828, read and passed in concurrence.

[Resolve dividing the State into districts for the choice of Senators taken up.] The Resolve for dividing the State into Districts for the choice of Senators was taken up, and a motion was made by Mr. Gardner to amend said Resolve in such manner as to increase the number of Senators to twenty eight, which question being ordered to be taken by yeas and Nays was decided in the negative as follows, To wit.

[Yeas] Yeas. Messrs. Dole, Eastman, Fuller, Gardner, Harding, Kingsbery and Morse - 7

[Nays] Nays. Messrs. Davee, Drummond, Dunlap, Goodwin, Hall, Hinds, Hutchinson, Hutchings, Ingalls, Megquier, Pike, Steele and Sweat. 13

[Amendment proposed.] Mr. Kingsbery then moved to amend said Resolve so as to increase the number of Senators to be chosen to twenty seven, which question being ordered to be taken by yeas and nays, was decided as follows, To wit.

[Yeas] Yeas. Messrs. Dole, Drummond, Eastman, Fuller, Gardner, Harding, Hinds, Hutchinson, Kingsbery & Morse 10

[Nays.] Nays. Messrs. Davee, Dunlap, Goodwin, Hall, Hutchings, Ingalls, Megquier, Pike, Steele and Sweat. 10

[Amendment proposed.] Mr. Kingsbery then moved to amend said Resolve so as to allow the counties of York and Kennebec to elect four Senators each, and at the request of Mr. Megquier the question was divided so