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Precept in the form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several towns and the assessors of the Plantations composing the Hancock & Washington District.

State of Maine.

[to the left is a circle with "Seal." inside it and "Jonathan G. Hunton” written under it]

to the Selectmen of the town of in Hancock and Washington District.

Greeting.

Whereas, it is provided by law, that if it shall appear, by the return of votes, from any District, for a Representative in Congress, that no person is chosen by a majority of all the votes returned, the Governor shall cause precepts to issue to the Selectmen of the several Towns, and the Assessors of the several Plantations, within such District, directing and requiring them to cause the Inhabitants of their respective Towns and Plantations, qualified therefor, to assemble and give in their votes for a Representative in Congress. And whereas, it appears from the votes duly returned from the several Towns and Plantations in said Hancock and Washington District, for a Representative in Congress, that no person has a majority of all the votes.

These are in the name of the State, to require you, in manner as the law directs for calling town meetings, to cause the Inhabitants of the town of duly qualified to vote for Representatives in the Legislature of this State, to assemble on Monday the fifth day of April next, to give in their votes to the Selectmen, who shall preside at said meeting, for a Representative, that is an inhabitant of the said District, to represent the inhabitants of this State, in the Congress of the United States. And you, the said Selectmen, or a major part of you, shall, in open townmeeting [town meeting], sort and count the votes, and form a list of the names of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person written in words at length against his name; and the Town Clerk shall make a record thereof. And you, the said Selectmen shall, in such meeting, make public declaration of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes they respectively have; and shall, in open town meeting, seal up the said list, certified by you, expressing upon the outside of said list the District in which the votes were given, and transmit the same to the Secretary of this State, on or before the fifteenth day of May next.

Given at the Council Chamber in Portland, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty; and in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor.

Edward Russell, Secretary of State.

[The following is in the left margin under the seal/signature]

A List

Of the persons voted for in Hancock and Washington District, showing the number of votes for each person, according to the fifth return.

Leonard Jarvis 894

John G. Deane 889

Samuel Upton 544

Joseph Williamson 412

Joshua W. Hathaway 19

Jeremiah O'Brien 8

John Sargent 6

Samuel A. Morse 3

Silas Deane 2

William Abott 1

William Young 1

Mr. Upton 1

Wm D. Williamson 1

Philip Morrill 1

Daniel Billings 1

Moses Adams 1

[Total] 2704