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[order concerning attachments on certain interest] " that the same committee be directed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law that the right and interest of any person to a conveyance of real estate upon conditions to be performed by him shall be liable to attachment and execution in the same manner as equities of redemption of mortgaged estate and estates holden by possession and improvement are liable -

[order respecting usury] " that the same committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the law relating to usury - were severally read and passed in concurrence.

[order to inquire into the expediency of enlarging the power of constables] Order of the House that messrs Folson of E Nash of and Blunt of Trenton be a Committee with such as the Senate may join to inquire into the expediency of enlarging the power of Constables in the county of Washington with leave to report by bill or otherwise - the Senate concurred and Messrs Holbrook and Kingsbury were joined -

[message from the House for convention] A message was received communicating the concurrence of the House in the proposition for a convention this day at 11 o clock

[message from the Governor with the resignation of Gen'l Sam'l Fessenden] The Secretary of State came in and laid on the table a written message from the Governor communicating the resignation and discharge of Major General Samuel Fessenden of the Fifth Division of the Militia. Read and sent down -

[Convention to choose a Senator] Agreeably to assignment the two houses met in convention for the purpose of filling the vacancy occasioned by the death of Nathaniel Howe Messrs French, Hilton, Cummings of Paris, Smith of Newfield and Stevens of Belfast were appointed a committee to receive sort and count the votes -