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10 usual mode of spelling the names of either of the candidates, but being satisfied for whom they were intended, and that they were mistakes in orthography, they were counted and allowed. The return from Albany was rejected because it was not attested by the Town Clerk. One vote given in the town of Greenbush was also rejected, although it was given in open town meeting, but after the votes were declared. The return from the town of Milford was also rejected because it was not received at the office of the Secretary of State before the 29th of December, and was not mailed at Milford before the 27th of December; the Constitution requiring that the returns should be made thirty days prior to the first Wednesday of January. The votes, given in towns by inhabitants of unincorporated place adjacent thereto, were counted and allowed by your Committee, when it did not appear from the return itself that they had been assessed in said towns, the Committee presuming they had entitled themselves to the privilege the had claimed and exercised; and in one instance, in which the return certified that such inhabitants had not been taxed, their votes were counted and allowed by a majority of the Committee, as it did not appear but said inhabitants had duly handed in their list of property to the assessors of said town, and their not being assessed may have been the neglect of the Assessors. Which report was read and accepted. Send down for concurrence. Concurred.

Ordered, on motion of Mr. Bartlett that when the Senate adjourn it be to meet again at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. And accordingly the Senate Adjourned. Attest, William Trafton, Secretary.