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a Bill to incorporate the Enchanted Stream Canal Company, reported an amendment to said Bill which was read and recommitted with instructions to report a new draft. Sent down for concurrence.

Mr. Rogers from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported leave to withdraw on petition of Henry Jones; read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred.

Bill to incorporate the County of Casco, was taken up. Mr. Pierce moved to commit said Bill to a Joint Select Committee, and the question of committing the same, being ordered to be taken by yeas and nays, was decided in the affirmative as follows, to wit Yeas, Messrs. Allen, Bridgham, Brown, Cobb, Farnsworth, Frye, Howard, Kelsey, Labaree, Manning, Pierce Prescott, Rogers, Smith, Tobin & Williamson - 16 Nays, Messrs. Bradbury, Chandler, Emmons, Farnham Groton, Knowlton, and Pease. - 7 And the same was committed to Messrs. Pierce, Groton, Rogers, Emmons and Tobin, with such as the House may join. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred, and Messrs. Small of Monmouth, Brackett of Acton, Pierce of Portland, Merrow of Bowdoinham Brown of Weld, Lothrop of Searsmont, Hobart of Edmuns [Edmunds], Moore of Gouldsboro', and Dolbier of Kingfield are joined.

Petition of Thomas Dinsmore Jr. and others, " of Ebenezer Hutchinson and others, " of Thomas Norcross and others for a Dam across the Kennebec River at Augusta. Remonstrance of Arthur Berry and others, " of Ebenezer Brown and others, " of Isaac Farrar and others, " of Franklin Smith & others,