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[1824]

[Committee on the fees of Sheriffs]

Order of the House that Messrs Spring, Winter and McClure with such as the Senate may join, be a committee to consider if any and what alteration or amendment is necessary in the Law fixing the compensation of Sheriffs of the several Counties, came up for concurrence; and was read & now concurred.-

[Resolves]

Resolve in favor of Jonathan McKenney was read once and postponed in definitely.-

Resolve on the petition of the President & Directors of the Cumberland Bank, was read a 2d time and refused passage : and on motion of Mr. McCobb. the Senate reconsider their last vote and commit the Resolve to Messrs Usher, McCobb and McDonald.-

[Report &c]

Mr. Usher from the committee on so much of the Governor's message of the 10th Inst as relates to the personal property assigned by Massachusetts to Maine; and also upon an order directing them to enquire relative to the Bonds given for the performance of settling duties &c made a report which was read, accepted and sent down for concurrence.-

[Report & Bills]

Mr. Dennett from the committee to whom was referred the Bill regulating the punishment of convicts, reported that the same ought not to pass; all the subject matter thereof having been incorporated into the Bill providing for the government of the Sate Prison : - Read, accepted and sent down for concurrence : concurred.-

Bill to provide for the government of the State Prison was passed to be engrossed : sent down for concurrence.-