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[48] 1827 concurrence referred to the Committee on incorporation of towns

[pet. Jno. H. Sherburne &c] Petition of John H. Sherburne and others for incorporation of a Manufacturing Company was read and in concurrence referred to the committee on Manufactures

[counsellors, accepted] Communications from Alanson Mellen and Amos Patten Counsellors elect were received read sent down

[message convention to qualify councillors] On motion by Mr Washburn a message was sent to the House of Representatives proposing a Convention of both Houses of the Legislature to day for the purpose of qualifying Alanson Mellen and Amos Patten agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution and a message was received communicating the concurrence of the House

[Bill - to cede to the Jurisdiction of U.S. Matinicus Rock &c] Mr Churchill from the Committee reported Bill to cede to the United States the Jurisdiction of the Island or Rock, called Mantinicus Rock, off. Penobscot Bay, also a certain lot on Pemaquid Point in the town of Bristol and the same was read a second time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence with the House,

[Order purchase of Reports Prison Discipline Society - ] On motion by Mr Stebbins Ordered that the Committee on the State Prison be authorized to purchase at their discretion a number not exceeding three hundred of the first annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society, to be placed at the disposition of this Legislature, Sent down for concurrence - Concurred -

[Order fees of Jurors] Order of the House of Representatives that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of raising the fees of Jurors was read and passed in concurrence,