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real estate, granting leave to withdraw, came down accepted for concurrence - and the House concurred.

[Reports - Mellen Chamberlain - David M Christie]

Reports on petitions of Mellen Chamberlain - also of David M Christie, to be admitted to practice as attorneys at the Supreme Judicial Court, granting leave for a Resolve, came down accepted for concurrence - and the House concurred.

[Resolve - admission of certain persons as Attornies]

Resolve authorizing the Court of Common Pleas and Supreme Judicial Court to admit certain persons to practice in said Courts respectively - was read twice and passed to be engrossed. Sent up for concurrence.

[Bill - pay of members]

Bill fixing the compensation of the members of the Council Senate and House of Representatives, was read a 3d time and passed to be engrossed. Sent up for concurrence.

[Bill - Hawkers & Pedlars]

Bill additional to an act against Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapman, was read a 3d time & passage refused.

[Bill - Gardiner Man. Comp.]

Bill to incorporate the Gardiner Manufacturing Company, was read a 3d time & passed to be engrossed in concurrence with the Senate.

[Bill - annex Oxford to Somerset]

Bill to annex a part of Oxford County to Somerset, which passed this House 22d inst came from the Senate in a new draft, for concurrence - and the House concurred.

[Committee - officers to reside at Seat of Govt]

On motion of Mr Hammond, Ordered, that Messrs Abbot, Hammond, White, Reed and Swallow be a committee to take into consideration the expediency of passage a law requiring all the public officers of the several Counties in this State to reside in the towns in which the public records are by law kept or so near the place of keeping the said records as that they