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[Governor's Message]

arsenals of Massachusetts, would be so inconvenient as to render their removal unavoidable. - Conformably therefore to the advice of Council, the Adjutant General was directed to repair to Boston, and having received the said property, to superintend its transportation to this place, taking case "that every service be done at the lowest expense, to have full and satisfactory vouchers for every payment, and in no case to suffer any useless service to be performed, or unnecessary expense to be paid." - The Council further advised to a sale of such part of the powder as would not be necessary for the use of the State; which was accordingly effected, leaving in the arsenal here a quantity, exclusive of fixed ammunition, estimated to be sufficient for three years expenditure. - With the proceeds of the sale all the charges of removing the property to this place have been defrayed. - The expenses of landing and securing it, after its arrival here, have been partially paid out of the contingent fund, with a small addition out of the money received from the parent State; but the accounts remain unsettled and will be submitted for your consideration. - Previous to the removal of the property, application had been made to the Secretary of War for permission to use two brick buildings in this town, belonging to the United States, which had for a long time remained unoccupied. - The permission was granted upon condition that the buildings be retained by the State only during the time they may not be