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for a separate representation, read and accepted in concurrence.

Order from the House instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of providing by law a method by which a creditor having attached a right in equity, may ascertain the amount due thereon previous to the sale thereof as contemplated in the act entitled "an act respecting the attachment of property on mesne process, and directing the issuing, extending, and serving of Executions, approved March 15, 1821. Read and passed in concurrence.

Order from the House instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of so altering the laws, as that the Defendant in any suit on which wood or timber land may have been attached, may be prevented from making strip & waste on such attach- [attached] wood or timber land pending the suit. Read and passed in concurrence.

Petition of J. A. Lowell and others, " of J. C. Talbot and others, for a Bridge over Machias West River, severally read and referred to the Committee on Turnpikes, Bridges & Canals. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred.

Order from the House directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of amending the law whereby Ship Carpenters and others, shall have a lien on Ships or Vessels for wages and materials furnished. Read and passed in concurrence.

Petition of inhabitants of Strong, " of Joshua Eaton and sundry inhabitants of the town of Weld, " of inhabitants of Plantation No. One in the