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Monday, February 16, 1835.

Petition of inhabitants of Brunswick for the abolition of Capital Punishments -- read and referred to the Committee that have that subject under consideration, in concurrence.

Remonstrance of Prentiss Mellen and 480 others, inhabitants of the City of Portland against the petition of Thomas Todd and others for alteration of the City Charter -- read and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, in concurrence.

Order from the House of Representatives directing the Committee on Banks and Banking to report the number of Banks and increased Capital which they have reported the present session, the amount of Capital of each, where located, and the present amount of Bank Capital in those places -- read and passed, in concurrence.

Order from the House of Representatives directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of so far altering the law establishing the Municipal Court in the City of Portland as to make the Fees of said Court the only compensation for the Judge and Recorder, and also to repeal so much of said Act as prohibits the Judge from acting as an Attorney in certain cases and to report by Bill or otherwise -- read and passed in concurrence.

Bill to set off Samuel Lord from the town of Falmouth and annex him to the town of Westbrook (reported by Mr. O'Brien from the Committee on Division of Towns, on petition of Samuel Lord) Resolve in favor of Nicholas Pierce (reported in the House by the Committee on the Military Pensions, on an order relative to the same)