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Order of the House committing the petition of R. R. Kendall & others, to the joint standing Committee on Turnpikes Bridges & Canals, came up for concurrence. Read and Concurred.

Bill entitled "An Act to abolish the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, transfer the powers thereof to the Supreme Judicial Court & to establish nisi prius & Law terms to be holden by the said Supreme Judicial Court" having passed the House of Representatives & come up for concurrence & having been taken into a new draft by the Senate entitled "An Act to abolish the Circuit Court of Common Pleas & to establish a Court of Common Pleas for the State" & having had two several readings, the yeas & nays being taken on passing the same to be engrossed, were found to be as follows. Viz. Yeas 14, Nays 5. The following named Gentlemen voting in the affirmative, William D. Williamson Esqr President, Joshua Gage, Samuel Small, Joseph E. Foxcroft, Andrew Witham, Jeremiah OBrien, Charles Morse, Barret [Barrett] Potter, Daniel Rose, James W. Ripley, Nathaniel Green, Timothy Boutelle, Josiah W. Seaver, Alexander Rice Esquires. The Gentlemen who voted in the negative were Jonathan Page, John Moor [Moore], William Kendall, John McDonald & Edward Kelleran Esquires. So the Bill, as taken into a new draft passed to be engrossed.

Sent down for concurrence in new draft.