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[9] [Chaplain votes] to receive sort and count the votes reported that the whole number of votes given was 17 Necessary to constitute election 9 Revd Elijah Kellog had 13 who was declared duly elected, and, on motion the Secretary of the Senate was directed to notify the Reverend Gentleman of his election.

[order, respecting seats] On motion by Mr Williams, ordered that the Secretary of the Senate prepare nineteen tickets bearing corresponding numbers of the seats at this Board, excepting the number “nine,” and permit each member of the Senate to draw one ticket, and the number so drawn shall be the number of the seat to be occupied by the members respectively during this session.

[report of Com. to notify Governor] Mr Stebbins from the Committee appointed to wait upon Enoch Lincoln esquire and inform him of his election by the People to be Governor of the State of Maine the current political year, reported that the Committee had attended the duty assigned them, and the Governor elect was pleased to say that he accepted the office and would forthwith attend both branches of the Legislature for the purpose of taking and subscribing the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to enter upon the duties of his office

[Report of the Committee on votes for Senators] Mr Williams from the Committee to examine the returns of votes for Senator in this State and to report who appear to be elected, what vacancies exist, and who are the Constitutional Candidates to fill the same reported, that they had attended that service and find that in the District of York the whole number of votes given and returned according to provisions of the Constitution is 4734 necessary to constitute an election 2368

Mark Dennett