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Precepts in the form following were issued to the Selectmen of the several Towns comprising the Second Eastern District, [?]:

[to the left of the following paragraph is a circle with the word "Seal." underlined inside it and "Albion K. Parris" written under it]

“State of Maine,

To the Selectmen of the town of _______, in the Second Eastern District,

Whereas the Constitution of the United States provides, that, when vacancies in Congress happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such vacancies:

These are in the name of the State to require you, in manner as the Law directs for calling Town Meetings, to cause the qualified electors of the town of _______, to assemble on Monday, the Ninth day of September next, to give in their Votes to the Selectmen, who shall preside at said meeting, for one Representative, that is an Inhabitant of said District, to represent them in the Congress of the United States of America, in the room of the Honorable Ezekiel Whitman, who has resigned his seat as a Representative. And you, the said Selectmen, or a major part of you, shall, in open Town Meeting, sort and count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person set against his name; and shall make a public declaration in town meeting, of the names of the persons voted for, and of the number of votes they respectively have; and shall in open town meeting, seal up said list, certified by you, and transmit the same, within ten days next after such meeting, to the Secretary of this State, or to the Sheriff of the County in which the said town lies, who is hereby directed to transmit the same to the Secretary aforesaid, on or before the seventh day of October next.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, this third day of July, Anno Domini one thousand, eight hundred and twenty two; and in the forty sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By the Governor

A. Nichols, Secretary of State