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72 [1825 January 15] the House to the Joint Committee appointed this day to consider the subject of the salaries of Judges of Probate; came up for concurrence, was read and concurred.

[Petition referred] Petition of the Trustees of Ministerial and School funds in Dixmont for authority to appropriate a part thereof to the use for which it was intended, committed in the House to the Committee on Incorporation of Parishes &c, came up for concurrence, was read and concurred.

[Remonstrance] Remonstrance of John Howard and others agt. Petition of Ignatius Haskell, committed in the House to the Committee on New Trials; came up for concurrence, was read and concurred.

[Committee on the subject of Notice of the appointment & qualification of certain officers] On motion of Mr. Fairbanks, Ordered that Messrs. Fairbanks and Stebbins be a committee with such as the House may join, to take into consideration the expediency of enacting a law requiring the sheriffs of the several Counties in this State to give public notice of the appointment and qualification of their Deputies; also Clerks of Courts of Sessions to give public notice of the qualification of the Coroners appointed within their respective Counties; and also Treasurers of towns and plantations to give similar notice of the election and qualification of Constables, within their respective towns and plantations; with leave to report by Bill or otherwise: Sent down for concurrence, was concurred and Messrs. Spring, Hill and Stephenson were joined.

Adjourned Attest Charles B. Smith Secy.