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Tuesday January 27 1829

Met according to adjournment

Message from the Governor was received as follows

To the Senate & House of Representatives,

By a Resolve of the Legislature, dated February 9th A.D. 1828 entitled Resolve respecting the State Prison, "it was provided, That the Governor with advice of Council be authorized to appoint a committee of two persons to sit in the recess of the Legislature, and consider the statutes respecting the State Prison; all laws concerning crimes and punishments; and the rules, regulations and management of the Prison generally, and report the result of their examination, By Bill, Resolve or otherwise, at an early day of the Session of the next Legislature" . In conformity to which Resolve, two persons, the Attorney General and John Ruggles Esquire, were appointed to discharge that duty. At a recent period it was ascertained that a Report was not prepared, and that one of the Committee could not attend the service. Being anxious that every obligation of the Executive department of the Government should appear fully discharged, I solicited the other members of the committee to proceed alone. The Attorney General has accordingly devoted himself for some weeks to an examination of the subject and presented a report and a Bill, which I now transmit, and of which the merits will be found to entitle them to the most serious attention. Council Chamber Enoch Lincoln January 26 1829 Read & with the accompanying documents referred to the Committee on the Judiciary & 500 copies ordered to be printed, in concurrence with the Senate.