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18 plantations in this State, that the whole number of votes which were legally and constitutionally returned from the several towns and plantations in the State is fifty thousand two hundred and nineteen; that the number necessary to constitute an election is twenty five thousand, one hundred and ten; that Samuel E. Smith has twenty eight thousand two hundred and ninety two - and he is constitutionally elected Governor of the State of Maine - came from the Senate for concurrence and the House concurred - sent up.
An Order came from the Senate for concurrence appointing Messrs Emerson, Scammon and Webb, with such as the House may join be a Committee to wait on Samuel E. Smith Esq. and inform him that he has been elected by the people Governor of the State of Maine for the current political year, and that the two Houses of the Legislature are ready to convene in the Representatives Hall, that in their presences he may take and subscribe the oath of office required by the constitution and the House concurred and Messrs Williams of Augusta, O'Brien of Machias, Smith of Westbrook, Parker of Gardiner and McCrate of Nobleborough were joined sent up.
The Committee appointed to wait on Samuel E. Smith Esq. and inform him that had been chosen by the people Governor of the State of Maine for the current political year, that the two Houses of the Legislature are ready to convene in the Representatives Hall, that in their presence he may take and subscribe the oaths required by the Constitution, reported that they had attended to the duty assigned them and the Governor elect was pleased to say that he accepted the office, and would meet the two Houses in the Representatives Hall forthwith to take and subscribe the oaths required by the constitution to enter upon