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96 county of Kennebec, praying for a law, authorizing the appointment of county auditors was read and referred to the joint standing committee on the Judiciary, in concurrence. Order from the House of Representatives, instructing the committee on the Judiciary, to enquire into the expediency of amending the law in relation to costs in criminal prosecutions so that the county commissioners may allow fees to Justices of the Peace in cases, when the persons accused is acquitted by the Justice, read and passed in concurrence. Order from the House of Representatives, instructing the committee on State Lands, to enquire into the expediency of making further appropriation for the purpose of finishing the Baring and Houlton road, read and passed in concurrence. Order from the House of Representatives instructing the committee on the Judiciary to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the appointment of a Judge and Register of Probate for that part of the county of Washington, within the limits of the Northern District for the Registry of Deeds, read and passed in concurrence. Ordered that Mr Porter be appointed a member of the committee on Engrossed Bills in place of Mr Pike deceased. Order from the House of Representatives instructing the committee on the Militia to enquire into the expediency of exempting from military duty all persons over thirty and under forty five