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Petition of Selectmen of Dover that their doings may be made valid, Petition of Robert Gates and others Inhabitants of Plantation No.11, that said Plantation may. choose and send a Representative its proportional part of the time and Petition of a Committee of the town of York that certain sections of the Statute relating to the laying out of Highways may be repealed, were severally read, and in concurrence with the House referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

On motion by Mr. Pond A message was sent to the House of Representatives proposing a Convention of the two Houses in the Representatives Chamber today at 12 oclock for the purpose of qualifying John Balkam Counsellor elect and re

A message was received from the Houses signifying their concurrence in the foregoing proposition -

Agreeably to assignment the two Houses met in convention, when John Balkam appeared and before the President of the senate, in presence of both Houses of the Legislature took and subscribed the oaths required by the Constitution to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office of Counsellor to advice the governor in the Executive part of the Government for the current political year. The convention the separated.

In Senate Mr. Green was charged with a message to the Governor and Council to inform them of the qualification of John Balkam, as Counsellor.