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13.[underscored] Message to the House proposing a Convention to choose Councillors. message be sent to the House of Representatives, proposing a Convention of the two Houses in the Representatives chamber this afternoon at three o'clock for the purpose of choosing seven councilors to advise the Governor in the Executive part of the Government the ensuing political year, and also for the purpose of choosing a Secretary of State.

Message from the House. A message was received from the House informing the Senate, that they had reconsidered the vote whereby they concurred with the Senate in assigning this day at eleven o'clock A.M., as the time when convention of the two Houses should be formed, for the purpose of choosing seven councilors and a Secretary of State, and concurring with the Senate in the proposition to meet in the convention this Afternoon at 3 P.M. at the Representatives Chamber for the same purpose.

Report of the Committee on the Senatorial Votes. Mr. Sweat, from the Committee to whom were referred the votes from the several districts in this State for Senators, reported as follows.

The committee appointed to examine the returns of votes for Senators from the Towns & plantations in the several districts in the State, have performed that service, and report that in these towns included in the District of York, the whole number of votes legally and constitutionally returned are 25,033

Necessary to a choice — 4,173

            Moses Sweat     has    4,506
            Benjamin Pike      "      4,505
            James Goodwin   "      4,498

According to the return from the Town of Newfield, it appears that ninety eight votes were given for Abijah Usher, which your committee have allowed