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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.