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[Banks & Banking] On motion of Mr. Ingalls, the Bill regulating Banks & Banking, was taken up, and it was moved by Mr. Hutchings to amend said Bill in the sixteenth section, third line, by striking out the words, "one half of" which question being ordered to be taken by yeas and Nays, was decided in the negative as follows - To wit: [Yeas.] Yeas . Messrs. Dole, Fuller, Goodwin, Hinds, Hutchinson, Hutchings, Morse, Pike and Steele - 9 - [Nays.] Nays. Messrs. Davee, Drummond, Dunlap, Eastman, Gardner, Hall, Harding, Ingalls, Kingsbery, Megquier and Sweat.11 -

[Amendment] Mr. Fuller then moved to amend said Bill in the same Section and line, by striking out the words "one half" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three quarters" which motion was decided in the affirmative - said Bill was then passed to be engrossed as amended. Sent down for concurrence.

[Bill, making valid Acts & Resolves of 1830, &c.] An Act making valid the Acts and resolves passed by the Legislature of 1830, and for other purposes, was read once, and tuesday next at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, was assigned for a second reading.

[Petitions refered.] The petition of James C. Churchill and others, to be incorporated as a Literary institution, was read and referred to the committee on Literary institutions in concurrence.

The petition of W. K. Stevens, and others, that the Selectmen of Thomaston may be authorized to appoint an additional number of enginemen, was read and referred to the Joint standing committee on the Judiciary in concurrence.