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146 On motion of Mr. Knowlton, the Senate dispense with the Rules and Orders, so far as to reconsider the vote accepting the Report of the Committee on the petition of Inhabitants of St. Albans, and the same was referred to the joint standing Committee on Division of towns. Sent down for concurrence. The petition of sundry inhabitants of Bucksport, praying that Salmond, Shad & Alewives may be protected in Penobscot River. Read and referred to the joint standing Committee on Interior Fisheries. Sent down for concurrence. Order from the House instructing the Committee on Literature and Literary Institutions to require of any Literary Institution, requesting aid of the Legislature, to present to that Committee an account of their present state of funds, and the manner of investment, the amount of all donations and subscriptions received from individuals and the manner in which the same has been expended, that the Committee may be better enabled to decide upon the justness of their Claims. Read and passed in concurrence. The petition of Mark S. Blunt and others to build a bridge across the Kennebec River at Norridgwock, " of William Troop and others to be incorporated into a Company for building vessels, were severally read and referred to the joint standing Committee on Turnpikes