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51providing for the appointment of a joint select committee to employ some suitable person to draft Bills and Resolves - The House voted to take the question of its passage by yeas & nays - but before the question "Shall the order pass" was taken, Mr. Hill of New Portland moved an indefinite postponement - The yeas and nays were demanded on this question by more than one third of the members present, and being taken, was decided in the affirmative - Yeas 86 Nays 80 {see appendix page 357]

Petitions of Theodore Taylor & others to have the proceedings of the town of Burlington made valid - of the Selectmen & others of Mt Desert - of the Selectmen & other of Hancock - of the Selectmen of Amherst - of the Selectmen of Waltham - of the Selectmen of Aurora - of the Selectmen of Eden - of the Selectmen of Gouldsboro - of the Selectmen of Ellsworth [right column] all praying for a removal of the Shiretown in Hancock County from Castine to Ellsworth were severally read & referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sent up for concurrence.

Petition of Samuel Otis & others for a Bridge across the tide waters of Belfast River near Russ Point. - of Isaac Abbott & others on the same subject - of Inhbts of Sedgwick for a Bridge at Bluehill were severally read & referred to the Committee on Turnpikes, Bridges and Canals. Sent up for concurrence.

Petition of Jeremiah B. Boynton & others to incorporate No. 4 east side of Penobscot river as a town - of John Bowers & others of half Township No. 1 north of the Bingham Purchase Penobscot Co.to be incorporated as a town by name of Chelsea - of Daniel Roberts of Treats[?] tract & part of No. 1