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Petitions of the town of Unity to be set off from Waldo to Kennebec - of sundry inhabitants of Burnham to have said town reannexed to Kennebec (?) were severally read & referred to the committee on the incorporation of towns in concurrence with the Senate.

Messrs Watts of St George & Ames of Bath have leave of absence after Wednesday next, each, during the remainder of the session.

Message from the Governor.

To the Senate & House of Representatives I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a joint resolution of the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, relative to a proposition for the emancipation of slaves, and to a resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey recommending a system of foreign colonization, which I have been requested by the Governor of the former State, to lay before you. Council Chamber Portland February 12th 1827 Enoch Lincoln

The foregoing message was read & referred in concurrence with the Senate to the committee on Literature & Literary Institutions.

Petition of Charles L Davis & als in relation to the Map of New England recently published by N. Hale of Boston, was read & referred in concurrence with the Senate to the committee on Literature & Literary Institutions

Petition of George Reid & al & report thereon, taken from the last years files of the Senate & sent down by request, was read & referred to Messrs Smith of Nobleboro, Blaney of Bristol & Rowell of Jefferson with such as the Senate may join

Resolve in favor of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, came from the Senate amended as in new draft marked B