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Monday January 24. 1831. Met according to adjournment

On motion of Mr. Wells of Freeport - Ordered that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so altering the Act directing the method of laying out and making provision for the repair of highways, that towns may be empowered to discontinue any town road or private way &c. Also to prohibit the Court of Sessions from laying out any town or private road when a majority of the inhabitants of such town are opposed to it - read & passed - sent up for concurrence.

The Committee on contested Elections to whom were referred the certificates presented by James Adams and Joseph Durrell made a report which was read and ordered to lie on the table and 200 copies of said report were ordered to be printed.

On motion of Mr. Smith of Portland - Ordered that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending the law relating to donations to pious and charitable uses so far as to render all devises and bequests of real or personal estate to the uses aforesaid, absolutely void unless the same be made by will duly executed in the presence of five competent witnesses - read and passed - sent up for concurrence.

On motion of Mr. Dummer of Hallowell - Ordered that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of an alteration in the law relating to School Agents of Districts, so as to define more clearly, the duties of a School Agent and also the remedy against him for neglect of his