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58 Petition of John Bussell and others, to be incorporated into a Society by the name of the Free-Will Baptist Foreign Mission Society - was read and referred to the Committee on Parishes - sent up for concurrence.

Petition of Jesse W Mighells and others, that the Legislature would take into consideration the importance of Anatomical Science in a Medical Education - was read and referred to the joint select committee who have the same subject under consideration - sent up for concurrence.

Remonstrance of John P. Johnson & others - " of Inhabitants of Vinalhaven, were read and referred to the Committee on Incorporation of Towns - sent up for concurrence.

Resolves respecting the Senators of the United States from the State of Maine - were taken up agreeably to assignment - when Mr. Clark of Hallowell proposed the following amendment - "Resolved, In the recent language of President Jackson in his Proclamation to the American people while speaking of the duties of Members of Congress - " That the people of all the States do not vote for all the members, each State electing only its own Representatives - but this creates no material distinction - when chosen they are all Representatives of the United State, not Representatives of the particular State from which they come - they are paid by the United States, not this State; nor are they accountable to it for any performance of their Legislative functions; and however they may in practice, as it their duty to do, consult, and prefer the interest of their particular constituents, when they come in conflict with any other partial, or local interest, yet it is their first and highest duty, as Representatives of