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Order from the House of Representatives instructing the Committee on Manufactures to enquire into the expediency of revising the laws in our trustee process, so far that they may operate on Foreigners coming into the State. Also that the same Committee may enquire into the expediency of regulating the sale of laths in the County of Washington, read and passed in concurrence.

Remonstrance of Penobscot Indians, came up from the House, referred to the Committee on State Lands, read and referred in concurrence.

Petition of John G. Bowen and others for the enlargement of the powers of Justices of the Peace, came up from the House referred to the Committee which have that subject under consideration. Read and referred in concurrence.

Petition of David Gregor and others for an Academy at Falmouth, came up from the House, referred to the Committee on Literary Institutions. Read and referred in concurrence.

Petition of John Jones and others for a division of the town of Ripley, in the county of Somersett, " of the inhabitants of No. 19 in the County of Washington, that they may be annexed to the town of Columbia, " of Lewis Reed and others to annex a part of No. 7 to the town of Byron, " of Cornelius Thompson to be set off from Bowdoin and annexed to Lisbon, Remonstrance of the town of Bowdoin against the same, Petition of Thomas M. Webb and others to be set off from the town of Bremen and annexed to the town of