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also rejected, although it was given in open town meeting but after the votes were declared. The return from the town of Milford was also rejected because it was not received at the office of the Secretary of State before the 29th of December, & was not mailed at Milford before the 27th of December, the Constitution requiring that the returns should be made thirty days prior to the first Wednesday of January. The votes given in towns by inhabitants of unincorporated places adjunct thereto were counted and allowed by your committee when it did not appear from the returns itself that they had been assessed in said towns, upon the presumption that they had entitled themselves to the privilege they had claimed & exercised: and in one instance in which the return certified that such inhabitants had not been taxed, their votes were counted and allowed by a majority of the Committee as it did not appear but said Inhabitants had duly handed in their list of property to the Assessors of said town, and their not being assessed may have been the neglect of the Assessors, was read and accepted in concurrence with the Senate.

Remonstrance of Samuel Morrison & thirty others, inhabitants of the Representatives class composed of Houlton, Hodgdon &c against the right of James B Doyle to hold a seat in this House, was read and referred to the Committee on Elections.

Ordered, That the House adjourn till tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

Adjourned accordingly

Attest James L. Child

Clerk.