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Senate Journal 1837 (30-318514-P065A.pdf)
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Saturday, January 28, 1837.
Petition of Moses E. Woodman and others, praying for the encouragement of the study of Anatomy - read and referred to the Committee to which was referred the petition of D.M. Merick and others. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred.
Petition of Sone and Morse, praying for the passage of additional, laws regulating Booms &c, read and referred to the Committee on Interior Waters. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred.
Petition of Ira Hersey praying that certain Boom Corporations be cited to show cause why their rights and powers should not be forfeited; Petition of Jeremiah Goodwin praying to be admitted an Attorney - severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary, in concurrence.
Petition of the Georgia Lumber Company, praying for authority to transact business this State, came up referred to a Joint Select Committee, consisting on the part of the House of Messrs. Fox of Portland, Merrit of Jay, Shapleigh of Elliot, Brown of Greene, and Soule of Cambridge with such as the Senate may join - read and referred and Messrs. Greene, Woodman and Higgins are joined, in concurrence.
Description: The journal of the Senate documents the proceedings in the chamber, including actions taken on bills, petitions and reports from committees read, and votes taken. The journals are not transcripts and therefore do not include floor speeches that are found in the modern Legislative Records.
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Language: English
Date: 1837
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