Portland gazette., 1805-06-11
s-easartrf Of a7AHafblrft Is.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MONDAY, JUSE :.

Aq,csaby to slIignmenf, at eleven O'Clock,
r,;s fxcellrncv CALss STRONG, ana His Hon.
oar Iieusenant Covernour RossINs, attended
xoon The Two branches Of the IegiAa;ure, con-
xr,s IN the representative chamber when the
lion HhRRIsoN G. OTIS, prehdent OF the fen
a.e. adlinifered 10 them the oaths OF their ref
pelaive Offices. After which, Mr.. AVERY, the
f.crctary OF itat-, made the ulual declaration
on their election and qualifications.
The committee of elections, reported, that
The member of Bath was not entitled 10 his
feat
TUESDAY, JUNE, a.
The report TO the COMMITTEES Of election.
which fiated, that in their opinion, the late
election of representative in the town OF BrfB,
was not duly made, and that William King
efa the 6uing member, returned as arePreien-
rztiye from that town, is non entitled to feat
IN the Houfe j" was taken up and lengthy
dlcufisn cnfued. The following fa6ts appear
70 be proved ;-Thar the meeting was legal and
regal and regular and the returns duly made !;
that there were 50 votes given in for repre-
fentsti9es atthe meeting of Which the iele6t-
men declared, that MIR. King had rs and was
ehoien That the other IS were for Mr.. SAM
rel Davis, That Mr.. Hammatt, gentleman
of undonbt.d veracity, iwore before the commi,-
tee, that he attended The meeting and politiy-
" gave in vote for William Webb, efq.-
from this we usderhand, it was Inferred Jy the
committee, that if the other votes had been cor
realy fortcd and counted, that & votes were
given in, and confeouently no choice had been
made - and if only I5I vetes, were given in,
thar the vote for WilIian Webb, efq. had been
counted as for one of the other candidates, and
from the firilarity of the chri2ian names, that
il has been counted as given for William King
The houle appeared to be Of opinion, that the
return was pyfuatccis evidence Of the correctness
of the choice, unlels proved otherwile by fuf-
feient evidence and though the credibility Of
MIR. Hammatt was not quehioned, that it was
rot Efficiently proved, that there were ony more
than X | votes given in ; nor that William King
had not the rs votes required to make choice
The report, therefore, was nearly unani-
raouay rejected and the itting member re-
iaies his feat.
At noon, the two branches aiIemblcd in the
reprefentatiyes chamber, to elect nine counfel-
Icrs. The who'e nun,ter Of votes was 337--
100 making choice The don. 'j.bn Hafirg5
had Io3; Hon. CEvtr WrnseH, io3 Hon. Sa.
I'm fe1oae. Io3 lion. EafbL Mzr6, I63
Hon. Dani,l Biges1v, s3, Hon. Ezra Star&-
.ve-ttuIo3 Hon. WsodiHry Sf'rer. los, Hon.
Nathan Wst0s, 337; hon. 1aae Cs555a, $50,
and were cho!en.
WEDNESDAY, june 3.
A meGagc was received from the fenatc
pTcpofng to ai1ign half pah 8, O'Clock, this af-
terRoon, for forming a convention, to make
choice of nine Couufellers te advife the COVER
nor in the executive part Of government, in
the room of the gentleman who had declined
accepting feats at the Council Board; and alto
afigning the fame time to come to choice Of
fecretary, and trcafurcr of the fate, and No
taries Pub ic in the feyersi counties. The houfe
coDcurrsd
AgreeabIy to Alignment, the two Branches
met in convention, to make ehoicc Of the Of
hcers aforementioned he votes taken for
Councillors, were $50 of which 100 were
neceGarv TO make q choice - the Hon NatbaD
Cal5iag, lad s6, Hon. Sffp5tr Bnlocl, IS6.
Hon. Samuel Dexter, jun, is6, Hon. Henry
K,i7x, I86, Hon. -1,temar Herd, IS6, Hon
Iacid Gait, Is6, Hon. Beajsrs;n Piekm4n, jan.
,e6. Hon. Bazatel Taft, 50, Hon. 14nlye2U p.
FarnaA, So aud were accordingly cholen.
7otn Ayery, efq was chofen iecretary, and
TIE hon. jonathan 1arklon, eiq. Treafnrer Of the
ccn,monwealtS for the ye4r enluing.
Ancleaion oG Not5ries Public was then made
f.r the Commonwealth when the gentlemen,
holding the Office lait year, were re.elecf-
ed and iome additions made in teveral coGn-
ties.
The rev. Mr.. Fms,ion, was yef-rday chofen
Chaplain to the ienatc.
GOHERNOR'S SPEECH