Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-06-30
Isgisiature of 9passafbusftts.
H9u5e IF Representatives.,
June "a, ISoc.

An order pafied directing the trea-
furer and fecretary to leafe out the
Prsvmcc Hanje for one year. Tor On
pafIing this srder, a lnort converfa
ton enfued.-It was thought by
fome gentlemen, that it was deroga-
tory to the dignity of rich Com
monwealth, TO let out 10 perfons,
perhaps, who may do it much inju-
nv, or more than the rents will repair,
the edihce which was built in for
mcr times for the re6dence Of the
Governor of Mahachufctts. The
time may come, it was faid, when
Governor may be chofen from the
country, and the exigencies of the
times may require that he fhould re-
fde conifantly in Bottom in which
cafe, it was affixed, would the pisiful
falary Of twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum, enable him to live in the
itile of Governor of Mafachufctts ?
And whether, the honor Of the
fate would not then demand, that
a refidcnce be furnifhed him ? In
which cafe it would then colt much
more than the rent will amount to,
to replace the damage it may fuf-
tain. On the other hand, it was
faid, that his excellency the Govern
or had mentioned, in his fpeech,
that the houfe was vacant, which to
them feemed an iatimation that it
ought to be made productive to the
fate. Gentlemen feemed willing
that il fhould be leafed by pernaa-
nut ay, and the avails appropriated
as an mcreeE of the nominally " per-
Dansnt and bsnoyable' falary OF the
governor. II had been aHerted, in
the ele6ticneering canvas, that in
confequenee Of former reiolution,
directing the repair of the Province
Houfe, for the relidence Of the Gov
ernor that Governor Stymg had re.
ceived an emolumcnt thcefrom.
Nothing appeared further from the
truth than the afertion. II was
lhewn that Governor Strarg lowing
to there being no appropriation Of
the Houlc to his ufe in the refolu-
tion) did not think hinfelf authori-
zed TO receive any esaelument there
from-and he never has received
one cent benefit in confequence Of
the reioIution. He boarded with
the family he found in the Houfe |;
and regularly paid hi, board.J
Tbs roll of the committee of Ac-
counts was read, and pafed. CIhe
an1nt I2,445 doizars 70 eents.)
Mr. Morton, (the Speaker) Mr..
Story, and Mr.. Whitman, were ap-
pointed to fcled and purchafe books
TO the amount of 900 dollars for the
library of the Houfe.
TUESDAY. JUNE II.
A Joint committee was RATED to
wait on His Excellency The Cover
nor, to acquaint him that the two
Houfes having paiItd upon all the
public bufaefs before them, were
nowready for recefs.-Soon after
the Secretary, (Mr. Auain) came
in, and Informed thar bis Excellency
had given his affent to twenty FIVE
public and private Acts of which
are the following: an aa authorizing
a Lottery for the purpofe Of 6nifh-
ing Hatfield Bridge-an act efab-
Lining falaries of the Jufices Of the
Supreme Judicial Court--fhe Bef-
ton Pier additional aa-an ACT to al
ter the names of certain perfons-
the Oxford County Common Plea
Court aa-an aGt renting part of
John VinaPs fan:enee-an All re-
fpeding the manufacture of Male
an aa TO cede to the u. States
the jurifdiefion of certain Lands for
Light Houics aa to provide for
the INFECTION of Hops for exports-
ton and Days academy additional
Aa. ALTO acts changing the name
of Partridgheld to incorporate the
Prifon Point Dam Corporation-the
Stongton Turnpike Corporation
the Middlefex Turnpike Corporation
(additionall- Sanford andArun-