Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-03-16

re 0i's ~ opportunity 20 ersmiue lbe de-
;a,il Of fyGeu III .a1ari1u, y hich w-sto OPP
c'afe fcr Ten wears % ccne-N Thy not give
time % eorrecr lo1c errors which had besn
tusretnrd IA tO desc enquiries, and t1
maie allicrs which w,re mad-, no saiisisc
toss answer vas gwen and Her many
hoass spent ~ very spirited debate, the
vote 60 recuns der passed. On I've 18Th,
the same report was taken Up, debated in
the Senate, and committed The chairman
ot the committee requested he attendance
Of such members AZ were acquainted Vith
the subject, that the defects and errors
IN -ht be p1ia' >d Our and amended several
members dill attend for this purpose. The
comm,uee were informed that there were
many errors Oh casting ~ the report, IS IL
then stoud and a verv material and lmpOF
tant mistake had been made IN the booming
If the town If Boston, amounting 10 -
lailhons az liars hut The comnitee soon
decided theY would make 10 alteration IL
lie county agreEstes--stter which il was
entirely unnecessary 60 say any thing on the
sl5Ie-t Ut The 10 millions If taxable proper
~. which il ~ s confidently believed ought
IA Iusiic % the other sections OF The state,
tl have been added 10 the town III Boston.
Tie committee reported some unimpUrtant
amendments, relating TO errors in casting,
audthese with the original report was &C
ceeged The report was then sent ID the
house Of represent atives, when upon the
verv strong representation made, Of the
great i'm 5rupriety Ut huryinE unne cessarily
such SUBJECT. very reiuctsntly postponed
20 the 28,h Of January, and committed 10
committee consisting Of one member from
each county, with q view that any meIr Der
Of the Legislature might be heard before
them IL lie bad any complaint 10 make, Is %
the appOrtiOnment on his town. The mem
hers Of The Legislature from the different
counties, held s.. srate meetings and agreed
On number Of alterations aud corrections,
winch It was intended should be made
bul before this could be effected, the order
Of the day on the valuation report was loud
~ called for. The speaker informed the
house that the committee had not yet re-
ported upon which a vote passed to order
the committee into the house a messenger
was sent 10 the committee 10 this effect
but IS the committee were assiduously en-
gagged IN efiectinE the alterations which had
been agreed on BY the representation from
the several counties, they did not immedi.
ately come in "A second message from the
speaker brought them into the house. The
chairman, Mr.. Walter, Of Boston, was call
Cd on to make a report he stated that it
would require about two hours to finish the
business with which they had been intrust.
ed that they had already passed on sixteen
counties, and that there remained no doubt
but that in two hours, the committee would
accomplish the rest satisfactorily. Not
withstanding il was voted TO take the pa.
pers from the committee, and the com Wit
tee of the house were prevented from ma
king any report. Ii was voted TO accept the
report as 1t came from The Senate. All op-
porluniiy wss precluded Of correcting er.
soss and inequalities-snd q report, to say
the least Of ~, containing many imperfec-
lions and errors Of which all seemed 70 be
convinced, was made the basis of senatorial
apporuonment and taxation for ten years u
come.