The Portland gazette., 1819-02-02

Canaan Academy and bill respecting the
western line OF Somerset county, all passed
10 be engrossed.
Encouragement of Agriculture.
4 committee on the Governors Message,
reported bill for the encouragement OF As.
riculture anG Manufactures, which Was
read assigned for Friday, and ordered 10 be
printed.
A resolve passed on petitions OF the towns
Of Harwich, Orleans and Brewster.
Orde,s of notice Psssed both Houses on
petitions Of John E44i aal others: Franz
lin Kassen,&c Noes s. Fearing Nahum
Perkins and ]. b. land,
Leave for 6tAs given--ro Tileston Snow
&c; Nathaniel Goddard, sc; the New
Engla Bank; Ol. otarkweather Select
men Of Pejepscot Thomas X Jones, G'c;
John Williams and John II. Rice.
Isaac Hurd, and town of Natick, had
leave 10 withdraw petitions.
Pennons-Of h. Haskins SC; Select
men of China Ebtn. Webster b. Fiske {;
OF Lib Simmons, &c /; Selectmen OF Wilton;
Edward freeman; town OF Fairfax Luna
Bolkom, SC Edward Fai field inhabi-
tants OF Mount Vernon; oelectmen OF NAL
den; iona. Nelson Nathan Burbanks sc
a. A. Colvile Thomas Miller; of rrus-
tees of Pennington Academy; of ]. c.
Wash5urn Ar. Lithgow; 1hos. Eldred,
&c; Elisha Rice of town Of Freedom !;
Bar Clark, &c, ). Leach, and Winslow
| Latham, were read and committed.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27.
| Orders of Notice were directed on the pc
titions of Joseph Whitcher-Mark Feltis-
Thomas Miller and others-Samuel Leighton
and ohers--Plantation No. l--V marlborough
lst Congregational society-Winslow Latham
and others
Resolves on the petitions of Benjamin Har-
ris, John Heald, Jacob Quincy, and David
Mead, were read and accepted.
! The bill to change the name Of the town Of
Pegypsco:, passed to be engrossed. Also, the
bill for altering the times Of hoIding the Cir
cult Court OF Common Pleas, within the coun-
ty of Somerset
THURSDAY, JAN 26.
| Agreeaby to assignment, resolution, au-
thorzng the forwarding TO w Washington Of any
documents required to subs,antate or elucid-
ate the Massachusetts Claim, was taken up.
| MrKing moved to insert The following pre-
| vieus TO the aforesaid Resolve:
RESOLVED, That, by the Constitution Con
gress has power" 4" TO provide for calling forth
the militia to execute the Laws OF The Union,
suppress Instructions, and repe invaslons."
| ReSeLUed, That The right 10 determine when
the exlgences aforesaid, or any, or either OF
them, do exist, is, by the Constitution and
| Aaws of the United States, vested solely and
exclusively in the President, for the due ex-
ercise Of which right he is responsible only 10
the people OF the U. S. or their Representa-
tives in Congress assembled.
| Resolved, That whenever the President Of
the y shall, or may, decide that any of the
exgencies aforesaid do exist, and shall re-
qulre The Militia of this Commonwealth, or a.
ny parl thereof, to be called forth for the pur-
pose OF executing the laws of the Union, sup
pressing Instructions, or repelling inyasions,
it is and shall be the duty OF The Governor Of
| this Commonwealth, forthwith to call forth
sand Militia, agreeaby 10 said requlsltions Of
| The President and The same, when called
| tOrlh,tO place under the command Of The Pres.
| dent OF the ) or such proper officer or Off
Gers as may, BY The President, be designated
10 take The compand thereof.
| A discussion took place Oh the above Reso-
! lutions, which continued I'LL the Senate ad-
jouTned. 1t was previously agreed that when
the question is taken, it shall be by Yeas and
Nays.
Pctiiions-Of John G. Mel, &c /; Eb. W eston
| Benz. I. Varnum, &c. of the Society of Middle
sex Husbandmen Of Jed. Hussey, &c. !. JOS.
Watt, &c, Sam. Putnam, &c. Noes Dow, &c.
Caleb Ammidon, &c. of St. Churchill jun Xii
sha Allen, &c Nathan Hanson, &c Joseph Stor-
er, &C.: OF Congregational Society in New-Sa-
| lem OF B. Weller, &c; and remonstrance Of A.
Burrill &C. against the petition Of airtax,
read and committed.
committee was raised to report on the expe-
diency of amending the additional law to secure
to owners their property in logs, masts, &c.
Orders Of notice passed on petitions Of Carver
and Freedom and N Burbank, &c.
resolve, passed Oh the petition Of Lucy Row
ell.
The Pennington Academy petition was refer
| red to the next General Court.
LeareJof bills given to the towns of Vassalbo-
| rough and Marlborough,
Massachusetts Claims.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the
! report on this subject, with the amendment pro-
posed by the Hon. Mr.. King.
The hon. MIR. Noble moved ito amend the a.
mendment of Mr.. King, by striking out all the
words after the word kesOLred, and inserting,
That it is not now necessary for the Legisla-
ture to express any opinion upon theConstituuon-
al powers OF Congress, or the President OF the U.
States, or upon tile duty imposed by the Consti-