The Portland gazette., 1819-01-26
Massachusetts, Claims


His Excclency the Governor, by mes
sage, communicated letter from the Hon
Messrs. Orrs and MELLEN, Senator'S IN
Congress, respecting the progress made
in prosecuting the claim OF this STATE Tor
services performed in the common defence
during the late war, and the suspension OF
the subject until The advice Of the Legisla-
ture ofthe State could be had thereon, which
was referred to the Hon Messrs LLOYD &
KING, Messrs. ADAMS, DwxGHr WALK
ER,
His Excellehcy also communicated the
annual returns Of the Militia of the Com
monwealth, and its equipment. The total
militia is So 249 iafantry, 4l23 artillery,
all. with few exceptions. well equipped
l62 pieces OF field artillery, and 25l pieces
of batterlng ordnance, with proportion OF
munitions and stores.
MONDAY JAN. Is "A representation of
the Warden of the State Prison was refer
red to a joint committee.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor respecting the deputation Of The Pas
samaquocdy tribe of Indians who lately Wis
tied His Excelency, and committed. The
Committee has re11orted resoLve making an
ohttropriation for the supplies furnished 10
those Indians, which has Passed
A report Of the Committee on the Deaf
and Dumb was recommitted.
TUESDAY, JAN l9 The Hon. Messrs,
LYMAN and PARKER, Messrs RIcHARDsoN,
MOVES and HiLLs, were appointed TO report
on the expedlcncy OF revising the act for
repairing highways.
A resolve, and petition relative to the
Natick Indians, was referred TO the com
mittee on accounts
A petition Of the Maine Literary and
Theological Institution, was referred to a
Joint commitiee.
The Suffolk Bank had leave to bring in
bill, agreeably to the prayer Of The petit
ton.
Orders Of .Nosice passed on petition of
St. J. Fslyban&s and others and OF David
Johnson and others.
Petitions Of Zadock Richmond, &c of
Phillip Colby, Sc.--of Nathan Mitchell, ir
&c.--of Calvin Pratt, sc, were referred 10
the Committee on towns-Of town OF
Rochester, and petitions relating to the
Taunton Great River Fishery, 10 commit
tee on Interior Fisheries Petition of
Nantucket Marine Insurance Company, 10
committee on Banks; Of Middlesex urn
pike Company OF Jed. Blanchard, sc =
town of Carver-town Rumlord-J John
Heald--Eben Caldwell, &c.-Sclec,men of
Watertown and Newton, Of Lucy Howell,
Samuel Bailey, &c of William Bartlett, &c
and OF Alb. Perkins, were referred 10 various
committees.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 90,
Orders OF notice passed (and concurred
III by the House) on the petitions OF The
town OF Durham; oelcctmen Of Shirley and
Leominster, Sarah Cobb, Sarah Cleayes
Peleg Wads"orh, Jede. Blanchard and
Others, and James johnson and others.
Resolves passed on petitions of Ann Fran.
ces Humphreys, David Ripley, Francis Jo
seph Neptune, chiet Of the Passamaquod
dies.
BHIs-i Q incorporate The Easiport Me
chanIc Relief Society and bill TO author
izc Josiah Little, &C.. to erect a boom q
cross AhdroscoSgtn river, passed TO be en-
crossed.
Ps'n0ns--Of VIM. Vane; Isaac Mitch.
ell and others; Stephen. Chase town of
Foxborough; David Mead; Howard Cary
and others; OF a nunlbersof inhabitants I'll
the towns Of New Charlestown and Ranoor
relative to the Msine;Literary and Theo.
logical Institution d aniel Wilkins ana
others, on behalf cf the town Of Nv
Charles own; Ephraim Bailey town of
Raymond; john Phinney and others: John
Haskell and cthers; Joseph Shaw and 9TH
rrs +; OF Robert Elwt II and Others. and ,ha
of Allen Gilman against The
same Joshua Thomas and others. wa,a
severally read and committed.
THURSDAY, JAN. 81. |
e JOINT Commlttee. vas appointed TO re-
port respecting an al tbtratlon Oh the accoun,
OF Executors, &c.
AnotherJolnt Committee was appointed
to report on the expediency of collectinc
INTO volume, all the Parliamentary Stsu,es
and parts OF Statutes, adopted as laws with.
IN this Commonwealth.
he Secretary ofthe State was direc,ed
TO lay the last received Bank Returns he
tore the Senate.
Criminal Code.
The Commissioners (the Hon. Judprs
rafker and Jackson, and D. Davis, Esu.sI
appointed TO revise the Criminal Cede OF
the commonwealth, and to collate the laws
tormiDg IL into one or mora ae, -: