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/ tainty thereof and they further re-
port, that it does not appear from
the return or lift Of the town Of Ber-
wick, in the county of York, when


the meeting, at which tho faid lift
was made, was holden, aud ought


for that reafon, to be rejected from


Eaid fchedule.


And they further report, that there
are two papers pNrporting to be lifts


or returns, both of which are made


and returned by the fame feleamen
and fame town clerk, from the tUwu
of Newbedford, in the county Of Brif-
tol, and as the faid lifts contain diff
feren: candidates who were voted for
as Governor, and it cannot, from
faid lifts, be certainly known which
is the true or which is the falfe lit,
the fame ought, for the uncertainty
aforefaid, TO be rejected from iaid
fchedsle.


And your committee further re-
port, that there are among faid lifts
or returns, two papers, purporting 20
be returns or lifts from the town Of
Troy, in the county Of Brifol, made
and returned by two different fets of
feleStmen and town clerks and your
committee report, that the lift or
return made and returned by Jona-
than Brownell, Abraham Bowen, ,and
Elijah Blohom, jun. Sele4men of
Troy, and Benjamin Brightman,
town clerk, is the return from the
town of Troy, and ought TO be ad-
ded to faid ichcdule.


And your committee report, That
whsn faia fchcdule hall be re9i6ed
and amended as aforeiaid, the whole
| number of votes for Governor will
be 73,4Io, and that 60, 100 will be
neceaary TO make choice. That no
perfon has majority of votes for
Governor.


That His ExcellencyCaleb Strong,
efq. who had 36,6o2; the Hon.
James Sullivan,efq. who had 36o31;
James Sulvan, efG. who had 3s7
votes and the Hon. VIM. Heath,
efq. who had s. votes are the four
perfons who had the highef number
of votes, are the candidates for the
Office of Governor.


And your committee report, That
when faid fchedule hall be recti6ed
and amended as aforelaid, the whole
number Of votes forLieut. Governor,
will then be feventy one thoufand
eight hundred and en.-Neceiary
to make choice-thirty fYe thou
fand nine hundred and four.


That the hon. William Heath has
thirty fix thouland eight hundred and
eighty, for Lieut.. Governor, and is
chofen.


Laifly, your committee fate that
they have couGdered the petitions
and remonlrances from the feveraI
towns of Canton and Med6eld, in
the county of Norfolk /, ToPfham,
in The county of Lincoln Plymouth
in the county of Plymouth Alfred,
in the county of York Barnfable,
in the county of Barnftable; and of
New Bedford, in the county Of Brif-
tel I; which were committed to them
with the feveral documents which ao-
companird the fame, and your COM
mittee report, that it is inexPedient
for the Legislature to take any fur
ther order thereon.


The report being read, Mr.. Tit