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Gentlemen Of the Senate, and


Gentlemen Of the Houfe of Representatives,
THE Contribution makes it necef-
fsry for the LegiilativeBody to aiIem.
bic on the laa Wednefday of May,
that the two houfes may judge Of
the election of their own Members,
appoint their officers, and deter
mine their rules of proceeding and
in cafe the full number of Senators
is not elected by a majority of all
the votes returned, to fupply the de-
ficiency and to make choice of
a Council to advife in the Executive
part of Government. Having per-
formed thefe feveral duties, you pro-
ceed to make and effztlifh fuch rea-
fonable Laws as you fhall Judge ex-
pedient for the good and welfare Of
the Commonwealth |; and the necef-
fairy fupport and defence of the
Government. But it has been found
inconvenient for the Members of the
General Court to be long employed
IN the public fervice at this ieafon of
the year, and therefore they have u
fually poitponed to the winter fef-
fion fuch bufnefs as did not require
their immediate notice.


The Secretary will deliver you
communication, which | have recei-
we'd from the Governor of Maryland
relative TO an amendment of the
Federal Conffitstion and alto
letter from general Eaton, Efq. ex-
preiIing his acknowledgements to
the Legislature of this State for the
tefimonial which they prefented
him at the lait feHion, of their ap-
probation of his fervices.


He will alfo deliver to you let
ter from the Superintendent of the
State pri(on, reprefenting, that fca
wall will be necehary to prevent the
earth which is taken from the priion
yards from being wafhed away, and
preeoGng fomc regulations for the
fecurity of The prifon which cannot
be adopted without the fan6tioA of
Legislative authority.


The Treafurer has tranfmittted to
me ftate of the Treafury on the

frlt day of this month, with a re-
quet that / would communicate
the fame to the General Court.
Permit me alfo to recommend TO
your confederation the contents of a
letter addrefied to me by Theophilns
Parfons, Efq. Chief Juftice of the
Supreme Judicial Court, relating to
the compensation allowed to the Juf-
tices of that Court, and particularly
to the grants made by the Legila-
ture in part of it, which are not
permanent.


BY meilage to the GcneralC Court
of the 9th June, 1904, they were in
tormed,that ihould readl.yacquiefce
in fuch Refolu'ion for difPoGng of
the Pr0vinee-Hoyis, as they might
thing proper to adopt. But l have
not heard that any meafures were af-
forwards taken by the two Houfes
on that fubjea. The family who
had lived in the houfe for feveral
years, ,and with whom ! relided when
town, have left it iince the Ialt fef-
fion, and it remains unoccupied.
| have received a letter from
Charles Turner, jun. Efq. who was
appointed by the Agents Of the
Commonwealth, and of the Ply
mouth company, in purfuance of a
Relolve of the 27th of .laf Februa-
ry, to perform the duties which had
been aligned to Lathrop Lewis, Efq.
by Relolve of the 18th of Februa-
ry, 1904 ltating, that in March laf,
he attempted to run the Eafern line
of the Plymouth Company's land
on the river Kennebec, as far as the
land of the Commonwealth and that
of the Plymouth Company joined
each other, and that he met with