The committee, fearing that, should the Commonwealth pay to Mr. Paine any sum of money which should appear to him considerable, the temptations to indulge an appetite which has heretofore done him injury will be greater than the good resolution he is now living up to will be able to resist, respectfully suggest that, if any thing be paid him, it be placed in the hands of the selectmen of Conway in trust for him.

Under this state of facts, and these views, the passage of the accompanying resolve is recommended.

For a majority of the Committee,

H. L. DAW ES.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight.

RESOLVE

In Favor of Zebulon Paine.

Resolved, That there be paid, out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to the Selectmen of the town of Conway, Franklin County, the sum of two hundred dollars, to be held by them and their successors in office, in strict trust for Zebulon Paine, and to be paid out by them to the said Paine or his family, in such portions, and in such manner, as they shall deem for his interest, as a remuneration for the services of the said Paine while in the State Prison, under sentence for an offence of which it appears he was not guilty; and that the governor draw his warrant accordingly.

HOUSE.....No. 116.

[Reported, in the Senate, by the Committee on Agriculture.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight.

RESOLVE

On the Petition of the Bristol County Agricultural Society.

Resolved, for reasons set forth in said petition, that the President and Treasurer of the Bristol County Agricultural Society be allowed to amend their return made to the Secretary's office in January one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

Passed to be engrossed.

Sent down for concurrence.

SENATE, March 28, 1848.

CHAS. CALHOUN, Clerk.