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draw liis warrant upon the treasurer, for the payment of suchcharges, ont of any moneys not otherwise appropriated.
In the House of Representatives , March 22, 1844. Read andpassed.
David Dunn, Speaker,
In the Senate , March 22,1844. Read and passed.
John W. Dana, President .March 22, 1844. Approved, H. J. Anderson .
To Alexander Yattemare, of the city of Paris , kingdom ofFrance , greeting.
In conformity with the provisions of a Resolve of the Legisla-ture of this state, entitled « Resolve authorizing the appointmentof an Agent of international exchanges with foreign countries >Approved March twenty second, one thousand eight hundredand forty four, I have, with the advice and consent of theexecutive council of Maine , appointed you an Agent to exe-cute any and all of the duties required by said Resolve, and ascontemplated in your communication to the executive of thisstale, under date of October tenth, eighteen hundred and fortythree.
Witness, Hugh J. Anderson our Governor,and the seal of the state hereunto affixed[ L. S. ] this twenty sixth day of March in the year
By the Governor, of our Lord one thousand eight hundredand forty four, and of the independenceof the United States the sixty eighth.
Philip C. Johnson,
Secretary of slate.
Preamble and joint resolutions relative to Mons. Vattemare ’ssystem of international literary exchanges.
Whereas Mons. Alexandre Vattemare, a citizen of France , haswith an unexampled zeal devoted his time, his energies and hisfortune to the philanthropic effort of establishing an intellectualconfederacy among the nations of the earth ;