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28 sent down for concurrence. Its fate in the house is recorded in the House Journal for Thursday, January 25, 1821

The committee made the following report, which was adopted:

The Senate on January 27th concurred in the amendment, and on February 5th the act was approved. The "original design of the Trustees" had been accomplished after nearly ten years of effort, and what may be considered the formative period in Colby's history was at an end. The lines along which the college should have its development were practically decided, and it only remained to build wisely on the foundations laid through the persistent effort of those who had had the foresight and courage to make the beginnings.