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COUNTY ASYLUMS.
Mr. Zollar's bill [H. R. 315] to authorize County Commissioners to make appropriations or donations for county asylums, was taken up under the suspension of the restriction taken yesterday, and read the second time.
The bill was considered as engrossed, ordered to the third reading, and read the third time.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of Knox, and Mr. JOHNSTON, of Parke, explained that the bill authorizes the County Commissioners to make appropriations to buy land, erect buildings, &c., to assist in taking care of the incurably insane, that may be sent home from the State Institution.
The bill was finally passed the House of Representatives'yeas 80, nays 6.
