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The bill [S. 239] to authorize cities of 15,000 inhabitants or more, to make loans, and prescribing municipal rules for that purpose, etc. was taken up on the first reading.
On motion of Mr. Kimball, (there being a suspension of the constitutional restriction for the purpose,) the bill was advanced to the third reading, and finally passed the House of Representatives. Yeas 74, nays 1.