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REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. Eley's bill [H. R. 154] providing for the election and qualification of Justices of the Peace was reported back from the Judiciary Committee, with recommendation that the bill do pass. The report was concurred in.
Mr. ADAMS, from the Committee on the Judiciary; reported back Mr. McClelland's bill [H R. 175] to repeal Section 1 of an act authorizing aliens to hold real estate, with the recommendation that it lie on the table, for the reason that a similar bill is now before the Committee. The report was concurred in.
