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MILL DAMS, ETC.
By consent, Mr. Smith's, of Perry, bill [ R. R. 351 H. R. 351 ] to provide for the removal of mill dams and other obstructions from water courses to prevent overflow of lands, was called up, and on motion by Mr. Smith the Constitutional rules were suspended, the bill was considered engrossed, read the third time by sections and passed the House by yeas, 63; nays, 27.