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OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREAMS.
On motion by Mr. OVERSTREET the bill [H. R. 277] to authorize Boards of County Commissioners to change the course, direction or location of the channels of any stream or body of water, upon petition of a majority of resident land owners adjacent, whose lands are to be affected by the dame, and authorizing the taxation of such lands to keep in repair such works, was read twice by title under a setting aside of th Constitutional rule by a two-thirds vote. The bill read the third time and passed by yeas, 39; nays, 0.
