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BARBED WIRE FENCE.
Mr. FRAZEE'S bill [H. R. 486] to legalize barbed wire fences, under a suspension of the rules, was read the second and third time.
Mr. PATTEN: I hope the bill will fail, as I desire a law that will define the legality of all kinds of fences.
Mr. SMITH, of Tippecanoe: The bill will hurt no other fence, but will merely legalize barbed wire fences.
Mr. MOCK, of Wells: This bill does not touch a fence now built, but refers only to those to be built. It provides that the posts and wires must be just so and so, and will necessitate the rebuilding of all wire fences now standing.
The bill passed by yeas 51, nays 41.
