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House of Delegates. Wednesday, March 26, 1862.
The House and Senate appointed a committee of conference upon the tax bill. The Senate resolutions were also passed by the House, giving R. M. Nimmo until the 31st to give his usual bond as Storekeeper of Penitentiary. Several unimportant bills were reported. A bill to prevent the issue of small notes was laid on the table. A bill incorporating the York River Navigation Company; another, incorporating the Roanoke insurance Company; and another, authorizing a tax on dogs in the county of Brunswick, were passed. The bill authorizing the construction of a railroad between Danville and the N. C. Railroad was adopted; also, a bill establishing annual sessions of the Legislature. The general appropriation bill was passed. A bill to compensate persons whose horses have been impressed into the service of the State was laid upon the table.

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