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At head of caption title: <House bill, no. 242.> House of Representatives, Dec 1, 1864.--Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, and read first and second times. Dec. 20, 1864.--Amended, engrossed, read a third time and passed. A.R. Lamar, clerk. Senate, Dec. 21, 1864.--Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Jan. 5, 1865.--Reported adversely; considered; postponed until to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.