| From the Austin (Texas) State Gazette |
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| June 1, 1861 |
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| Congress of the Confederate States |
| Seventeenth Day ***** |
| Mr. Ochiltree, of Texas,
presented a memorial from the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company. He
said he did not desire the memorial read, but simply have it referred to
the military committee. It was unanimously adopted. |
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| Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana,
presented the petitions of presidents of railroad companies in
Louisiana, and also a bill entitled an act to exempt from duty certain
cars purchased by the New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Company, which
petition and bill were referred to the finance committee. |
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