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695
Cover, Jones, Starr,
Cunningham, Keating, Syester,
Devries, Longwell, Tarr, of Wor.
Dorsey, Manro, Thomas,
Duvall, McCormick, Vansant,
Emack, Merrick, Wethered,
Evans, Merryman, Wickes,
Farnandis, Mitchell, Wilkinson—67.
So the amendment submitted by Mr. Carmichael was re-
jected.
Mr. Barnes submitted the following amendment:
And it shall be the duty of the President and Directors of said
Canal Company to make to the Comptroller of the State true
and accurate quarterly statements of all revenues and expen-
ses of said Canal, and to deposit semi-annually with the
Treasurer of the State, all surplus earnings above the neces-
sary expenses incident to maintaining the Canal in a good
and efficient state of repair, and such further sum as is neces-
sary to pay the annual accruing interest upon the principal
sum of the preferred debt or debts owing.
And the Treasurer of the State shall, from time to time, in-
vest such surplus and the increment thereon in a sinking
fund until it shall be sufficient to redeem the principal and
over-clue interest of said preferred debt or debts.
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. Silver moved the previous question.
The question then being,
"Shall the previous question be now put?"
It was sustained.
The question then recurring upon the amendment submit-
ted by Mr. Barnes,
It was rejected.
Mr. Wickes submitted the following amendment:
Sec. 2. Insert after the word "State," in line 11, as fol-
lows : "or produce injurious competition between said Public
Works, to the detriment of the interest of the State,"
Pending the consideration of which,
Mr. George moved the previous quest;on.
The question then being,
"Shall the previous question be now put?"
It was sustained.
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