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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23
MARKETS.
cANrox. ONO. Fob. %. $50.
Cincinnati Market.
CINcINNATI, February Is
ETOT-y- -TTuchanCed

CIEcINNATI, February 10.
FLoUR-Unchanged
GRAIN-Wheat dull and demand light
red winter 81 O7(0ll0. Corn dull at $50
72c; the latter rate for strictly sound.
Oats unchanged at 52G5+c. Rye steady
at S5CG8Sc. Barley dull; spring 81 O0CG
l u western 81 POOL %.
CoTToN-Dull; mIddling at 224c.
WHIsKY-Firmer closing at 94c.
ToBACCo-Unchanged
PRovIsIoNs-Mess pork fair demand
sales 800 bbls at $27 25 mostly held at
81 80. Bulk meals firm but quieet
shoulders sold at I04c ;-sides held at l32c;
l44c and l5c, clear rib and crear loose.
Bacon less firm and demand light should
ers l24c, sides l6 and 165c for clear and
clear packed.
GRocERIEs-Sugar cured hamc 18C9l9c.
Lard frmer; sales of prime steam at 13ic;
kettle held at 153c; no sales, Butter
steady fresh at 28(G34c, Eggs lSc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

Valuable BuIIdinE Lots For sale
In Joseph A. Meyers Addition to the city
Of Canton. Terms, $500. in enstalments
Of $40 per month without interest. 3o-4t
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Aa.a 1av1s,Ts ola Pia'-s-rEh Gre.

49, LAppS9Ts oAa -Ast1DaFgn Sroe
oery.
Mr.. Lippart sORtinHes to satiAfy his nu-
nsrous and increasing customers that his
-1ooas are invariably Of the best quality
ga I'D Il very close margin. HIS hm-
~ Grocery > & complete estahiishnasnt,
Containing 3 full assortment for the fAIsir
IL. sud his customers are promptly and
prOpeEg waited upon. His room. too, Is
capacioas and convenient, and always
i,ept trina asd neat, and his goods well
displsyed. We Eossr our readers to Ar.
Ltopert's advertlsemeptS IN this paper, IN
yhick Be enunerates many articles with
prices attached. This Lat y esraully re-
vised every week and corrected BY Mr..
Lippsrt. We advise our friends 70 look
over this list carefully every week, and
thus become posted The Preesare mar.
ned down to the lowest possible point. and
AL who purchase at LiPPerts, may know
What 70 pay. lanES5L
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IT is q complaint among sewing women
that married females whose husbands are
well of, and allow them an ample fund of
pin-money make cheap work in secret, at
almost any price, in order to swell the
amount which they devote to dress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

Twelve Hundred Dollars and all Ex-
penses Paid.
See advertisement Of American Shuttle Sewing
Machine. lyfeb'G9
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

A aooD business room in the Rawi'
Block for rent. oSL
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

The WESTMINSTER REvIEw.-We have
received the January issue Of this noted
quarterly. Among the table of contents
we find able articles entitled as follows :
Our Colonial Empire" Land Tenures
and their Consequences" "The Subsection
of Women" "The Irish Land Question.
Prostitution Governmental Experiments
in controlling il" "Our Policy in China, %
.'Amencan Claims in England" Etc, Etc.
Terms 81 per year, or with Blackwood,
! (monthly) 81. Address, The Leonard
Scott Publishing Co.. 140 Fulton Street,
New York
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

LOTs are selling rapidly in Sarver's add
to Canton, because taxes and prices are
low, and terms to suit the purchaser
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

K. P-Buckeye Lodge No. II, Knights OF Pyth-
las, meets every Monday evening at o'clock, in
CAssiy's Block. r. X. and c. :.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-02-23

Les slevss franeais. aurOnt Ia bOnte de
ss rsunir. sans fauts. CdAns leur local
Orainairel Jeudi proclaim a Z heures du
sOir Jos. H. DUMouIIE.
Prot. de lAngue franchise.
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CHILDREN ars often pale and freiful from no 9th
er eapsS than worms b. A. Fahnestoek's Nermi
fuge Is 3 safe and effectual remedy.
TO strengthen the stomach, and give il tone
use C. F. Cations Dyspepsia Remedy. feb2m
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Water Muir, Esq. travelling salesman
Cor the large wholesale Drug House OF
French. richards & Co., Of PhiladelPhia,
n a Ietter 10 DR.. R. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo,
TY- saws: Within the past few months
Dr. Sseels catarrh Remedy has found up
On nv lat q most promising place. Ihere
is "a one good snaf Of it virtue than II
c.ntsiued in o dozen packages Of its worth
less rivd that food the market. Rest
assured. Doctor. that my appreciation Of
= unersts. as realized personally IN my
o,sn case, will urge me TO use my best en-
deayors in introducing Its sale through
our house.
Yours faithfully
WALTER MUIR"
Dr.. sAaE's CArARRH REMEDY is sold
by most Druggists everywhere. sent oy
mail on receipt OF sixty GEMS; N'es'
57w2
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SAVE your money, save your taxes and buy lots
in sarver's addition to Canton jsn2otf.
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The AMERICAN Stock JoURNAL.-The
February number of this publication is
upon our table. 1t is Published by n H
Boyer & Co., Parkesburg, Chester Co, Pa.
Specimen numbers sent free. Terms 81
per Snnuln.
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CITY ITEMS.
For Rent.

EI1IuSE goods and prices at Faber's before buy
ing elsewhere
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LEGAL.

THE nearest TO the machine shops, outside the
corporation, is SarTeE's add to Canton. jan25tf
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GEO. B. HAAS.

The fine business rooms now occupied by Mr.
Barnharts Furniture Rooms in Haass Block, East
TusCRrawas street.
falg-sf GEO j.. HAAS.
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KEROSENE On for Illuminating purpos- es has become one of the necessities of life. There is in the market such avarie. ty of brands and qualities, and so much that is dangerous to use, that we should exercise the greatest caution in purchase ing, and buy only the best. Pratt's As tral Oil will llfully meet all the requirements for an absolutely safe, uniform, and pure Illuminating oil. It has the unqualified endorsement off the officers of the New York Fire Insurance Companies, of scien- tiic men, and thousands of private con sufners. l fss@ y a
 Geo. W. Savage, Esq, President of the International Fire Insurance Company, New York, says: II am exceedingly pleased that a house of your responsibility has furnished the public with an illumina- ting oil which can be relied upon for safe- ty.' @ssafs- sseT l-sal. 'i :
 Dr. G. Tagliabue says: "I have to pro- nounce the Astral Oil the safest illumi- hating oil in the market" t..t.4f
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
 JAMES E. ENGLISH.


 JAMES B. ENGLISH,
 GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, A PROCLAMATION.
 In view of the blessings with which the past year has been crowned, and in accord ance with venerated usage, do hereby recommend that 1Hursddy, Ae Itcenty- fourth of NoUesnber me1t, be observed by the people of this State as a day of PUBLIC AND PRAISE; that we may reverently acknowledge our dependence upon Almighty God, and devoutly render our thanks to Him as < the giyer of every good and perfect gift r.a.. And l recommend that we lay aside all ordinary secular pursuits on that day; assemble in our customary places of divine worship, and there offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving; not forgetting to make our thank offerings acceptable by a substantial and deserving recognition of Gods poor. Given under my hand and the seal of the State at New Haven, this seventeenth day -- of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and N' .. seventy, and of the independence x ~rr of theU UnitedStates the ninety fifth. s JAMES D. ENGLISH. By His Excellency's command. a3sf t. THOMAS M. WALLER,
 Secretary of State.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
 CONSTITUTION. a. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ] May Session. A. ID. 1870. ~

ES. [ May Session, A. D. 1870. e WHEREAS, it is expedient that there should
 be but one Capitol ill this State; there
 fore,
 Resolved by she House er Representatives:
 That the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which, when approved and adopted in manner provided by the Constitution shall, to all intents and purposes, become a part thereof: ..
 Sec. l. After the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1874. all sessions of the Gene ral Assembly shall be held at the State Capitol, except that in cases of public ne- cessity the person administering the office of Governor. may convene said Assembly at any other place in this State
 Sec 2. After the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1874, said Capitol shall be ei- ther at Hartford or New Haven, as a ma jority of the electors of the several towns in this State shall designate, in manner to be designated by law. by their ballots, cast in town meeting, legally warned and held for that purpose, at some time within six months subsequent to the adoption of this amendment. Ua, .e E.. Resolued, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution be contin ued to the next session of the General As sembly and be published with the laws passed at the present session. .r. .f.
 Passed June 16, 1870.
 s.t~.t t" E. B. BENNETT, Clerk.
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ALASKA. Where on the globe can we go beyond the omnipresent Yankee? Land- ing at SITKA. we had walked but g short distance into the town when we reached the northern depot of Dr. Ayers medicines in
 full display among the huts, shanties and aourts of these boreal tribes. There the familiar, homelike names of his Cherry Pectoral, Pills. &c., salute us from the ex- terior and the interior of & store which
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PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED MAY SESSION, 1870.

st CHAPTER CXXXu.
 An Act for the Relief of Bremen from
 Military Duty.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
 Sec. l. That every person who, on the first day of October next, shall have been a fireman in any of the cities, boroughs, towns or villages of this State, for the term of four, five or six years, and who shall serve as such for one year thereafter, and every person who, on the first day oi October next, shall have been such fire. man for less period than four years, and who shall serve as such for so long time thereafter as shall make the whole time oi service five years; and every person who may become such fireman after the pas. sage of this act, and shall serve as such fo, five years thereafter, shall. during and for. ever after such service, be entirely exempt from payment of any military duty what. ever, except ill case of instruction or in. vasion
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme- diately-
 Approved July p, 187. .... z
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WHOLE NO sa7o

shows more business than it's neiohbors.
 and proves that these simple but sure rem. edies are even more necessary to savage
 life than to ourselves where they visit every freside. nI Correspondent aAlexand. Jour. nal y1a oiHo .sH 14 q EgilaA8 q ffl #7i5
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CHAPTER CxxxIv.

CHAPTER CxXXIv. An Act in alteration of "An Act for form ing and conducting the Military Force" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: ag .ss..
 Sec. l. That all such provisions of the act of which this is an alteration, as may authorize an annual parade and encamp- ment by brigade or regiment, between the tenth day of August and the 2Oth day oi September, 1870, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Aa
 Sec. 2 It shall be the duty of the com mander-in-chief, within thirty days from the day of the passage of this act, to ap- point committee of three suitable per. sons to prepare revision of the laws reg ulating the military force of this State, ,and to report the same to the next session oi the General Assembly.
 Sec. B. This act shall take effect from it's passage. a
 Approved July %, 1870.
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CHAPTER cx111.

l CHAPTER CXLH. '''S l An act in addition to, and in alteration I fsheries.''
 Be it enac4ed by the Senate and House Iof Representatives, in General Assembly convened: l5.a ..s :.
 Sec. 1. That whenever knowledge shall come that any natural oyster bed, or any part thereof has been marked out, ,inclosed, or staked off contrary to law to any person or corporation, by any committee for des- ignating places for planting oysters in this State. the superior couat in the county where such inclosures shall have been made, on application duly brought to said court by due process of law upon complaint du- ly brought by any individual aggrieved or Tn the name of the town in which such in- closure is situated by the town agent of such town, and notifying the party claim ing such inclosure, and the chairman of the oyster committee of the town in which such inclosure is situated shall appoint 8 committee of said court, who, after being duly sworn .and after notice to said parties, shall hear such matter and report the facts thereon to said court. and if it shall appear to said court thereupon that such oyster bed has been improperly staked out, said court may order said stakes to be removed by said committee and said court may or- der the costs to be paid by said parties at the discretion of said court. Provided, however that whenever oysters shall have been planted, or improvement shall have been previously made prior to said applica- tion, in good faith by any person or cor poration to whom said grounds shall have been so staked out or any grantee of such person or corporation suitable time shall be given by said court to such person or corporation to remove said oysters so plant ed or such improvements SO made from the premises; provided that nothing contained in this act shall be construed to affect any suit now pending, nor to affect the status Of any natural oyster beds that have been opened to the public under the provisions of section second of chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the Public acts of 1869. Sec. 2 The superior court before which such application is pending shall have pow- CT to issue an order restraining the owner of any ground which is litigation from talk ing any oysters therefrom during the pen denoy of such litigation. .-s Sec. 3. Section second of chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the Public Acts of 1869 is hereby repealed. 5'- -t
 Approved July 22, 1870. ..l .t.s, e..
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commissioner shall thereafter be elected by the Legislature every three years from and after the fourth day of July, 1869. ,
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 Approved July 22, 1870. ~-ss
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Approved July 22, 1870.
cHprER mLJ.

CLIPPER CXLI.
 An in addition to and in alteration of an
 act entitled ssAn act concerning the Do-
 mestic Relations" sag- g5. .s{,
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened: a & a-s ssi5 lg lsaa'
 Sec. l. No decree of divorce shall be granted during the first term of the court after the bringing of the petition therefor, unless the court shall find that the respond ent had actually received notice that the petition is pending; and if it shall not af5- pear that the respondent has had such no- tice the court may order notice to be given
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Approved July %, 1870.
] CHAPTER oxxx'

sa CHAPTER CXXXv. f An Act concerning the Bank Commissioners. Belt enacted by the Senate and House |of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
 Sec. I. That the first section of an act entitled ssAn act concerning the Bank
 Commissioners" approved June 30, 1866, be amended as follows:-and said bank
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March, 1869, to Me 1st of April, 1870, for the cu rent expenses Of Goueynmet ds per accounts uae-

March, 1869, to the 1st of April 1870, for the co-
 rent expenses of GoUey71fnent ds per accounts 1 der the tolloacing beads, giz: .f .fse k 1. Debentrre 6 Contingent Ex- ] penses ofthe General Assem- ply aaisrga Ili4F.1a3T sl s71025 70 sih3zr , g. Account of Salaries 47,020 co 3. Contingent Expenses includ- r" Al-3fz"' --
 ing Grants -aa. .4.., 156.56O Al a A. Judicial Expenses including Grants .&s 212,378 25 5. Expense of supporting the s. State Paupers 965 25
 ucation. ~ ~ s,os7 71 2. Salary of the Directors of the State Prison 600 % -.s -,}-
 and fnstitutions 6s,o65 % 9. Expense of Soldiers Chil-
 dren 157,576 69 10.Advances to the Quarter s5 .4.sl. termaster General 13,0O0 co Il. Advances to the Paymaster S~s
 General T-..ssa' -.sII 7s.OOo % 12. Advances to the Adjutant General 6,9OO % est 19. Printing Stationery. &c. for
 the General Assembly 6,167 50 Interest allowed for the prepay
 ment of the State Tax, 5,215 9s Interest allowed on State Bonds460, ,236 % . Bonds purchased 349,5O0 % Accrued interest on Bonds 4,977 99
 ..-.-.t.. --817, ,032 97 Balance to new account,
 April1, 1870 .-sst..
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CHAPTER CxXxYIII.

CHAPTER CXXXYIII. An act in addition to an act concerning
 Communities and Corporations.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly con- vened.
 That the act concerning Communities and Corporations be amended as follows viz: In Section 195 Title. VII, Chapter IT, of the Revision of Statutes of 1866, in the eleventh line, after the words ''town clerks s office" and shall also publish in newspa- per printed in the town, if any, or m the county"
 Approved July 9, l870
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT ITO THE CONSTITUTION,
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ' f. 7 May Session, A. D. 1879. $

EOa | May Session, A. D. 1879. F
 That the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State, which, when approved and adopted in the manner provided by the Constitu- tion, shall to all intents and purposes, be- come part thereof, viz: From and after the first Wednesday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, the Senate of this State shall consist of not less than twenty-five,
 nor more than thirty-one members, and be chosen by districts The General Assem- bly,, which shall be holden on the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1871, shall di-
 vide the State into districts for the choice of Senators, which districts shall not be
 less than twenty-five nor more than thirty one in number. and shall always be com posed of contiguous territory, and in form ing them, no town shall be divided-re- gard being had to the population in said appointment and in forming said dis tricts in such manner that there shall be a proper equality between said districts in re-
 spect to the number of inhabitants there in. The districts, when established, shall continue the same until the session of the General Assembly next after the comple- 1 tAOu Ol Gu0 ucAO CcuSuS OI LQ0 OQ1G6U States; which sad General Assembly shall have have power to alien the same, if found necessary, according to. the principles above recited; after which said districts shall not be altered nor the number of Senators altered, except at any session of the General Assembly next after the com pletion of census of the United States, and then only according to the principles I above described. @a4- a Resolued, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution be contin- ued to the next session of the General As sembly, and be published with the laws passed at the present session. sasa
 Passed July 13. 1870. ass e
 laei B. A. HoUGH, Assistant Clerk.
 ABSTRACT OF THE CONTROLLERS RE- IGs3 PORT.
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss. OFFICE or SECRETARY OF STATE, ! lest July 2Sth, 197O.1 l The following extracts from the report of the Comptroller of Publica Accounts exhibited to the General Assembly at their late session, comprise such parts of said report are by law required to be published in the several newspapers in the Stase by the Secretary of State. sas THOMAS M. WALLER, Secretary of State. For Payments from ase Treasury from Me sast of
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in such manner as it may deem reasonable, and order continuance of the petition un' til the order has been complied with. aFa
 Approved July 22, 1870.
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by caSl OI
 R. D. Hubbard, States At
 torney, Hartford Count :, c. E. Sedgwick, States At
 torney,L Litchfield County Dwight Marcy, States At
 tornvy Holland County Wm. m.Hamersley States At
 torney, Hartford County W. T. Elmer, States Attor-
 ney, Middlesex County Danl. Chadwick, States Att
 torney, New London Go. E. l.. Cundall, States Att
 torney, Windham County B. K. Foster, States Attor-
 ney, New Haven County Dwight Marcy, State's At
 torney, Holland County
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CHAPTER CXXXIX.

CHAPTER CxxXIx. An act in addition to ''an act concerning lands"l
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly con. vened:
 Any subject of France, whether resi- dent of the United States or not, may pur- chase, hold, or transmit real or persona estate in this State. in as full and ample g manner as citizen of the United States and the heirs of such French subject wheth CT lineal or collateral, may take and hold real or personal estate in this State by in heritance, whether residing in the United States. or elswhere, so long as the govern. ment of France shall accord the same rights to citizens of tho United States. Approved July p, 1870.
 An act amending an act entitled sAn act relating to Salaries and Fees" Be it enacted by the Senate and House oI Representatives in General Assembly con- vened: E Sec. 1. The fees of State attorneys fol the trial of each civil cause before the su. perior court, in behalf of the state, shall be fifteen dollars; for each trial in capital cause, twenty-five dollars; for each trial in which the punishment may be imprison. ment in states prison, fifteen dollars; fol each trial in other criminal causes. ten dol lars; for s0Re pr0segwi entered on a re turn of Grand Jury, ''not true bill, ten dollars. Sec. 2. In no case shall the attorney fee, taxed against the accused on convic. tion, exceed five dollars.
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. r Approved JnlY % 1870 II .
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MORRIS.

sELEcTNsEN's REPORT FOR OCT. 3, 1874.
 Since the last annual Town Meeting. which was held Oct. 4th, 1869. the Select men have drawn orders on the Town
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$2,185,958 %
1870. April 1,Oivil List Order No. 719 for SIP 50 and Regis tered Order No. 169 for $10O, outstanding

By Payments into the Treasury from the s1st of Mdreb, 1869, to the 31st of April, 4. D. 1870.
 FROM FORFEITED BONDS, ETC.
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$2,185,956 76

$z,1o0,J0b 70 1870. April 1st. By balance from acct. $54s,4 ,493 91
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Leaving as the resources Of the ""hs
 town at this time, s- $S, $40 30
 Which balances the account to a frac- tion. and leaves the same to be carried to q o the new account as the available means on hand to be used when called for. .s2s'e
 All of which is submitted. orr He.igshe n- T GARRY H. MINOR, Treasurer. 1
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$548,493 91
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ABSTRACT OF THE CONTROLLERS RE- 4s1 PORT.

For Payments iron. ase 1reasury from tse sist cf
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