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roes now acting as servants to officers — He explained that if the Senate's amendment was adopted, free negroes would hire themselves out in great numbers to officers, in order to escape enrollment. His amendment only exempted those now in service. The House rejected Mr. Baskerville's amendment, and adopted the Senate's amendment, by a vote of — ayes 58, noes 23. Mr. Anderson, of Botetourt, from the Committee on Military Affair, reported the following bills. A bill to relieve Joel A, Ashbury and others, officers and crew of the York Spit Light House. A bill "to authorize the Governor to organizes and call out the military force of cities and towns for their defence" The bill provides that the Governor shall be authorized to call out the male inhabitants of Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, and Lynchburg, for the defence of those cities, whenever he shall think necessary, and also for drill. The bill follows the Governor's recommendations