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1842
On January 20, Aaron Dodson and Margaret M. Biggers were mar- ried by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace. On February 10, Aaron Rue and Catherine S. Howell were married by T. Baldwin, M. G. On March 3, Andrew Gillham and Margaret Darlington were married by W. Jerome, M. G. On March 2, Uriah D. Howell and Alice Nevius were married by L. Lyons, M. G. On June 20, Robert Gardner and Julia Carroll were married by E. Rodgers, M. G. On October 27, Henry Utt and Matilda Dougherty were married by L. Anderson, M. G. On October 27, David Dunsdon and Julia B. Hackney were married by J. Harriott, a justice of the peace. On December 22, Hugh N. Cross and Antoinette Van Horne were married by L. Lyons, M. G.
1843
On February 2, Thomas B. Ruyle and Mary Pruitt were married by D. Myers, M. G. On February 22, Eleazer Smith and Susan Har- riott were married by John Brown, M. G. On June 10, Robert W. Eng- lish and Rebecca Grimes were married by John Brown, M. G. On September 28, Charles H. Smith and Elizabeth A. White were married
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by Thomas MeDow, a justice of the peace. On October 3, Joseph C. Beeman and Elmina Maria Bray were married by Thomas McDow, a justice of the peace. On October 17, William M. Deeds and Elizabeth Walden were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace. On October 25, John L. White and Martha L. Sansom were married by S. Allen, M. G. On October 25, Charles H. Bowman and Mary Hooper were married by J. Crabbe, a justice of the peace. On November 2, Nathaniel Smith and Emily Darr were married by L. Lyons, M. G. On December 25, John Maltimore and Lydia Court were married.
1844
On January 3, Archibald Craig and Catherine Hankinson were married by J. Harriott, a justice of the peace. On February 22, Thomas A. Eaton and Louisa M. Dougherty were married by W. Jerome, M. G. On April 23, William Rhoades and Elizabeth Swan were married by Thomas MeDow, a justice of the peace. On March 20, William Kirby and Experience Perrings were married by L. Lyons, M. G. On May 16. Joseph B. Schroeder and Priscilla Paterson were married by C. D. James, M. G. On June 19, Reuben Noble and Harriet Cordelia Doug- las were married by W. Jerome, M. G. On July 3, Dr. James B. Veitch and Marilda MeDow were married by E. J. Palmer, M. G. On August S. Robert Darlington and Harriet Colean were married by Joel Terry, M. G. On March 21, Charles N. Adams and Nancy Bell were married by C. D. James, M. G. On August 20. Ephraim Fredinburg and Mary Lofton were married by C. H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace. On June 22, Benjamin F. Slaten and Mariah Askew were married by M. Lemon, M. G. On October 15, Benjamin S. Griggs and Mary Slaten were married by C. H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace. On October 27. William L. Jerome and Elvina Gillham were married by W. Jerome, M. G. On October 29, Adam Slendennin and Elizabeth J. McReynolds were married by H. Barr, M. G. On December 25, Benjamin B. Ham- ilton and Mary Ann Chandler were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace.
1846
On February 25, Minor S. Gowins and Nancy Beeman were married by B. Stafford, M. G. On March 14, Charles C. Rhodes and Emeline Darr were married by Jacob Rhodes. M. G. On April 6, Andrew Span-
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gle and Susan Hughes were married by A. Lofton, a justice of the peace. On May 1, Jacob Reddish and Hannah Weeks were married by H. Webster, a justice of the peace. On May 20, Samuel J. M. Dough- erty and Elizabeth Cook were married by C. D. James, M. G. On June 25, Isaac Snedeker and Caroline Sunderland were married by E. J. Palmer, M. G. On October 15, James J. Haycraft and Matilda Rhodes were married by S. J. Haycraft. On October 22, Isaac R. Ely and Mary Christopher were married by E. J. Palmer, M. G. On November 24, Jonathan Plowman and Rachel Crull were married by J. Brown, M. G.
1847
On February 2, Mathew C. Stanley and Elizabeth Armstrong were married by G. C. Wood, M. G. On February 25, Eli Linley Hupp and Jane E. Turner were married by B. Stafford, a justice of the peace. On March 18, Joseph W. Brown and Harriet J. Downey were married by Asa Snell, a justice of the peace. On March 28, John Daniel and Mary Palmer were married by W. Roberts, M. G. On April 17, Wil- liam Evans and Louisiana Noble were married by C. H. Goodrich, a justice of the peace. On May 9, John H. Reddish and Mary Turner were married by H. Webster, a justice of the peace. On June 21, Henry O. Goodrich and Amelia J. Knapp were married by G. W. Wood, M. G. On July 4, John A. Wallace and Elizabeth Thompson were married by B. Stafford, a justice of the peace. On August 16, Benjamin Wed- ding and Tabitha Johnson were married by R. C. Baugh, a justice of the peace. On August 26, James W. Calhoun and Mrs. Lucinda Rob- bins were married by Asa Snell, a justice of the peace. On September 30, William P. Jarboe and Harriet M. Hansel were married by E. J. Palmer, M. G. On October 5, Joseph Lane and Hannah Ann Piggott were married by J. Anderson, M. G. On October 8, John H. Belt and Matilda Bramlett were married by W. Hill, M. G. On November 11, Nelson Colean and Sarah J. Waddle were married by Joel Terry, M. G.
1848
On January 6, Lebbeus L. Kirby and Sarah Post were married by W. F. Boyakin, M. G. On April 25, John G. Dougherty and Susan Millross were married by J. M. Terry, a justice of the peace. On May 28, William A. Scott and Elizabeth J. Lurton were married by J. Crabbe, a justice of the peace. On October 1, David Stafford and Elizabeth C.
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Gower were married by B. B. Hamilton, M. G. On December 19, W. Edsall and Mrs. Lydia Edsall were married by Minor S. Gowins, a justice of the peace.
1849 ١
On January 27, Enoch W. Wallace and Julia A. Bray were married by M. S. Gowins, a justice of the peace. On February 4, William S. Dougherty and Elizabeth Brown were married by J. M. Terry, a jus- tice of the peace. On March 8, Francis Colean and Mary J. Belt were married by A. Dickerson, M. G. On March 2, William Noble and Thirza Chappell were married by J. M. Terry, a justice of the peace. On April 15, William Buckles and Harriet Ripson were married by E. J. Palmer, M. G. On August 31, John Arthur Allen and Jane Elizabeth White were married by G. C. Wood, M. G. On September 2, William G. Thompson and Nancy A. Smith were married by William Williams, a justice of the peace. On October 25, George D. Morgan and Margaret Millross were married by B. B. Hamilton, M. G. On November 21, Joseph Marshaw and Sarah A. McDow were married by B. B. Ham- ilton, M. G. On December 20, George Kirby and Margaret Utt were married by J. Buckley, M. G.
1850
On February 26, Martin B. Miner and Laura L. Miner were married by G. C. Wood, M. G. On March 20, Dr. James Bringhurst and Mary Ryan were married by G. E. Warren, county judge. On March 20, Samuel C. Ellis and Mary Matilda Edsall were married by Nathaniel Hamilton, a justice of the peace. On April 14, Hiram Leonard and Amanda Powell were married by S. B. Knott, a justice of the peace. On April 18, William S. Hawley and Caroline Fisher were married by J. Buckley, M. G.
CHAPTER XII
GREENE COUNTY
ESTABLISHMENT-FIRST CIRCUIT COURT-LOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT -- MILITARY DISTRICTS- ELECTION: DISTRICTS-EARLY CRIMINALS-EARLY OFFICIALS-ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS-ANOTHER EARLY CRIME-OTHER EARLY EVENTS-WILD SPECULATION.
ESTABLISHMENT
In 1821, with the establishment of Greene County, it ceased to be a part of Madison County, a relation it had held since the latter was formed by Governor Edwards in 1818. The part of Greene County that now constitutes Jersey County, continued to be included in Greene until August 5, 1839. The Enabling Act passed by the Legislature Febru- ary 28, 1839, provided that on August 5 following at an election held for that purpose, a proposition should be submitted to the voters of the latter county, for and against the separation of Jersey County from Greene County, for their determination. At that election, there were 1,239 votes for and 714 against the proposition, a majority of 525 out of a total of 1,953 votes. From 1821 until 1839, however, the history of Jersey County is naturally included in that of Greene, and is so given.
FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
The first term of the Circuit Court of Greene County was held at · Carrollton, April 26, 1821, with John Reynolds, judge; Thomas Carlin, sheriff; Samuel Lee, Jr., clerk; Jacob Waggoner, coroner; Gen. Jacob Fry, foreman of the grand jury. On May 1 of that year, the first meet- ing of the county commissioners was held, with John Allen, John Brown and Seymour Kellogg, commissioners; Samuel Lee, clerk.
LOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT
Thomas Carlin, John Allen, Thomas Rattan and John Huitt, who filed their report under date of February 20. 1821, locating the county
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seat at Carrollton, upon land donated by Thomas Carlin, presented it at this session. John Wilkins was licensed at this session, to keep a tavern at Piasa Creek, south of Delhi. He was known chiefly as the father-in-law of Perley Silloway, who was later elected the second sher- iff of Jersey County, holding the office for two terms.
MILITARY DISTRICTS
On June 4, 1821, that part of Greene County south of Macoupin Creek, was divided into two military districts, on the line between townships seven and eight, north. All that territory south of that line constituted the first district, and the part between that line and Ma- coupin Creek, the second district. Elections were ordered in each of these districts for one captain, one lieutenant and one ensign. In the first district the election was to be held at the house of Thomas G. Lof- ton, with John D. Gillliam, John Waddel and Samuel Kincaid, judges. In the second district, the polling place was the house of John Thorn- ton, with Gershom Patterson, William Adair, and Nathaniel Rowden as judges. At this session Ira Kelley, Samuel Kincaid and Jehu Brown were recommended to Governor Bond for appointment as justices of the peace.
ELECTION DISTRICTS
Two election districts were organized of the same form and terri- tory as the above described military districts, the south one to be called Otter Creek, and the other one, Macoupin. In the latter Abiram Mc- Kinney and Joseph Piggott were appointed overseers of the poor, and in Otter Creek, John Findley and Jolin Wilkins were appointed to the same office. Jurors for the next term of the Circuit court south of Ma- coupin were: Ezekial Gillham, William Davidson, Gershom Patterson, John D. Gillham, James Whitesides and Philip Grimes. Gershom Flagg of Madison County was allowed six dollars for surveying the town of Carrollton.
EARLY CRIMINALS
A robbery of a man named Dixon, who lived upon land adjoining John G. Lofton, of $1,200.00, occurred in 1821, and William B. White- sides, sheriff of Madison County, and Maj. Robert Sinclair were in- dicted as the criminals. Sinclair was convicted, but escaped before sentence, and Whitesides forfeited his bail, but was later brought into
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court by his bondsmen, and the case against him was finally nolle prossed, and both defendants escaped punishment, although the crime created intense excitement in the community, and interest in it was shown for years to come. At the trial of Sinclair at Carrollton, William Dixon, John G. Lofton, Thomas G. Lofton, William Davison, Ezekiel Gillham, Jolın Findley, William Pinkard, Henry Hopkinson, Charles Gear and Joab White were witnesses for the people. The circuit judges were, during the spring term of 1822, Joseph Phillips; October term of that year and spring term of 1823, Thomas Reynolds; September term, 1823, to May term, 1825, John Reynolds; followed by John Sawyer to April term, 1827; and from then until Jersey County was organized, Samuel D. Lockwood.
EARLY OFFICIALS
In the spring term of 1822, Edward Carroll, Joseph White, Robert Avery, Joseph Piggott, Thomas Orcutt and Charles Gregory were county commissioners. In 1824, John Brown, Abraham Bowman and Charles Gregory were the commissioners; in 1826, Joseph Piggott, Jeremiah Smith and Jehu Brown were commissioners; in 1828, John Barnett, Alexander King and Charles Gregory were commissioners; in 1830, Cy- rus Tolman, Thomas Cummings and Cavil Archer were commissioners ; from 1834 to 1838, Thomas McDow, Cavil Archer and Cyrus Tolman were the commissioners. In 1823 the overseers of the poor for Otter Creek were John D. Gillham and Joab White; and for Macoupin, they were Joseph White and Benjamin Brown. In 1825, Josiah T. Askew was one of the overseers of the poor for Otter Creek, and Major Dodson and Alexander Smith held the same office for Macoupin. In 1826, Otter Creek had for judges of election, John G. Lofton, John McDow and Thomas Cummings, and the election was held at the house of John G. Lofton. In Macoupin, the judges for that year were Samuel Gates, Nathaniel Rowden and Alexander Smith, and the election was held at the house of Francis Colean.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS
In 1827, Richwoods district was made from the west part of Otter . Creek district and the Macoupin district. For that year the judges were, for Otter Creek, John McDow, John G. Lofton and Walter Cresswell, and the election was held at the house of Samuel A. Lofton. In the
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Richwoods district, the judges were Gershom Patterson, Daniel Cox and Darius Carrico, and the election was held at the house of Abraham Borer. In the Macoupin district, the judges were C. J. Gardiner, John Green and Alexander Smith, and the election was held at the house of Lewis Means. In 1831, the judges of Otter Creek were Jasper Terry, John D. Gillham and John McDow; of Richwoods, they were Gershom Patterson, Matthew Darr and Francis Colean; in the new Piasa district, they were John Wilkins, William Draper, and James Simmons, and the election was held at the home of John Wilkins.
ANOTHER EARLY CRIME
In September, 1831, a son of John Lofton was foully murdered by a man named James Sullivan, who secured $15.00, and fled the country. He was indicted for the murder, arrested in New Orleans, La., and re- turned to Carrollton. Here he was tried, convicted and executed, this being the first legal execution in Greene County. The criminal gave as his true name Patrick Cavanaugh.
OTHER EARLY EVENTS
In 1833 merchants' licenses were issued to Woodbury Massey, George Finney, Gregg McDaniel, George Smith and Hugh McGill. James Mason paid a license to keep a ferry at Grafton, and Thomas Barnett to erect a mill on Otter Creek.
WILD SPECULATION
The years of 1836 and 1837 were ones of wild speculation, and all sorts of "get rich quick" schemes that ran like wild prairie fires throughout the state, were about as disastrous as the fires themselves in their results. Prospective towns were laid out, some of them being Randolph, Upper Grafton, Camden, Hartford, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Teneriffe, Salsbury, Delaware, Grafton and Jerseyville, the latter being saved by being named for the county seat in the Enabling Act for the organization of Jersey County. The others, with the exception of Grafton, have long ago been vacated. Prudent people who kept out of speculation and debt survived, but many others were swept away in the financial disaster of wreck and ruin.
CHAPTER XIII
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION-PRELIMINARY LEGISLATION-A PROMINENT CITIZEN-FIRST OFFICIALS-EARLY COUNTY BUSINESS-JUDGES OF ELECTION- FIRST NAT- URALIZATION PAPERS-FIRST COURTHOUSE-ELECTION, OF 1840-NEW PRECINCT-FURTHER COUNTY BUSINESS-COUNTY COURT-NEW POOR- HOUSE-ISSUANCE OF RAILROAD BONDS-REPAIRS TO COURTHOUSE- BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS -. LAST FEW MEETINGS-COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -MEMBERS OF COUNTY BOARD-SHERIFFS-CIRCUIT CLERKS- COUNTY CLERKS-COUNTY SURVEYORS -- COUNTY ASSESSORS AND TREASURERS- CORONERS -- COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER.
ORGANIZATION
Jersey County was organized August 5, 1839, in accordance with the Enabling Act passed by the Legislature on February 28, 1839, pro- viding for the submission to the people of Greene County a proposition for and against the separation of a portion of it from Greene County. At the election the vote stood 1,239 in favor to 714 against separation, giving a majority of 525 out of the 1,953 votes cast, in favor of the measure. Thus Jersey County was established, and it then contained the same territory as at present. Jerseyville was selected as the capital of the new county.
PRELIMINARY LEGISLATION
Pursuant to a demand for separation, John N. English circulated and secured signatures to the petition for the establishment of Jersey County, and carried it to the Legislature at Vandalia, which was then the state capital, making the trip on horseback. At that time Thomas Carlin of Greene County was governor of the state, and E. M. Daley of the same county, was a member of the lower house. After the estab- lishment of the new county, the live and enterprising residents interested
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themselves in Jerseyville, and took advantage of their favorable situa- tion to draw capital and business to that place. Roads were opened to Alton, Carrollton and all parts of the county, so as to concentrate the interest of the people at that point, and there has been a steady and substantial growth of Jerseyville from that time to the present.
A PROMINENT CITIZEN
Jolın N. English, who presented the petition for separation of Jersey County from Greene County, to the Legislature, continued to be promi- nent in the history of Jersey County. At the first election for county officers in Jersey County, he was elected sheriff, and re-elected in 1840 by a majority of one vote. Since then he was elected to the office of State Representative for several terms, from. the district in which this county is situated.
FIRST OFFICIALS
On October 14, 1839, the first board of county commissioners met at Jerseyville. They were Thomas Cummings, Solomon Calhoun and Amos Pruitt. The other officials were: Richard Graham, clerk; George H. Jackson, circuit clerk; Joseph Crabbem, school commissioner; John N. English, sheriff; Nelson R. Lurton, coroner, and John R. Black, treasurer.
EARLY COUNTY BUSINESS
At the first meeting of the county board of commissioners, E. M. Daley was authorized to purchase the necessary books for the county officers, and Solomon Calhoun and R. L. Hill to erect a building to be used for the county clerk's office, on the public square.
At the regular meeting, held December 2, of that year, Thomas Cum- mings drew one year, Solomon Calhoun two years, and Amos Pruitt, three years, as their respective terms as county commissioners.
Peyton C. Walker erected a building to be used by the county clerk as his office for $220.00, to be paid in installments of $20.00 each. The "Backwoodsman" was allowed $5.50 for printing blanks. Thomas Cummings and Chilton Smith, the committee on the Internal Improve- ment Fund, reported that they had conferred with the commissioners of Greene County, and secured $6,000.00, and an agreement to make
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a final adjustment under and after the census of 1840. Thomas Vance was appointed agent to loan the internal improvement fund.
JUDGES OF ELECTION
The following judges of election in the seven precincts of the county, were appointed as follows: Phil's Creek, David Myers, Josiah Jackson and Elijah Barnes ; Jerseyville, John Anderson, Robert B. Robins, and George H. Collins; Richwoods, Thomas Vance, Stephen M. Richey and Reuben S. Spencer ; Delhi, William Draper, William Hackney and James Cummings; Mississippi, John D. Gilham, David A. Thompson, and Chauncey Brown; Otter Creek, Thomas M. Hamilton, James Dougherty and Coe Edsall ; Illinois, David Utt, Thomas Johnson and Samuel Haye. The fees for grand and petit jurors were fixed at seventy-five cents per day.
FIRST NATURALIZATION PAPERS
On December 5, 1839, Dr. James C. Perry, a native of England, filed his oath of allegiance, and was given his naturalization papers, the first issued by Jersey County.
FIRST COURTHOUSE
At a called meeting of the county commissioners, held January 13, 1840, Elijah Van Horne, Solomon Calhoun and Thomas L. McGill, were appointed as a building committee to superintend the erection of the courthouse. They submitted a plan for this courthouse to be erected by the people of Jersey County, and it was approved by the board of commissioners. At the March term of the county commissioners' court in 1841, the building committee reported that contracts had been let for the erection of a courthouse and jail, and that the expense of erection of the two would be $2,170.00. At the June term of the county commis- sioners' court in 1845, T. L. McGill was appointed agent to collect sub- scriptions from the citizens for the erection of the courthouse and jail.
ELECTION OF 1840
At the August election of 1840, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman, were elected county commissioners ; John N. English, sheriff; George W. Lowder, collector, and Aaron Rue, coroner.
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NEW PRECINCT
At the June meeting of the county commissioners' court in 1841, Grafton was made an election precinct, with John Keyes, Paris Mason and William Williams, judges. On August 14, George H. Pigues filed his bond as school commissioner. On the eighth of the following Sep- tember, he resigned, and James Harriott was appointed to fill the va- caney. Solomon Calhoun was elected as assessor, and George W. Lowder, as collector.
FURTHER COUNTY BUSINESS
On September 7, 1840, the county commissioners met, there being present Amos Pruitt, Chauncey Brown and Cyrus Tolman. During the September term, 1842, the commissioners were Chauncey Brown, Cyrus Tolman and William Palmer. During that term the most important act was the passage of a tax levy of thirty cents on every $100.00, for county purposes. At the September term of 1843, the commissioners were Cyrus Tolman, William Palmer and Thomas Carroll, the last succeeding Chauncey Brown, whose term had expired.
At the September term of 1844, the commissioners were William Palmer, Thomas Carroll and Maurice Armstrong, while those of 1845 were Thomas Carroll, Maurice Armstrong and Ambrose S. Wyckoff.
At a special term, called October 13, 1845, Samuel R. Perry was allowed $900.00 in payment for a farm of 166 acres of land for the establishment of a poorhouse thereon, and at the December term of that year, a poorhouse was established in the residence of said farm, which was several miles northeast of Jerseyville.
At the meeting held September 7, 1846, the commissioners present were Maurice Armstrong, Ambrose S. Wyckoff and Benjamin Cleaver. On September 6, 1847, the commissioners present were Ambrose S. Wickoff, Benjamin Cleaver and James McKinney. On September 1, 1848, Commissioners Ambrose S. Wickoff, James McKinney and James A. Piggott were present. This board held over until December, 1849, under the provision of the Constitution of 1848, when they were suc- ceeded by the county court.
COUNTY COURT
The first meeting of the county court of Jersey County was held December 3, 1849, with the following present : George E. Warren,
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judge, and James McKinney and Jacob Lurton, associate justices. At the January term, 1850, Ira Moore was appointed superintendent of the county poor farm, at a salary of $235.00 per annum. Order was made for the payment of six percent interest upon warrants not paid for want of funds in the hands of the treasurer, for the purpose of sus- taining the financial credit of the county.
In December, 1852, Jasper M. Terry became associate justice to suc- ceed Jacob Lurton. At this term of the county court, it was ordered that the question for and against subscribing $5,000.00 towards the building of the Jacksonville and Carrollton Railroad be submitted to the voters of the county, at an election to be held March 26, 1853, the results of which were that a majority voted for the proposition. Judge George E. Warren was authorized to make the subscription to the capital stock of said railroad company and issue the bonds of the county in pay- ment thereof. At the election in 1853, George E. Warren was elected judge, and Jasper M. Terry and Charles H. Bowman, associates, and they duly qualified.
NEW POORHOUSE
The capacity of the poorhouse having become insufficient for the needs of the county's poor, at the September term, in 1854, the county court purchased from James C. Graham, his residence and twenty acres of land, a short distance east of Jerseyville, on the Carlinville road, to be used for a poorhouse, paying him $2,000.00 for the property.
ISSUANCE OF RAILROAD BONDS
J. Murray Bacon was elected associate judge in 1856, to succeed Charles H. Bowman. On September 10, 1857, in compliance with the request of the Jacksonville, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company, as voted at the election of March 23, 1853, the bonds were duly issued of that date, in amounts of $500.00 each, with six percent interest pay- able annually, and delivered to said railroad company.
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