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The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
for the restoration of the writ of habeas corpus, &c. The resolution, under the rule, was laid over for one day. In the course of the day the Senate took two recesses; appointed G. A. Jordon (former Sergeant-at-Arms) Second Doorkeeper, and adjourned over till Friday, to observe the day of thanksgiving, ordered by President Johnson. In the House, on Wednesday, the bill from the Senate amending the third article of the Constitution was taken up for consideration, and Mr. Graves, of Madison, offered a substitute for it, which, after some discussion, was, together with the bill itself, referred to the Committee of Courts of Justice. The House was then deluged, as is the custom in the first days of the sessions of our Virginia Assembly, with resolutions. Under the practice of the Legislature, these resolutions always inquire into the expediency of measures proposed, and are referred to the proper committees. Among them were the following: For an enabling act to legalize t