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ich was agreed to, inquiring into the expediency of placing -- dollars at the disposal of the Governor for the purchase of an adequate supply of salt. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Richardson, was adopted — ayes 39, noes 28: Resolved, That a special committee be appointed, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the expediency of regulating, by law, the prices of all articles of prime necessity, whether in the hands of the farmer, manufacturer, merchant, or trader. Mr. Fleming offered a resolution, that the committee to investigate the conduct of the proprietors of the Washington and Smythe Salt Works ascertain whether, in the salt sold by them, the same number of pounds of wet salt is estimated for a bushel as that in a dry and merchantable condition. Adopted. Mr. Hopkins, of Petersburg, offered a preamble and resolution to the effect that the legislation of the present session be confined to the subject of salt. After a protracted debate, the resolution