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s 2. The Stay Law. The bill to suspend sales and legal proceedings in certain cases, and to amend the ordinance of the Convention, generally known as the Stay Law, was taken up on its second reading, and various amendments were agreed to. The question being on its engrossment. On motion of Mr. Douglas, the bill and amendments were re-committed to the Committee on Courts of Justice. The Holidays. The joint resolution for an adjournment from the 21st of December to the 2d of January, was returned from the House of Delegates with an amendment, substituting the 1st Monday in January, which the Senate refused to concur in. The Senate adjourned. House of Delegates. The House met at 12 M. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Peterkin, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Speaker (Mr. Kemper) in the Chair. On motion of Mr. George, the concurrent resolution reported from the Senate, providing for a recess of the General Assembly, was amended by striking out the seco