RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY
Addressed to appropriate committee, were offered, read and severally adopted, to-wit:
By Mr. DONALDSON,as to the propriety of authorizing county clerks to issue, without cost, letters of administration to orphans of soldiers.
By Mr. WOLFE, to inquire under what law the exemption of persons from military duty on account of conscientious scruples was confined to but a portion of the religious sects of the State, and an assessment levied only on 40 per cent, of such persons.
Mr. HARNEY offered a resolution, which was adopted, appointing a committee of seven to visit the State Arsenal, and report the result of their investigation to the people of the State, if expedient.
Mr. JONES offered a resolution, which was rejected, instructing the Committee on Education to report on the propriety of assessing a school tax on colored persons for their exclusive benefit.
