The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-02-01

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counsy. 70 iaks csarEs @ ~ eoeuol N own
Assembly BIN No. 10 % be sntikled an acs 10
amend Section - uAapsef 1ge9 Lava Of Flos-
ida; 10 the Judiciary C0mnsilina.
Assembly memorial No 1G: 70 the C0ngresr
of the United States asking % sppEupFizfion fbe
the impsovsnent q the nssiGaais. q LAgraagc
Bayou, in Walton coankE, e she 6Gnle of Flor
ida, was read The Arss iiase ~ ruses waived ans
read the second and third tima ard pmased
Assembly memorial No 10 70 ConGFem ask-
ing an appropriation fog clearing ct and max
jng more navigzbls the CAoctAw hafehie river In
the State Of Florida. was md The Grss time, the
rules waived and read . secosd and third Time
and passed. .
The following communicates was received
from the Commissioner Of Lands and Immigra-
COMMISSIONER LAHDs AND IHMzaRATIom,
TALLAHASSEE, January 81, 1881.
HON. L. w. BETHEz,
Hnesi5saf ef tie ssnats:
SR-In compliance with sks resolution Of the
Senate requesting The Commissioner Of Lands
and Immigration 20 faruish skht body with list
of the railroad and canal cofnpanies to whom
lands were granted by the Lagislatures Of 1877
and 1873, which have furnished satisfactory
proof OF having commenced work within the
time limited by their charters, and otherwise
complied with the requirements Of the law,
have the honor TO state:
That the St Johns and Lake Eustis Railway
Company has furnished satisfactory proof to the
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund OF
the completion Of its railway from the 81. Johns
river to Lake Eustis
On the 4th day of March, 1850. the Gainesville,
Ocala and Charlotte Harb0r Railroad Company
6led a plat of its proposed line Of road and
branches FFa unf4a 4fna af4 mwfR of
T. Gruelle Chief Engineer Of said company.
On the fourth day of March, 1880, the Silver
Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad Company fled
a diagram showing the proposed route from
Silver Springs to the Blue Spring:
Commissioner Of Lands ard Immigration.
Assembly joint resolution no "a. relative to
railroad charters, was read tht first time by its
title and. on motion, the Senate resolution on
the same subject, introduced by Mr Delane on
Tuesday. was read, amended and adopted o .
substitute.
Mr. McKinnon obtained leave and introduced
Senate bill No 80: 10 be entitled an act for the
relief OF the estates Of B. G. Lewis r. B. Bro
kaw, John McDougall and William Bailey; re-
ferred 10 the Committee on Claims
Substitute for Senate bill No IS; bin to be
entitled an act to amend SectiAn Of an oct for
the protection of Ports, Harbors, Bays and
Rivers OF this State, and to repeal Chapter 1900
of the Laws of Florida, was read the third time
and postponed for the present
The following was read the third time and
passed:
Senate bill No. So: bin to be eafitled an act
relating to the intermarriage of white persons
with persons of color.
Senate bill No 60: to be entitled m set toa amend
the Sd, 29th, 35th, 36th. 5sth and eSth sections
OF an act relating to proceedings before Justices
of the Peace and judgments Of Justices Courts,
approved February %, 1875.
Senate bill No. 81 to be entitled an act for the
relief of W. j. Mcdonald, of Holmes county
Mr. Judge obtained leave and offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Res0lced, That the Committee on Finance and
Taxation be instructed to consider the pFopriety
of requiring license tax Of not less than fflY
dollars from dealers in pistolsr bowie knives or
irk-knives, whether their principal stock or not
and to report by bill or Otherwise; referred to
the Committee on Finance and Taxation.
The President signed the following acts
An act to give concurrent Jurisdiction TO the
Courts of Walton and WashinEten eounfies over
the waters of the Choctowhatchie hay; also.
Joint resolutions relative to Tie opening Of the
Suwannee river.
The Senate went into Executive session AZ
1l:55. The doors were opened at 1916.
Adjourned
coNFIRMATTosss.
james NJ. Baker, Judge Fourth Judicial Cir
cult
Geo. A Patton Collector of Revenne for
franklin county.
Joseph A Atkins, Clerk eircui. Court for
Franklin county.
John Fisher, Ed. ]. Raney, Patrick Medley,
Commissioners OF Pilotsge Frsmklin county
VIM. A Giles, County Judge WakuIla county.
county ~
J. B. Christie, County Judge. Jefferson county.
T. B. Simpkins, Sheriff, JeHsrson county.
AssembBy.a
The roll was ealled-quorura present
Dir. Plummer introduced hemoriaI TO Con-
gress. asking an appropriation for clearing out
the port of Key West; placed among the orders
of the day.
Mr.. Carr introduced the foIlOwins resolution:
WHEREAS, The Congress Of the United States
granted to the State of FloridA certain lands for
seminary purposes: and sshsrAns there seems TO
parents can receive the benefits Of the same;
therefore be it
RssOsred, That the Committee On Educasisn Is
hereby authorized and instructed to INQUIRE into
the condition OF the said fund and report 10 thia
house what legislation, if any, i necessary 70 en-
able all the children of the Stale to reap the ben
efits of said seminary fund. :
The following bills were introduced and re-
ferred:
By Mr.. Enthusiastically bin No. 10: to be
entitled an act TO regulete EEeceedings before
Justices the Peace In cases Of pe4ce warrants;
to Judiciary COMMITTEES.
BY Mr.. Enthusiastically bill Ne. III: TO
be entitled an act to compel children to attend
public schools; to COMMITTEES Dn Education
By Mr. Msrqni-Assembly BIN No. 119: TO
be entitled an act Cor The prepention Of SANDER;
to Judiciary Committee.
The Committee on Claims resnrned Assembly
bill No 62 TO be entitled an oct fog the reiief Of
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