The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-03-06

Mr.. Mann offered the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Assembly bill No. 19l was reported
fayorably by the Committee on Finance and
Taxation, and stood upon its third reading In the
Senate; and sehersGs The immediate passage Of the
bill Is OF the greatest moment and importance to
the entire people of the State, involving
as it does, The very life and existence Of munci-
pal corporations IN this State; Gnd phersas, The
bill was, by mista-e, improperly re-commiited to
the Judiciary Committee; therefore be il Resolved,
That the Judiciary Committee be requested to
repor, thebili Ut the earliest practicable moment
which was adopted
Mr.. Mann offered the following resolution
WHEREAS, The Legislatures Of 1877, 1879 and
1881 passed sundry acts of Incorporation creating
raiirnad companies aud did grant to such oompa-
MES in such act large subsidies Of the public lands
Oh the Stale, ,whic hsaid grants were made subject
to the rights Of all creditors of the Internal In
provement Fund, and the Indebtedness existing
against ihe same at the time of such grants; and
,otereas Since the passage of such acts the Trus-
tees OF said fund have disencumbered the lands
OF the same by the sale of four million acres
thereof, at twenty-five cents per acre, from the
claims OF creditors, without receiving from any
OF the said railroad companies contributions in
money or otherwise 10 assist In such diSencum-
bernent. as in right and justice should have
been rendered, as was contemplated by the spirit
of The acts granting the said subsidies; Now there
fore, be it Resolred By The Senate and Assesnbsv,
That the Trustees of the Internal improvement
Fund be requested. in settling with any of the sew
erai railroad companies claiming subsidies in land
under their several acts of Incorporation or acts
in aid thereof, to withhold from each such pro-
portion of the lands they may claim as the same
shall relatively bear, at twenty-five cents per
acre. TO the four million acres sold by them, the
said Trustees. to pay the Indebtedness of the
fund referred 10 Committee on Railroads
BY leave Mr. Lesley infrndnrod Sonstn hill
No, 26l: To be entitled an act to declare An
cloe river navgable; referred to Committee on
Commerce and Navigation.
The following Joint Resolution was read the
third time:
joint Resolution Recommending the Electors at
the next General Election 10 vote For or
Against Convention.
WHEREAS, The Legislature of 1881 did deter
mine by vote of majority of all the members
elected tO each OF the houses thereof that il is
necessary 10 cause revision of The entire Con
s,ituiion Of this State. did enter such determine
lion upon their respective journals with the yeas
and nays thereon, and did refer the same to the
next Legislature then next 10 be chosen; and
nhereas. The Legislature next chosen as afore-
SAID, ii being the Legislature of 1888 and now in
session, does agree to such revision by majority
"i All The members elected to each house thereof:
and tohsreas Section 2, of Article II, of the Con-
s'ituji"nmakes il the duty of the present Legisla-
ture, IN pursuance OF the aforesaid premises to
recommend To the electors of the next election
for members of the Legislature, to vote For or
Against Convention; therefore, RssOlred By the
io'7!e Of the State Of Foria represerated in Sen
ate and As@'ab(y That the electors of the next
election for members of the Legislature are here.
by recommended to vote For or Against a Con
vcntion. Rl0lred further, That the Secretary of
State is hereby directed 10 incorporate with the
notice OF the general election, to be held in 1884
n notice of the recommendation herein made
Q n he MI nf anp
pliance with said recommendation. Upon the
passage of the resolution, the vote was: Yeas
Messrs Chandler, Cone, CottreIl Duncan, Ian
drum, Mtnn, Mckinne, Pohill, Pope, Powers,
Sharpe, Sheppard, Speer and Swearingen,
Nays-Mcssrs. Baker Greeley Hatcher, Lesley
Proctor anil Roberts-6 The resolution not re-
ccvng majority Of the whole number of Sena-
tors elected was not passed. Mr.. Chandler moved
10 reconsider the vote just taken, and that mo-
ilon be lai'i on the table; which was not agreed
to. Mr. Chandler moved to indefinitely post
ponc the motion TO reconsider. M. Pope moved
tn postpone The consideration Of the vote on The
resolution until IL o'clock A. NJ tomorrow
agreed 10,
The following enrolled bills were signed by the
President and Secretary:
An act for The restoration Of certain persons TO
citizenship; also,
An act 10 incorporate the Alachua Steam Nav
igation and Canal Company also,
Az ac, To provide for the maintenance of or
gained volunteer fire companies in cities in this
State; also
An act to prohibit the sale or distribution of
intoxicating liquors on days Of election, and TO
provide punishment for the same also,
An act 10 incorporate an institution of learn
ing AT Starke, Bradford county, Fla, known as
Orange College.
The following bills were passed on third read.
ing:
tIa a1o nf& hx a,A
Mary NJ, his wife;
Senate bill No. 1874: To be entitled an act for
the relief of Henry Bernreuter
Senate bill No. 1906: To be entitled an aet for
the relief of the estate Of A. D. Mcdonald;
Assembly bill No. PIG: To be entitled an act
10 adopt child;
Assembly bill No. 92: To be entitled an act to
declare what notice shall be given TO non-resi-
dents and parties whose residence is unknown,
upon application to sell, by administrator, execu-
tor and guardian, real estate;
Assembly bill No. 232: To be entitled an act
relief of Tilman Smith, of Escambia county, Fla;
Assembly bill No. 81: To be entitled an act
TO empower County Surveyors TO appoint depu-
ties;
Substitute for Assembly bill No. 1876: To le-
galize the holding Of counts and performing off,
cial acts at the town of Leesburg, Sumter county,
Florida
Assembly bill No 20e: To be entitled an act
in relation to appeals from judgments upon de-
murrers in civil cases;
Assembly bill No -: To be entitled an act
to legal.kc the town government of Hawthorn; /;
Assembly bill No. 211: To be entitled an act
to prohibit school officers from dealing in school
text books;
Assembly bill No. 21O: To be entitled aD act
requiring uniformity of text books in the public
schools of this State:
Assembly bill No. 1874: To be entitled an act
to legalize the incorporation of the town of Ma
rianna in the county Of Jackson and to declare
The incorporation af the town of Mariana valid
and Of full force and effect;
Assembly bill No 132: To be entitled an act
10 declare sandy Greek navigable, and to repeal
Chapter 1897, Laws of Florida, approved March
16, 1881;
Assembly bill No. 1877 To be entitled an act
TO provide for the payment Of physicians in in
vesigalion oi INDECENT lunatics and insane per-
sons;
Assembly joint resolution No. II: To the Con-
gress of the United States asking tor mail ser
vice from Chattahoochee, Fla, 10 Apalachicola !;
Assembly bill No. 81 To be entitled an act
for the relief of Edward Bailey, of Nassau county !;
Assembly bill No. 1854: To be entitled an act
for the relief Of Pierce Brown, of jefferson couu-
~;
prohibit pepsons shipping oranges grown out
side Of the State Of Florida % Florida oranges !;
Assembly bill No. ~: To be entitled an act
TO regulate appeals from the Circuit Courts to
the Supreme Court In cases pertaining to the
or of deceased persons;
Senate bill No. 115: To be entitled an act
to restore Thomas d. Williams, Of Nassau county,
In th;a 2fnt IL ~ Ffnaafa