The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-02-10

COMMITTEE
The following bills were passed on third read
Senate Bill No 90: To be entitled an act 70
incorporate the Chastahoochee and Alabama
Raiiread and 70 aid the construction thereof.
Senate Rill No. ~: To be entitled an ACT TO
incorporate the Apalachicola and Alabama Rail
road Company and 20 grant cersain lands 70 the
same.
Senate Bill No IS: To be entitled an act to
incorporate the Florida Midland Railway Com
pauy.
Assembly Bill No 60: To bc entitled an act
regulating the sale of beef under circumstances
therein provided for.
Assembly Bill No 154 To be entitled an act
tn incorporate the Wildwood, Lady Lake. With
lacoochee and Gulf Railway Company
Assembly Bill No 200 To be entitled an act
calling a Constitutional Convention, and provid-
ing for eiectiug delegates 70 same, which was on
Yesterday made the special order for this hour,
was taken up, and Mr. Miller OF Marion offered
the following resolution:
WHEREAS. Il is uncertain whether a msjority
al the votes cast III the recent election were IN
the purview and meaning OF the Constitution
cast tor n Convention, aud much doubt is ex-
pressed and telt as whether the said Convention
has or has NOT been called by the people there
fore Resolved That special committee ot i've
be appointed 10 investigate the returns oil said
election in the Office OF the Secretary of State,
and report Ia this Assembly whether majority
of all the votes cast such election, were cast
for Constitutional Convention, and whether or
not Convention has been called by the people
in accordance with the provisions o the Con-
siition, and thai the bill remain on lis second
reading until such report.
Mr. Palmer moved as a substitute Tor the
whole that the Secretary OF State he requested
to certify to this Assembly the result OF the late
election on the sbbiect q. the Constitutional Con-
fioto vol hx-t S.afp RnHr1
Canvassers; adopted
The following communication was received
from the Secretary o! State
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Feb D. 1885,
Hon RoRERT W DAVIS
S1eakf2 81 Ms assembly
In obedience Ia a resolution passed hv the A.
semniv requesting me 10 certify the result oi the
late election Oh the subject o. Constitutional
Convention As determined nv the State Board
of Canvassers, herewith transmit the following
viz.
We do further certify thai the whole number
OF votes cast at such election. as shown by the
returns from the several counties for tonstitu
iional Convention was thirty-one thousand eigh,
hundred and eigh,y-fouT t3i ,Ssi anO that the
whole number OF votes cas- against q Consl it'll
tional Convention was eight thousand tour hun
dred and seventv-ihree. to.41:}l and. dc deter
mlut, anu heFeON deCiaFt a. our determination
the result OF said election a Ia a Convention IL
ne. that majority o. the electors voting a suci
election have voted in favor OF "a Convention, tn,
vote in favor thereof being a majority % the high
est RunlbeT o. votes cast a. Sucn election iO' tn
cand1aate for any Office, any question. srci
highest number OF votes being tnai Cas- To- TIT
office OF Lieutenant Governor, 10 WI Ski,
Thousand and fourteen (6u0l4i
Very respectfully,
JONI / CRAWFORD
" nich was read
Assembly Bill No. 209 10 bc entitled al net Ca
ing Constitutional Convention and providing
ioi eiectlnc delegates tn SAINT, anu aiter amend
men the bill was ordered engrossed 10, thr(
reading
Adjourned