Costs not to fees, costs, and charges of every kind whatsoever, due, or to be- All fines, pen pardoned. Be it further ordained, That all fines, penalties, and disabilities ordered, entered up, or created in said county criminal alties removed courts are hereby rescinded and removed; all prisoners found and prisoners guilty in said county criminal courts are hereby pardoned and released, and all judgments, executions, bonds, and recognizances, now outstanding and unsatisfied, originating or created in said courts, are hereby declared null, void, and paid off. Be it further ordained, That all cases now pending in said All cases pendcourt shall be transferred to the circuit court, and the officer ing transferred. transferring them to said circuit court shall be allowed the reg ular fees now allowed for such services. Passed in open Convention, February 24th, 1868. HORATIO JENKINS, JR., President. SHERMAN CONANT, Secretary. [No. 9.] An Ordinance to Provide for submitting the Constitution to the People for Be it Ordained by the people of Florida, in Convention assembled, That the Constitution framed by this Convention, and signed on the 25th day of February, Å. D. 1868, be and the same is hereby submitted for ratification to the persons registered and to be registered under the provisions of the several acts of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 2d, 1867; An Act supplementary to An Act entitled An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 2d, 1867, and to facilitate restoration; An Act supplementary to An Act entitled An Act to provide for the E'ection shall be held for Gov. ernor, Lieuten ant Governor and other offi cers. more efficient government of the rebel States, passed on the 24 day of March, 1887; and the act supplementary thereto, passed on the 23d day of March," at an election to be conducted according to the provisions of the said acts of Congress. Be it further ordained, That an election shall be held in the various counties of this State, on the first Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of May, A. D. 1868, for the purpose of voting on the ratification of the Constitution framed by this Convention, and for the election of a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, one member of Congress, State Senators and Representatives, and county officers; an 1 that the judges or inspectors of election appointed, or to be appointed, by the Commanding General of the Third Military District, to conduct and supervise the election for ratification, as provided in the several aforesaid acts of Congress, shall also conduct and supervise the election for said officers. Be it further ordained, That at each place of voting, beside the ballot box provided by the said judges of election to receive Ballot boxes the ballots for and against ratification, the said judges shall to be provided. provide a separate ballot box for the reception of ballots for transmitted. Board of Canvassers. Duties. Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Member of Congress, State Senators and Representatives, and County officers, and that a separate poll list shall be prepared by said judges of election of all persons qualified to vote for said oflicers; and all persons qualified to vote under the provisions of the Constitution shall be allowed to vote for said officers. Be it further ordained, That the vote for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Member of Congress, State Senators and ReproVote to be sentatives, and County officers, shall be securely enveloped and sealed by the judges of election, and transmitted by prompt and safe conveyance to the city of Tallahassee, and delivered to a Board of Canvassers of three persons hereby appointed and authorized, to wit: Hon. Horatio Jenkins, Jr., President of the Constitutional Convention; Auburn Erwin, of Columbia County, and O. Morgan, of Leon County, within thirty days after said election; and the said Board of Canvassers shall meet at Tallahassee within ten days after said election and canvass the votes for said officers; and the said Board of Canvassers shall issue the certificates of election under their hands and seals; and the said Board of Canvassers shall make public proclamation of said returns in at least three of the newspapers published in this State, showing what persons shall have been elected to said offices severally; and thereupon the Governor of the State, and the Lieutenant-Governor thereof elected, shall assemble at the Capitol and be sworn into office by the Judge of the District Court of the United States, or in his absence by any person authorized by the laws of the United States to administer oaths. to be published. Be it further ordained, That a public notice containing this ordinance, signed by the President and Secretary of this Con- This ordinance vention, shall be issued on the day after the final adjournment of this Convention, and shall be published in at least three of the newspapers in this State. Compensation Be it further ordained, That the persons who shall act as judges or inspectors of election, together with one clerk in each county, to be by them appointed, shall each receive five dollars of officers of per day for their services in conducting, supervising, and mak- elections. ing out the returns of the election for said officers, and the Legislature at its first session shall provide by law for the payment of the expenses to be incurred thereby, and for any and all expenses incurred under and by virtue of the provisions of this ordinance. Passed in open Convention, February 24th, A. D. 1868. SHERMAN CONANT, Secretary. [No. 10.] An Ordinance to inquire into the Condition of the Union Bank of Florida. Be it Ordained by the People of Florida in Convention assembled, That it shall be the duty of the first Governor elected under this Constitution, to appoint a committee of not less than three persons to inquire into the condition, liabilities, and assets of the Union Bank of Florida, and as to the liability of the State of Florida, or of the United States, as security for and upon the bonds of said Union Bank. Passed in open Convention, February 24th, 1868. HORATIO JENKINS, JR., President. Governor shall appoint com mittee to inties of Unio n Bank. quire into liabil S. CONANT, Secretary. INDEX TO THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF FLORIDA, ADVERTISEMENTS- Legal advertisements to be inserted only in certain papers, Article XIV. to the Constitution of the United States ratified, APALACHICOLA CHANNEL COMPANY- Act incorporating, APPROPRIATIONS- Acts making, for expenses of State government, ARSENAL AT CHATTAHOOCHEE- Grant of for penitentiary requested, ASSESSOR OF REVENUE- Shall enroll inhabitants subject to militia duty, ASSEMBLY- Members of when elected and term, ATTORNEY-GENERAL- Shall canvass votes at general election, To provide seals for circuit and county courts, Incorporation of, BONDS- To be issued and sold and how applied, 181 to 182 184 46 46 12 8 162 186 131 to 133 34, 35 |