Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on OFFICE OF THE FLORIDIAN AND JOURNAL. PRINTED BY JAMES S. JONES. 1855. JOURNAL Of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Flori da; begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Tallahassee, in the State of Florida, on Monday, the Twenty-sixth day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-five; being an Adjourned Session of the Seventh General Assembly, held by virtue of a Joint Resolution of the two Houses of the General Assembly: On which day, being that named in the said Resolution for the meeting of the General Assembly, the following named members of the House of Representatives appeared and took their seats, viz: On motion, Mr. Shine was called to the Chair. A quorum not being present, on motion, the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock, A. M. TUESDAY, November 27th, 1855. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The following members appeared and took their seats, viz: From Franklin County,......James P. Penn. On motion, Mr. Galbraith took the Chair. Several new members appeared, were sworn to support the Con stitution of the State of Florida and of the United States, and took their seats, viz: From Gadsden County―John J. Colson, in place of Nathaniel D. Zeigler, resigned. From Wakulla County-Marada Braswell, in the place of A. R. Coombs, resigned. From Jefferson County-William S. Dilworth, in the place of John F. Dewitt, deceased. From Columbia County-Washington M. Ives, in place of Josiah T. Baisden, resigned. From Marion and Sumpter Counties-Frederick N. Foy, in the place of William S. Harris, resigned. But a quorum not being present, on motion of Mr. Thompson of Levy, the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, November 28th, 1855. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The following members appeared and took their seats, viz: From Washington County........James Brown. 66 Franklin 66 James P. Penn. Paul Dismukes, 66 Leon Wakulla "Madison 66 66 66 Hamilton 66 John J. Colson, Miles M. Johnston. Joshua Taylor, Darling C. Prescott. Marion & Sumpter Counties F. N. Foy. Hernando " Orange & Volusia Counties James F. Thompson. John Parsons. Algernon S. Speer. On motion, Mr. Dilworth was called to the Chair. A quorum being present, on motion of Mr. Galbraith, the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker, in the place of the Hon. W. F. Russell, resigned. Mr. Galbraith nominated Mr. Dell. The vote was: FOR DELL-Messrs. Bellamy, Braswell, Brown, Chaires, Colson, Dilworth, Dismukes, Foy, Galbraith, Haddock, Ives, Johnston, Langford, Parsons, Penn, Prescott, Shine, Speer, Taylor, Thompson of Levy, and VanZant-21. BLANK-Mr. Dell—1, Mr. Dell was declared duly elected Speaker. On motion of Mr. Parsons, a Committee of three was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Parsons, Taylor and Foy, to conduct the Speaker elect to the Chair, The Speaker returned his thanks to the House in a brief and арpropriate address. On motion, the reading of the Journals of the 13th January, and of the two last days was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Galbraith, a Committee of three was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Galbraith, Parsons and Penn, to wait upon the Senate and his Excellency, the Governor, and inform them of the organization of the House. On motion of Mr. Parsons, the Speaker was authorized to re-organize the Committees. On motion of Mr. Galbraith, a Committee of three was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Galbraith, Ives and Thompson of Levy, to select a Chaplain. Notice was given of intention to introduce the following bills at some future day, viz: By Mr. Ives: A bill to authorize the introduction of Receivers' Receipts as evidence of title to lands purchased from the United States in certain cases. By Mr. Penn: A bill to change the boundary line between the Counties of Franklin and Calhoun. By Mr. Parsons: A bill in relation to a Road Tax in Hernando County. A Committee from the Senate informed the House of the organi zation of that body. Mr. Prescott presented petitions from 283 citizens of Duval County, asking a division of the County; Which was read, and referred to a Select Committee, consistiug of Messrs. Prescott, Langford and Parsons. Mr. Penn presented a petition of sundry citizens and tax-payers of the city of Apalachicola, asking a change in the time of holding the Charter election in said city; Which was read, and referred to the Committee on Propositions and Grievances. Mr. R. G. Mays, a new member from St. Johns County, in the |