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CONVENTION OF FLORIDA,

Constitutional convention, 18:5

BEGUN AND HELD AT THE

Capital of the State, at Tallahassee, Wednesday,

OCTOBER 25th, A. D. 1865.

TALLAHASSEE:

OFFICE OF THE FLORIDIAN:

PRINTED BY DYKE & SPARHAWK.

1865.

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION.

FIRST DAY.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25th, 1865.

The people of the State of Florida, on this, the 25th October, in the year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five, through their delegates chosen in pursuance of the proclamation of WILLIAM MARVIN, Provisional Governor of the State of Florida, assembled in Convention in the hall of the House of Representatives, in the Capitol of the State, in the city of Tallahassee, and thereupon, on motion of Mr. Davidson, of Gadsden, Mr. E. D. TRACY, of the county of Nassau, was called to the Chair. Mr. A. J. PEELER, of Tallahassee, was requested to act as Secretary.

Mr. Tracy, upon taking the chair, thanked the Convention for the honor conferred upon him by electing him their temporary chairman.

On motion of Mr. Hogue of Leon, a committee of two consisting of Messrs. Hogue and Baltzell, was appointed to wait upon his excellency Gov. Marvin, Provisional Governor of Florida, and obtain from him a list of the members composing the Convention.

The committee appointed to wait upon Gov. Marvin, to obtain from him a list of the members of the Convention, reported that the committee had performed their duty and presented to the Convention the following list:

The following is a list of the Delegates elected to the Convention to meet in the city of Tallahaseee, on the 25th day of October, to amend, alter or change the Constitution of the State, in pursuance to the proclamation of Wm. Marvin, Provisional Governor of the State:

LEON COUNTY-Junius L. Taylor, G. Troup Maxwell, Thomas Baltzell, David P. Hogue.

GADSDEN COUNTY-George K. Walker, R. H. M. Davidson, Arthur J. Forman.

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