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 be the same as were prescribed by an Act of the late Federal Congress, Approved February 28th, 1847. 2. Be it further Ordained, That there shall be one Judge of said Court, with a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, who shall be appointed by the Governor of this State, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, who shall have power to appoint a Clerk of said Court, which said clerk, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall enter into a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars to be approved by the said Judge, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. 3. Be it further ordained, That a Marshal of said Court shall be appointed in like manner as the Judge thereof, who, with the Clerk of said Court, shall receive the same fees and emoluments as were prescribed by an act of the late Federal Congress, approved February 26th, 1853. The said Marshal shall enter into a bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, and the payment of all monies coming into his hands under the order of the Court, which bond shall be approved by the Judge thereof. 4. Be it further ordained, That the said Judge shall reside at Key West, that the Court shall be always open for the transaction of admiralty business, and that appeals may be taken from the decrees thereof to the Supreme Court of this State, in like manner as appeals from the Circuit Courts of this State are now prosecuted. 5. Be it further ordained, That whenever the Provisional or permanent Government ot a Southern Confederacy shall establish a Court of Admiralty and foreign jurisdiction for the Southern District of Florida, this ordinanre shall cease to be of any force and effect. Done in open Convention, January 19th, 1861.

[No. 18.]

Be it ordained by the People of the State of Florida in Convention assembled, That the laws of the United States in relation to Post offices, mail routes, contracts, and all other postal matters, heretofore made and in force in the State of Florida on the 10th day of January of the present year, so far as the same may be applicable to a single State, shall remain and continue in full force in this State, until the same shall be altered or repealed under the authority of this Convention. 2d. That the several mail routes which lie in whole or in part in the State of Florida, or in its adjacent waters, and the contracts now subsisting for carrying the mails thereon, be and they are hereby continued until otherwise provided under the