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 the Constitution, and moved that said ordinance be laid upon the table; Which was agreed to. Mr. Finegan of Nassau called from the orders of the day an ordinance to authorize the General Assembly to establish a State Bank, and asked leave to withdraw said ordinance; Which was granted, and said ordinance withdrawn. Mr. Folsom of Hamilton called up a resolution, introduced yesterday, that the Convention will adjourn on Friday, at 12 o'clock, M. Mr. Sanderson of Duval offered to amend by providing that in case of any disability on the part of said President, then said power to vest in the Governor of this State; Which was agreed to. Upon the adoption of the resolution as amended, the yeas and nays were called, and were: Yeas—Messrs. Barrington, Chandler, Cooper, Daniel, Dawkins, Devall, Finegan, Folsom, Golden, Hendricks, Hunter, Irwin, Jones, Lamb, Lea of Madison, Leigh of Sumter, McNealey, Mays, Morrison, Newman, Palmer, Pelot, Rutland, Sanderson, Saxon, Sever, Thomas, Woodruff and Yates—29. Nays—Mr. President, Messrs. Allison, Beard, Bethel, Davis, Gary, Gettis, Glazier, Henry, Kirksey, Lamar, Love, McCaskill, McGahagin, Nicholson, Owens, Spencer, Stephens, Tift, Turman and Ward—21. So the resolution was adopted. Mr. Lamar moved that T. M. Palmer be excused from further duty in this Convention till Monday next; Which was not agreed to. Mr. Allison of Gadsden called up an Ordinance respecting Gubnatorial terms; Which was put upon its passage and adopted. Mr. McIntosh of Calhoun called up an Ordinance relating to Courts; Which, on motion, was referred to a Select Committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Stephens, Davis and Dawkins. Mr. Sanderson of Duval called up an Ordinance amending the 11th Section of the 6th Article of the Constitution;

Which was read and adopted. Mr. Allison of Gadsden called up a resolution requesting his Excellency to communicate correspondence, &c.; Which was read and adopted. Mr. Dawkins of Alachua called up an Ordinance respecting offices not Judicial; Which was adopted as amended. Mr. Davis of Leon called up an Ordinance from the orders of the day and offered to amend;