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 the ordinance authorizing the establishing of a District Court of the State of Florida, for the Southern District, having had the same under consideration, the majority of said Committee having reported against said Ordinance, your subscriber, as one of said Committe, begs leave to make a minority report as follows: That the report of the majority of said Committee be not concurred in, and that the ordinance referred to be received and adopted by the Convention, subject to such changes and alterations as may be deemed necessary by a committee of the whole Convention. Respectfully submitted, WINER BETHEL. Which was received. On motion of Mr. McIntosh, the Convention went into Committee of the Whole upon the Ordinance reported. After some time being spent therein, the Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again; Which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Davis, the further consideration of the report was suspended for the present. Mr. Davis moved that the resolution passed yesterday on adjournment to-day at 12 o'clock M. be reconsidered; Which was agreed to. Mr. Mays of St. Johns moved that he be allowed leave to appoint a proxy to represent him on the floor of the Convention.

On motion, Mr. Mays of St. Johns was allowed leave of absence. Mr. Lea of Madison moved that Mr. Cooper of Nassau be allowed leave of absence for one week; Which was agreed to. Mr. Davis of Leon moved that Mr. Yates of Brevard be excused from further attendance on this Convention; Which was agreed to. Mr. Ward of Leon offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State of Florida, at its present session, to provide by law for the maintenance of the Light-Houses on the coast of this State, whenever the same shall cease to be maintained by the Federal Government at Washington city. On motion, the rules were waived and the resolution adopted. Mr. Folsom of Hamilton offered the following resolution: Resolved, That this Convention do adjourn at 3 o'clock, Tuesday next; Upon which the yeas and nays were called for by Messrs. Davis and Daniel and were: Yeas—Mr. President, Messrs. Allison, Barrington, Bethel, Coon, Cooper, Davis, Devall, Finegan, Folsom, Jones, Kirksey, Lamar, Lamb, Leigh of Sumter, Love, McCaskill, McLean,