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 Mr. McIntosh of Calhoun offered the following ordinance: , Divers disturbances and breaches of the peace have, within the last twelve months, occurred in the counties of Calhoun and Franklin, accompanied with numerous violations of the criminal laws of the State, which it is not to the interest of the State at this time to prosecute—Therefore, Be it ordained by the People of the State of Florida in Convention assembled, That the Governor of this State be and he is hereby authorized and requested to proclaim a general amnesty and pardon for all offences committed in said counties of Calhoun and Franklin during the year 1860. Which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sanderson of Duval moved to take up the following ordinances reported by the Committee on Postal Affairs: 1st. 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applicable to a single State, shall remain and continue in full force in this State, until the same shall be altered or repealed under the authority of this Convention. 2nd. That all persons who, at the date of this Ordinance, hold office in the State of Florida, under the Government of the late United States, connected with the mail service, whether as post-masters, or in any other way, be, and they are hereby continued in office under the Government of this State, until otherwise provided under the authority of this Convention, or until their several offices shall have been abolished or vacated by proclamation by the Chief Magistrate of the State of Florida; and all persons so holding office shall receive the same compensation and emoluments for their service as they are now entitled to; and all vacancies in their respective offices, whether occurring by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled, until otherwise provided, by the Governor of the State, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, when in session. 3d. 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 authority of this Convention, or until, by proclamation by the Chief Magistrate of the State of Florida, they shall be suspended or discontinued; and that all amounts falling due under said contracts be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury of the State of Florida not otherwise appropriated: Provided, Payment shall not be received by the contractors under existing contracts made by them with the government of the United States.