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 Mr. McIntosh of Calhoun, from the Committee of five, made the following report: The Committee to whom was referred the subjact of abolishing certain offices in this State, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to

REPORT:

That the several Inspectors' offices, the Surveyor-General's office, the Boats and hands at the several Custom Houses, the Navy Agent's office at Pensacola, and the offices of four Timber Agents, and the Inspector or Surveyor of the port of Palatka, be discontinued, and they recommend that all the papers and things appertaining to the office of Surveyor-General be turned over to the Register of Public Lands at St. Augustine. Your Committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following Ordinance:

Be it ordained by the people of the State of Florida, That the Surveyor-General's, the several Inspectors' offices, the Boats and hands at the several Custom Houses, the Navy Agent's office at Pensacola, and the offices of four Timber Agents, and the office of Inspector or Surveyor of the port of Palatka be abolished. Be it further ordained, That the Surveyor-General of the late Federal Government be instructed to deliver over to the Register of Public Lands at St. Augustine all the papers and property appertaining to said office, who shall be authorized to carry on to completion all contracts for surveys heretofore made. McQUEEN McINTOSH, Chairman. Which was recieved, the rules waived and the ordinance reported put upon its passage and adopted. Mr. Allison of Gadsden offered the following Ordinance: Be it ordained by the people of Florida in Convention assembled, That the fifth section of the fourth Article of the Constitution be so altered and changed as to read that the Senators shall be elected for the term of two years instead of four years; Provided, That this amendment shall not take effect until the first election after the expiration of the terms of the present incumbents thereof respectively. Which was recieved and placed among the orders of the day. Mr. McIntosh called up an ordinance for the relief of sundry persons of Calhoun and Franklin counties; Which was put upon its passage and adopted. The Govenor sent the following communications to the PresiidentPresident [sic] of the Convention, which were read and ordered to be spread upon the journal: