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Southwestern Circuit-Henry Morgan. Tallapoosa District-W. F. Wright.
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Eastern Circuit-T. C. Lloyd. Western Circuit-J. P. Simmons.
Hon. Mr. Jenkins, Chairman of said committee, asked leave of absence for the committee, that they might pre- pare business for the action of the convention, which was granted.
Mr. Hopkins offered the following resolution, which was read and adopted :
Whereas, His Excellency, the Provisional Governor, declares in his message that the cotton which had been previously purchased by the State, has either been cap- tured or consumed by fire; and that all the assets the State held abroad had been drawn against to the full extent of their value; be it therefore
Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be re- quested to inform the convention where and at what time the cotton was captured or burned, the number of bales lost and their probable value; also the amount of assets held abroad; to whose credit they were held; by whom they were drawn, and what disposition was made of them.
Mr. Wright, of Coweta, offered the following reso- lution :
Resolved, That the rules of the last House of Repre- sentatives, (1863 and 1864)' as far as applicable, be adopted for the government of this convention and 500 copies be printed for the use of the convention.
Mr. Hansell, of Cobb, moved the following as a sub- stitute, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the rules of the convention of 1861,
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be adopted for the government of the deliberations of this convention, and that 500 copies be printed for the use of delegates.
On motion of Mr. Redding, of Harris, Orme & Son, were by acclamation, appointed printers for this con- vention.
Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, introduced the following resolution, which was read:
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair, to memorialize the President of the United States, in behalf of Jefferson Davis, and Alexander H. Stephens, and of James A. Seddon, of Virginia; A. G. McGrath, of South Carolina, Allison and David L. Yulee, of Florida, and H. W. Mercer, of Georgia, now confined as prisoners in Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of Savannah River.
Mr. Hill, of Morgan, moved an indefinite postpone- ment, which was lost.
Mr. Reynolds, of Newton, moved to postpone for the present. Lost.
The resolution was on motion, amended, so as to in- clude all prisoners.
Mr. Cochran, of Wilkinson, moved the previous ques- tion, which was sustained, and the resolution as amended was adopted.
Mr. Hammond, of Fulton, introduced a resolution that 500 copies of the Annual Report of the Comptroller-Gen- eral, made to the Governor, on the 16th inst., be printed for the use of the Convention. Adopted.
Mr. Riley, of Taylor, offered a resolution, that the
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secretary call the counties in alphabetical order, and on the call of each county, the members thereof, shall im- mediately select their seats.
Mr. Reynolds, of Newton, moved to amend by put- ting the names of counties in a hat, and one delegate from each county, to draw and select seats for the delega- tion from his county.
On motion of Mr. Hook, the resolution and amend- ment were postponed until this afternoon.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the Committee of Sixteen, reported the following ordinance and moved its adoption, which was unanimously agreed to.
AN ORDINANCE
To repeal certain ordinances and resolutions therein mentioned, heretofore passed by the people of the State of Georgia in Convention.
We, the People of the State of Georgia in convention at our seat of government, do declare and ordain, That an ordinance adopted by the same people, in Convention, on the nineteenth day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An ordinance to dissolve the union between the State of Georgia and other State .; united with her under a compact of government entitle. 'the Constitution of the United States of America ;' " also an ordinance, adopted by the same on the sixteenthi day of March in the year last aforesaid, entitled "An ordi- nance to adopt and ratify the Constitution of the Con- federate States of America;" and also all ordinances and resolutions of the same, adopted between the sixteent !!
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day of January and the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year aforesaid, subversive of, or antagonistic to the civil and military authority of the government of the United States of America, under the Constitution there- of, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Hill, of Morgan, gave notice that he would move its reconsideration on tomorrow morning.
Mr. Jenkins, chairman of the Committee of Sixteen, reported the following ordinance, and moved its adop- tion :
AN ORDINANCE
To establish Congressional Districts, and to provide for certain elections.
The people of Georgia in convention assembled, do ordain, That conforming to the last apportionment of members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, there shall be in the State of Georgia seven Congressional Districts, constituted as follows, until changed by Act of the General Assembly, viz. :
The first district shall include the counties of Chat- ham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Wayne, Glynn, Camden, Charlton, Ware, Pierce, Appling, Tattnall, Bulloch, Ef- fingham, Screven, Emanuel, Montgomery, Telfair, Cof- fee, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Berrien, Irwin, Laurens, Johnson, Brooks, Colquitt and Thomas.
The second district shall include the counties of De- catur, Early, Miller, Baker, Mitchell, Worth, Dooly, Wil- cox, Pulaski, Houston, Macon, Marion, Chattahoochee, Sumter, Webster, Stewart, Quitman, Clay, Calhoun, Ran- dolph, Terrell, Lee and Dougherty.
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The third district shall include the counties of Mus- cogee, Schley, Taylor, Talbot, Harris, Troup, Meriwether, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton, Carroll, Campbell, Haralson and Paulding.
The fourth district shall include the counties of Up- son, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Newton, Butts, Monroe, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Baldwin, Jones, Jasper and Putnam.
The fifth district shall include the counties of Washi- ington, Jefferson, Burke, Richmond, Glascock, Hancock, Warrenton, Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe and Elbert.
The sixth district shall include the counties of Milton, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jackson, Madison, Hart, Frank- lin, Banks, Hall, Forsyth, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Rabun, Towns, Union, Fannin and Gilmer.
The seventh district shall include the counties of De- Kalb, Fulton, Cobb, Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Chattooga, Walker, Whitfield, Murray, Catoosa and Dade.
SEC. 2. There shall be held on the fifteenth day of November next, a general election in the several coun- ties, and election districts of this State for Governor, Senators (by Senatorial Districts) and Representatives (by counties) to the General Assembly, in conformity to the Constitution, which this convention may adopt. and of members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, by districts as hereinbefore ar- ranged, one member for each district.
SEC. 3. The election herein ordered, shall be con-
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ducted and returns thereof made, as is now by the Code of Georgia provided.
SEC. 4. And the convention do further ordain, That the election for Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, shall be held on the first Wednesday in De- cember, in the present year, and that at such election all laws appertaining thereto shall be in force, except the law requiring the registry of voters.
Mr. Parrott, of Bartow, moved its postponement un- til tomorrow morning, and that three hundred copies be printed for the use of the convention, which was lost.
Mr. Parrott then moved to strike out the "15th of November," and insert the "1st Wednesday in Decem- ber."
On motion of Mr. Stapleton, the question was di- vided, and the motion to strike out was lost.
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Mr. Kenan, of Baldwin, moved to reconsider the vote by which the motion to strike out was lost; and upon the motion to reconsider, Mr. Parrott, of Bartow, called for the yeas and nays.
There are yeas 79; there are nays 182.
Those who voted in the affirmative are Messrs .:
Alexander of Pike,
Boyd, Burts,
Barnes,
Bush,
Barnett,
Bethune,
Callaway,
Bivins,
Christy,
Black of Sereven,
Clark,
Black of Walker,
Clements,
Bower,
Cureton,
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Dickey,
McDuffie of Marion, Merrill,
Dixon,
Dorsey,
Douglass,
Pafford, Parrott,
Doyal,
Parker of Murray,
Dowda,
Park,
Dupree,
Patton,
Ellington of Clayton,
Penland,
Ellington of Gilmer,
Powell,
England,
Puckett,
Freeman, Fraser,
Quillian,
Riley of Taylor, Riley of Lumpkin,
Gunnels,
Goode of Pickens, Glover,
Saffold,
Scott,
Hill of Morgan,
Sharpe,
Hopkins,
Singleton,
Howard of Cass,
Strickland,
Hansell,
Taliaferro,
Harris of Clark,
Harlan,
Thomas of Gordon, Turk,
Johnson of Campbell,
Turner of Quitman.
Kirksey,
-Underwood,
Kenan, King of Richmond,
Warren of Houston. Warner,
Logan of Dawson,
Watts,
Middleton,
Watson,
Monroe,
Weaver,
Manning,
Williams of Ware,
Marler,
Willingham,
Mccutchen,
Turnipseed,
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Those who voted in the negative are Messrs .:
Adair,
Cook,
Adams of Elbert,
Adams of Putnam,
Crawford of Decatur, Crawford of Greene, Cumming,
Allen,
Alexander of Thomas,
Cutts,
Anderson of Chatham,
Davis of Floyd,
Anderson of Cobb,
Davis of Jackson,
Arnold of Henry,
Dailey,
Arnold of Walton,
DeGraffenreid,
Ashley, Atkinson of Troup,
Dorminy,
Dunn,
Bacon,
- Edwards,
Bagley,
Barksdale,
Felton,
Brassell,
Floyd,
Baxter,
Grant,
Bell of Forsyth,
Gordon,
Bell of Webster,
Gillis,
Blance,
Gibson,
Blount,
Giles,
Bowen,
Goode of Houston,
Brady,
Brantley,
Henry, Herring,
Brewer,
Horne,
Hill of Troup,
Brightwell,
Holt of Bibb,
Cabaniss,
Humber,
Cameron,
Hudson of Schley,
Candler,
Hudson of Brooks,
Chappell,
Hudson of Wilkinson,
Cochran of Terrell,
Cochran of Wilkinson, Cohen,
Cole, *
Colley,
Holmes,
Harris of Taliaferro,
Harris of Hancock, Hook, Highsmith, -
Brewton of Bulloch,
Fowler,
Barlow,
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Hammond,
Matthews of Upson,
Howard of Towns,
Matthews of Washington,
Hopps,
Mattox,
Hand,
McCrary,
Hays, Huie of Clayton,
McDaniel,
Huie of Fayette,
McGregor,
Hood, Hail,
McIntyre, McRae of Telfair,
Irwin,
Nash, Neal,
Jackson, Jenkins,
Johnson of Clark,
Johnson of Heard,
Johnson of Spalding,
Parker of Johnson,
Paulk,
Johnson of Wilcox,
Jones of Columbia,
Jones, M. D. of Burke, Jones, R. T. of Burke, Jordan,
Rawls,
Redding,
Reese.
Reynolds,
Richardson,
Ridley of Troup,
Ridley of Jones, Rober's of Dooly,
Roberts of Warren,
Robinson of Early,
Robinson of Laurens,
Rogers of Gordon,
Rouse, Rumph,
Sale, Scruggs, Seward, Scarlett,
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Kelley, King of Greene, King of Rabun, Kimbro,
Knight,
McLeod,
Moore of Floyd, Moore of Webster, Morel, Morgan, Murphry Mallard, Maples, Martin of Carroll,
Martin of Echols,
Martin of Habersham,
Newsom,
Nichols,
Norman,
Pendleton,
Perry,
McDuffie of Pulaski,
Harvey,
McCroan,
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Shannon,
Sharman,
Simmons of Gwinnett,
Whitaker,
Simmons of Crawford,
Whelchel,
Skelton,
Winn,
Smith of Bryan,
Smith of Coweta,
Williams of Bryan,
Sorrels,
Williams of Muscogee,
Williams of Haralson,
Williams of Harris,
Wimberly,
Womack,
Thompson of Jackson,
Thompson of Haralson, Thomas,
Tison,
Trice,
Turner of Campbell,
Walker of Carroll,
Walker of Richmond,
Warren of Pulaski,
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Hansell moved that the Messenger be authorized to appoint an assistant.
Agreed to.
The Convention then took recess till 3:30 P. M.
3:30 O'CLOCK, P. M.
The Convention re-assembled at the hour appointed.
The rule having been suspended, Mr. Black of Sereven, called up the resolution relative to selecting seats of members, and the amendment of Mr. Reynolds having been adopted, some time was occupied in drawing seats.
Wright of Coweta,
Wright of Dougherty,
Wright of Emanuel,
Young,
Zachery.
Watkins, Ware,
Williams of Baker,
Stapleton,
. Stephens of Taliaferro, Stewart,
Wootten of DeKalb,
Wooten of Terrell,
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Mr. E. N. Atkinson, delegate elect from Camden, ap- peared and was duly qualified.
Mr. Parrott, of Bartow, moved to increase the Com- mittee of Sixteen by the addition of other delegates. Lost.
Mr. Hill moved to adjourn. Lost.
The consideration of the ordinance to establish Con- gressional Districts and to provide for certain elections, was resumed, when Mr. Dupree, of Twiggs, moved a post- ponement, which was lost.
Mr. Hill, of Morgan, proposed the following amend- ment :
"An election shall be held at the several precincts in this State, on the 15th day of November next, for a Gov- ernor, members of the Legislature and seven members of Congress, according to the rules and regulations pro- vided by the Code of 1860, except that there shall be chosen only forty-four Senators, by districts composed as follows, to-wit :
DISTRICT NO.
1. The counties of Chatham, Bryan and Effingham.
2. Liberty, Tatnall and McIntosh.
3. Wayne, Pierce and Appling.
4. Glynn, Camden and Charlton.
5. Coffee, Ware and Clinch.
6. Echols, Lowndes and Berrien.
7. Brooks, Thomas and Colquitt.
8. Decatur, Mitchell and Miller.
9. Early, Calhoun and Baker.
10. Dougherty, Lee and Worth.
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11. Clay, Randolph and Terrell.
12. Stewart, Webster and Quitman.
13. Sumter, Schley and Macon.
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14. Dooly, Wilcox and Pulaski.
15. Montgomery, Telfair and Irwin.
16. Laurens, Johnson and Emanuel.
17. Bulloch, Screven and Burke.
18. Richmond, Glascock and Jefferson.
19. Taliaferro, Warren and Greene.
20. Baldwin, Hancock and Washington.
21. Twiggs, Wilkinson and Jones.
22. Bibb, Monroe and Pike.
23. Houston, Crawford and Taylor.
24. Marion, Chattahoochee and Muscogee.
25. Harris, Upson and Talbot.
26. Spalding, Butts and Fayette.
27. Newton, Walton and Clarke.
28. Jasper, Putnam and Morgan.
29. Wilkes, Lincoln and Columbia.
30. Oglethorpe, Madison and Elbert.
31. Hart, Franklin and Habersham.
32. White, Lumpkin and Dawson.
33. Hall, Banks and Jackson.
34. Gwinnett, DeKalb and Henry.
35. Clayton, Fulton and Cobb.
36. Meriwether, Coweta and Campbell.
37. Troup, Heard and Carroll.
38. Haralson, Polk and Paulding.
39. Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth.
40. Union, Towns and Rabun.
41. Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens.
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42. Cass, Floyd and Chattooga.
43. Murray, Whitfield and Gordon.
44. Walker, Dade and Catoosa.
And one representative only for each county, except the counties of Bartow, Bibb, Burke, Carroll, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Decatur, Floyd, Fulton, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Harris, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Newton, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Stewart, Sum- ter, Talbot, Thomas, Troup, Walker, Walton, Washing- ton, Whitfield, for each of which shall be chosen two representatives.
That the said Governor shall hold his office from the day of his inauguration until the Friday after the first Wednesday in November, 1866, and the members of the Legislature shall be chosen to serve until the first Wed- nesday in November, 1866."
Mr. Seward, of Thomas, called the previous question, which being sustained, the vote was taken upon the pas- sage of the ordinance as reported by the committee; upon which Mr. Parrott required the yeas and nays to be recorded.
There were yeas 234; there were nays 34.
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs .:
Adair, Adams of Elbert, Adams of Putnam, Allen, Alexander of Pike, Alexander of Thomas,
Anderson of Chatham, Anderson of Cobb,
Arnold of Walton, Arnold of Henry,
Ashley,
Atkinson of Troup,
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Atkinson of Camden,
Bacon,
Bagley,
Barksdale,
Barlow,
Cook, Covington, Crawford of Decatur, Crawford of Greene, Cumming, Cutts,
Barnett,
Bassell,
Dart,
Baxter,
Davis of Floyd,
Bell of Forsyth,
Davis of Jackson,
Bell of Webster,
Dailey, -
Bethune,
DeGraffenreid,
Bivins,
Dickson,
Blance,
Dorminey,
Black of Screven,
Dorsey,
Black of Walker,
Douglass,
Bower,
Driver,
Bowers,
DuBose,
Blount,
Dunn,
Bowen,
Dupree,
Brady,
Ellington of Clayton,
Brantley,
Edwards,
Brewer,
Brewton of Bulloch,
Fowler,
Brewton of Ware,
Freeman,
Brightwell,
Fraser,
Bush,
Felton,
Cabaniss,
Callaway,
Grant,
Cameron,
Gordon,
Candler,
Gillis,
Chandler,
Gibson,
Chappell,
Gunnels,
Christy,
Giles, Goode of Houston,
Clements, Cochran of Terrell, Cochran of Wilkinson; Cohen, Cole,
Henry, Horne, Hill of Troup,
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Floyd,
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Holt of Bibb, Hopkins,
King of Rabun,
King of Richmond, Kimbro, Knight,
Herring, Humber, .
Hudson of Schley,
Lamar,
Hudson of Brooks,
Lasseter,
Hudson of Wilkinson,
Lawson,
Holmes,
Lawrence,
Harris of Hancock, Hook,
Lewis of Dooly,
Highsmith,
Logan of White,
Hammond,
Logan of Bibb,
Howard of Towns,
Lloyd,
Hopps,
Luffman,
Hand, Hays,
McLeod,
Huie of Clayton,
Middleton,
Huie of Fayette,
McDaniel,
Hansell,
Moore of Floyd,
Harris of Clark,
Moore of Webster,
Harvey,
Morel,
Hood,
Morgan,
Hail,
Morris,
Murphry,
Mallard,
Manning,
Jackson, Jenkins,
Maples, Martin of Echols,
Johnson of Campbell,
Johnson of Heard,
Johnson of Wilcox, Jones of Columbia,
Matthews of Upson.
Matthews of Washington.
Mattox,
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McCrary, McCroan, McDuffie of Marion,
McDuffie of Pulaski,
McGregor,
McIntyre,
Kelley, Kirklen, Kirksey, Kenan, King of Greene,
Martin of Habersham,
Matthews of Oglethorpe,
Jones, M. D. of Burke, Jones, R. T. of Burke,
Irwin,
Lewis of Greene,
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McRae of Montgomery, McRae of Telfair,
Nash, Neal,
Sharp, Shannon, Sharman, Shockley, Simmons of Gwinnett,
Newsom,
Simmons of Crawford,
Nichols,
Singleton,
Norman,
Pafford,
Parker of Johnson,
Parker of Murray,
Stapleton,
Park,
Stephens of Taliaferro,
Paulk,
Stewart,
Pendleton,
Taliaferro,
Thompson of Jackson,
Thompson of Haralson,
Rawls,
Redding,
Tison,
Reese,
Reynolds,
Turk,
Richardson,
Turner of Campbell,
Ridley of Troup,
Turner of Quitman,
Ridley of Jones,
Riley of Taylor,
Walker of Richmond,
Warren of Pulaski,
Roberts of Echols,
Warner,
Robinson of Early, Robinson of Laurens,
Ware,
Watts,
Rogers of Gordon,
Watson,
Rogers of Milton,
Whitaker,
Rouse, Rumph,
Whelchel,
Winn,
Williams of Baker,
Williams of Bryan,
Williams of Muscogee,
Seward,
Williams of Haralson,
Williams of Harris,
Sale, Scruggs, Scott,
Scarlett,
Thomas,
Tucker,
Turnipseed,
Roberts of Dooly,
Roberts of Warren,
Warren of Houston,
Penland, Puckett,
Skelton, Smith of Coweta, Sorrels,
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Williams of Ware, Willingham, Wimberly, Womack,
Wright of Coweta,
Wright of Dougherty,
Wright of Emanuel,
Wootten of DeKalb,
Wootten of Terrell,
Zachery.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs .:
Barnes,
Monroe,
Boyd,
Martin of Carroll, Mccutchen,
Burts,
Merrill,
Dickey,
Doyal,
Parrott,
Dowda,
Powell,
Ellington of Gilmer, England,
Quillian,
Goode of Pickens,
Glover, Graham,
Saffold, Strickland,
Hill of Morgan, Howard of Bartow, Harlan,
Thompson of Gordon,
Underwood,
Walker of Carroll,
Johnson of Spalding, Jordan,
Watkins,
Weaver,
Wikle.
Logan of Dawson,
So the ordinance was adopted.
Mr. Jenkins moved that 1,500 copies of the ordinance, with the tabular statement accompanying it, be printed for equal distribution among the members of the cou- vention.
Young,
Riley of Lumpkin,
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Mr. Kenan moved to amend by striking out "1500" and inserting "5000." Lost.
The resolution of Mr. Jenkins was then adopted.
Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, introduced the following resolution, which, under the rule, lies over :
Resolved, That the following be adopted as a rule of this Convention, in lieu of the existing rule on the sub- ject: The yeas and nays of the members of this Con- vention, on any question, shall be entered on the jour- nals at the desire of one-fifth of the members present, and not of a less number.
Mr. Wright, of Coweta, introduced the folowing reso- lution :
Resolved, That Ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown, Hon. B. H. Hill, Hon. R. P. Trippe, Hon. H. V. M. Miller and Gen. A. R. Wright be tendered seats in this hall.
Adopted.
Mr. Lewis, of Greene, introduced the following reso- Intion :
Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be authorized to employ three clerks to aid him in the dis- charge of the duties of his office.
Which was adopted.
Mr. Crawford, of Greene, moved to tender the use of this Hall to Gen. Tilson, U. S. A., of the Freedmen's Bureau, to-morrow night, and to invite him to address the members of the Convention.
The Convention . then adjourned till 9:30 A. M. to- morrow.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 1865,
9:30 O'CLOCK, A. M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by the Rev. Mr. Flinn, of this city, the roll was called, and the Journal of yesterday read.
Mr. Hill, of Morgan, moved to reconsider the reso- Ition authorizing the Secretary to appoint three clerks, passed yesterday.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr. Chappell moved to take up the resolution chang- ing the rules of the Convention. It was taken up, read and adopted.
Mr. Barnes offered a resolution that the delegates of this Convention may, without disrespect, sit covered during the deliberations of this body. Lost.
Mr. Barnes, of Columbia, offered the following reso- lution :
Resolved, That the President of this Convention be authorized to appoint two Standing Committees, to con- sist of five delegates each, to be known as the Commit- tee on Enrollment and the Auditing Committee.
Adopted.
The following delegates constitute said Committees by appointment of the President, viz .:
On Enrollment-Messrs. Barnes of Columbia, Lewis of Greene, Hammond of Fulton, Black of Sereven, Mat- thews of Washington.
Auditing Committee-Messrs. Matthews of Upson,
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Reynolds of Newton, Blount of Jones, Blance of Polk, Ware of Pierce.
The following delegates were appointed by the Presi- dent a committee under the resolution of Mr. Anderson of Chatham, adopted yesterday, to petition the Presi- dent of the United States to pardon Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, and others, to-wit:
Messrs. Anderson of Chatham, Cook of Macon, Mat- thews of Oglethorpe, Saffold of Morgan, Hook of Wash- ington. i
Mr. Hansell asked leave of absence for Mr. Harris of Worth, on account of sickness. Granted.
The following communication was received from His Excellency the Provisional Governor, and on motion of Mr. Kenan was taken up and read.
(See page 47.)
Mr. Hill of Morgan, moved to refer the message and accompanying document to the committee of sixteen.
Agreed to.
Mr. Jenkins, Chairman of the committee of sixteen, asked leave of absence for said committee at such times as they desire, during the sitting of the Convention.
Granted.
Mr. Hill of Morgan, gave notice that he would not move to reconsider the vote by which the ordinance to repeal certain ordinances and resolutions therein men- tioned heretofore passed by the people of the State of Georgia in convention, was passed, as announced yes- terday.
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Mr. Dupree offered the following resolution, which was on motion of Mr. Jenkins, referred to the committee of sixteen :
Resolved, That a commission consisting of two per- sons be appointed by His Excellency the Provisional Governor of Georgia, to prepare and report to the next Legislature what laws will be necessary and proper in consequence of the alteration made in the fundamental law, and especially to prepare and submit a mode for the regulation of labor, and the protection and govern- ment of the colored population of this State, and that the Legislature fix the compensation of said commission.
Mr. Goode of Houston, introduced the following ordi- nance, which on his motion was read and referred to the committee of sixteen :
AN ORDINANCE. .
To ratify certain laws past and judgments rendered since the passage of the Ordinance of Secession, to pro- vide for the introduction of parole evidence to as- certain the consideration of certain contracts, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Be it ordained, That all laws which have been passed by the several legislatures of the State of Georgia, since the passage of the Ordinance of Secession, not inconsist- ent with the Constitution of the United States, or the Con- stitution of the State of Georgia, as said Constitution existed on the 19th day of January, 1861, and which have not expired by their own limitations, except laws relating to crimes and laws affecting slaves, be and the same are, hereby ratified and declared of full force and dignity.
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Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, That all official acts and proceedings, judgments, decrees and orders, of the several courts of law and equity of this State, ren- dered since the passage of the ordinance of secession, and all marriages solemnized since the passage of said ordinance, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and de- clared as valid and binding as if said ordinance had not passed.
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