ALABAMA. 



lien upon crops and property of their employ- 

 ers, 30 ; ordinance to appoint provisional gov- 

 ernment, 31 ; resolutions concerning slavery 

 and registration, 31 ; do. respecting new con- 

 stitution, 31 ; do. providing system of free 

 schools, 31 ; report of committee on elective 

 franchise, 31 ; ordinance respecting franchise 

 of colored persons, 32 ; do. relative to compen- 

 sating colored people for services after Janu- 

 ary 1, 1863, 32; ordinances changing names 

 of counties, 32 ; report of committee of exec- 

 utive department, 32 ; report of committee on 

 militia, 32 ; report of committee on finance and 

 taxation, 32 ; substitute for report on elective 

 franchise, 32 ; debate on question, 32 ; addition 

 to article on legislative department, 33 ; arti- 

 cle containing declaration of rights, 33 ; es- 

 tablishment of schools, 33; ordinance con- 

 cerning marriages between white and black 

 persons, 33 ; also legitimizing marriages of 

 freedmen, 33 ; also declaring State war debt 

 void, 33; oath of office, 34; General Pope's 

 letter, to General Swayne concerning proceed- 

 ings of convention, 34 ; property exempt from 

 debt, 34; judiciary, elective, 34; adoption of 

 constitution, 34 ; final form of article on elec- 

 tive franchise, 34; memorial to Congress to 

 change reconstruction law on ratification, 35 ; 

 ordinances passed not a part of the constitu- 

 tion, 35 ; time fixed for vote on constitution, 

 85 ; orders of General Pope fixing time of the 

 election, 35 ; efforts of whites to defeat new 

 constitution, 35; removal of civil officers by 

 General Pope, 35; credit and bonded debt, 

 35; resolution of the convention concerning 

 indebtedness, 35 ; destitution in northern part 

 of the State, 36; deterioration in price of 

 lands, 36 ; revised code, 36. 



VIII. General Meade assigned to the com- 

 mand, 15 ; General Hay den also assigned to com- 

 mand, 15 ; order forbidding military organiza- 

 tions, 15; first acts of General Meade, 15; his 

 order explaining the relations between the 

 civil and military authorities, 15; opposition 

 to the new constitution, 15 ; address of the 

 convention, 15; resolutions, 16; petition to 

 the Lower House of Congress, 16 ; order rela- 

 tive to newspapers, 16 ; vote on the new con- 

 stitution, 16; choice of Governor, 16; bill, for 

 admission of the State, before Congress, 16; 

 reason, 16; minority report, 16; meeting of 

 the Legislature, 16; address to the Senate, 

 16; object and necessity of the session, 16; 



proceedings annulled by the subsequent action 

 of Congress, 17; difficulty between the mili- 

 tary and judiciary, 17 ; trials by military com- 

 mission, 17; convention to choose delegates to 

 the New York Convention, 17; resolutions, 

 17; admission of the Stale by Congress, 17; 

 Governor convenes the Legislature, 17 ; mes- 

 sage, 17; order of General Meade recognizing the 

 civil authority, 18; fourteenth amendment to 

 Federal Constitution ratified, 18 ; views of 

 the Governor, 18; order of General Meade 

 resigning the direction of affairs, 18; pro- 

 test of late State officers, 18 ; proceedings 

 of the Legislature, 19 ; veto of the Gov- 

 ernor, 19; registration, 19; political canvass, 

 19 ; finances, 19 ; cotton crop, 19 ; a bill to 

 admit, 168. 



IX. Election of Eepresentatives to Con- 

 gress, 10 ; annexation of Western Florida, con- 

 tract for, 10 ; immigration convention, 10 ; 

 railroads, 10; indorsement of railroad bonds, 

 11 ;. penitentiary, 11 ; finances, 11 ; school 

 lands, 11; State Fair, 11; meeting of the 

 Legislature, 11; Governor's message, 11; fif- 

 teenth amendment to Federal Constitution 

 ratified, 11 ; bill presented to the Legislature 

 for the reorganization of municipal govern- 

 ment of Mobile, 11; physical and industrial 

 features, 11 ; timber region, 12 ; cotton region, 

 12; agricultural and manufacturing region, 

 12; mineral region, 12; stock region, 12; 

 varieties of timber, 12. 



X. Commercial failures, 9; annexation of 

 Florida, 9 ; State aid to railroads, 9 ; railroad 

 legislation, 9, 10; extent of railroads, 10; im- 

 provements in the Coosa River, 10; Mobile, 

 commerce of, 11 ; improvements in bay and 

 harbor of, 11 ; remarkable bill concerning 

 municipal offices thereof, 12; fraud concern- 

 ing same, 12 ; illiterate members of the Legis- 

 lature, 13 ; classification of Senators, 13 ; po- 

 litical parties, 13; outrages, 14; schools, 14; 

 school funds, 14 ; misapplication of school 

 moneys, 14; Republican Convention, 15; nom- 

 inations and resolutions, 15 ; Democratic Con- 

 vention, nominations and resolutions, 15 ; re- 

 sults of election, 15 ; non-acquiescence by de- 

 feated candidates, 16; resistance of Governor 

 Smith, 16 ; United States troops quartered in 

 the capital, 16; resolution in the House con- 

 cerning the same, 16; message of Governor 

 Lindsay to the House, 17; message of Gov- 

 ernor Smith to the Senate, 17; State debt, 17; 



