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message of Governor, 300 ; informality in pas- 

 sage of bill, 300 ; recommendations in Govern- 

 or's message, 301 ; funding bill passed, 301 ; ve- 

 toed, 301 ; Republican Convention, 301 ; nom- 

 inees, 301; resolutions, 301; same of Dem- 

 ocratic party, 302; canvass of votes, 302; 

 results, 303 ; litigation as to lieutenant-govern- 

 orship, 303 ; finances, 303 ; charitable institu- 

 tions, 303; outrages, 303; public instruction, 

 304. 



XI. Political situation, 308; election re- 

 turns, 308 ; meeting of the Legislature, 308 ; 

 election law, 308; State-prison, 308; regula- 

 tion of insurance companies, 309; financial 

 legislation, 309 ; school law, 309 ; funding act, 

 309; constitutional amendments, 310; action 

 of courts on financial bills, 310 ; unconstitution- 

 ally of law regarding State warrants, 310; 

 convention at Lake City on finances, 311 ; res- 

 olutions, 311; address, 311, 312; summary 

 statement of grievances, 312 ; proclamation of 

 Governor Reed, 312 ; finances debt, receipts, 

 etc., 313; schools, 313; public institutions, 

 813; railroads, 313; message of Governor to 

 Legislature of 1872, 313, 314; census statistics 

 of 1870, 314. 



XII. Session of the Legislature, 301 ; move- 

 ment to impeach Governor Reed, 301 ; sub- 

 stance of the charges, 301-303 ; adjournment 

 of the High Court, without action, 303 ; the 

 Lieutenant-Governor assumes the functions of 

 office, 303 ; controversy between Governor 

 Reed and the acting-Governor, 303 ; proclama- 

 tion by Governor Reed of his authority as Ex- 

 ecutive, 303 ; counter-proclamation of Mr. Day, 

 303, 304; the question submitted to the Su- 

 preme Court, 304 ; the opinion of the court, 

 304 ; dissenting opinion of Chief- Justice Ran- 

 dall, 304 ; reply of the court to Governor Reed's 

 communication, 305 ; extra session of the Leg- 

 islature, 305; views of acting-Governor Day, 



305 ; impeachment proceedings resumed, 305 ; 

 motion for the discharge of the accused, 306 ; 

 adjournment of the court of impeachment, and 

 of the Legislature, 306 ; opening of the regular 

 session of the Legislature, 806 ; resolutions of 

 sympathy with Cuba, 306 ; commission to re- 

 port on the financial condition of the State, 



306 ; other acts passed, 306 ; insurance legisla- 

 tion, 306 ; Republican Convention for appoint- 

 ment of delegates to the National Convention, 

 and resolutions, 306 ; selection of delegates to 

 the National Democratic Convention, 307; 



Republican Convention for the nomination 

 of State officers, 307; platform, 307; Demo- 

 cratic Convention and resolutions, 308 ; results 

 of the action, 308 ; Governor Hart's views of 

 the existing election law, 308 ; finances, 308 ; 

 projected canal from the Atlantic to the Gulf 

 coast, 308; statistics of agriculture, 308; of 

 manufactures, 309 ; of churches, 309 ; of li- 

 braries, 309 ; of newspapers, 309. 



XIII. Meeting of the Legislature, 292 ; elec- 

 tion of United States Senator, 292 ; Hon. Simon 

 B. Conover, 292 ; investigation of bribery re- 

 ports, 292 ; bill to protect citizens in their civil 

 rights, 292 ; public improvements, 292 ; me- 

 morials to Congress, 292 ; extraordinary ses- 

 sion of the Legislature, 293 ; provision of the 

 bill for funding the State bonds hypothecated 

 in New York, 293; bonded debt, 293; re- 

 ceipts and expenditures, 294; affairs of the 

 Jacksonville, Pensacola & Mobile Railroad 

 Company, 294 ; annexation of West Florida to 

 Alabama, 294; public instruction, 295; Pea- 

 body fund, 295; Agricultural College scrip, 

 295 ; improvements in the navigation of the 

 Upper St. John's River, 295 ; Pease Creek Im- 

 provement Company, 295. 



XIV. Legislature, 308 ; proposed amend- 

 ments to the constitution, 308 ; acts passed, 

 308 , election for Congress, 308 ; parties in 

 the Legislature, 308 ; Republican platform, 

 309 ; State debt, 309 ; death of the Governor, 

 309 ; views of his successor on the finances, 

 310; railroad-aid bonds, 310; school -fund, 

 810 ; seminaries, 310. 



XV. Session of the Legislature, 294 ; sketch 

 of Senator Jones, 294 ; contested seats, 294 ; 

 joint resolutions relative to Cuba, 294; acts 

 of the session, 295 ; amendments to the consti- 

 tution, 295 ; vote of the people upon them, 

 295 ; law relative to county commissioners, 

 296 ; action against the trustees of the internal 

 improvement fund, 296 ; the construction of 

 the homestead provision of the State constitu- 

 tion, 296 ; question as to the amended consti- 

 tution, 297 ; Fruit-Growers' Association, 297 ; 

 resources of Florida. 297 ; climatology of Flor- 

 ida, 298 ; school-lands, 298 ; bonded debt, 298. 



FLOURING-MILLS, EXPLOSION Iff. XII. Report 

 on the causes of the disastrous explosion at the 

 Tradeston flour-mills in Glasgow, 309-312. 



FLOYD, JAMES. III. Birth, 413; death, 413; 

 pursuits, 414 ; writings, 414. 



FLOYD, JOHN B. I. Furnishes arms to the 



