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islature, 314; report on the state of the repub- 

 lic, 314 ; extract, 314 ; action of the Democrats, 

 815 ; military organizations, 315 ; Governor's 

 proclamation, 315 ; Republican mass meeting, 

 315; investigation of disturbances, 316; Gov- 

 ernor's proclamation, 816; order of General 

 Meade, 316, 817; address of Democratic Gen- 

 eral Committee, 317; finances, 318. 



IX. Readmission into the Union, 300 ; col- 

 ored members expelled from the Legislature, 

 300; communication of Governor Bullock to 

 Congress in reference to the reconstruction of 

 the State, 300 ; congressional bill providing for 

 the reassembling of the Constitutional Conven- 

 tion, 300 ; conflicting reports of the state of 

 affairs in Georgia, 300; views of Governor 

 Bullock, 300 ; statement of Nelson lift, 300, 

 801 ; the State not represented in the Forty- 

 first Congress, 301 ; bill reported in the House 

 of Representatives by Mr. Butler, for the re- 

 construction of Georgia, 301 ; debate on the 

 bill, 302 ; meeting of the Legislature, 302 ; Gov- 

 ernor Bullock's interpretation of the recon- 

 struction acts, 802; his plan for completing 

 the work of reconstruction, 302 ; proceedings 

 of the Legislature, 303 ; encouragement of im- 

 migration, 303 ; act in relation to the statute 

 of limitations, 303 ; acts vetoed by the Execu- 

 tive, 803 ; action on the fifteenth amendment, 

 303 ; controversy between the Governor and 

 State Treasurer in reference to certain financial 

 transactions, 304 ; order of Governor Bullock 

 prohibiting official intercourse betwee^ State 

 Treasurer Augier and the Fourth National 

 Bank of New York, 305; statement of Mr. 

 Augier, 805 ; controversy between the Comp- 

 troller and the Treasurer, 305 ; right of a negro 

 to hold office affirmed by the Supreme Court of 

 the State, 305 ; opinion of Justice McCay, 305 ; 

 opinion of Chief -Justice Brown, 306 ; dissent- 

 ing opinion of Justice Warner, 307 ; marriages 

 between white and colored persons held to be 

 invalid by the Supreme Court, 307 ; state of 

 society during the year, 308 ; letter of Senator 

 Wilson to President Grant concerning disor- 

 ders in Georgia, 308 ; report of General Terry 

 on the state of affairs in Georgia, 308 ; Gov- 

 ernor Bullock goes to Washington to urge the 

 further reconstruction of the State, 309 ; re- 

 construction recommended in the President's 

 message, 309; bill for reconstruction passed 

 by Congress, 309 ; text of the bill, 309 ; proc- 

 lamation of the Governor summoning a provi- 



sional Legislature, 310; order of General Sher- 

 man appointing General Terry commanding 

 general, 810 ; statistics of the wealth and re- 

 sources of the State, 810; railroads, 310. 



X. Act of Congress concerning reassembling 

 of Legislature, 331 ; proclamation of Governor 

 Bullock, 831 ; General Terry to exercise mili- 

 tary powers under reconstruction acts, 831 ; 

 meeting and organization of Legislature, 331 ; 

 Governor appoints clerk pro tern., 831 ; action 

 of General Terry, 832 ; question of ineligi- 

 bility of members, 832 ; course of Conservative 

 Republicans, 332 ; protest of, 833 ; address of 

 colored members to General Terry, 333 ; state- 

 ment of Mr. Bryant in behalf of Conservatives, 

 333 ; reply of General Terry, 834 ; opinion of 

 Supreme Court, 334 ; members declared ineli- 

 gible, 334 ; organization of House, 334 ; seat- 

 ing of persons having next highest vote, 335 ; 

 Governor's message, 835 ; ratification of four- 

 teenth and fifteenth amendments, 335 ; sena- 

 torial question, 335 ; election of Senators, 336; 

 stay law, 336 ; Governor's recommendations at 

 April session, 336; protest of Conservatives 

 against continuation of appropriation bill, 336 ; 

 difficulty between Treasurer and Governor, 

 836; action of Congress on the condition of 

 affairs in the State, 887 ; conclusions concern- 

 ing the organization of the Legislature, 837 ; 

 bill concerning the restoration of the State, 

 337 ; views of Governor Bullock on the course 

 to be pursued by Congress, 338 ; reassembling 

 of the Legislature, 338 ; message of Governor 

 Bullock, 838 ; adjournment of Legislature, 338; 

 controversy as to the time of holding the State 

 election, 338; opinion of Attorney-General 

 Ackerman thereon, 839 ; passage of the elec- 

 tion law, 339 ; provisions thereof, 339, 340 ; 

 finances, 340 ; bill establishing a system of pub- 

 lic instruction, 340 ; provisions thereof, 341 ; 

 election results, 841, population, 342 ; agricult- 

 ural products, 342. 



XI. Political affairs, 847; Ku-klux, 347; 

 resolutions of Legislature, 347 ; finances, 347- 

 349 ; statement of Treasurer, 347, 348 ; of Gov- 

 ernor Conley, 348, 349 ; meeting of the Legis- 

 lature, 349 ; action on finances, 349, 350 ; West- 

 ern & Atlantic Railroad affairs, 350, 351 ; ar- 

 rest of Foster Blodgett and pardon by Gov- 

 ernor Conley, 351; resignation of Governor 

 Bullock, 351, 352 ; action of Legislature, 352, 

 853 ; new election, 353 ; result, 353 ; election of 

 United States Senator, 353 ; measures of the 



