FLORIDA. 



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ceding registration. Separate and duplicate lists 



iiio>i- ri-1'ii-.iMl r<-t:i>traiiiiii, and of 

 u from tin- li-is, will bo promptly sent 



to tlil^ 



III. I'riiit.-d liits of 1-f.risterrd voters, to conform 



ion Kcr. iid," Init ariaiii;ed uliiliu- 



,'lv, will In- dispatch'- 1 in tli.- NrMT.,1 Hoards us 



,|drtt-d. Hi-ton- tin- rlri-lioii-duv, the 



- will mill (alplialu-licallyj to tin- |irinti-d li,ls 



t all person!) registered during the five 



\\ h.i uiv i|iialitied ID vote. 



I V. The members of Hoards of Registration in this 

 State will act as judges of election. In casa of a 

 \ in any Hoard, the remaining Registrars will 

 ppoini and qualify, in accordance with Par. VI., 

 (ieneral Order No. 7-t, a competent person to act 

 with tin-in adjudge of election, and promptly report 

 thc-ir action and send the oath taken to this office. 



V. Tin- Kleetiou will be held in the Court-House 

 at each county seat, and if there be no Court-House, 

 at such convenient place as the Board of Registra- 

 tion. IM shall select. 



VI. The judges of election will provide, at. each 

 place of election, one substantial ballot-box to re- 

 ivivf the votes. Each ballot received shall be in- 

 serted through an aperture in the lid, by the judge 

 who receives it, and in no other manner. 



VII. At the time of opening the polls, the ballot- 

 box shall be publicly exposed, so that it may be seen 

 th. i' there are no ballots therein. The box shall be 

 securely closed, and not be again opened under any 

 pretext whatever, until after the close of the third 

 day of election. The judges of election shall have 

 custody and be held responsible for the safe-keeping 

 of the ballot-box and its contents. 



VIII. The judges, before commencing to receive 

 ballots, shall cause to be proclaimed aloud that the 

 polls are open. But one ballot shall be received 

 from each voter, which shall contain his vote upon 

 the question of a convention, and for delegates, 

 either or both, as he may desire. 



IX. Each voter, in presenting his ballot, shall give 

 his name to the judges of election, who shall receive 

 the ballot, and call his name audibly ; and if he be 

 registered, and has resided one year in the State, 

 and be the man he represents himself to be, his 

 ballot will be deposited in the box, and his name 

 will be so checked or marked in ink on the printed 

 list as to prevent a repetition of his vote. Such 

 check shall be conclusive evidence of his having 

 voted. 



X. The polls will be closed promptly at 6 p. M. on 

 the 16th day of November, when the ballot-box shall 

 be opened and the ballots counted by the judges, one 

 of wpom shall take them separately from the box, 

 reading each aloud, and the other two recording 

 (in i lie usual way) each ballot as readout. 



XI. When the votes are all counted, the judges 

 of election shall make and certify a statement on 

 blanks furnished for election returns, showing the 

 result of such count, and shall also sign the printed 

 lists, certifying the same to have been the list of 

 registered voters used by them at said election. 

 They will then enclose, seal, and plainly mark the 

 contents of the ballot-box as follows: " The ballot 

 of County." 



XII. The presidents of the Boards of Registration 

 in each county, immediately after the completion of 

 their report of election, will forthwith proceed to 

 deliver in person at this office, the printed lists, 

 sealed packages of ballots, certified report of the 

 vote, and the oath-book of registration, taking re- 

 ceipt therefor from the Superintendent. 



II 1 1. The Board of Registration are enjoined to 

 keep all official books and papers in their posses- 

 sion, and by them only are they to be examined 

 until they are forwarded to this office. 



0. B. HART, Supt. of Registration, 

 By order of Col. JOHN T. SPBAOOK : 

 CHAS. F. LABKABKK, 1st Lieut. 7th Inf., A. A. A. Q. 



At tlie election on November 14th, 15th, ami 

 Kith, there were polled 14,50;i . hi<-h 



I l,:;nii wrrv in favor of aconvfiitinii. Th. 

 liiii.ui of th,- State in 1860 wa.s 77, 7-1 s white 

 ninl t;2,677 colored, and the vote in IbOu (white) 

 was 18,980. ' 



On I)i-<vnil>er 28th an order was issued by 

 General Pope, announcing the- result of the elec- 

 tion, designating the persons chosen to the con- 

 \vntioii, of whom 17 were colored, and appoint- 

 ing Monday, January 20, 1868, as the day for 

 convention to assemhle. 



A question was r.-ii-c<l in the State as to the 

 legality of all the measures relating to recon- 

 struction of the State subsequent to registra- 

 tion. It was asserted that by the act of Congress, 

 the members of the Convention were " to be ap- 

 portioned among the several districts, counties, 

 or parishes of such State by the commanding 

 general, giving to each representation in the 

 ratio of the voters registered as aforesaid, as 

 nearly as may be." It was charged that the 

 commanding general "gerrymandered" the 

 State in such a manner as to turn over the rifle 

 to the radical blacks ; and " every county that 

 could elect a conservative black or respectable 

 white man was tacked on to some other county 

 or counties, so that, voting together, none but 

 radicals could be elected." The white people, 

 seeing these things, gave up in despair, and 

 refused to vote. 



Some sheriffs and justices of the peace were 

 removed by General Pope while in command. 



The proceedings of the convention form a 

 part of the history of 1868. They have come 

 to hand too late for a statement in these pages. 



An educational convention assembled at Tal- 

 lahassee on May 20th, and organized a State 

 Educational Association for the purpose of pro- 

 moting the educational interests of Florida. The 

 superintendent of the schools for freedmen re- 

 ported nearly 2,000 children under daily instruc- 

 tion, and about 12,000 connected with the ni^'lit 

 schools. Between 2,000 and 3,000 were also 

 under private instruction. 



The fertile soil and genial climate of the 

 State attracted many immigrants during the 

 year, and created anticipations of great future 

 prosperity. 



FOULD, ACHILLE, a French statesman and 

 financier, born in Paris, in October, 1800 ; died 

 in Tarbes, France, of angina pectoris, October 

 5, 1867. He was the son of a rich Israelite 

 banker of Paris, and, after receiving a very 

 thorough education, was initiated into business 

 by his father. Having a taste for the fine arts, 

 he travelled much as an art-student in the south 

 of France, Italy, and the East. He did not 

 manifest any early predilection for political life, 

 and was forty-two years of age when he was 

 elected deputy, in the French Chamber, for 

 Tarbes. Here he distinguished himself by his 

 knowledge of financial matters, and in questions 

 of customs, imposts, loans, and budgets, was 

 looked upon as an authority. In 184-4 he was 

 named reporter of the committee on the newspa- 



