

Fi!AN i:. 



way was ei r the com- 



pletion of the in-in In- ^ Uth Am- 



and International Kailr.-nd: and ' of t In- 



road was ex 



Amend!: regard to 



U) 'he 



!-..ns in privity with the 

 i by th'-e n-.' ill pril ItJ with the OH 



II- "f 



liiitioi> 111 . ain-t >uch 



sales: to the Bne-and-forfeituw fund intbeoonn- 



.nal eosts. and the I 

 and hireofconx 



granting of iM-rmits for the sale of liquor-.. 

 u of grow 



tO the 

 ! the dis- 



' the proceedsof life in-uraii' 

 passing on far- -In- prosecution 



- of tin. prohibition regu- 

 \ s by com- 

 

 Resoluti .i-s4-d requesting the 



in Coiiu're-s to take steps to 



the President. Vicc-1'resjdent. and Senators 



i by |M. pular vote: re<|iie>ting them to use 



their effort- t..\\anl s4'-uring an appropriation for 



deepening the harbor at Boca Grade: and asking 



i additional appropriation for the 



improvement of the Appalachicohi river, including 

 it-offand the lower Chipola river. Various 

 memorials to Congress also were adopted. 

 Other acts of the session \\ 



Iini ; .eiialty for landing sick seamen or 



paii|K-r- in the >tate. " 



and protecting growers of artificial 



.in}: to lire insurance policies prescribing a 

 rule <f evidence and measure of damage in cases 



ofkam 



To punish the itnpmixT exhibit ion of dangerous 

 weap 



Relating to negotiable instruinerr ..blish 



a law uniform with the laws of oth> 



To prevent adulteration of candy. 



To establish a battalion of naval* militia. 



To punish desertion of wife and children. 



prohibit arrangements, contracts, agreem 



trusts, or combinations, and certain other acts or 



things tending to j.revent or obstruct the lawful 



sale of Florida-fed beef or other Ixn-f or fresh meat 



. or other edible animal. 



To fix a penalty for hor-v arid cattle stealing. 



r<.\i!e for teachers' -ummer schools, and to 

 make appropriations tin-re for. 



liable cities and towns to manufacture and 

 'iite gas and electricity. 



declare valid the acts of notaries when com- 

 mission^ are more than four yeans since issued. 

 -wiring as|K-.-ial lie. < IM- paid b- 



: -in the State. 



H"Ti. WiUdnson <'all was appointed a^ent to 

 effect a settlement of the Indian war claims ai:ain<t 

 ii. ut. the fees to be 15 percent, of the 

 am<- 



I I.'VNM. '.lie in western Kurop<-. j, r ..- 



Haiu when the Krn|N-ror Na- 



poleon III was deposed. The Constitution of June 

 ]',. 1*7.-,, wai Ml :.-d bjr the National Assembly in 

 ist, 1884,'Juno. 1885, and. for the last 

 time. in.Iuly. ]^'.>. 



in th- - nd the ChaiuU-r of I>eputies. The 



Senate is comrx^-d of :{(K i ,1 for 



nine years in the several d. j v electoral 



nors rep- 'tinff 



citizens of the commnn*-* of th- d.-partment in 

 proportion to their population, together with the 



;.l. di-trict 



- ROC the ili^i-oiitinuance of life -na- 

 te liill of l^^j. whenever tin- 

 seat of a life > comes vac-am one d ilu- 

 :.'et-l by lot. , - iiator 

 -ular term. The Chamber is com] 



ed fnr four \ears by the \\ hole 



adult male cixil population of ih< uroti- 



di-i|Uali1ied for 



crini' -ided ^i\ uioiii hs in 



the commune. An i having more 



than KM).(HM) inhabitant- i- divide. 1 into i\\,, or more 



wh..m 7,4 tea The 



rre-idelit of (he republic is elected ' 



by t he Nat ional A>sembly, which i- composed of I he 



Senate and the Chamber of hejuitie.- united ii 



gress. Felix Faun-, born in IMI. was elected i 



1 1. 1M"). The ( 'abiliet. firilled o|| 



Apri .\as composed as fol, i.lmt 



of the Council and Minister >f Aj. r ricultii' 

 Meline : Minister of the Ini.i:.i. M. Karthou; 

 Minister of l-'iiianc. 



' llanotaux : Minister of \\ ;n 



Millot ; Minister of Marine. Admiral liesnard : 

 Minister of the C..1 n : Mini-; 



Public \Vmxhip and Kdiieation. M. liambaiid : 

 Minister of .lusti.-e. M. Parian: Minister of Com- 

 merce, Industry, and 1'o-ts ami TelcL'raphs. Henri 

 Boucher: Minister of Public Works. M. Tun-el. 



\reii and I'opulation. I 



cordinu' I" 'he Mirvi-y> of the Ministry of \\ 

 "< si|iiare kil<- metres ; according to ti 

 da-lral MI: 



square miles. The table on p.-i - t he area 



of the several departments and the population a- 

 determined by the census of April. IV.MJ. com- 

 pared with the population in Ajril. 1891. 



The number of foreigners residing in !' ranee in 

 Apri;. I.oi7.|!M. forming tMH) per cent, of 



the total resident population. The numoer of mar- 

 riages in 1894 was 286,602: of births. H.V>.::^ 

 deaths si:,/ births, 39,768. The num- 



ber of divorces grained in 1*'.4 was ii.-ll!. Mi, 



tion in isii:: amounted to 5V586 persons ; the nnmoer 

 of emigrants of all nationalities .sailing from French 

 ports was :il.-J!". The population of the princi- 

 pal eities in IHMwasas follows Paris, 2,586,884 ; 

 Lrons, 466,028; Marseilles. 142.289; Bon 



roulooae, i-r..!'i:; : St-Etienne, 

 i::t;.n::o : |{oubai.\. \\.t\t\\ : Nan:-. 128,902; Bane, 

 ll'.UTU; Koiien. 11:!.'J11: Kheims. in?.'." 



Finances. The budget e-timates for ls'.? make 

 the total revenue of the Government :',.:i!rj..ir>4,662 



franr-s. ,,f which :t.218.638.208 francs an . tl rdi- 



nary revenue. .">;. l(.sr.( I francs various extraordi- 



Hi.1 francs receipt- //'o/v//-. and 

 ,.r.M franc- the revenue of Al-eria. Of the 

 ordinary r from di- 



rect t. :.llated todirect 



taxes. from indirect 



562,8<>4 franc- from Government nionop<lie< and 



factories, and ."IUM.?:><> francs f r ,, m -tate domain* 



and forests. The direct contributions comprise i :><;.- 



900,620 (ranc-s from the income- 



from the land tax. ! franc- from ii 



on buildit :tl7 francs from trade li< . 



and l.i::-.'.! :rom the tax for ad v. rt i-i-ment . 



The tax.-s a<-imilate<l to dire. ,;.; jn 



fran-s from property in mortmain. : 



from miip from verification of 



tl and n.. .'.;:Wi.2."0 francs from car- 



riages and horse - franc- from velocif 



rom the military tax. and :{.2:*4.000 fram-s 

 from other taxe<. Of the indirect 



tote yield .i:;o.ol()..VM) francs, stamp 

 :570 francs', income from transferable securitie- <".- 



