ses, (or of selecting such other agent within the control of the Le-
gislature, as may be deemed more advisable,) whose duty it shall be
before the meeting of the adjourned session, to procure such informa-
tion, (if within their reach,) as shall be serviceable in the adjustment,
and perfecting our system of revenue. To such committee also
might be given instructions to report at the same time, if practicable,
a bill for your future consideration, providing a complete system of
Revenue Laws.

Your attention is further respectfully invited to the better organi.
zation of the Militia of the State, and to the enacting at this time of such
laws as may be deemed necessary for its further regulation and govern.
ment, (so far at least as may be consistent with the regulations of the
Federal Government,) and to the mode of election of the various mili-
tia officers, in conformity to the requirements of the Constitution.-
The necessity at all times, (but more especially at the present,) for a
well organized, and properly disciplined, and equipped militia, must be
obvious to the most careless observer of passing events, apart from the
peculiarity of our geographical position, in relation to foreign nations,
and to the care and circumspection which should at all times be ob
served in regard to the necessary control and management of an in-
stitution peculiar to the Southern portion of the Confederacy.

The present state and condition of the public library are such as to justify me in presenting it to your consideration. I therefore would suggest the propriety of raising a joint committee of the two houses, whose duty it should be to make an examination, not only as to the condition of the books, and their present state of preservation from injury, and probable loss, but also as to the propriety of appointing a librarian or other agent, authorized and required to take charge of the whole concern, under such rules and regulations as the General Assembly may, from time to time, direct and establish. The present library room is obviously too small, under the existing arrangement, to allow a suitable and proper disposition of such books as are al ready the property of the State, without taking into view its enlargemens by annual accessions from the other States of the Union, and from the contributions made by liberal and patriotic individuals.

Your attention is invited to such legislation as may be necessary and proper, to secure by a judicious location, (at as early a day as practicable,) the highly liberal and valuable donation of the public lands, recently made by the Federal government. The value of these lands must measurably depend upon their location. It would seem, therefore, that any unnecessary delay in making such location, under present circumstances, might be productive of incalculable loss to the State.

There is one other subject to which your attention will, of necessity, be directed, without any formal communication on the part of the Executive. I allude to the subject matter of the fourteenth (14th) section of the thirteenth (13th) article of our State Constitution. That section provides: That the General Assembly shall, at its first session, have power to regulate, restrain and control all associations, claiming to exercise corporate privileges in the State, so as to guard,

protect, and secure the interests of the people of the State, not violat ing vested rights, or impairing the obligation of contracts.

The power thus confided to the General Assembly is too important, and too necessary to the well being of the State, to be lost, through any inadvertance in postponing it to an adjourned session, without the most satisfactory assurance that such postponement would not divest the legislature of that power.

The language of the Constitution is plain and unequivocal. It is for you to determine whether or not, by omitting to legislate upon this subject at the present session, the powers thus conferred upon you would extend to a session adjourned, to meet at some definite day within the time for which you may have been elected.

The duty thus confided to you, I am sure, you will consider a sacred trust, confided to you by our common constituents; a duty which no inconvenience, however great, will induce you to postpone, if, by such postponement, the right of legislation hereafter should thereby be lost.

It may, therefore, be your duty, (in case of an adjournment), previously to ascertain, whether an adjournment over to a definite period within the term for which you may have been elected to serve, will, within the true intent and meaning of the article alluded to in the Constitution, close the first session of the General Assembly. If such shall be the construction given to it, your duty, at present, is too plain, too obvious, and of too solemn a character, to require any suggestion from me, as to the necessity of its performance. I very respectfully, however, beg leave to remark, in conclusion upon this delicate and highly important subject, that I feel perfectly well assured you will carry with you, in your deliberations upon this subject, minds divested of every shadow of partiality or prejudice; and that, whatever the result may be, will be alike creditable to your good sense and sound discretion as legislators, and to your philanthropy as

men.

There are other measures, equally important to the interests of the State, to which, at a future day, your attention will be invited. They have only been postponed for the present, from the conviction, that those herein presented, require your more immediate attention, to put the government in motion.

It will be to me a source of high gratification to have frequent communication with you, so often, at least, as the interests of the State may seem to require it; and also to unite cordially with you in perfecting such measures as may have a tendency to promote the happiness and prosperity of our common country. W. D. MOSELEY.

Tallahassee, July 1st, 1845.

Mr. Newsom moved that five hundred copies of the Governor's message be printed.

The ayes and noes being called for by Messrs. Floyd and Ferguson, were as follows:

Ayes-Messrs. Alexander, Branch, Brown, of Monroe, Coleman,

Cotten, Dell, Ellis, Ferguson, Fernandez, Fontane, Garrason, Goff, Hurst, Long, Loring, McClellan, Myers, Newsom, Penn, Phillips, Stewart, Stone, Taylor, Tweed, Waring, and Mr. Speaker-26.

Nays-Messrs. Allison, Barkley, Brett, Brown, of Leon, Dumnmett, Floyd, Forbes, Gillis, Kelly, Neal, Riley, Smallwood, Smith and Tracey-14.

Yeas, 26-nays, 14. So the motion was carried.

On motion of Mr. Cotten, the rule was waived to allow him to introduce the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House, to act with a similar committee of the Senate, to be styled the Joint Select Committee on the Library.

Mr. Allison introduced the following as an amendment thereto : Whose duty it shall be to collect and preserve from waste, all the books, papers, etc., belonging to the State Library.

Which was received.

The question then being upon the adoption of the resolution as amended, was carried in the affirmative, and Messrs. Cotten, Allison and Long were appointed said committee on the part of the House.

A Committee was received from the Senate, who by their Chairman stated that the Senate would be prepared to proceed to the election of United States Senators, at twelve o'clock, to-day.

On motion of Mr. Floyd, a Committee of three was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Floyd, Loring and Coleman, to wait on the Senate, and inform that body that the House had concurred with the Senate to proceed to the election of United States Senators, at twelve o'clock, to-day.

The Committee retired, and after a short absence returned, and by their Chairman stated that they had performed the duty assigned them.

Mr. Allison moved that the rule be waived, to allow him to present a petition, in relation to the establishment of a free bridge across the Ocklock onnee river.

Which was lost.

Mr. Smith, from the Joint Select Committee appointed to draft joint rules, reported that they had performed that duty and submitted the following:

RULE 1. Messages from either House to the other shall be sent by such persons as a sense of propriety in each House may determine. 2. After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or by the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in one or the other House.

3. When bills shall be enrolled, they shall be examined by a Joint Committee of at least two from the Senate, and two from the House of Representatives, appointed as a Standing Committee for that purpose, who shall forthwith make report.

4. When a bill or resolution, which shall have passed in one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same may have passed.

5. When a bill or resolution which has been passed in one House, shall be rejected in the other, it shall not be brought in during the same session, without notice of ten days, and leave of two-thirds of that House in which it shall be moved.

6. Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.

7. No bill that shall have passed one House, shall be sent for concurrence to the other, on either of the last three days of the session. 8. After each House shall have adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost.

9. When elections are required to be made by joint vote of the two Houses, the time of electing shall be previously agreed upon, and each House shall communicate the nominations made therein to the other, prior to the voting.

10. Each House shall communicate to the other the nominations, and the result of each voting.

11. In every Joint Committee the member first named on the part of the House first proposing such Committee, shall convene the same. 12. During the election of officers there shall be no motions entertained, except to adjourn, to proceed to vote, to nominate and to withdraw a candidate-which motions shall have precedence in the order they stand.

13. The doings throughout shall proceed without debate.

14. Communications shall be made on paper, and signed by the presiding officer of each House, and transmitted through the Messenger or Door Keeper.

15. In the election for the Senate of the United States, both Senators shall be voted for at the same time, until one or both of them shall be chosen.

16. In every case of disagreement between the Senate and House of Representatives, either House may suggest conference, and appoint a Committee for that purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a Committee to confer at a convenient hour, to be designated by the Chairman; said Committees shall meet, and confer freely on the subject of disagreement.

Which report was received.

The following message was received from the Senate:

SENATE CHAMBER, July 1, 1845.

Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives:

The Senate has adopted the Joint Rules reported by the Joint Se lect Committee on Rules to this House, with the following amend.

ments:

Strike out the 9th rule, and insert the following in its place:"The Senate shall meet the Representatives in the Representative Hall, and cast their votes jointly, in all elections by the General As sembly, except in cases otherwise provided for in the State Constitution." Strike out the 10th Rule.

To which they ask the concurrence of the House.
Your obedient servant,

THOS. F. KING, Secretary Senate.

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rules, as reported by the Committee, were severally read and adopted.

The question then being upon the concurrence with the Senate in the amendment to the ninth rule reported by the Committee, the yeas and nays were called for by Messrs. Brown, of Leon, and Floyd, and were as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Alexander, Brown, of Monroe, Coleman, Dell, Dummett, Ellis, Ferguson, Fernandez, Floyd, Fontane, Forbes, Garrason, Gillis, Goff, Hurst, Loring, McClellan, Myers, Newsom, Penn, Phillips, Smith, Stewart, Tracey, and Mr. Speaker-26.

Nays-Messrs. Barkley, Branch, Brett, Brown, of Leon, Cotten, Long, Neal, Riley, Smallwood, Stone, Tweed and Waring-12. Ayeз, 26-noes, 12. So the amendment was concurred in.

The House concurred with the Senate in striking out the tenth rule reported by the Committee.

The eleventh and twelfth rules were then severally read and adopted. On the adoption of the 13th rule, viz: "The doings throughout shall proceed without debate," as reported by the Committee, the yeas and nays were called for by Messrs. Branch and Waring, and were as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Alexander, Dell, Ellis, Ferguson, Fernandez, Floyd, Fontane, Garrason, Goff, Hurst, Loring, McClellan, Myers, Newsom, Phillips, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Waring, and Mr. Speaker-20. Nays-Messrs. Barkley, Branch, Brett, Brown, of Leon, Brown, of Monroe, Coleman, Cotten, Dummett, Forbes, Gillis, Long, Neal, Penn, Riley, Smallwood, Stone, Tracey and Tweed-18.

Ayes, 20-noes, 18. So the rule was adopted.

The fourteenth rule was then read, and adopted.

On the adoption of the fifteenth rule, viz: "In the election for the Senate of the United States, both Senators shall be voted for at the same time, until one or both of them shall be chosen," the yeas and nays were called for by Messrs. Brown, of Leon, and Barkley, and were as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Alexander, Coleman, Dell, Dummett, Ellis, Ferguson, Fernandez, Floyd, Fontane, Garrason, Goff, Hurst, Loring, Myers, Newsom, Phillips, Smallwood, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Waring, and Mr. Speaker-23.

Nays-Messrs. Barkley, Branch, Brett, Brown, of Leon, Brown, of Munroe, Cotten, Forbes, Gillis, Kelly, Long, McClellan, Neal, Penn, Riley, Stone, Tracy and Tweed-17.

Ayes 23, noes 17. So the same was adopted.

The sixteenth rule reported was then read and adopted.

A committee from the Senate was received, who, by their Chairman, stated that the Senate was now ready to appear in the Hall of Representatives, and proceed to the election of United States Senators. The Speaker stated that the House was not ready, but would be in a few moments.

On motion of Mr. Floyd, a Committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Floyd, Smallwood and Smith, to wait on the Senate, and inform that body that the House had adopted the Joint Rules as a