4th. That the General Assembly of the State of Florida do provide for the appointment or election of a competent person who shall, for the State of Florida, discharge all the duties heretofore performed by the Post Master General of the United States, so for as the same may be applicable to a sovereign State, subject however to such modifications as the said General Assembly may prescribe, and whose duty especially it shall be to negotiate with the proper authorities of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, for the joint payment of the expense of transporting the mails over such routes as may have one of their termini in either of said States and the other in Florida.
5th. That the General Assembly of Florida shall have power to repeal, alter, or amend any act of Congress in relation to postal affairs, herein declared to be in force in this State; to abolish any Post Office establisbed by and under the authority of the late Federal Government; to dispense with any existing mail route or contract; to adopt new laws, create new offices, establish new mail routes, and authorize the letting of new contracts, as may from time to time be required by the mail service in this State.
Pending which, Mr. Ward moved a call of the House, when the following delegates answered:
Messrs. Alderman, Barrington, Bethel, Coon, Davis, Dawkins, Devall, Dilworth, Folsom, Gary, Gettis, Glazier, Golden, Henry, Hunter, Irwin, Jones, Kirksey, Lamar, Lamb, Lea of Madison, Lewis, Love, McCaskill, McNealey, Morrison, Newman, Nicholson, Pinkney, Sanderson, Saxon, Sever, Stephens, Turman and Ward.
A quorum being present, the Convention proceeded to business.
Mr. Sanderson of Duval offered the following amendments:
To strike out in the fourth line of the first ordinance, "at the date of this ordinance" and insert the words "on the tenth day of January of the present year." And in the sixth line strike out the word "single" and insert in stead thereof, the word "Sovereign;"
Which were adopted.
The ordinance was then put upon its passage, as amended, and was adopted.
Mr. Sanderson moved that the second ordinance reported by said Committee be indefinitely postponed;
Which was agreed to.
The third ordinance reported by said Committee was then taken up.
Mr. Sanderson of Duval offered the following amendment:
Provided, Payments shall not be received by the contractors
