772 APPENDIX. C0¤V€¤*i¤¤_. vened, or the legislature that may be thereafter assembled, will prescribe the &°·i£’ P¥“°“b° qualification of electors, and the eligibility of persons to hold office under the qua mL10U' constitution and laws of the state, —-a power the people of the several states composing the Federal Union have rightfully exercised from the origin of the government to the present time. And I do hereb direct —— All the d€P¤Yt· First. That theymilitary commander of the department, and all officers and ¥;?gd°g:;;S persons in the military and naval service, aid and assist the said provisional gov-
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aid the provi- fiom, in any way, hindering, impeding, or discouraging the loyal people from sional g0V€1`H01‘· the organization of a. state government as herein authorized. Second. That the Secretary of State proceed to put in force all laws of the United States, the administration whereof belongs to the State Department, applicable to the geographical limits aforesaid. Third. That the Secretary of the Treasury proceed to nominate for appointment assessors of taxes, and collectors of customs and internal revenue, and such other officers of the Treasury Department as are apthorized by law, and put in execution the revenue laws of the United States within the geographical limits aforesaid. In making appointments, the preference shall be given to qualified loyal persons residing within the districts where their respective duties are to be performed. But if suitable residents of the districts shall not be found, then persons residing in other states or districts shall be appointed. Fourth. That the Postmaster-General proceed to establish post-offices and postroutes, and put into execution the postal laws of the United States within the said state, giving to loyal residents the preference of appointment; but if suitable residents are not found, then to appoint agents, &c., from other states. Fffh. That the district judge for the judicial district in which Florida is included proceed to hold courts within said state, in accordance with the provisions of the act of congress. The Attorney-General will instruct the proper officers to libel, and bring to udgment, confiscation, and sale, property subject to confiscation, and enforce the administration of justice within said state in all matters within the cognizance and jurisdiction of the federal courts. Sixth. That the Secretary of the Navy take possession of all public property belonging to the Navy Department within said geographical limits, and put in operatioré all acts of congress in relation to naval affairs having application to the said tate. Seventh. That the Secretary of the Interior put in force the laws relating to the Interior Department applicable to the geographical limits aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this thirteenth day of July, in the year [L. s.] of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.— No. 48. August 29, 1865. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. preamble, WHERnAs, by my proclamations of the thirteenth and twenty-fourth of June, Ante, pp. 763, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, removing restrictions, in part, upon 769- internal, domestic, and coastwise intercourse and trade with those states recently declared in insurrection, certain articles were excepted from the effect of said proclarnations as contraband of war; and whereas the necessity for restricting trade in said articles has now, in a great measure, ceased: it is All restrictions hereby ordered,' that on and after the lst day of September, 1865, all restric- 011 fwdé fe- tions aforesaid be removed, so that the articles declared by the said proclamam°`"d· tions to be contraband of war, may be imported into and sold in said states, subject only to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
