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and for clerk hire the sum of seven hundred dollars, in addi- Appropriation. tion to the sum appropriated for that purpose by the act aforesaid. (b)

SEC. 7. The work as soon as completed, in accordance with Commission the provisions of the foregoing section, shall be submitted to to revise. a commission to consist of the Hons. P. W. White, George P. Raney and John A. Henderson, to revise and examine the same and to make report thereon to the Governor, who shall, if the said report be favorable, draw his warrant on the Comptroller for said sum of seven hundred dollars in favor of the said James Pay for Digest. F. McClellan; and the said sum of seven hundred dollars shall not be paid till such report is so made.

(b)

Report of.

Pay of Com

Dicisions of

SEC. 8. The said commission shall be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars each for the service required in the foregoing missioners. section, and the Governor is hereby empowered to draw his warrant on the Comptroller therefor when the work has been performed as herein required: Provided, That the said James F. McClellan be, and he is hereby, required to incorporate into Supreme Court to be incorsaid work, by appropriate arrangement, the decisions of the porated. Supreme Court construing the laws of this State. (b) SEC. 9. The Digest of the Laws of this State prepared by Printing of the Hon. James F. McClellan, under the provisions of the act Digest. approved March 2, A. D. 1877, and entitled "An act to procure a Digest of the Laws of Florida," and the act approved March 8, A. D. 1879, entitled "An act to further provide for the completing and digesting of the Laws of Florida," and revised by the Hon. C. C. Yonge under the appointment of the Governor, shall, with the additions or modifications thereof hereinafter provided to be made, be printed in book form, under the personal supervision of said James F. McClellan, who shall see to and secure the accurate printing of said Digest, and for which services he shall receive the sum of five hundred dollars. (c)

to be embodied

SEC. 10. On or before the first day of May next the said Laws of 1881 James F. McClellan shall embody in said Digest all laws of a in Digest. general or public nature which shall have been or may be passed at the present session of the Legislature, and eliminate therefrom all laws and parts of laws repealed by the laws to be

so incorporated, and for which services he shall receive the sum Compensation. of five hundred dollars. (c)

SEC. 11. The contract with the printer or publisher for the Contract for printing and binding of said Digest shall be made by the Gov- Printing and binding. ernor and Comptroller, and they shall secure the publication on such terms as may be just and reasonable; that at least Number of three thousand and not more than five thousand copies shall copies. be printed, and fifteen hundred copies shall be bound in good

law sheep binding, and the others in paper. (c)

SEC. 12. Hon. C. C. Yonge shall revise the compilation of

(b) Secs. 1, 2 and 3, Chap. 3150, Act of March 8, 1879.

(c) Secs. 1, 2 and 3, Chap. 3240, Act of March 3, 1881.

Digest.

Revision of the laws as provided for in Section ten of this chapter, and that there is appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars for Compensation. compensation to C. C. Yonge, fifteen hundred dollars of said

Distribution

among county officers.

Bond.

amount to be paid him upon his application therefor for his services in revising said Digest under the appointment of the Governor, and if the said C. C. Yonge shall on or before the 1st day of May next revise the laws of this session, which are to be incorporated in said Digest as provided in the tenth section of this chapter, then he is to receive the remaining five hundred dollars. (c)

SEC. 13. After said Digest shall have been printed, the three thousand copies so printed shall be deposited with the Secretary of State, who shall transmit to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of each county one copy for each county officer, except constables and county commissioners, and one copy for the Board of County Commissioners; that the clerk shall distribute said copies among the officers of the county aforesaid, and take bond, with sureties, from all officers receiving them for . the return thereof, on the expiration of their official term. Said bond shall be recorded in the book of the proceedings of the county commissioners, said bonds to be forwarded to the Secretary of State after they have been so recorded. It shall be Return of Di- the duty of each officer, on the expiration of his official term, to return the copies so received by him to the clerk, who shall hold the same subject to the order of the county commissioners. (c)

gest to clerk.

Distribution among State officers.

Sale.

SEC. 14. The Secretary of State shall also furnish the Executive office, Supreme Court Judges, Circuit Court Judges, State Attorneys and Cabinet officers each with a copy, and the Supreme Court Clerk with twelve copies for the use of court and for the Supreme Court Library. (c)

SEC. 15. The Secretary of State is authorized to sell said Digest at the price of five dollars per volume having paper bindings, and those bound in sheep for five dollars and the cost of binding. (c)

CHAPTER 140.

LAWS, &C.-DISTRIBUTION OF.

1. Legislature, duty of as to to taking receipts for laws dispublication of laws.

2. Number of copies to be printed; how distributed; remaining copies, how disposed of.

3. Duty of Secretary of State as

tributed.

4. Sale of laws, how made. 5. Journals of Legislature, how printed; number of; how distributed.

(c) Secs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, Chap. 3240, Act of March 3, 1881.

6. At what time after adjourn- to printing of Supreme Court Rement of Legislature shall laws be ports; how and by whom disdistributed. tributed.

7. Duty of Secretary of State as

Legislature

for publication of laws.

One thousand

Distribution,

SECTION 1. The Legislature shall provide for the speedy shall provide publication of all statutes and laws of a general nature. (a) SEC. 2. The State Printer shall, without delay, print and have stitched in pamphlet form one thousand copies of the acts copies to be and resolutions passed by the Legislature, with the index to printed. the said acts and resolutions, and immediately deliver the same, together with a statement of the estimated cost of each copy thereof, to the Secretary of State, who shall, as soon as possible after their publication, distribute copies as follows: To the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, each Cabinet officer, &c. each member of the Senate and Assembly, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the Assembly, each of the Justices of the . Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Judge of each Circuit Court, the State Attorney for each Judicial Circuit of the State, each County Judge, Clerk of the County Court, Sheriff, Assessor and Collector of Revenue, Board of County Commissioners, County Superintendent of Public Education for each county, each Justice of the Peace, Mayor of each incorporated city or town in the State, the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Attorney-General and each Solicitor of the United States, each of the Judges, Marshals, Clerks and District Attorneys of each of the District Courts of the United States within this State, one copy; to the Secretary of State of each State and Territory of the United States, for the use of their offices, three copies; to the Secretary of State of the United States, for the use of the government of the United States, three copies; retain for the use of his office three copies, and deposit the remaining copies copies. in the State library, and take a receipt of the Librarian thereof for the same.

(b)

Remaining

tribution

officers.

SEC. 3. In distributing the laws the Secretary of State shall Roll and reforward all copies intended for the offices of each county to ceipts in dis. the clerk thereof, with a roll containing a list of names of par- among county ties for whom they are intended, upon which roll the clerk shall obtain the receipt of each person to whom a copy is delivered, and return the same to the Secretary of State's office to be placed on file. (b)

SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for the State Librarian, upon the Sale by librareceipt of a certificate from the State Treasurer that any per- rian. son has paid into the treasury the estimated cost of one or more copies, to deliver to said person such copy or copies : Provided, That he retain at all times in the State library not less than twenty-five copies of the laws of each session. (b)

(a) Sec. 13, Art. 16, Const. of 1868.

(b) Secs. 3, 4 and 5, Chap. 1904, Act of Feb. 27, 1872.

Journals to be printed-two hundred and

fifty.

Distribution.

Time when laws shall be distributed.

Secretary of
State.

Clerk of Supreme Court.

Distribution.

SEC. 5. The State Printer shall, as soon as possible after the adjournment of the Legislature at each session, print, stitch in pamphlet form and deliver to the Secretary of State two hundred and fifty copies each of a journal of the proceedings of the Senate and Assembly, and the Secretary of State shall, without delay, deliver one copy of each to the Governor, Lientenant-Governor, each Cabinet officer, each Justice of the Supreme Court, forward one copy of each to the Secretary of State of each State and Territory of the United States, four copies of each to the Secretary of State of the United States. one copy of each to each member of the Senate and Assembly, and retain in his office the remaining copies for gratuitous distribution to any one who may desire a copy and will deposit or forward a sufficient amount to prepay postage thereon. (

SEC. 6. Acts and resolutions passed by each and every ses sion of the General Assembly of this State shall be distributed within sixty days next after the adjournment of said Genera Assembly. (c)

SEC. 7. The reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court shall hereafter be distributed as follows: The Secretary of State shall cause to be delivered the whole number of copies printed for the State to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, to be be kept in his custody for distribution and sale, and said clerk shall deliver or transmit one bound copy thereof to the Governor, and one to each Cabinet officer, to each of the Justices of the Supreme Court, to each Circuit Judge, to each County Judge, to each State Attorney, and to each of the Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Florida. A bound copy thereof shall be transmitted, by mail or express, to the Governor of each State which sends the reports of its courts to this State. (d)

CHAPTER 141.

LEGISLATURE.

1. Legislative power where vested; sessions of, where held.

2. Sessions shall be bi-ennial, when to commence; Governor may call extra session.

5. Qualifications required of Senators and Members of Assembly.

6. Each house shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members, prescribe rules, and pun

3. When Members of the As- ish members for disorderly con sembly shall be chosen.

4. When Senators shall be cho

sen; term of office.

(b) Sec 6, Chap. 1904, Act of Feb. 27, 1872.

(d) Sec. 1, Chap. 1901,

duct.

7. General

powers of either House as to preserving order whi

(c) Sec. 1, Chap. 1286, Act of Dec. 1°

1861.

Act of Feb. 27, 1872.

in session.

8. What shall constitute a quorum; powers of smaller number than a quorum.

9. Each House shall keep a journal; yeas and nays to be entered.

10. Sessions to be public, except Executive Sessions; adjournments. 11. Bills where originated; may be amended.

12. Enacting clauses.

13. Each law restricted to one subject; amendment and revision of statute, how made.

14. Rules to be observed in passing all bills.

15. Restrictions upon Legislature as to passing special or local laws.

16. All laws shall be uniform. 17. Provision for instituting suit against the State.

18. Powers of Legislature as to municipal governments.

manner in which vetoed bills may
become laws; bills not returned
in five days to be laws; bills left
upon adjournment, when to be-
come laws.

23. Restrictions upon laws mak-
ing appropriations.

24. U. S. Senators, how elected. 25. Legislature to provide for publication of all laws passed by it.

26. Restrictions as to term of any office created by Legislature. 27. Senate, when to elect a President pro tem.

28. Oath to be taken by all offi

cers.

29. Members of the Assembly apportioned to the different counties.

30. Senatorial Districts apportioned and numbered.

31. Term of office of Senators. 32. Legislature when to cause census to be made; when to ap

19. Powers of Legislature as to portion representation among the corporations.

different counties; number of Sen

20. Duration of sessions of Leg- ators, how and when fixed. islature.

21. Legislature shall provide for election of all officers not provided for by Constitution.

33. Organization of Senatorial Districts, how made; counties shall remain as now organized, unless changed by two-third vote of

22. Veto power, how exercised; Legislature.

Legislative

417.

Sessions shall

SECTION 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a Senate and Assembly, which shall be designated, power vested. "The Legislature of the State of Florida," and the sessions thereof shall be held at the seat of government of the State. 13 Fla., 393-33(a) SEC. 2. From and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy- be biennial. seven, the regular sessions of the Legislature shall be held biennially, commencing on said day, and on the corresponding day of every second year thereafter; but the Governor may convene the same in extra session by his proclamation. (b) SEC. 3. The members of the Assembly shall be chosen bien- When members nially, those of the first Legislature on the first Monday, Tues- of Assembly day and Wednesday of May, A. D. 1868, and thereafter on the and term.

(a) Sec. 1, Art. 4, Const. of 1868.

(b) Sec. 2, Art. 4. Const. of 1868, as amended in 1875 by Chap. 2041.

15 Fla., 739.

shall be chosen,

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