The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-07-16

also inser, .n, as may be provided by law y
school districts" =" '"e Su line,
Mr.. Clarke, Of jefferson. moved n ,.v ~.
"",snu,nent on The table agreed TO-
CT, CT: na'ch offered the following amendment
S S'i,Ae ; out IN lines and s, "a tax ON license :,
M ~ '"Svr, W 10 lieu thereof a license tax"
MT Walker, Jr., offered tn amend the o,,.,a
ment rs follows: On in,oxica,ino i;or,"1.
wines and beer. "quon'
., Mr. 1onge moved to lay the amendm ent tn
20 me amendment on the table; agreed to, ~
Me quts'ion Was upon the amendment offered
.. mr. NJ 'l"ne moved to lay the amendment IN
'he liable; agreed to- N'
hr Challen offered 10 amend as f,,,o,r. .
S,, ,. section by striking out in the Ain And
o'u lines " lax on licenses, aud inser, occu.
patton taxes" oeu
q, ,. u'houil moved to lay the amendment ON
the table; agreed TO- '
Mr.. Johnston offered the f,llovino srho,;,,,,.
LOT The entire Section
Inc Legislature shall authorize the several
c"uhl'es and Incorporated towns and cities in
'hls State To impose taxes and assessmen,s ,,r
o"ul'y ana municipal purposes and for no other
purposes, ana all property shall be taxed nnon
me principle established tor State taxation Ru,
incorporated cities and towns ut not less than
TWO thousand Inhabitants shall have the p,wer
10 assess an'i levy special tax for any local i'm
proVeinents within their Corporate limits unon
' P''P~'tJ NiCCtiJ AnU specially Opnttlted bv
Sucn improvements; Provided, Such special lax
Tor local improvements sh al never in anv one
year exceed one per centum of the assessed val.
uAuon upon the property to be specially taxed
Inc Legislature may also provide for levyng A
special capltation tax, and special license tax
on SUCH business enterprises as it may see proper
out the capatlOn tax shall not exceed one dol.
lar per annum. and shall be applied exclusively
to common school purposes
MI Paterson moved TO lay the substitute Ou
the table; agreed to-
Mr. Baker gave notice that he would on to-
morrow move 10 reconsider the vote just taken
by which the substitute AS laid upon the table
Mr. Orman offered the following amendment:
Insert In line l, after the word L" incorporated"
the words cities or;" accepted
MI Chandler moved To deter further action
on Section until tomorrow not agreed to-
Mr. Maxwell moved to reconsider the vote by
winch the substitute for Section g. offered by
Mr., Johnston, was laid upon the table, and fur
ther moved to lay tLat motion on the table not
agreed to-
Mr. Wellman moved that further action on
Section = be postponed until Tomorrow not
agreed to.
Mr. Sanchez moved to take the substitute for
Section 6, offered by Mr. Johnston, from the
table; agreed to-
MIR. Mcclellan moved 10 recommt Section 6,
as amended, with the substitute TO the commit
tee agreed to.
Section was read.
Mr. Randall, of Duva, offered the following
amendment:
Or TOR the purpose of redceming or refundng
bonds already issued at lower rate of interest
accepted.
Section Z was passed as amended
Section WAS read.
Mr. Walter moved to amend as follows:
Strike out all alter chartered companies" in
second line; not agreed to- and Section WAS
passed without amendment.
Section was read.
MIR. Rogers 'ff~rrd to amend by adding the
fllnwing: Frocided Such taxes are due
MIR. Swcaring.n Offered the following amend
men 10 the anenim MT, which WAS accepted by
Mr. Rogers in lieu "t the amendment In section
3 sirlke out from or. in second line, to D." le-
galiv in third line; withdrawn
Mr. Landrnm offered the following amend
ment: lu section 8, line l, alter The word "per-
son insert "or corporatIon." Insert " or it,"
alter he" in second lln-, an "or it's" after
g." his" in line; accepted.
Section wa passed. amended.
Section 10 was read.
Mr. Swearngtn offered the following amend
amcn': In section 10 add 10 third line, after
:" lint" "or been disabled :" adopted
Mr. Clark, of Jackson offered the following
amrnImrnt: Add after the wo-d widow in
line :. the words Z" or unmarried woman"
MI McCaski moved to lay the amendment
on the table; agreed to.
Mr.. GOOdbread moved to amend as follows:
La line one strike out " two" and insert tour"
Mr.. PArkhill moved TO lay the amendment on
the table; agreed to.
Section 10 was passed as amended
Mr.. Malone offered the following additional
81 ction to Article 12:
SECTION IL. The credit of the State shall not
be pledged or loaned TO any individual, COM
pany, corporation or association nor shall the
State become a joint owner or stakeholder in
any company, association or corporation The
Legislature shall not authorize any county, city,
borough, township or Incorporated district to
become a stakeholder in any company, associa-
tion or corporation, or to obtain or appropriate
money for. or to loan its credit to any corpora
ton. association, institution or individual. The
Convention took recess until P NJ