The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-25

cases: that 10 TO say, regulating the Jurisdiction
and duties ri any class Of officers, except NUM-
capal otncers. Or FIR The punishment Of crime ef
| misdemeAnor; regulating the practices Of courts
| OF justi'e. except municipal courts: providing
| for changing venue Of civil and criminal cAsss
granting divorces; changing the names Of per.
sons; vacating reads, town plsts, streets, alleys
| and public squares; summoning aud empanneI.
| ing grand and petit juries. and providing for
| their compensation for the assessment and col
| lection of taxes for Stale aud county purposes
| providing for opening aud conducting elections
for State and county officers. and designating the
places Of voting; providing for the sale OF real
| estate belonging 10 minors or other persons la
boring under legal disabilities; regulating the
| fees Of officers nf the Stale and c,Minty.
SEC. H. In all cases enumerated in the preced.
ing section all awssha be- general and Of uniform
| operation throughout the Stale. but in oil cases
| not enumerated ar excepted in the preceding
secilon the Legislature may pass special or local
! laws.
SEC. 10. Provision may be made by general
law for bringing suit against the State as to all
liabilities now existing or hereafter originating.
SEC. 20 Lotteries are hereby prohibited ia
! this STATE
| SEC. 2l The Legislature shall establish uni,
form system Of County anil Municipal Govern
ment, which shall be applicable. except 10 case4
| where local or special laws are provided by the
Legislature which may be inc )nsistent there
! with.
| SEC. % The Legislature shall provide by gen.
eral law Tor incorporating such educational,
! agricultural, mechanical, mining and other use
iul companies or associations as may be deemed
necessary, including Free and Accepted Masons
Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor Knights of
Pythias and Royal Arch Masons
SEC. %. No person who is not a qualified
electOr at this Stale, AMI no person who shall
have been convicted ut bribery, tnrgery perjury
larceny or any felony except restored 10 civil
rights shall be permitted To serve on iures
- q
tiOns. and prohibiting. under adequate penalties
xl undue influence thereon from power, bribery,
iumult or other improper practice
SEC. %. Regular sessions OF The Legislature
may extend 10 sixty days but any special ses
sion convened by the Governor shall not exceed
twenty days
SEC. 26. All property, both real and personal
Of the wife, owned by her before marriage,
acquired atlcrward by gift, devise, descent. pur-
chase, or by her labor, shall he her separate
property and not liable for The debts of her hus-
band.
SEC 81. The gislature shall provide for The
election by the people or appointment by the
Governor Ot all Stale and county officers not
uiherWi ise provided iOr by this Constitution and
fix by law their duties and compensation.
SEC. %. Every bill which may have passed
the Legislature shall, before becoming law, be
presented to the Governor; if he approves il he
shall sign it, but il not he shall return it with his
objections to the House in which il originated
which House shall cause such objections To be en-
tered upon i:s journal, and proceed TO reconsider
it; II, after such reconsideration it shall pass
both Houses by two thirds vote Of the men,
bers present, which vote shall be entered on the
Journal Of each House, il shall become a law.
II any bill shall not be returned within five DAYS
alter it shall have been presented to the Cover
nor Sunday excepted) The same shall be a law
in like manner As If he had signed it, II the
Legislature, by its final adjournment, prevent
such action, such bill shall he q law, unless the
Governor, within ten days after the adjourn
meni, shall file such bill, with his objections
thereto, in the Office Of the Secretary of State
who shall lay the same before the Legislature at
its next session, and if the same shall receive
two-thrds Of the votes present il shall become =
law.
SEC. 80. The Assembly shall have the sole
power of impeachment but a vote of Two thirds
of all members present shall be required to i'm
peach any officer; and aI impeachmcnis shall
he tried by the Senate. When sitting for that
purpose the Senators shall be upon oath or afir-
NATION, ami no person shall be convicted with
out the concurrence of two thirds of the Sem
ators present The Senate may adjourn to a
fixed day for the trial of any Impeachment, and
may sll for the purpose of such trial whether
the Assembly be In session or nOi but the time
fixed Tor such trial shall not be more than six
months from The time articles OF impeachment
shall he preferred by the Assembly. The Chief
Justice shall preside at all trials by impeach-
ment except In the trial oil the Chief Justice,
when The Governor shall preside. The GoTeI-
nor, members OF the Cabinet, Justices Of the Su-
preme Court, and Judges of The Circuit Court
shall he liable To impeachment for any mis.ie-
meanor in office, but judgment in such cases
shall extend only 10 removal from Office and
disqualification 10 hold any Office of honor, trust
or profit under the State; but the party con.
vlcted or acquitted shall nevertheless be liable
to indictment, trial and punishment according
10 law. All other officers who shall have been
appointed 10 office by the Governor or elected
by the people, may be suspended from Office by
The Governor far cause, or may be removed from
office by the Governor by and with the consent
of Senate, but they shall nevertheless be liable
10 indictment, trial, final removal from office
and punishment according 10 law for any mis-
demeanOr in Office
SEC 30 Laws making appropriations for the
salaries Of public officers and other current ex-
p.nses OF the Stale shall contain provisions on
no other subject
SEC 81. The Legislature shall elect United
States Senators in The manner prescribed by the
Congress of the United States aud by this Con-
st,utioD.
Laid over under the rule
SPECIAL ORDERS
Article was taken up. and, upon motion of
Mr.. Milton, the Convention resolved itself into
Committee oi the Whole to consider Article
V, as offered by the Committee on Executivef
Department.
Mr.. Oliveros in the chair.
The Committee of the Whole arose. reported
progress and asked leave to sit again
Messrs. Speer, McKlnnon and MonsalyatRe
were granted indefinite leave of absence.
Adjourned.