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

SEC 3 The Governor, Secretary o. STATE, Al
tnrnes- Governor. State Treasurer and state So-
r*rinienient IF Public Instruction. snail c"n .
ta'e body Corporate, to be known - tae SsA '
Bssrl Of Education Of EioridA. OF which The 0ov-
ernor shall be President, and the State superb
.enJen, Secretary. Tais Board shall have power
10 remove for cause and upon NOTICE 20 inc In
cambent. any subordinate schoA oWcof' anu
shall have, regulated by Law, the managemen,
and investment Of all State school funds, and
such supervision o; schools of higher grades ~
| the Law shall provide
Szc The State School Fund. The interest
OF hich shall be exclusively applet 70 the sup,
| pon and mAintenace of public Tree scnoots snail
| ne derived from The following sources:
The proceeds of all lands that have been or
may hereafter be granted 10 the State oy the
| United Sistes for public school purposes
| Donations 10 The Stale when the purpose Is
MI specified.
Appropriations by the State.
The ps.s.re.is Of esches,ei property or forfeit
Twenty-Five Der centum OF the sales Of public
| lands W hich are now or may hereafter be owned
| by Tue State.
| SEC s. The principal Of the State School
| Fund shall remain sacred and invloiaote
| SEC G. A stccial tax OF one ID mill on the
| doiiAr ~ ali taxable property IN the State, IN
| addition la the other means provided, snail De
levied and apporli"neti annually for the support
4ni maintenance OF the public tree schools
| SEC. =. Provision shall be made oy law LOT
| the distribution of the interest on the STATE
| school Fund and the sT<cial tax among the sew
| er,l counties az the State in prnpnrtion To the
| number ct children residing therein between the
| ages OF SIX aud twenty years
SEC. g. Each county shall be required to as
seSs and collect annually for the support OF pub
| lsc free schools therein tax OF not less IMAM
three 81 mills nor more than five ~ mills on the
| dollar nj all taxable property IN the same
SEC. 9. The County School Fund shall consist
ID addition 10 the tax provided Tor IN section Q
Oi This Article, of the proportion OF the interest,"
%! the State School Fund and OF the one mill
! State tax apportioned 10 the county; all nnes
collected uuder the penal laws OF the State
| within The county all captation taxes collected
| within the county, and shall be disbursed by the
| County Board of Public Instruction solely for
| toe maintenance and support OF public free
| s.,h.ppl>.
SEC TO- The Legislature may provide, upon
| the application nf the County Commissioners oil
| any connIv Tor the subdivision of such county
into Convenient School Districts, fer the election
, bienGia,iy ot three School Trustees, who shall
hold their office for two years and who shall
have supery iSlon at all the schools within the
district and for lhe ltvylng and collection o. q
district school tax. Tor he exclusive Use of pub
lie free schools within the district, whenever d
MAJORITY OF the qualified electors thereof, who
pav tax real or personal property, shall
CAST their ballot. in favor of such levy; Procided
That any tax authorized by this section shall
n", exceed three ~ mills on the dollar in any
one year on the taxable property OF the dis
trict
SEC. II. ANY incorporated town or city may
! constitute > ho"l District. The fund raisee
by Section 10 M he expended in the dis'ric
where levied in building or repairing schoo
/ houses in the purchase. of school libraries am
text books. for salaries of teachers, or for othe
educational purposes, 80 that the distribution
/ among All the schools Of the district be equita
/ bl.
SEC. II White AMI colorei children shall no
be taught in the same school, but impartial pro
vision shall be male for both.
SIC II y las shall he enacted authorZin
the diversion or the lending Of any county or dis
tFct school fund.-. or the appropriation OF An,
p4't al The permanent or available school fun'
10 any other than school Purposes; nor shall tn
anne. OF any part thereof be appropriated TO o
. u-td tor the support of AT -ciarian school.
Article NJ, On Jniicitl Department, was takel
. up on it. second reading Mr.. Mcclellan off-re'
the following motIDn That the Convention, il
; consi lcrlny the Article upon the Judiciary
. shall take up the majority and minority report
Of the in ilcisry Committee, and consider then
b, taking up The last sections first, from the las
: lo the first s'cinn tabled.
Mr. II cker offered the following motion:
is novel that the minority report Of the JudiC
iary Committee be substituted in lieu OF the ma
jouiy report
Mr. Sinchcz offered the following substitute
R<.|red That The discussion OF the Judciar
Department be taken up in the following order
l Snail HE judges of the preme Court b
I elected or appointed: 2 If elected how?
, Ii appointed, how! Shall the Judges Of tn
Circnt Court be elected or appointed: s.
elected, how? 8 II appointed, how:
Mr. Hooker Withdrew hi motion.
The question was on the adoption Of Mr. San
chez, motion; agreed to-
The first question Shall the Suprem
: C,,,4tt Judges be elected or appointed:
Mr.. lker novel that the resolution regsrt
la lime OF speaking be not enforced for the Ju
'iicitTy question.
Mr. Walker, Jr novel that the motion b
: aIrpted; agreed to.
The question was Shall the judges of tn
E Supreme Court be elected?
Peniing discussion the Convention took IT
cess.