The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-04
PROCLAMATION BY
THE GOVERNOR
Continued From Page One.

constitutes contract between the State and the United
States and that any legislation seeking to divert the Fund from
he purposes contract is null and void The State OF Florida
accepted the grant created Trustees defined their duties the p
e duty being the drainage and reclamation of the land and
the Supreme of the State of Florida in the case OF Trustees
VS. Gleason 18th Florida declared that it the duty of the
Trustees to drain and reclaim the land Every Governor of Florida
$780, has eneavOrd in way or another to carry out the
above contract An area of about of land the
Drainage passed into the ownership OF corporations
and private individuals very small portion to the private nd
vdus probably not lao The Trustees holding less than three
the District have proceeded to drain and reclaim
the with the money the fund that under the law cannot be
used for any other purpose until the work of reclamation
pe The legislature seeing that the Al million acres owned by
corporations and individuals would be benefited by the work
daken by the Trustees enacted law creating Board OF Drain
age Commissioners and authorizing said commission to lay out
Drainage District and to levy acreage tax not to exceed ten
cents per any year, the Trustees agreeing to put
much money for the lands in the Fund would be
against the by the corporations and individuals
The Trustees and Drainage Commissioners concluded that
three hundred and seventve thousand dollars They therefore
three hundred and seventyve thousand dollars they therefore
levied tax not of ten cents but of five cents
upon all of the taxable lands and concluded to put five cents
all of the lands the Fund that in the District
should be built and that that would build them and operate
them for than year, and after that assessment of II
cents would probably be sufficient to operate the dedg
and that the whole work OF canang and placing the land in the
reach of the Agrcultus would be finally completed is but
fair that if and own land in the drainage district A.
owning three million and B. owning four onehaf million
acres that each should pay the per Messr Wech
Wsner and their associates thought once the legislature thought
80 when 1t enacted the law and the Trustees still think
deem my duty Governor you that there O
Drainage Tax DUE 1920 of from corporations who
d little nothing for the land most of it being granted by the
State and about been partly paid by the and
oher individuals in the Drainage District The Trustees the
part OF the people of Florida have been putting up of the
money SO a they have built dedge and have her digging
canal and have nearly completed another Shall corporations
the Drainage District reimburse the Trustees their portion
vi M cost or snail they have their land reclaimed free well
as given them has been done most instances ask every
TO contribute at least two cent stamp, other small
on 10 defray the expense of preparing the data that
every voter should have to enable him make up mind
10 vote on the constitutional Amendment proposed
k tnat Will cost about twenty-five hundred dollars
data about OOO purchasing and addressing envelopes
Souo 10 every one who contributes more than 80 cents
% ~ return TO MN his proportion of whatever
vi a amount contributed have sent out about 5000 doc
uens already and it has cost between $500 and $1,000
N B. BROWARD, Governor.