The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-29

provisions hereof, or done prior to the
adoption of this amendment under the
provisions of an act of the Legislature
passed in 1905.
Section "a. That the board of
drainage commissioners be and it Is
authorized to exercise the right OF
eminent domain in the condemnation
of land for the location of its canals,
drains, levees, bikes and reservoirs
for the purposes aforesaid and may
enter upon, take and use such land as
1t may, pending condemnation pro-
ceedings, deem necessary for Sucn
purposes, and In ascertainng the com,
pensation to be paid for such land OF
right of way, benefits to be derived
from such drainage shall be consider
ed by the jury.
Section 35 The Legislature may
provide for the assessment of bene-
fits derived by lands by reasons OF
such drainage, and the collection
thereof; the proceeds therefrom shall
be paid to the board of drainage COM
missioners to be used by them for
such drainage purposes.
Approved May 81. 1905.
ARNCLE xxx.
That Section nine CO.. of Article five
(5) of the Constitution Of the State or
Florida be and the same Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows, viz:
Section 8. The salary of each
Justice of the Supreme Court shall be
four thousand ($4,000,00) dollars a
year. The salary of each Circuit
Judge shall be three thousand five
hundred (s3.5O000) dollars a year"
That the foregoing amendment to
Section of Article " of the Consti-
tuition is hereby agreed to and the
same shall be submitted to the cleo
tors of the State for approval or re-
lection at the next general election of
representatives as required by Sec
ton /, Article XVII of the Constit,i-
ton.
Approved May 81. 1905.
ARTICLE xxx.
That the following amendment to
Article v of the Constitution of the
State of Florida, relative to the Judi
ciary Department, to be numbered
section 80 of said Article v, be and
E'e same is hereby agreed to and
snail be submitted to the electors Of
the State at the general election to
be held on the first Tuesday afte-
the first Monday in November. A. D.,
1906, for ratification or rejection to
wit:
Section 80. The annual salary Of
the Judges of each of the Criminal
Courts of Record now, or hereafter to
ne, established shall be paid quarter
~ by the county where such court is
established, and shall be as follows:
In counties Of less than fifteen thou
sand population, one = thousand dol
lars; in counties of from fifteen thou
Sand population. one thousand dol
'ars; in counties of from fifteen thou
sand to twenty-five thousand popula-
lation, fifteen hundred dollars: in
counties Of from twenty-five thousand
to thirty-fve thousand population two
thousand dollars; and In counties of
more than thirty-five thousand popu-
lation, twenty-five hundred dollars,
hereby repeating any and all part or
parts of the said Constitution in con.
fIict herewith
Approved June 6. 1905.
ARTICLE XXI.
That the following amendments to
Article v OF the Constitution of the
State OF Florida, relative to the Judi
ciary Department, to be numbered
Sections 49,. Al, AZ, 43, A, As, 46 and
Al, of said Article v, be and the same
are hereby agreed to and shall be sub
mitted to the electors of the State at
the general election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday In
November, A. D., 1905, for ratification
or rejection. toSw.t:
Section 40. There shall be estab-
iished In the county of Escambia
whenever the voters of said county
shall so determine by majority OF
the votes cast, on the question at any
general election, a court of record and
there shall be Judge of said court
who shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor and confirmed by the Senate
who shall hold his office for six years
and whose salary shall be two thou
sand, five hundred dollars a year.
payable quarterly by the county of
Escambia. The criminal court of
record now established in Escambia
county shall, upon the adoption of
these amendments, become and be
the court of record as herein provided
and all officers of such criminal court
OF record shall be officers OF such
court of record, and discharge the
duties and receive the emoluments OF
such until the expiration of their pres
ent term of Office.
Section Al. The said court and
judge shall have exclusive original
jurisdiction of all criminal cases not
capital. which shall raise in Es.
Gambia county and shall have in r..
Gambia county, concurrent with tn.
Circuit Court and Circuit Judge OF
said county, the same original iuris.
diction of all other cases and matters
as the circuit court and circuit Nudge
OF said county, and the same power AZ
issue writs OF rnandalnus. Injunction
quo warrantU, certiorari, prohibition
habeas corpus and all wits propeT
and necessary to the complete eyer.
else OF their Jurisdiction as, the cir.
cult court and circuit Judge of said
county, except the power and authori.
~ to summon and empanel a grand
Jury.
Section ~. There shall be ak
terms OF said court in each year.
Section AZ. There shah be for
said court prosecuting attorney who
snail be appointed by the Governor
and confirmed by the Senate and who