The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31

Tallahassee, Fla, March 20, 1906
Mr. Claude LEngle, Editor of THE SUN, jackson.
vile, Fla:
l noticed statements in the Jasper News,
which statements copied in the Times Union, to
the effect that the Trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund Of the State of Florida were violating
Chapter 5245, Laws of Florida, which statute reads
as follows:
CHAPTER 5245. NO. l4O.)
IAN Act Providing for the Building of County Hard
Roads and Providing Appropriations therefor.
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Florida:
Section l. All moneys now in the Internal I'm.
provement Fund, after the payment of all legal obi
cations against the said moneys shall be (placed)
pleased by the Trustees Of the Internal Improve
ment Fund with the state Treasurer who shall there.
upon place the to the credit OF the several cOun
ties OF the State according to the ASSESSED valuation
of the property in the several counties at the time
OF the transfer for the purpose of constructing hard
roads in such county.
"Sec. q All lands granted to the State of Florida
by the United States under the act of Congress of
1850, known as the Swamp and Overlooked Act for
Internal Improvement snail be sold by the Trustees
OF the Internal Improvement Fund, at such times
and under such conditions as said Trustees may de-
termine the proceeds therefrOm shall be by them
deposited with the State Treasurer and by him
placed to the credit of said county road fund as
provided in Section l of this Act: Provided, That
nothing herein shall be so (construed constructed
as to prevent the payment in lands by the said Trus.
tees OF the Internal Improvement Fund of all legal
obligations now existing against said fund.-
Sec. B. All moneys appropriated to the several
counties as provided by Sections and of this Act,
shall be paid to the Treasurer of such county upon
requistion by the County Commissioners Of said
county, conditioned upon its being used exclusively
for the building and constructing system of hard
macadamized or other hard-surfaced roads, said
requisition shall be accompanied by certificate under
seal of the Clerk of the Circuit Court that the Coun.
ty Commissioners make said application solely for
the purpose of building hard macadamized or other
hardsurfaced roads.
"Sec. 4. This Act shall take exect Immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Governor.
Approved June 8, 1909"
have printed the above statute in full that the
people may know exactly what il is. The first clause
of Section limits the whole law; in other words,
the first clause of Section l, in effect says that all
moneys now in the Internal Improvement Fund,
after the payment of all legal obligations against
the said moneys shall be placed by the Trustees of
the Internal Improvement Fund with the State Treas
In other words, that some time whenever that
may be-THAT IS WHEN THE OPERATIONS OF
DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION ARE CON-
PLETED, AND WHEN ALL OBLIGATIONS DE.
TERMINED TO BE LEGAL ARE SATISFIED AND
RELEASED-IF THERE is ANY MONEY LEFT
AFTER ALL THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
AGAINST the said moneys shall be paid, then the
remainder, if any, shall be placed with the State
Treasurer who shall thereupon place the same to the
credit of the several counties of the State for the
purpose of building county hard roads.
Section says: "All lands granted to the State
of Florida by the United States, under the Act OF
Congress of 1850, known as Swamp and Overlooked
Act for Internal Improvement, shall be sold BY the
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, at such
times and under such conditions as such Trustees