The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-29
Legal. Advertisements.
NOTtCE OF ELECTIoN.

WI1IfCEXAS,. Inc L0SlSidEuT0 VI
1905. under the Constitution of 1885,
Of the State Of Florida. did pass. five
Joint Resolutions proposing Amend
ments to the Constitution of the State
of Florida, and the same were agreed
10 by a vote of three-fifths of al!
the members elected to each House;
that the vote on said Joint Resolutions
were entered upon their respective
Journals, with yeas and nays there
On, and they did determine and d.
| rect that the said Joint Resolutions
be submitted to the electors of the
State at the General Election in No
vember. 1906.
NOW THEREFORE,, l, H. CLAY
| CRAWFORD, Secretary of State of
the State of Florida, do hereby give
notice that a GENERAL ELECTION
! win be held in each County in Florida
on Tuesday next succeeding the first
Monday in November, A. D., 1906, the
Said Tuesday being the SIXTH DAY
OF NOVEMBER, for the ratification
or rejection of the said Joint Resolu-
tons proposing Amendments to the
Constitution Of the State of Florida,
viz:
ARTICLE XVIII.
That the following amendment to
Article XVI of the Constitution of the
State of Florida be and it is hereby
agreed to and shall be submitted to
the electors of the State at the gen.
eral election, to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No.
vember A. D., 1906, for ratification or
rejection.
Section 80. The Governor, the
Comptroller, the State Treasurer. the
sioner of Agriculture of the State of
Florida. and their successors in Office,
are hereby constituted and designated
as board Of drainage commissioners.
and are hereby authorized and en-
powered to establish a system of
canals, drains, levees, bikes and re-
servoirs of such dimension and
depths, as in the judgement of said
board of drainage commissioners is
deemed advisable, to drain and re-
claim the swamp and overfiowed
lands within the State of Florida, or
such parts or portions thereof as is
deemed best by said board of drain.
age commissioners from time to time,
and to provide for the irrigation of
the lands reclaimed. and to maintain
such canals. drains, leyees, dtkes, and
reservoirs in such manner as will be
most advantageous to the territory so
drained, the State of Florida. it's in
habitants and the commerce thereof.
Section 33. That the board OF
drainage commissioners are hereby
authorized and empowered to estab-
ltsh drainage districts and fix the
boundaries thereof In the State of
Florida. That the board of drainage
commissioners be and It Is authorized
and empowered to prepare list or
lists Of all the alluvial or swamp and
overfowed taxable lands within such
drainage district or districts, and
levy thereon an acreage tax not ex.
ceeding ten cents per acre Der annum
to be. fixed annually by said board of
drainage commissioners, and the va
| rious tax assessors of the various
counties embraced in part or in whole
within such drainage district or dis.
| tricts shall receive such list or lists
and enter the same upon the tax rolls
OF the county Or counties in which
such lands may lie and the amount 40
levied by the board of drainage com
m1seioners In such manner and form
as may be prescribed by the hoard of
drainage commissioners from time TO
time. which amounts shall be collect.
ed by the various tax collectors OF
the counties wherein such levees have
been made as other taxes are collect
ed in accordance with law, and nav
over said amounts collected to The
board OF drainage commissioners, said
commissioners shall have lien supe-
rior to all other liens upon the taxa
bic lands In any such drainage dis