The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-08-18

the counties wherein such levees have
been made as other taxes are collect
ed in accordance with law, and pay
over said amounts collected to the
board of drainage commissioners, said
commissioners shall have lien supe-
rior to all other liens upon the taxa
bile lands in any such drainage dis
tricts to be enforced by tax levy, for
the cost of any work done under the
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 1t 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
il may, pending condemnation pro-
ceedings, deem necessary for such
purposes, and in ascertaining 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.
ARTyCUE xxx.
That Section nine (9) of Article five
| 90 of the Constitution OF the State of
Florida be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows, viz:
| Section g. The salary of each
Justice of the Supreme Court shall be
four thousand (s4,O0000) dollars a
year. The salary of each Circuit
Judge shall be three thousand five
hundred (s3.5OO.O0) dollars a year.
That the foregoing amendment to
| Section 8 of Article V. 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 1, Article XVII of the Constitu-
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
j. 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 &c. The annual salary of
the Judges of each of the Criminal
| Courts of Record now, or hereafter to
De, 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
| airs; 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-five 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 OF
parts of the said Constitution in con-
flict 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 40, Al, AZ, 43, A, As, As 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., 1906, for ratification
or rejection. to-wit:
Section 40. There shall be estab-
lished in the county of Escambia
whenever the voters of said county
shall so determine by a majority Of
the votes cast, on the question at any
general election, a court of record and
there shall be a judge of said court
who shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor and confirmed by the Senate
1
and whose salary shall be two thou
sand. five hundred dollars a year,
payable quarterly by the county of
Fscambia. 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 Els.
Gambia county, concurrent with the
Circuit Court and Circuit Judge OF
said county, the same original juris.
| diction of all other cases and matters
as the circuit court and circuit Judge
CT said county. and the same power 10
issue writs Of mandamus. Injunction
quo warranto, certiorari, prohibition
habeas corpus and all writs proper
II and necessary to the cOnDlefa avor