The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-19
THE INTERESTS
OF SCHOOLS
Two important Measures To Be
Considered by Legislature.
BILL AND RESOLUTION
Bill Provides for Transferring Part of Fine
and Forfeiture Fund-Joint Resolution
For a Cons titutionaI Amendment

The following bill and joint resolution
will be presented to the L gislature
for Improvement in the condition of
State schools:
An Act Authorizing and Directing the
County Treasures to Transfer the
Surplus Finds of the Fine and For
fixture Fund to the School Fund of
the Respective Counties, and That
the same Be Used for School Pur-
poses.
Re 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida.
Section /. That the county treas
urers of the counties of this State are
hereby authorized and directed to
transfer quarterly the surplus funds or
money in the fine and forfeiture fund,
not used in meeting the proper costs
and expenditures of said fund of their
respective counties; which said surplus
shall be used by the County Board of
Public Instruction for school purposes
as is provided by law; provided, the
county treasured shall retain 20 per
cent of all the surplus funds in the fine
and forfeiture fund of their respective
counties excepting the net proceeds of
fines as mentioned in Section 2 of this
act,) towards meeting the expenses of
the fine and forfeiture fund for the
next ensuing quarter of the year.
Sec. 2. That the net proceeds of all
fines collected under the penalty laws
of the State within the county shall be
used exclusively for school purposes
within the counties respectively, and it
shall be the duty of the clerk of the
Circuit Court for each county as the
clerk of the Board of County Commits
sioners to audit said fines, and to re-
port quarterly to the county treasurer
of his county the net proceeds thereof,
and upon which said report the county
treasurer of said county shall transfer
said amount of net proceeds of such
fines so collected to the school fund of
his county.
Sec. 8. That the first quarterly
transfer of said funds shall be on July
|, 1909, for the quarter of the year
ending June 30, 1909, and such trans
fer shall be made quarterly thereafter.
Sec. 4. That this act shall take eff
feet upon it's approval by the Governor,
or upon its final prssage. and all acts
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Sec. 10, of Article IL, of the Consti-
tuition, Relative to Education.
Be 1t Resolved by the Legislature OF
the State of Florida:
That Section 10, of Article IL, of the
Constitution of the State of Florida be,
and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows, viz:
Section 10. The Legislature may
provide for the division of any county
or counties into convenient school dis
tricts, and for the election biennially
of three school trustees, who shall hold
their office for two years, and who
shall have the supervision of all the
schools within the district, and for the
levying and collection of a district
school tax, for the exclusive use OF
public free schools within the district,
whenever majority of the qualified
electors thereof that pay tax on real
or personal property shall vote in favor
of such levy; provided, that any tax
authorized by this section shall not ex-
coed five mills on the dollar in any one
wear on the taxable property of the
district. That the foregoing amend
ment to Section 10, of Article IL, of the
Constitution, 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 to
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, A. D. 1910.
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