The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-06-12
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
Report to Orange crowers' Convention
az Tampa.

under which the fruit growers ex.
change is organized. we found that IN
order TO bring about the same or sim
liar organizations in Florida, It was
necessary TO secure from our legisla-
ture. now I'm session. the passage OF n
corporation law similar to the Califor-
Mia law In other words we found
that under the present corporation law
Of Florida. we could not accomplish
the purpose of the California organlza-
tion from the fact that the present
laws of Florida only contemplate two
classes OF corporations, corporations
for profit, and corporations not Tor
profit, the latter, however, being con
fined 10 elemosynary corporations
that is 10 say. TO religious, education
nj, charitable or other mutual beneyo-
lent associations. and as we thought
II desirable TO organize here on SINH
lar lines to the California organiza-
ton. we found neither of these pro-
visions OF our present law would 1T
our case.
Under the California law, the fruit
growers exchange and the corpora
tions under II are organized not for
profit. but for mutual association, and
under the provisions of that law the
stock issued in these corporations is
not asignable by the owner without
the consent Of the association, and can
not be sold for his Indebtedness nor
does il pass to his administrators, as
the general law requires I'm ordinary
corporations, but It becomes an asset
of the land, on which his grove Is sit
uatcd and passes with the ownership
Of the grove; i'm other words. il does
what is generally designated in the
law In similar cases-runs with the
land.
Again by their enactment of the
California law they have avoided all
danger of conflict with the antitrust
laws OF the general government. These
considerations being SO weighty, and
of such vital importance to our sue
ccssful organization of The orange
growers Of this state. we thought It
best to- and did Immediately copy the
California law on this subject, only
changing its terms SO as TO 1T our
conditions. and Immediately sent one
copy of this law, or intended law, 10
the senate and another to the house
Of Representatives Of the state of Flor
ida, requesting the immediate passage
of one of them.
We also seat copy of this intend
ed law to our governor, the Honorable
Albert w. Gilchrist, and requested
him to give us his assistance i'm the
passage Of the same by the lagisla
ture; this he Immediately did by send
ing special message TO the legisla-
ture on this subject, urging the legis-
lature TO pass the act.
Immediately upon our return home
Immediately upon our return from
California, and at the request of the
general committee, Mr.. Thomas Palm
er OF our committee went TO ITALIA
hassee I'm the interest OF this legisla-
ton this was done because We rsaliZ-
cd because the session of the legisla-
ture was nearly over, and as there
rs always a cOngested condition from
a multitude of unenacted bills, that
so cucumber the calendars OF the leg
islature, that IL Is very hard to Sc
cure the passage Of any laws, and for
this reason We were fearful that this
law might fail in tho short period
OF the legislature, of the passage, but
we regret to state that up TO the pres.
ent we have been unable to secure the
passage Of the same; we are. how
ever sim hopeful that one OF these
bills will yet be passed and become
law, and thus give as an opportunity
Of organizing this state on the same
basis and under similar laws to that
OF California.