The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-02
STIUCIE BONDING LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SAYS SUPREME COURT

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Spnreme court handed down I"e.'''
...hiob rho SpeciaI Bonding Law
IN why" ~. i,,,,. ~ b,rds for good
au'hoF'@'"S Wv i,,,s-s3 rrears;i.
roads purposes "a> ..: .;,,sr'r
tptiona,-not on the gFo"""S We
,.n.,,airAj N. but on account u con-
'o'''f.,''',, ..,..,.,-;,, which torbidS spec
StitlNJ"a' F''' '''',, ......,,,s,r and
ial acts allowing 'he .;...
collection Of taxes, when Inc ('"S'''"
,;,, ,rov'js. shal. be uniform through
-, Tho following i q copy
OUT '"' 90 ....,.b h.. r,s.ica Whit.
Of the G5t.Sloh "''''V" -
field; ,r,..,l. n;,is.
In the Supreme Curt o' ''' 7,' ,o,I
ion 4, January TERM a. l5.,n 49, -
Paul kroeEeL =. a., aFpV'.HH',.'
Richard White, ct. al .l'5 ..,s,,.r..
CraDter solo, Acts o. wv u-; 49,,
% authorize the county c0u'"lH ,,,S. f,r
Of s.. Lucie county g ISSUE oo ,nfat ,oi
the purpose OF ol!o'TE "atu,s1' rSs
roads and certain plu't ,uoC-,n.S,'.,,,',,,t
&C, provides for the annual as ftS,m.o.
and collection OF TAX upoi!! y, ,.s ,GM
Die property. IN me c'L.T h,n5s and
to pay the interest on Ihe o on;n,; ',
for sinking tlnd 70 meet Ne p',ue ,.ors
If the bonds Wnen Que, !aM icy j..
procured an injunction aga,nS. ~. ..at
suing Of the BONDS, on 'ne s'ounu Lin
in enacting the statute 'he sa"lT o ,ho
was not passed oy poth HOUSES ~ ,,ia ,n
Legislature, ana the COUNT commensurate ,...s,,i;rc.
ers appealed from an Ut"et ,,Ia;nt
demurrer 10 inc oIii VI Vo1' ,p''a ~
/ Subsequently tne iegls. ~ p",;Ss M
act approved ApFll ~ I'i1, h,' - ~.
validating the oVnus $50 49,, bi os.ess.
Gle county, ana aulhot'zu.s env 80 tav
ment and colIeciloh Vi al a'' I've ',,',,
upon the taxable properl? III we 'Vu md
y sut7clent 70 pay 'he inle,e s;no; H
for a sinking fund 70 pay Ine p''"''P"'
OF the bonds wnen .hey nla'ule. .;.,,;on
Sections ~ ana q oi ine vn'' sbniI nor
provide that ne legislature s'' sr mo'
pass special or local Jaws .o to' Co.
seSSment ana col'eetlol "a 81 n5 .hot
state and county purpose purposes ID Sn ~ , rn;'
sucn laws snal. oe seiIe, $3.50, a. , II' S,ota ;,
form operation tilLoug 'ou. one r u,a i
The building OF marc surla.e a ' tho as 10
a state or county puIpose' asiu eme co. CO.
actment OF speeiaI VI 10y. io."' LEV etoI 10,
the assessment ana co'lee..on u ."av .
Tor state ana county pu, toSe o,otad
pres$ly fofeiuoeh oy the auo'e, r Sav t.n
provision OF tue otgan!e i iam ,o ne w. 7,
statutes are esseh'ia,H IVA sn az sc
lollo"s necessarily Inc. .mG a tha o %
the TWO statues eG.,ol ten's So VIZ ,nnn
sessmeht anu coIIec'io.I VI .a~ f 49,
the properly 10 the one cou hs; ~
state or LOT count! puipose oeG ;no, ior
oloueh ~ Tue Cons''eu..o,I' or -. - 10
a 80, ~" i on ESSENTIAL mart If the
acts and as the authorit, to tax given
bv the local laws is imperative, the
laws as a whole must fail. or otherwise
they would cause results not intended
or contemplated by the legislature.
See State Y. Patterson. 80 Fla, l27.
60 South. Rep 39S: Hayes V. Walker,
3 Fla. l63. a South. Rep, 747.
In the case of Stockton v. Powell, %
Fla. |, 10 South. Rep. 686, Is Ira,
y, the statute contained no authority
10 lew a tax for the payment of the
interest and principal of the bonds.
The acts construed in the cases of Pot
ter Y, Lainhart. a Fla, 647, SO South,
Rep, 25l, and Owens v Hillsboro
crunty. IS Fla. SOP, So South. Rep. IS,
were general laws. In Twice y. HYDE,
50 Fla. $50. % South. Rep 96S. and
Suburban Inv. Co. y. HYDE 81 Fla. 81
South. Rep. the bonds were issued un-
der the general law.
The decree is affirmed.
Shackieford and Cockrell. j., con.
cnr. Ta,,Io- goctar ord partbll II