The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
ATTORNEY GENERALS
RECOMMENDATIONS
HON. PARK TRAMMELL MAKES
SUGGESTIONS TO THE
LEGISLATORS

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The constitution of the state OIL
! Florida makes it the duty of the at
torney general to make such recon
mendations to the legislature as, ir
| the administration of his office, he
may think necessary.
In conformity to this requirement
Attorney General Trammell has sub
mitted number of recommendations
! the most important of which are the
following:
A law providing that as far as con
sistent with good business policy, the
state school fund should be invested
in the bonds of Florida counties and
cities.
A law providing for the printing
and circulation of the minutes of the
state board of education, as we'll as
the minutes of the board of commits
sioners of state institutions.
A measure to authorize the sale OF
state school lands upon reasonable in.
stallments.
A law for the establishment of an
agricultural branch of the public
schools.
A law for the establishment and
maintenance of two ten-acre expert.
mental farms in the Everglades, one
On the east and one on the west coast,
to be maintained from the internal
improvement fund, so long as deemed
for the best interest of the state.
A law requiring and fixing the term
of school in county and town to be
of the same length, as far as main
tanned from the general school fund.
Law for the establishment of local
drainage districts in the Everglades
or in other parts of the state.
Measures prescribing and requiring
thorough course in spelling in the
public schools.
A measure to place canal companies
under the jurisdiction of the railroad
commission.
Constitutional amendment authoriz-
ing towns and cities to bond for school
buildings.
A law requiring that one day in
each year be observed as mothers
day in the public schools.
A law for the repeal of the present
general railroad land grant statute.
A measure providing for settlers
act, to apply to certain of the internal
improvement lands.
A measure providing that the leg
islature, the governor and the attor-
ney general may get opinion from the
supreme court upon matters of great
public moment when a constitutional
point is involved.
The establishment of juvenile
court jurisdiction and laws governing
juvenile offenders.
The right of appeal on the part of
the state upon questions of procedure
and constitutional questions.
A measure to provide the doctrine
of comparative negligence for railroad
employees, instead of the present sys-
tenn, which makes it impossible for an
employe to recover for an injury if he
is guilty of any negligence, although
the company may be guilty of greater
negligence. =
A law to abolish law technicalities.
A law providing that five of six ju-
rors, or ten or eleven of twelve jurors
may render the verdict of the jury.
A law to provide for the compila-
ton of criminal statistics.
A law providing for the detention
and punishment of election frauds.
A law looking to the better enforce
ment of the child labor law by pro-
viding for an inspector.
The supervision of the state over
private banks the same as over char
tered banks.
Report of wrecks by railroads to the
railroad commission.
A general and complete primary
election law.
A law to require railroads to fur
nish cars to shippers of perishable
products within a certain time from
time requested in writing and provid-
ing for damages in the event of their
failure.
A law providing for the cancella-
ton of illegal tax deeds under certain
circumstances by the clerk of the
court.
A measure to prohibit any state.
county or city board from selling to
any one of its members any of the
public property which may be -dispos-
ed of by such board.
A law to require that foreign insur-
ance companies invest a reasonable
part of their Florida earnings in Sc
curities in this state.
Measures to restrict foreign public