The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-07

for Escambia county shall be known
as the court of record in and for said
county, and In addition to their present
jurisdiction the said court and the
judge thereof shall have, In Escambia
county, concurrent with the circuit
court of said county and the Judge
thereof, the same original Jurisdiction
of all other cases and matters" ETC.,
excepting capital cases and the power
to summon and impanel a grand jury" "
etc. Escambia is well known to be the
most populous and the wealthiest
county of that circuit. The provisions
of this constitutional amendment
court of much civil business.
The Second judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of Liberty, Cal
houn, Franklin. Gadsden, Jefferson,
Wakulla and Leon, the population of
which is s1,0o3. understand the bust
ness of this circuit is fairly well up.
The Third judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of Madison, Tay-
Tor, Lafayette, Hamilton, Suwannee
and Columbia, the population of which
is 78,849. I understand that the bust
ness of this circuit is fairly well up.
posed of the counties of Nassau, Duval,
Clay and st. Johns, the population of
which is 1O5,012 The most populous
and the wealthiest county in Duval,
the population being 1888 out of the
total. understand that there is a
proposed constitutional amendment to
create and establish a circuit court for
that county, the expenses of which are
m bn ro{d hry that o0YYYa%xy ThIS no,,y,
ty already has a criminal court of
record. The establishment of such a
court would undoubtedly relieve the
congested condition Of the business In
that circuit.
The Fifth judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of Marion, Citrus,
fernando, Sumter and Lake, the popu-
1ation of which is 54,874. 1 understand
the business of this circuit is fairly
well up.
The Sixth judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of DeSoto, Polk,
Manatee, Pasco, Hillsborough, Lee and
Monroe, the population of which is
1881. The business of this circuit
is in congested condition. Relief is
necessary. If the criminal court of
record of Hillsborough county, the
wealthiest Of the circuit, was changed
to a court of record, with powers SINH
lar to those conferred upon the court
of record Of Escambia county, this
would largely relieve the congested
condition of that circuit. Hillsborough
has a population of 1884 out of a
total population of 161,6 If similar
enlarged powers were conferred upon
,, a4Y,al - -
county, this would also tend to lessen
the congested condition of business in
that circuit. Monroe county has a
population Of 81, 563-
The Seventh judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of Volusia, Bre-
ward, Orange, Dade, Palm Beach, st.
Lucie, Osceola, the population of which
is 81, 1925. If civil Jurisdiction was con-
ferred upon the criminal courts of rec
ord of any OF the counties of that dis
trict, the congestion of business would
be diminished. However, it will prob
ably be necessary to create and estab-
lish three circuits out of these two.
The Eighth judicial circuit is COM
posed of the counties of Alachua, Brad
ford, Levy, Putnam and Baker, the
population of which is 1887. The
business OF CnlS circuit Is Ia1rly well
up. Your attention is invited to the
fact that Alachua county has a popu-
lation of 34,305.
The population of each OF these cir
cults is condensed from the United
States census of 1910.
Salaries and Emoluments.
AS to salaries and emoluments of
judges of the circuit court: The con-
stitution of 1885, as adopted, provided
in section 9 Of article V that THE sal
airy Of each circuit judge shall be
twenty-fi five hundred dollars a year"
At the general election in 1902 an
amendment to the constitution was
adopted by the qualified electors in
which was Incorporated a provision
that THE salary of each circuit Judge
shall be two thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars"
The legislature Of 1905 submitted to
the qualified electors, to be voted In
the general election of 1906 a constitu-
tional amendment providing that sThe
salary of each circuit judge shall be
three thousand FIVE hundred ($2,500.00)
dollars a year"
This amendment was rejected by the