The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-28
GOVERNOR CUTS
|OUT MORE WORK
|FOR LEGISLATURE
MAKES MANY EXCELLENT REC.
CONCENTRATIONS TO LAW
MAKERS.
Repeal Of Law Donating Lands to
Railroads, Sale Of State School
Lands, and Other Matters.

Railroads, Sale OF State School
Lands, and Other Matters.
Tallahassee. Fla. March 2S.-Gov.
Park Trammell. following up the
policy adopted by him Of giving out
in advance Of the convening Legis-
lature from time to time some Of the
recommendations which he proposes
to make In his message to the Leg
islature. today gave out the follow
ing:
Repeal Law Giving Lands to Rail.
roads.
"One Of the statutes of this State
under which railroads have hereto
fore had donated to them large guam
titles Of State land is still In force.
and should a new railroad be con-
structed It would. under this law. b
entitled to the alternate sections OF
the State land on each side Of
railroad within six miles thereof. In
the event tho State did not still own
the alternate sections the company
would be entitled to lands to make
III; the deficit anywhere within twen-
ty miles of its road. The State has
but little land except In the Ever
glades. In that territory the State
owns about a million acres Of land
Should a railroad be constructed
through that territory and the land
grand law above referred to was still
in force, the railroad would be en-
titled to a large quantity of the
state land, and would thereby get
from the State public property worth
probably one or two million dollars.
The time has passed when the State
can afford to allow land grants to
encourage railroad bmilding. We can
not afford to have the public lande
, further applied In this way. For this
reason | urge that law be enacted
, repeating section C32 of the general
, | statutes, which constitutes our pres
ent law providing for railroad land
grants.
States Right Of Appeal.
Under our present law the state
r. is deprived OF the right OF appeal In
l. criminal case upon the constitu-
b ticnality OF the law. Should JUS
N ticc of the peace, county judge OF
the circuit judge in a criminal case
declare the statute under which the
.?sc is being tried to be unconstitu'
tional there is no means prcvldeo
for the State to have the ruling OF
the trial court passed upon hy an
al appellate court That we may have
a the constitutionality OF criminal
statutes passed upon by the appellate
70 court when they are declared uncon
stitutional by the lower courts, sug
gest that a measure should be passed
20 GLOWING the State the right OF ap
al peal in such cases
IN Sale State School Lands on In.
stallments.
ho "a good law would be one to au
-. thorize the State board of education
t. sell State school lands on reason
able installments. This would ire
ouently result in the State getting
better price, would encourage set
-. tiers and often aid a roor man t
M rrchase who would otherwise be un
~ able to pay all cash for the land n
IT
desires.
THAT the diversity of crons 70
NJ which the soil Of the Everglade lam
.. is suitable may be ascertained an
'' also fer the purpose OF dcmoastrat
ing the agricultural value OF tni
- land for the production Of the differ
is' ent crops. I Leem it advisable tha
'p Won pass a bill providing that tn
IA trustees of the internal improvement
~ fund shall establish and maintain 8
'4o long as they believe for tie best In
a. terest of the state. one or more ex
" detrimental farms in the Everglades
The state owns within the Ever
glades about one millions acres Q
land. and. it is my opinion that suc'
Il @, peiimental farms, which would D
OF but little expense upon the inter
LI Dal improvement fund, would ad
very materially to the development
OF the State as we'll as enhance yer
'er- much the value OF the States an
m other lands in that territory.
an A Settlers Act.
md "While the State owns only acou
ish one hundred thousand acres OF land
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