The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-02

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war or by misfortune"
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an.
Amendment to Sections 2, an
NrtirIs VII Of the COnstltu
ZION of tine state Of Florida, lie
iatIn- TO Census and APP ortIon
menL t.,-,,,.. %
the state Of Florida;
THAT the following amendments TO
lhc Constitution Of the state OF + LOT
.la Zee. ami the same are heTeOy aeIeeI
10. and the same shall be submitted
To- the electors Of the state at the gen
sraI election In 1915, for ratihcalion
saCiIun 9 Of Article VII is hereby
amended so a. to read as follows:
"Thc Legislatures that shall con-
vene i'm th, year Of 1919 and there
after shall consist Of one member o.
the senate from each county in the
state. and OF one member OF the
House Of Representatives from each
county i'm the state for every ten
'hoNsunl of population therein, or
the major fraction thereof where
'lore may he a major fraction lef
over after dividing the whole number
n population Of the county by the
number ten thousand; Provided. that
each county shall have at least one
Representative and that no county
county shall have more than three
Representatives in the House OF Rep
House Of Representatives shall be
elected for term of two years ana
elected for a term Of four years, ex-
ccpt as hereinafter provided. The
election for members for each branch
shall he at the same time and places.
In 1916 shall expire on the first Mon
day IN April. 1919. The term of Of
fee Of Senators elected in 1918 from
the following counties to-wit: Es-
Gambia Galgdan jackson Lem Mndi-
son, Lafayette, Taylor Columbia. Mas
sau, Duval, Marion, Sumter, Jefferson,
ton, Alachua. Broward, Liberty, Her
nando, Pinellas. Brevard, Palm Beach
Monday in April, 1921; all other Sem
their term Of ONCE shall expire on
the first Monday in April. 1923. All
members Of the House of Represen ia
ives elected a. the general election
rire on the FIRST Monday in April. 1921,
and thereafter the term Of
a HEs OF Of al Rspr msmSsTS of s tHs
after the first Monday in April next
succeeding the election. At the gem
all Senators to be elected shall be
elected for term of four years, the
term TO begin on the FIRST Tuesday
| after the first Monday in April OF the
new county is created, the Leglsla-
! ture shall at that time fix the length
| OF the term OF the firfst Senator to
/ be elected therefrom at two or four
wears with the end In view Of keeping
the number OF old Senators in n hall
| ance with the number Of the new"
Section 3 Of Article VII OF the Con-
stltuton Is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
"The regular session Of the Legis-
lature that email meet in 1917 sinai
apportion the representation in the
House OF Representatives, as in this
Article provided, which apportion-
ment shall be based upon the last
census taken by the State of Florida
OF by the United states, which ever
is the last taken, in the several coun-
ties Of the state, and those that shall
meet every ten years thereafter shall
upportion the representation in the
House Of Representatives in the man
neT On this Article provided, which APP
por,ionment shall he based upon the
| last census enumeration taken by the
state Of Florida, or by the. United
next before the LEGISLATURE so appor-
uoning the representation shall con-
vene."
section 4 Of Article VII Of the Con-
stitution Is hereby amended so as to
roa1 ms follows:
when any new county Is created
nv the Legislature II shall he entitled
% ono Senator and one member ot
mo House Of Representatives until
the next enumeration provided for in
Section s. OF this Article. that shall
now county, or until the next census
enumeration that shall be taken by
'Ne Trite' states Of America after
Tho creation ~ the said new county
whichever shall the sooner be taken
fte~ tho creation ~ said new county
when ~ shall he entitled to one Nom
her NJ the House ~ Representati vos
FOR everv ten thousand 81 population
or tho major fraction thereof the same
rs other counties"
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an
Amendment to Section l Of Article
vi OF the Constitution OF the state
OF Florida as amended by Joint
Resolution No. ?. Acts of 1898. Re-
lating TO Suffrage and Eligibility
Be IL Resolved by the Legislature
the State of Florida:
That the following amendment
Section / Of Article VI of the Consti.
tuition Of the State of Florida he. and
the same Is hereby agreed to and shall
he submitted to the electors nj thu
state at the general election In 1915