The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-02
WOULD COMPEL OFFICIALS
TO PUBLISH STATEMENTS
proposed Publicity Law Would be
Check Officials Inclined to be
"CrOOked''

Following is reproduced the pro
posed publicity law which will be in
troduced at the next session of the
legislature. a law similar to this
was passed by the senate at the last
session of the legislature with but
three dissenting votes, but died on
the calendar in the house along with
a number of other late bills. This
bill, which has the approval of high
state officials, is being fostered by the
Florida Press Association, and nearly
all members of the legislature will
go to the next session pledged to sup
port it.
An act to MAKE it the duty of the
several board of county commission
ers of the state of Florida. the sever
al county boards of public instruction
or the state of Florida, all trustees
OF county bond issues, all trustees of
special district bond issues, all coun-
ellis of municipal corporations. all
commissioners of municipal corpora
uons' all trustees of municipal bond
issues, and all trustees of sub drain
age districts upon whom devolves the
duty to expend public money, to keep
correct minutes of all proceedings
mad by such bodies and to publish an
itemized statement of all expendi-
lures of public funds, at stated in
tervals.
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the State of Florida:
Section L. That from and after
the passage of this Act, each Board
of County Commissioners of the sew
eral Counties of the state of Florida.
each Board of Public Instruction of
the several Counties of the State of
Florida, each Board of Trustees of a
County Bond issue in the several
Counties of the State of Florida, each
Board of Trustees of each Special
District Bond issue in the State of
Florida, each Council of each NUM-
cipal Corporation in the State of
Florida, each Board of Commission
ers of each Municipal Corporation of
the State of Florida, each Board of {,
Trustees of a Municipal Bond issue
in the State of Florida, each Board
of Trustees of each Sub Drainage
District in the State of Florida.
whose duty it shall be or become to
HiGhnrCa
ing into the hands of such Board
from taxation, or from the sale of
any bonds, the payment of which
must be provided for by taxation,
shall keep, or cause to be kept in the
principal meeting place of such Board
a full and complete written record OF
the minutes of all the doings of sucn
Board as such Board, together with
the full, complete and correct detail
ed statement of the expenditure of
funds by such Board, which state
ment shall show to whom and for
what such money shall have been
paid by said Board.
Section 2. The records as provid-
ed in Section | of this Act shall be
open to inspection upon demand of
any taxpayer of the County District.
Municipality, which Is being served
by said Board
Section 3. Within ten days after
the 1st day Of each month each
Board mentioned in Section / of this
Act, shall cause to be published in a
newspaper published in the County
or District which is served by such
Board, full. complete and correct
copy of the record of the disburse-
ments of funds by the said Board
during the preceding month.
Section 4. The publication of the
copy of the records required by Sec
ton of this Act shall be in some
newspaper published in the County,
District or Municipality which is
served by such Board, or if there is
no newspaper published in such
County, District or Municipality. then
IN some newspaper circulating there
IN, and shall be paid for out of the
'unds being disbursed by such Board
md when paid by the Board of Coun-
y Commissioners, it shall be paid
Iut of the General Revenue Fund of
he County, when paid by the Coun-
y Board of Public INSTRUCTION it
hall be paid from the General
school Fund of the County. and
when paid by Councils of Municipal
or Commissioners of
Corporations it shall be
'aid from the General Fund of the
Section 5. This Act shall take ef-
ect upon its passage and approval
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