The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-16
SIEGALS
NofICR or ELECTION

WHEREAS. The Legislature Of
fs33. under the Consultation OF 1889,
of the State Of Florida, did Pass
Eight Joint Resolutions proposing
amendments TO the Constitution OF
the State OF Florida, and the same
were agreed TO by a vote Of three
fifths Of all the members elected e
each house: that the votes on said
Joint Resolutions were entered upon
their respective Journals, with the
yeas and nays thereon, and they
did determine and direct that the
said Joint Resolutions be submitted
to the electors OF the State at the
General Election in November, 1884
NOW. THEREFORE,. I. R A
GRAY, Secretary of State Of the
State Of Florida do hereby give
GENERAL ELECTION
viii be held in each county In Flor
ida on Tuesday next succeeding the
first Monday in November. A. d.
1884, the said Tuesday being the
SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
for the ratification or rejection OF
the said Joint Resolutions propos-
ing amendments to the Constitution
of the State of Florida. viz:
No. ONE
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to Article
v of the Constitution of Florida
Relating to the Judiciary by Add
ing Thereto an Additional Section
to Be known as Section As Provid-
ing for the Reduction of the Num-
Der of Judicial Circuits of this
State and Requiring the Reap
portionment of Such Circuits and
the Judges Thereof.
be IL Resolved by the Legislature
Of the State Of FlORidas
That the following amendment 10
Article v of the Constitution of this
State relating to the judiciary by
adding thereto additional Section
IS as hereinafter set forth, be and
the same is hereby agreed to and
shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the State of Florida for
ratification or rejection at the next
ensuing general election that is to
say, that an additional Section to
be designated as Section IS of Ar
ticle V of the Constitution of Flor
ida be adopted to read as follows,
to-wit.
Section As.
CAD There shall be no more than
fifteen judicial circuits of the State
of Florida to be appropriately
designated. numbered and defined
by a suitable law enacted by the
Legislature for that purpose in ac-
eofdaaee with the amendment: Pro-
vided that no judicial circuit as de-
fined by law hereunder shall en-
brace less than fifty thousand in
habitaRts according to the last pre-
ceding State or Federal census: and
provided further, that no judicial
circuit existing at the time of the
ratification of this amendment shall
be affected, altered, or abolished,
except in the manner provided in
this amendment for carrying the
same into execution, nor shall any
existing Circuit Judge or State At
torney be disturbed in the tenure
of his office until the expiration of
any commission held by him on the
date this amendment is ratified.
1b) II shall be the duty of the
Legislature at its next regular ses-
sion after the amendment shall have
been ratified to pass suitable laws
TO carry this amendment into eff
feet. and TO make effective the re-
apportionment and reduction OF
Judicial Circuits and Circuit Judges
hereby contemplated.
(c) There shall be one Circuit
Judge to each Judicial Circuit but
auoltlOn2i circuit Judges Tor Judi
cial Circuit may be provided for by
law as authorized by Section IS of
Amended Article V of this Con-
stitution. but the total number OF
Circuit Judges appOrtioned to any
one judicial Circuit shall not ex-
coed one Circuit Judge for every
fifty thousand inhabitants or major
fraction thereof. after this amend
ment shall have been put into eff
feet
tdl In Circuits having more
than one Judge the Legislature may
designate the place Of residence OF
any such additional Judge or
Judges
(e) The re-appOrtionment Of
Circuits and Judges thereof hereby
provided for shall become effective
sixty days after the act providing
for same shall have become a law. g
Approved June 6. 1888.