The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-21

lieS.
BE n Resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Florida:
That the following Amendment to
Article VIII of the Constitution of
the State of Florida relative to
cities and counties, to be numbered
Section 3 of said Article VIII, be
and the same is hereby agreed to
and shall he submitted 10 the cleo
tors of the State at the General
Election to be held on the first
| Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, A. ID. 1884. for ratifica-
ton or rejection, to-wit:
Section 3. The Legislature shall
nave power to establish, alter or
abolish, municipal corporation to
be known as the City of Jackson
vile, extending territOrily through
out the present limits of Duval
County, in the place of any or all
county, district, municipal and local
governments, boards. bodies and of
ficerS, constitutional or statutory,
Legislative, executive, judicial, or
administrative, and shall prescribe
the jurisdiction, powers, duties and
functions of such municipal cor
poratiOn, its Legislative, executive.
judicial and administrative depart
mentS and it's boards, bodies and Of
ficers: to divide the territory in
ciuded in such municipality into
subordinate districts, and to pre-
scribe just and reasonable system
of taxation for such municipality
and districts; and to fix the liability
of such municipality and districts.
Bonded and other Indebtedness, ex-
listing at the time of the establish
ment of such municipality, shall be
enforceable only against property
therefore taxable therefor. The
Legislature shall, from time to
time, determine what portion of
said municipality is a rural area,
| and a homestead in such rural area
shall be limited as if in city or
town. Such municipality may eN-
ercise all the powers of a municipal
corporation and shall also be recOg-
nized as one of the legal political
divisions of the State with the
duties and obligations Of a county
and shall be entitled to all the
powers, rights and privileges. in
GLIDING representation i'm the State
Legislature, which would accrue to
it if it We're county. All property
of Duval County and of the NUM-
cipalities i'm said county shall vest
in such municipal corporation when
established as herein provided The
offices of Clerk of the Circuit Court
and Sheriff shall not he abolish ed
but the Legislature may prescribe
the time when, and the method by
which, such offices shall be filled
and the compensation TO be paid to
such officers and may vest in them
additional powers and duties. No
county office shall be abolished or
consolidated with another office
without making provision for the
performance of all State duties now
or hereafter prescribed by law to be
performed by such county officer.
Nothing contained herein shall af-
feet Section 30 of Article III of the
Constitution of the State of Flor
ida, except as to such provisions
therein is relate to regulating the
jurisdiction and duties of any class
OF officers, to summOning and i'm
panelling grand and petit jurors, to
assessing and collecting taxes for
county purposes and to regulating
the fees and compensation of county
Officers. No law authorizing the
establishing or aboliShing of such
municipal corporation pursuant 10
this Section, shall become opera .
tive or effective until approved by
majority Of the qualified electors
participating in an election held in
said County. but so long as such
municipal corporation exists under
this Section the Legislature NAV
amend or extend the law authOriZ-
ing the same without referendum To
the qualified voters unless the Leg
islative act providing for such
amendment or extension shall pro-
vide for such referendum.
Approved May 25, 1888.