The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-28

State of Florida Relative tC Cities
and Counties.
BE 1t 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 10 of said Article VIII, be
and the same is hereby agreed to
tors of the State at the General
Election to be held on the First
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November A. D. 1886, for ratifica-
ton or rejection. to-wit:
Section 10. The Legislature shall
have power to establish, alter or
abolish Municipal corporation to
be known as the City of Key West,
extending territorially throughout
the present limits of Monroe COun-
ty, in the place of any or all coun-
ty, district, municipal and local
governments, boards, bodies and
officers. constitutional or statutory,
Legislative, executive, judicial or
administrative, and shall prescribe
the jurisdiction, powers, duties and
functions of such municipal cor
poration, it's Legislative, executive
judicial and administrative depart
ments and it's boards, bodies and Of
ficers; to divide the territory in
cluded in such municipality into
subordinate districts, and to pre-
scribe a 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 rural area, and a
homestead in such rural area shall
not be limited as if in city or
town. Such municipality may exer-
else 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 pow
ers, rights and privileges, including
representation in the State Legis-
lature, which would accrue to il IL
It were a county. All property of
Monroe County and of the NUM-
cipality in said county shall vest in
such municipal corporation when
established as herein provided.
The offices of the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court and Sheriff shall not be
abolished 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 an
other office without making provi-
sion for the performance of all
State duties now or hereafter pre-
scribed by law to be performed by
such county officer. Nothing con-
tanned herein shall affect Section 20
of Article III of the Constitution of
the State of Florida, except as to
such provisions therein as relate to
regulating the jurisdiction and
duties of any class of officers, to
summoning and impanelling grand
and petit juries, to assessing and
collecting taxes for county purposes
and to regulating the fees and COM
pensation of county officers. No
law authorizing the establishing or
abolishing of such Municipal cor
poratiOn pursuant to this Section
shall become operative or effective
until approved by a majority of the
qualified electors participating in
an election held in said county, but
so long as such municipal corpora
ton exists under this Section the
Legislature may amend or extend
the law authorizing the same with
out referendum to the qualified
voters unless the Legislative act
providing for such amendment or
extension shall provide for such
referendum.
Approved June 4, 1885.