The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-07
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an Amendment to Article
VIII of the Constitution of the
State of Florida Relative to 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-
and shall be submitted to the cleo
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 a 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 a rural area, and
homestead in such rural area shall
not be limited as if in city or
town. Such municipality may exer-
else all the powers of municipal
corporation and shall also be recog-
nized as one of the legal political
divisions of the State with the
duties and obligations of county
and shall be entitled to all the pow
ers. rights and privileges, including
representation in the State Legis-
lature, which would accrue to 1t if
it were a county. All property of
Monroe County and of the NUM-
cipality in said county shalI 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
i 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 proyi-
| 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
] tion 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.
The votes cast in compliance with
l said urOnaSad amaudp,anfS ond the