The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-09

Proposing an Amendment to Article
VIII of the, Constitution of the
State of Florida Relative to Cities
and Counties.
he IL 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
November A. D. 1886, for ratifica-
tion 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 its boards, bodies and Of
ficers; to divide the territory in
cluded 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
| not be limited as if in a 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 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 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 smay
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-
| scfibed 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 iuries, 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
I poration pursuant to this Section
| shall become operative or effective
until approved by n majority of the
qualified electors participating in