The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-03

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! of the State of Florida, did pass 8
| Joint Resolutions proposing amend
ments to the Constitution of the
4 State of Florida, and the same were
agreed to by a vote of -three-fifths
of all the members elected to each
house; that the votes on said Joint
Resolutions were entered upon their
Irrespective Journals. with the yeas
and nays thereon, and they did de-
; terinine and direct that the said
bJoint Resolutions be submitted to
the electors of the State at the Cen
eral Election in November. 1912.
NOW, THEREFORE,, +, r. A.
GRAY, Secretary of State of the
State of Florida, do hereby give
notice that =
GENERAL ELECTION
will be held in each county in Flor
ida on Tuesday next succeeding the
| first Monday in November, a. ID.
1912, the said Tuesday being. the
THIRD DAY OF, NOVEMBER
| for the Ratification or rejection of
the said Joint Resolutions proposing
amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Florida. viz:
A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing
an Amendment to Article. TX of the
! Constitution of the State of Florida
1
BY Adding Thereto an Additional
! Section Creating a State Board of
! Administration; Prescribing its
| Powers and Duties and Providing
| for the use of Proceeds of Two Cents
per Gallon of the. Gasoline or Other
and Retirement of All Outstanding
Bonds Issued BY Any County or Spe-
cial Road and Bridge District Prior
/ to First Day of July. A. u. 1881, for
Road and Bridge Purposes, aud for
| (2) Public Highway Purposes.
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE LEG
| ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA: That the following
| amendment to Article TX of the
| Constitution of the State of FLORIDA
relating to Taxation and Finance by
adding thereto an additional. section
to be known as Section 16 of said
| Article TX creating a State Board of
| Administrations; prescribing its
powers and duties, and providing for
the use of the proceeds of two cents
per gallon of the gasoline or other
motor fuel tax for % the payment
and retirement of all outstanding
| bonds issued by any county or spe-
cial road and bridge district prior
| to the First Day of July, =. u. 1881,
for road and bridge purposes, and for
| CD public highway purposes, is here
| by agreed to and shall be submitted
to the electors of the State of Flor
| ida for ratification or rejection at
the next General Election to be held
| in 1912, as follows:
Section 16 (a). That beginning
January LIST, 1943, and for fifty (50)
years thereafter, the proceeds of two
Geo cents per gallon of the total
tax levied by the State law upon
gasoline and other like products of
petroleum, now known as the Second
Gas Tax, and upon other fuels used
to propel motor vehicles, shall as
collected be placed monthly in the
| State Roads Distribution Fund in
the State Treasury and divided into
three CD equal parts which shallb
distributed monthly among the sew
eral counties as follows:
One part according to area, one
part according to population, and
one part according to the counties
contributions to the cost of State
tribution as provided in Chapter
1869, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1891.
and for the purposes of the appor-
tiOnment based on the counties
contributions for the cost of State
road construction, the amount of the
contributions established by the GER
tificates made in 1891 pursuant to
and deemed conclusive in computing
the monthly amounts dfstributable
according to said contributions. Such
funds so distributed shall be adj
ministered by the State Board of
| Administration. as hereinafter pro-
Vided.
OBJ The Governor as Chairman,
the State Treasurer and the State
Comptroller shall constitute a body
ta IN hn a Q dCfafn
Board of Administration which
Board shall; succeed to all the power,
control and authority of the statu-
tory Board of Administration. Said
| Board shall have, in addition to
such powers as may be conferred
upon it by law, the management,
| control and supervision, of the pro-
ceeds of said two (2c) cents of said
taxes and, all moneys and. other as
sets which on the effective date of
| this amendment are. applicable or
may become applicable to the bonds
| of the several counties of this State,
or any special road and bridge dis
| trict, or other special taxing district
| thereof, issued prior to July list, 1891,
flor road and bridge purposes The
| word Bonds as used herein shall
| include bonds, time warrants notes
and other forms of Indebtedness is
| sued for road and bridge purposes
| by any county or special road and
| bridge district or other special tax
ing district, outstanding sn July Ist,
1881, or any refundlng issues there
Of Said Board shall have the Statu :
tory powers of Boards of County
| Commissioners and Bond Trustees
and of any other Authority of spe-
| cial road and bridge districts. and
other special taxing districts there
of with regard to said bonds, tex-
4 loren taxes is expressly withheld
/ from said board) and shall take over
| all papers, documents and records
| concerning the same. said. Board
shall have the power from time to
i time to issue refunding bonds to
mature within the said fifty (50)
year period. for any of said out
standing bonds or interest thereon,
and to secure them by pledge of
anticipated receipts from such gaso-
| line or other fuel taxes to be dis
1 tributed to such county as herein
/ provided, but not at a greater rate
/ of interest than said bonds now
| bear; and to issue, sell or. exchange
on behalf of any county or unit for
the sole purpose of retiring said
bonds issued by such county, or spe-
cial road and bridge district, or
+, other special taxing district thereof,
gasoline or other fuel tax anticipa-
1 ton .eertl1leateS= nearing interest at
not more than three CD per cent per
annum in such denominations and
maturing at such time within the
/ fifty (50) year period as the Board
may determine. In addition to ex-
ercising the powers now provided by
Statute for the investment of sink
! ing funds, said Board may use
| the sinking funds created for said
bonds of any county or special road
and bridge district. or other unit