The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-17

| A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing
an Amendment to Article VIII of the
3 Constitution of the State of Flor
! ida, Relating to County and NUM-
! cipal Governments.
! BE 1T ENACTED BY THE LEG
I STATURE OF THE STATE OF
; FLORIDA: That the following
amendment to Article VIII of the
I Constitution of the State of Florida
relating to County and Municipal
Governments, to be numbered SEQ
I ton IL of said Article VIII, be and
! the same is hereby agreed to and
shall be submitted to the electors of
the State for ratification or rejec-
ton at the next general election, TO
be held in November, 1912. to-wit:
Section IL. The County Commits
sioners of Dade County who shall be
elected at the general election in
: 1912 shall Immediately after the
! beginning of their terms of office,
redistrict Dade County into five
County Commissioners Districts to
be numbered by the said Commits
sioners from one TO five respec-
lively, and delineate the boundaries
OF such Districts in such manner as
to include within the respective Dis
tricts territory as follows:
One of the said Commissioners
, Districts shall comprise The terri
, tory which was on the LIST day of
April, 1871, embraced withia Elec-
ton Precincts numbered "a to 81,
, inclusive, and also such parts of
Election Precincts numbered 10. sc,
60 and 81 as lie east of the western
shore of Biscayne Bay. all as es-
tablished by resolution of the
County Commissioners of said Coun-
ty adopted November IA, 1889, desig-
mated as Resolution No. 1917;
Another of the said Districts
I shall comprise the territory, and
! only the territory. which was on the
1 LIST day of April, 1941, embraced in
T; Commissioners District No. and
I Commissioners District No. 5, as
. of the County Commissioners of said
County, at page 194 ct seq;
Another of the said Commissioners
! Districts shall comprise the terri
tory which was on the first day Of
April 1871, embraced in Commits
sioners' District No. l, as described
in Book ~ of the minutes of the
County Commissioners of said COun-
. ty, at page 1914 eft seq, and also all
the territory which was on the first
, day of April, 1871, embraced in Elec-
ton Precincts numbered 20 TO 50, in
elusive. as established by the afOre-
said Resolution No. 1917:
! Another of the said Districts shall
comprise the territory which was on
the LIST day of April, 1871, embraced
in Commissioners District No. 3, as
describedfin Book - of the Minutes
of the County Commissioners of said
County, at page 1914 ct seq, except
the territory embraced in the afore-
said Election Precincts numbered rs
to 81, inclusive, and &c to %, in
elusive, and except such parts of
Election Precincts numbered Sc, 60
and 81 as lie east of the western
Shore of Biscayne Bay.
Another of the said Commission
ers' District shall comprise the ter
ritory which was on the LIST day of
April. 1871, embraced in Commits,
sioners' District No. 2 as described
in Book IF" of the Minutes of the
County Commissioners of said
County, at page 194 ct seq, except
the territory embraced in the afore-
said Election Precincts numbered "a
and rs, and such part of Election
Precinct number 10 as lies east of the
western shore of Biscayne Bay.
The County Commissioners who
shall be elected in Dade County at
the general election in 1912 shall
hold office for the term of two years
for which they shall have been
elected and their terms of office
shall not be affected by this amend
ment; but thereafter there shall be
in each of the Districts establish ed
by, and in pursuance of, this amend
ment a County Commissioner who
shall reside in his district but who
shall be nominated and elected from
the County at Large. Every County
Commissioner of Dade County who
shall be elected at the general cleo
tion in 1914 and thereafter shall hold
office for a term of four years. The
powers, duties and compensation of
such County Commissioners shall be
as from time TO time provided by
law.
Approved by the Governor, May
2S, 1941.
Filed in office Secty. of State,
May IS, 1871.