Amendments, Election of 10-7-1890:

1889 JR 3:

(Article III, Section 3) {Adopted}

(Article VII, Section 2) {Adopted}

(Article XVIII, Section 9) {Adopted}

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A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendments to the Constitution of the State of Florida be and the same is* hereby agreed to, and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election of 1890 for ratification or rejection, and numbered

ARTICLE I.

Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 3. The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen biennially, beginning with the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October, A. D. 1892, and thereafter on the corresponding day of every second year.

ARTICLE II.

Section 2 of Article VII of the Constitution is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 2. The Legislature shall consist of not more than thirty-two members of the Senate, and of not more than sixty-eight members of the House of Representatives. The members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for terms of two years, and the members of the Senate shall be elected for terms of four years, (except as hereafter provided) the elections for members of the Senate and House of Representatives to be at the same time and places. The terms of Senators elected in 1890 shall expire on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October, 1894, and the terms of those elected in 1892, shall expire on the same day in 1896, and thereafter all Senators shall be elected for four years.

ARTICLE III.

Section 9 of Article XVIII of the Constitution is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 9. A general election shall be held in each county in this State on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October, A. D. 1892, and every two years thereafter for all elective State and county officers whose terms of office are about to expire or for any office that shall have become vacant.