Amendment, Election of 10-4-1892:

1891 JR 2 (Article X, Section 2) {Defeated}

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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 amendment 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 in 1892 for ratification or rejection.

ARTICLE I.

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

Section 2. The exemption provided for in Section 1 of Article X of the Constitution of Florida shall inure to the widow and descendants of the party entitled to such exemption in the following proportions, viz: one-half thereof to the widow, if there be a widow, and the remaining half to the child or children and his or their descendants, the latter taking the interest their parent or parents would take if alive. If there be no child, children or descendants, then the exemptions shall inure to the widow, if there be no will as provided in Section 4 of this article. If there be no widow, then the exemption shall inure to the descendants of the party entitled thereto, and such exemptions shall apply to all debts except as specified in Section 1 of said article.