Amendments, Election of 11-8-1898:

1897 JR 1 (Article XVI, Section 13) {Adopted}

1897 JR 2 (Article V, Section 35) {Adopted}

1897 JR 3 (Article III, Section 34) {Adopted}

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 13, of Article XVI, of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relating to Sureties Upon Official Bonds.

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 is hereby agreed to, and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1898, for ratification or rejection.

Section 13, of Article XVI, shall be and is amended so as to read as follows:

Section 13. The sureties upon the official bonds of all State, county and municipal officers shall be residents of, and have sufficient visible property unencumbered within the State, not exempt from sale under legal process, to make good their bonds; and the sureties upon the official bonds of all county and municipal officers shall reside within the county where their principals upon such bonds reside, and shall have sufficient visible and unencumbered property in such county, that is not exempt from sale under legal process to make good their liability on such bonds; Provided, "That any duly organized and responsible guarantee or surety company, either foreign or domestic, lawfully doing business in this State, may become and be accepted as surety on all such official bonds."

Approved May 27, 1897.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 35, of Article V, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to the Establishment of Courts in this State.

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 November, 1898, for ratification or rejection.

Section 35, of Article V, of the Constitution of the State of Florida is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 35. No courts other than herein specified shall be established in this State, except that the Legislature may clothe any railroad commission with judicial powers in all matters connected with the functions of their office.

Approved May 27, 1897.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article III, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to the Legislative Department.

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 1898, for ratification or rejection, and shall be numbered Section 34, of Article III.

(Add the following as Section 34, of Article III:)

Section 34. Immediately upon the impeachment of any officer by the House of Representatives, he shall be disqualified from performing any of the duties of his office until acquitted by the Senate, and the Governor in such case shall at once appoint an incumbent to fill such office pending the impeachment proceedings. In case of the impeachment of the Governor the President of the Senate, or, in case of the death, resignation or inability of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall act as Governor pending the impeachment proceedings against the Governor.

Approved June 5, 1897.