JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 4, Article VII, of the Constitution 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 A. D. 1900 for ratification or rejection.

Section 4, Article VII, of the Constitution of the State of Florida is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 4. Where any Senatorial District is composed of two or more counties, the counties of which such district consists, shall not be entirely separated by any county, belonging to another district. Any new county that may be created, shall be entitled to one member in the House of Representatives, in excess of the limit prescribed in Section 2 of this Article until the apportionment following next thereafter, and shall be assigned when created to one of the adjoining Senatorial Districts as shall be determined by the Legislature.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 25 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to the Incorporation of Educational, Agricultural, Mechanical, Mining and Other Useful Companies or Associations.

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 to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1900, for ratification or rejection.

Section 25 of Article III of said Constitution be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 25. The Legislature shall provide by general law for incorporating such educational, agricultural, mechanical, mining, transportation, mercantile and other useful companies or associations as may be deemed necessary; but it shall not pass any special law on any such subject, and any such special law shall be of no effect; Provided, however, That nothing herein shall preclude special legislation as to a university or the public schools, or as to a ship canal across the State.

Approved June 2, 1899.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 44 Proposing an Amendment to Section 5 of Article VIII of the Constitution 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, A. D. 1900, for ratification or rejection.

Section 5 of Article VIII of the Constitution shall be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 5. Immediately upon the ratification of this amendment the County Commissioners of the several counties of this State shall divide their respective counties into five Commissioners= districts, to be numbered respectively from one to five inclusive, and each district shall be, as nearly as possible, equal in proportion to population, and thereafter there shall be in each of such districts a County Commissioner, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of said county, at the time and place of voting for other county officers, and shall hold his office for two years. The powers, duties and compensation of such County Commissioners shall be prescribed by law; Provided, That nothing herein shall affect the terms of Commissioners holding office at the time of such division; Provided, further, That all vacancies occurring by limitations of terms, or from death, resignation or otherwise, before the election of 1902 shall be filled by appointment by the Governor as now provided by law.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 12, Article XVI, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to the Seal and Flag of the State.

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, A. D. 1900, for ratification or rejection.

Section 12, of Article XVI, of the Constitution of the State of Florida is amended to read as follows:

Section 12. The present seal of the State shall remain the seal of the State of Florida. The State flag shall be of the following proportions and description: Depth to be three-fourths length of fly. The seal of the State, of diameter one-third the fly, in the center of a white ground. Red bars, in width one-eighth the length of fly extending from each corner toward the center, to the outer rim of the seal.