Amendments, Election of 11-8-10:

1909 SJR 1 (Article XIX, Sections 1, 2, 3) {Defeated}

1909 JR 2 (Article V, Sections 39, 40, 41) {Adopted}

1909 JR 3 (Article V, Section 35) {Adopted}

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article XIX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to the Manufacture and Sale, or Other Disposal of Intoxicating Liquors or Beverages.

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

That Article XIX of the Constitution of the State of Florida be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The manufacture, and sale, barter or exchange, of all intoxicating liquors and beverages, whether spirituous, vinous or malt, are hereby forever prohibited in the State of Florida, except alcohol for medical, scientific or mechanical purposes, and wine for sacramental purposes; the sale of which alcohol and wine for the purposes aforesaid, shall be regulated by law.

Section 2. The Legislature shall enact suitable laws for the enforcement of the provisions of this Article.

Section 3. This Article shall go into effect on the first day of July, A. D. 1911.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing Amendments to Article V of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to the Judiciary Department.

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

That the following amendments to Article V of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relative to the Judiciary Department, to be numbered Sections 39, 40 and 41 of said Article V, be and the same are 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. 1910, for ratification or rejection, to wit:

Section 39. From and after the adoption of these amendments the Criminal Court of Record in and for Escambia County shall be known as the Court of Record in and for said County, and, in addition to their present jurisdiction, the said Court, and the Judge thereof, shall have, in Escambia County, concurrent with the Circuit Court of said County and the Judge thereof, the same original jurisdiction of all other cases and matters and the same power and authority to issue all writs as the Circuit Court of said County and the Judge thereof, excepting capital cases, and the power to summon and empanel a grand jury. The same rules of procedure and practice and rights of trial by judges ad litem and referees which obtain in said Circuit Court shall obtain in said Court of Record. The Governor may, in his discretion, order any one of the Circuit Judges of the State to hold one or more terms or parts of terms of said Court of Record.

Section 40. The Supreme Court of the State shall have appellate jurisdiction in all causes of which jurisdiction is granted to said Court of Record. Appeals and writs of error shall be prosecuted from the said Court of Record to the Supreme Court in accordance with the laws and rules governing such proceedings from the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court.

Section 41. All the provisions of the Constitution and all laws enacted in consonance therewith pertaining to the said Criminal Court of Record and the officers thereof, including the manner of the appointment or election and the terms of office and compensation of said officers, shall apply with like effect to the said Court of Record and the officers thereof, except as provided by these amendments. The present officers of said Criminal Court of Record shall be the officers of said Court of Record and discharge the duties and receive the emoluments of their respective offices until the expiration of their present terms of office. The salary of the Judge of said Court of Record shall be two thousand five hundred dollars a year, payable quarterly by the County of Escambia, and may be increased by the Legislature. From and after the expiration of the term of office of the present Judge, the Judge of said Court of Record shall hold his office for four years.

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JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 35 of Article V of the Constitution of Florida, Relating to Establishments* of Courts.

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

That the following amendment to Section 35 of Article V of the Constitution of Florida is hereby agreed to and shall be proposed and submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection at the next general election hereafter, that is to say, said Section 35 of said Article shall be 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 provide for the creation and establishment of such additional Judicial Circuits as may from time to time become necessary, and for the appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate of additional Circuit Judges therefor, whose terms of office and general jurisdiction shall be the same as is herein provided for the Circuit Judges herein already provided for, and may clothe any Railroad Commission with judicial powers in all matters connected with the functions of their office.