Amendments, Election of 11-5-12:

1911 SJR 257 (Article V, Section 42) {Adopted}

1911 HJR 76 (Article XII, Section 17) {Adopted}

Related Materials:

Supreme Court Opinion (64 Fla. 41)

{Prohibiting HJR 222 from Ballot}

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A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment 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 amendment to Article V of the Constitution of the State of Florida relative to the Judiciary Department, to be numbered Section 42 of said Article V, be and the same 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. 1912, for ratification or rejection, to wit:

Section 42. There shall be another Judge of the Circuit Court of Duval County in addition to the Circuit Judge of the circuit in which said county is situated. Such additional Circuit Judge shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and shall hold office for six (6) years, and shall receive the same salary and allowances for expenses as other Circuit Judges, but the same shall be paid by the County of Duval out of the general revenue of said county. He shall have all the powers and perform all the duties that are or may be provided or prescribed by the Constitution or by statute for Circuit Judges, and all statutes concerning Circuit Judges shall apply to him. The distribution of the business of the Circuit Court of Duval County between the two Circuit Judges and the allotment or assignment of matters and cases to be heard, decided, ordered, tried, decreed or adjudged shall be controlled or made when necessary by the Judge of said Court who shall have the older commission in force at the time. Such additional Circuit Judge shall reside in Duval County.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to Education, to be Known as Section 17 of Said Article; Providing for the Issuance of Bonds by Special Tax School Districts, for the Exclusive Use of Public Free Schools Within Such School District, and Authorizing the Levy of a Tax to Create a Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Interest and Redemption of Such Bonds.

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

That the following amendment to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, to be known as Section 17 of said Article, be, and the same is hereby agreed to, and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election of Representatives, to be held in the year A. D. 1912, for ratification or rejection:

Section 17. The Legislature may provide for Special Tax School Districts, to issue bonds for the exclusive use of public free schools within any such Special Tax School District, whenever a majority of the qualified electors thereof, who are freeholders, shall vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds.

Whenever any such Special Tax School District has voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, a tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar, in any one year, on the taxable property within the district voting for the issue of bonds shall be levied in accordance with law providing for the levying of taxes, to become a fund for the payment of the interest and redemption of such bonds.