Amendments, Election of 11-7-22:

1921 SJR 1 (Article XII, Section 10) {Adopted}

1921 JR 9 (Article V, Section 43) {Adopted}

1921 SJR 54 (Article XVI, Section 3) {Adopted}

1921 JR 139 (Article VII, Section 3) {Defeated}

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 10 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relating to Education.

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

That the following amendment to Section 10 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to education be, and the same is hereby, agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election of representatives in 1922 for approval or rejection:

Section 10. The Legislature may provide for the division of any county or counties into convenient school districts; and for the election biennially of three school trustees, who shall hold their office for two years, and who shall have the supervision of all the schools within the district; and for the levying and collection of a district school tax, for the exclusive use of public free schools within the district, whenever a majority of the qualified electors thereof that pay a tax on real or personal property shall vote in favor of such levy; provided, that any tax authorized by this section shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar in any one year on the taxable property of the district.

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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9.

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 43 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. 1922, for ratification or rejection, to-wit:

Section 43. The Legislature may from time to time and as the business of any circuit requires, provide for the appointment of one or more additional Circuit Judges for such Circuit. Each such additional Circuit Judge shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and hold office for six years, and shall receive the same salary and allowances for expenses as other Circuit Judges. 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. Wherever there are two or more Circuit Judges appointed for a Circuit the business may be divided among the Circuit Judges having jurisdiction in the Circuit and in any County in the Circuit as may be prescribed by law, and where no provision has been made by law, the distribution of the business of the Circuit between the Circuit Judges of the Circuit, and of any County in the Circuit, 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 Circuit Judge holding the commission earliest in date. No additional Circuit Judge or Judges shall be authorized to be appointed in a Circuit having less than 75,000 inhabitants by the last Federal or State census occurring next before the passage of the law for his or their appointment. The Legislature may repeal any law providing for the appointment of an additional Circuit Judge, or additional Circuit Judges for a Circuit, but such repeal shall not affect the term, salary and jurisdiction of a Judge holding an appointment.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 54.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to the Time of the Payment of Salaries of State Officers.

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

That the following amendment to Section 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to the time of the payment of the salaries of State officers is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the next general election of representatives to be held in the year A. D. 1922. That is to say, said section shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 3. The salary of every officer shall be payable monthly upon his own requisition.

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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 139.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to Census and Apportionment, and to Number of Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.

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

That the following proposed amendment to Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to census and apportionment, and to the number of members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives be, and the same is hereby, agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Florida for approval or rejection at the next General Election of Representatives to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1922; that is to say, that Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of Florida shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 3. The Legislature that shall meet A. D. 1923, and those that shall meet every ten years thereafter, shall apportion the representation in the Senate, the whole number of Senators not to exceed 38 members; and at the same time shall also apportion the representation in the House of Representatives. The counties having one hundred thousand or more population shall have four Representatives each; the counties having thirty thousand and not more than one hundred thousand population shall have three Representatives each; the counties having ten thousand five hundred and not more than thirty thousand population shall have two representatives each. All counties having less than ten thousand five hundred population shall have one Representative each. The basis of apportionment, as provided for in this amendment, shall be the Federal Census next preceding the apportionment made by the Legislature. Every County shall have at least one Representative. The Governor shall, by special message to each House at the appropriate session of the Legislature, direct the attention of each House to the provisions of this amendment, and if the Legislature that shall meet A. D. 1923, or any succeeding Legislature that shall meet every ten years thereafter, shall refuse or fail to apportion the representation in the Senate and in the House of Representatives as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Governor to convene the Legislature in Special Session for the purpose of making such apportionment, and by public proclamation and by communication to each House to direct the attention of each House to the provisions of this amendment.

That any and all provisions of the Constitution in conflict with this provision be and the same are hereby repealed.