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The Board of County Commissioners of each county shall, upon the presentation to said Board, at a regular or special meeting thereof, a written application asking for an election in the county in which said application is made, to decide whether the sale of intoxicating liquors, wines or beer shall be prohibited therein, and signed by twenty-five per cent of the registered voters of said county, order an election in said county, not oftener than once every four (4) years, to decide whether the sale of intoxicating liquors, wines or beer shall be prohibited in said. county; and shall cause the clerk of said board to give at least thirty days' notice of said election by publishing the same in one newspaper in each and every town in said county, if a newspaper or newspapers be published in said county, and if none, then by posting at least ten written notices of said election in the most public places in said county, one of which shall be at the court house.

Sec. 2. This Act to go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved June 10, 1911.

1911.

Petition,

order and notice of

CHAPTER 6181-(No. 62).

AN ACT to Require County Solicitors and State's Attorneys to Procure Certain Prima Facie Evidence of Dealing in Spirituous, Vinous or Malt Liquors; to Require Prosecutions by County Solicitors for Certain Offenses Upon Acquisition of Certain Prima Facie Evidence of Dealing in Spirituous, Vinous or Malt Liquors; to Require State's Attorneys to Present to Grand Juries Certain Prima Facie Evidence of Dealing in Spirituous, Vinous or Malt Liquors; to Constitute a Failure to Do So as Mal Feasance of Office and Ground for Removal of Such Officer.

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

Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of each of the County Solicitors and

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Duty of

County Solicitors and State Attorneys to get copy of U. S. license in certain cases.

Solicitor to file information.

State Attor

ney to present to

grand jury

State's Attorneys of this State, upon the payment or tender of payment to him by any citizen of the county or district within the jurisdiction of the court of which said officer is Solicitor or State's Attorney, of a sum of money sufficient to pay for a certified copy of the license or tax stamp furnished by the Internal Revenue Authorities, showing the payment of a tax as a dealer spirituous, vinous or malt liquors by the holder thereof (as provided by Chapter 3509, Acts of 1906, amending Section 3240 of the Revised Statutes of the United States), together with a statement under oath from said citizen that a certain individual, firm or corporation has procured such Internal Revenue License, and has not, to the best of affiant's infor mation and belief, secured a license from the State to deal in said such liquors, shall forthwith procure a certified copy of such Internal Revenue License from the Collector of Internal Revenue of said district, as provided by the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended, afore said. And it shall be the duty of such prosecuting officer, after procuring said certificate copy from the Collector of Internal Revenue aforesaid, to forthwith, by investigation or otherwise, determine if such person, firm or corporation has procured a license from the State to deal in such intoxicating liquors. And it shall be the duty of such prosecuting officer, if he be a County Solicitor, to forthwith file information against any such person, firm or corporation having such Internal Revenue License and not having a State License to deal in such liquors under the laws of this State, and to prosecute such individual, firm or corporation within four (4) months from the time of filing said information, unless cause constituting legal grounds for a further continuance be shown. And if such prosecuting officer be a State's Attorney, it shall be his duty to present the information so acquired by him to the next succeeding Grand Jury.

Any county officer or State's Attorney failing to perform the duties set forth in this Act shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance of office, and may, upon a showing of such failure, be removed from such office by the Governor of this State.

Sec. 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and hereby are repealed.

Approved June 10, 1911.

CHAPTER 6182-(No. 63).

AN ACT Permitting Building and Loan Associations to
Increase Their Capital Stock.

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

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stock may be increased.

Section 1. That all Building and Loan Associations Capital in the State of Florida, are hereby authorized and empowered to increase their capital stock to an amount not exceeding two Million Dollars.

Sec. 2. Said increase of stock may be made by the Board of Directors at any meeting duly and legally called and held, by vote of three-fourths of the total number of Directors. It shall be the duty of the President, within thirty days thereafter, to make a return to the Secretary of State, under oath, of the amount of such increase, and the terms on which such additional stock is issued, and from the time the said return is filed the issue of stock shall be authorized, and when issued shall become a part of the capital stock.

Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its becoming a law.

Approved May 10, 1911.

Board of Di

rectors may increase

stock.

CHAPTER 6183-(No. 64).

AN ACT to Amend Section 2459 of the General Statutes of Florida, Relating to Conveyances by Corporations; and to Validate Certain Conveyances of Corporations. Heretofore Made.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of Florida:

Section 1. That Section 2459 of the General Statutes of Florida be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

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"Section 2459: Conveyances by Corporations.-Any corporations may convey lands by deed sealed with the ances by common or corporate seal and signed in its name by its corporations. president or any vice-president or chief executive officer."

Convey

Validating conveyances.

Sec. 2. Conveyances by corporations of lands in this State, heretofore executed, which have been sealed with the common or corporate seal of such corporation and signed in its name by a vice-president or the chief executive officer thereof, shall be as valid and effective and shall bear the same presumptions as if signed in the name of such corporation by its president.

Sec. 3. All laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect from its passage and approval.

Approved June 3, 1911.

CHAPTER 6184—(No. 65).

AN ACT Authorizing the Use of the Proceeds from Insur-
ance Policies, Where Public Property Has Been
Destroyed by Fire, or Otherwise, for the Purpose of
Replacing Such Property by Construction or Repair.

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

Section 1. Whenever any State, County, Municipal or other public property in this State is destroyed or partially destroyed, by fire or otherwise, upon which there is insurance, the proceeds of such insurance when collected may be used by the officer or officers having the supervision of the property destroyed, for the purpose of construction to replace such property, or for the repair thereof.

Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved May 29, 1911.

CHAPTER 6185-(No. 66).

AN ACT to Repeal Chapter 5888 of the Laws of Florida,
Approved June 8th, 1909, Entitled, An Act Prohibiting
Fire Insurance Companies from Combining as to What
Rate of Commission Shall Be Paid by any Other Com-
pany to an Agent.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 5888 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 8th, 1909, entitled, An Act prohibiting fire insurance companies from combining as to what rate of commission shall be paid by any other company to an agent, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor.

Approved June 2, 1911.

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CHAPTER 6186—(No. 67).

AN ACT to Extend and Enlarge the Powers of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Florida so as to Give Them Exclusive Power and Authority Within the State of Florida to Regulate the Services and the Charges of All Persons, Firms or Corporations Carrying on a Telephone Business Within the State of Florida, and for Other Purposes.

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

Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act the powers of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Florida shall be and the same are hereby enlarged and extended so as to confer upon said Railroad Commissioners exclusive power and authority within this State, and it shall be their duty to regulate the rates and charges and service within this State of all persons, firms or cor. porations engaged in or carrying on a telephone business

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