1911 within this State, so far as said rate and charges apply to the business of said such persons, firms or corporations within this State; Provided, however, That such rates and charges must and shall be in each and every case just, fair and reasonable. Sec. 2. That all the terms and provisions of the laws of this State as embraced in Chapter 5, Title 4, Fourth Division of the General Statutes and all Acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof are hereby declared to be of force with reference to all persons, firms or corporations carrying on a telephone business within this State so far as said laws are applicable to such persons, firms or corporations carrying on telephone business within this State. Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws which in any way may conflict with the terms and provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 26, 1911. CHAPTER 6187-(No. 68). AN ACT to Extend the Powers of the Railroad Commis- Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: all persons, firms and corporations owning, controlling or operating, or that may hereafter own, control or operate a line or lines of telegraph, whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State, shall be under the control of the Railroad Commissioners of this State, who shall have full power to regulate the prices to be charged and service to be rendered by any person, firm or corporation owning, controlling or operating any line or lines of telegraph for any service performed by such person, firm or corporation and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads in this State, and all the penalties prescribed against railroad companies or persons operating railroads, by and under the laws of Florida are hereby declared to be in force against corporations, persons, firm and corporation owning, controlling or operating a line or lines of telegraph doing business in this State, whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this State, so far as said Laws of Florida, can be made applicable to any person, firm or corporation owning, controlling or operating a line or lines of telegraph. The said Commissioners shall also have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at railroad stations, or at other convenient points in cities and towns reached by railroads where the business warrants it. business. Sec. 2. That the powers of the Commissioners to regu- Intrastate late charges by corporations, companies and persons herein referred to shall apply only to messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State. Sec. 3. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent telegraph companies from entering into contracts with common carriers for the exchange of services, nor to affect existing contracts relating thereto, nor to prohibit the privilege of passes or franks or the exchange thereof with each other for the officers, agents, employees and their families of such telegraph companies, and the officers, agents, employees and their families of other common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act. Contracts with comriers. mon car Forms and accounting. Sec. 4. That in so far as the forms and methods of accounting and of reports are prescribed under the au- methods of thority of this Act for corporations engaged in Interstate Commerce, they shall conform as near as may be to the forms and methods of accounting prescribed for such corporations by the Interstate Commerce Commission. 1911 Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. (Became a law without the approval of the Governor.) Certain acts declared to be gambling. Penalty. CHAPTER 6188-(No. 69). AN ACT to Prohibit Bets or Wagers Upon the Result of Any Trial or Contest of Skill, Speed, or Power of Endurance of Man or Beast, and to Prohibit Any Person From Receiving Anything of Value, Bet or Wagered Upon Any Such Result, and to Prohibit Any Person From Becoming the Custodian or Depositary of Any Money or Other Thing Bet or Wagered Upon Any Such Result, and Forbidding Any Person From Aiding, Assisting or Abetting Any Such Acts, and Repealing Section 3581 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Whoever stakes, bets or wagers any money or other thing of value upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed or power or endurance of man or beast, or whoever receives in any manner whatsoever any money or other thing of value staked, bet or wagered, or offered for the purpose of being staked, bet, or wagered, by or for any other person upon any such result, or whoever knowingly becomes the custodian or depositary of any money or other thing of value so staked, bet, or wagered upon any such result, or whoever aids, or assists, or abets in any manner in any of such acts, all of which are hereby forbidden, shall be guilty of gambling, and shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 2. Section 3581 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida is hereby repealed. Approved May 10, 1911. CHAPTER 6189-(No. 70). AN ACT to Require Persons, Firms and Corporations Maintaining and Operating Public Bath Houses, Bathing Pavilions, and Other Similar Places at Seaside Resorts, to Maintain Life Lines and Life Rafts for Protection of Bathers and Providing a Penalty for Failure to Do So. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Any person, persons, firm or corporation operating or maintaining public bath houses, bathing pavilions, or other similar places, where bathing suits are furnished for hire or rent, at the seaside resorts in the State of Florida, are hereby required to maintain at all times proper and safe life lines and life rafts for the protection of the bathers at such seaside resorts. Sec. 2. Any person or persons, and the officers of any corporation violating the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court Approved May 23, 1911. 1911 CHAPTER 6190-(No. 71). AN ACT Relating to the Maintenance and Repair of Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Drains and ditches union of Commis Jer supervis County sioners. 1911 Repairs. Cost of repairs. County Commissioners may levy tax. How assessed and collected. be and remain under the supervision and control of the Board of County Commissioners of the county where located. Sec. 2. When it shall be made to appear to the Board of County Commissioners of any county that any such ditch, drain or canal within said county is in need of repair that fact shall be entered upon the minutes of said board and published in at least one issue of a newspaper published in said county in and with the minutes of said board, and unless good cause to the contrary shall be shown by one or more interested owners of land to be taxed for said purpose at the next regular meeting of the board, an order may be entered directing such repairs to be made. Sec. 3. If the estimated cost of repairing any such ditch, drain or canal shall not exceed the sum of one hun dred dollars, the Board of County Commissioners shall have full power to have the same done in such manner as said board may see fit; but if such estimated cost shall exceed one hundred dollars, then the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder after giving four weeks previous notice by advertising once each week in some newspaper published in the county, or by posting in five conspicuous places in the Commissioners' district in which such ditch, drain or canal shall be located, and all work done shall be subject to the approval and acceptance of the Board of County Commissioners. Sec. 4. That for the purpose of paying the cost of maintaining and repairing any such ditch, drain or canal and auxiliaries thereto, the Board of County Commissioners of the several counties of the State of Florida, wherein any such ditch, drain or canal is, or may be, located shall when deemed necessary levy such tax as in the opinion of said board may be necessary for said purpose, which tax shall be levied upon the same lands originally assessed for the construction of such drain; and the expense of maintenance shall be borne by said lands in the same relative proportion as the original expense of constructing said drain, and the tax so imposed shall be levied and assessed by the same officers at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are assessed, and shall be collected by the County Tax Collector as other taxes are collected, and |