1911 CHAPTER 6305-(No. 186). AN ACT for the Protection of Deer in St. Johns County, 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 unlawful for any person or persons, within the County of St. Johns, State of Florida, to hunt, chase, kill, trap or have in his or her or their possession any wild deer or venison, except during the months of June, July and August, and such months of June, July and August are hereby made the open season for hunting deer in the said County of St. Johns. Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved June 3, 1911. Criminal Disposition of pending cases. CHAPTER 6306—(No. 187). AN ACT to Repeal Chapter 5771 of the Laws of Florida, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Chapter 5771 of the Laws of Florida, Acts of the Legislature of 1907, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the Criminal Court of Record in Suwannee County, State of Florida, is hereby abolished. Sec. 2. On the day preceeding the day when this Act shall go into effect it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the said Criminal Court of Record in Suwannee County, State of Florida, to certify for trial and disposition, to the Circuit Court, all cases of which the Circuit Court has trial jurisdiction, and to Justice of the Peace Courts, all cases of which Justices of the Peace have trial jurisdiction; transmitting with such certificates all papers and files in said cases. That the said Clerk shall also, for safe keeping, deposit with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Suwannee County, Florida, all books, records, papers, files and other property of, and in connection with, the said Criminal Court of Record. Sec. 3. This Act shall go into effect and become a law on the first day of July A. D. 1911. Approved May 13, 1911. 1911 CHAPTER 6307-(No. 188). AN ACT Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Suwannee County, Florida, to Issue Interestbearing Time Warrants, or County Script, for the Purpose of Raising Funds With Which to Open, Lay Out, Establish, Grade, Pave, Repair, Improve and Construct Public Roads and Highways Within Said County and to Purchase All Necessary Teams, Wagons, Tools, Implements, Machinery, Supplies and Appliances for Such Purposes, Providing for the Reissuance of Said Warrants Under Certain Circumstances and for the Levy of a Special Tax to Redeem Said Warrants or Script. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of Suwannee County, Florida, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to issue, from time to time, time warrants or county script in such denominations as it may deem proper, and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding six (6) per centum per annum, maturing in such amounts and at such stated time or times as said commissioners Authority to issue interwarrants. est-bearing 1911 Disposition of proceeds. Tax levy. Construction of Act. may determine; Provided, however, That not more than ten thousand dollars in amount, of such warrants shall mature in any one year, and at no time shall there be outstanding and unpaid, more than forty thousand dollars, face value of said warrants. Upon the retirement of any of such warrants by payment, the said board may issue other warrants for any of the purposes authorized by this Act in such amount or amounts as the board may deem proper, provided the aggregate of such outstanding warrants shall, at no time, exceed the said sum of forty thousand dollars. The interest upon said warrants shall be payable annually and may be represented by interest coupons attached thereto. Said warrants and interest coupons may be made payable to the bearer or to the order of any person, firm or corporation, and upon endorsement in blank by the payee, shall thereafter be payable to the bearer. Sec. 2. That said time warrants or script, or the proceeds arising from the sale thereof, shall be used exclusively in opening, laying out, establishing, grading, paving, repairing, improving, or constructing public roads and highways, within Suwannee County, Florida, by such means and using such material in the construction thereof as the said County Commissioners may, from time to time, select, and in purchasing all necessary teams, wagons, tools, implements, machinery, supplies and appliances for such purposes. Sec. 3. That the said Board of County Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually against the real and personal property situate in Suwannee County, Florida, a special tax of three (3) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all such property, to be collected as other taxes are collected, for the purpose of redeeming and paying off said time warrants both principal and interest, issued under the provisions of this Act, and it is hereby made the duty of the County Commissioners of said county to levy such special tax annually at the same time the levy of other taxes are made, so long as any of the warrants hereby authorized to be issued, may be outstanding and unpaid. Sec. 4. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or repeal any power or authority vested in said County Commissioners by any General Statutes of the State of Florida, conferring the power to levy taxes for road purposes, but the powers hereby conferred shall be construed as cumulative and additional to those already existing by General Statutes. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be effective immediately upon its becoming a law. Approved May 23, 1911. CHAPTER 6308-(No. 189). AN ACT Relating to Transferring any Surplus or Balance Appearing in Any One Fund to Other Funds, and Authorizing the County Commissioners of Taylor County to Cause the County Treasurer of Said County to Make Such Transfer. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That when it shall appear to the County Commissioners of Taylor County, State of Florida, at any time hereafter that there is a surplus in the Fine and Forfeiture Fund or other fund created by fines and the hire of State or County convicts, or should there appear a balance or surplus which in the judgment of said County Commissioners will not be needed or used for the purpose for which it was intended for a period of one year, or until another assessment and collection can be made, the said County Commissioners may direct the County Treasurer by order which shall be duly made and recorded in the minutes of said board, to transfer such surplus or balance or so much thereof as the said County Commissioners may direct, to such other fund or funds as said board may direct, and the Treasurer aforesaid shall at once make such transfer as directed, making due note thereof and shall not be allowed any fee or commission therefor. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved May 19, 1911. 1911 CHAPTER 6309—(No. 190). AN ACT to Make Legal Certain County Warrants (County Script) Issued and To Be Issued by the County Commissioners of Taylor County, Florida, and to Cure all Defects and Irregularities of the Same, and to Secure County Warrants (or County Script) to the Amount of Twelve Thousand Dollars Heretofore Issued or That May Hereafter be Issued for the Purpose of Building a County Jail at Perry, in Taylor County, Florida, and to Make the Same a Binding and Legai Obligation of Said County of Taylor, and to Secure and Make Valid the Agreement and Contract of Taylor County, Florida, to Pay Interest on Said Script or County Warrants to the Amount of Six Per Cent Per Annum. Whereas, The County Commissioners for Taylor County and State of Florida, have contracted with Dobson and McKinnon, a co-partnership, to build a county jail at Perry, Florida, of the value and contract price of twenty-one thousand dollars, and to pay for said jail, it became necessary for the County Commissioners to issue certain county script (or county warrants) of said county, aggregating not over $12,000, being such sum as will be necessary to complete the payment of said jail contract after paying out all monies on hand, not to exceed $12,000, a part of said warrants having been issued, and a part to be hereafter issued, upon completion of said jail said warrants issued and to be issued and made payable to said Dobson and McKinnon, or order, and all of said warrants bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, interest payable semi-annually, and represented by coupons attached; and, Whereas, Some question may arise as to the legality of the action of the County Commissioners of said county, |