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the said board of directors shall act as trustees for that purpose subject to the orders of the Circuit Court, on application of any creditor or stockholder, and to removal or any action by said court. Said trustees, shall make to the court, on the first Monday of each month an itemized report of their administration of the affairs of the said Trust Company in winding up the same, and shall at the same time file a copy thereof with the State Comptroller.

Approved June 5, 1911.

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CHAPTER 6156 (No. 37).

AN ACT to Provide for the Appointment of an Inspector
of Nursery Stock, Prescribe His Term of Office and Sal-
ary, and the Employment of His Deputies and Assis-
tants; to Make it the Duty of the Board of Control to
Make Rules and Regulations for the Inspection, Certifi
cation, Sale, Exchange, Transportation and Introduc-
tion of Nursery Stock Infested With Injurious Insects,
Pests or Diseases to Prevent the Introduction, Increase
or Dissemination of Said Insects, Pests or Diseases;
to Provide that Said Rules and Repulations Shall Pre-
scribe Costs and Charges for Said Inspection and Cer-
tification; to Make it Unlawful to Knowingly Sell,
Exchange, Give Away or Transport, or Offer or Attempt
Thereto, in the State of Florida, any Nursery Stock,
Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Vines, Cuttings, Scions, Grafts,
Buds, Seeds, Pits, Bulbs, Roots, or Parts Thereof, In-
fested or Infected With Injurious Insects, Pests or
Diseases; to Provide Penalties for the Violation of This
Act and Rules and Regulations Thereof; to Make an
Appropriation to Carry Out the Provisions of This Act,
and to Repeal All Laws or Parts Thereof Inconsistent
Herewith.

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. That the Governor shall appoint some person

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nursery stock.

Term of office.

Compensation.

Board of Control to make rules and regulations.

Costs and charges.

Unlawful to knowingly

stock.

qualified by training and experience as Inspector of Nursery Stock to carry into effect the purpose of this Act. He shall hold office for a term of four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified and shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum. He shall em ploy, subject to the approval of the Board of Control, such deputies and assistants as he may deem necessary. His office shall be in the State Experiment Station Building at Gainesville, Florida.

Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Board of Control to make such just and reasonable rules and regulations for the government of the inspection, certification, sale, exchange, transportation, and introduction of nursery stock, trees, shrubs, plants, vines, cuttings, scions, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, bulbs, roots, or parts thereof, infested or infected, or suspected of being infested or infected with injurious insects or other plant pests, or injurious fungus, bacterial, or other plant diseases, as they may deem necessary to prevent the introduction, in crease or dissemination of said insects, pests and diseases.

Sec. 3. That said rules and regulations shall prescribe just and reasonable costs and charges to be borne by the owners of the properties inspected or certified, under the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations thereof.

Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm sell diseased or corporation to knowingly sell, exchange, give away, or transport, or offer or attempt thereto, within the State of Florida, any nursery stock, trees, shrubs, plants, vines. cuttings, scions, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, bulbs, roots, or parts thereof, infested or infected with injurious insects or other plant pests, or injurious fungus, bacterial or other plant diseases.

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Sec. 5. That any person, firm or corporation, who shall violate any provision of this Act, or any rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof, or who shall interfere with said inspection of Nursery Stock, his deputies or assistants in the execution thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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Sec. 6. That in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, or as much thereof as is actually necessary, is hereby appropri tion. ated out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall be placed to the credit of the State Board of Education in the hands of the State Treas urer, to be expended by the Board of Control; Provided, that all costs and charges collected by said Inspector of Nursery Stock, and all fines from prosecution under this Act shall be paid to the State Treasurer and by him placed to the credit of said sum.

Sec. 7. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its becoming a law.

Approved May 23, 1911.

CHAPTER 6157-(No. 38).

AN ACT to Provide for the Levy of Taxes for the Years 1911 and 1912.

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

Section 1. That for the purpose of securing an equal State Tax and uniform rate of taxation and to pay the appropria- levy. tions for the current expenses of the State for the years 1911 and 1912 and for interest on the bonded debt for said years, and paying other appropriations by the Leg islature, there shall be levied upon the real and personal property of the different counties for the year 1911 a tax of two mills upon the dollar, and for the year 1912 a tax of two mills upon the dollar; and there shall also be levied for each of the years 1911 and 1912 a constitutional school tax of one mill upon the dollar; Provided, That if the Governor shall discover from the aggregate assessment of the property of the State from other sources of revenue the reduction of the two mills tax of either or both of said years will be justified, he is hereby authorized to reduce the same as low as he may deem advisable, and he is

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hereby empowered to instruct and direct the Tax Collectors to collect only such reduced tax as he may fix as aforesaid.

Sec. 2. The Board of County Commissioners of every county, at a meeting for correcting and reviewing the county assessment, shall, immediately thereafter ascertain and determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for county purposes, including the current expenses, interest on bonded debt, bridges and county buildings, and to meet the expenses, they are hereby authorized to levy a tax of not more than five mills upon the dollar on the real and personal property of the county; and every such determination and levy so made shall be entered at large upon the records of the Board of County Commissioners, and no county shall levy a greater amount for any purpose than five mills for county purposes except as hereinafter provided, and any indebtedness contracted by the County Commissioners of any county in excess of the said amount shall be null and void and no suits shall be prosecuted in any court in this State for the collection of the same; Provided, That the County Commissioners of each county shall levy a tax not to exceed seven mills nor less than three mills on the dollar, on the real and personal property of the county for county school purposes; Provided, further, That the County Commissioners of any county may levy an additional tax not to exceed four mills on the dollar, each year, to pay all outstanding indebtedness and interest thereon; Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prohibit any county wishing to erect a court house or jail, from levying the amount of special taxes now allowed by law for that purpose. And Provided further, That the County Commissioners of any county may levy an additional tax not to exceed eight mills on the dollar each year on the real and personal property of the county to be used and appropriated by such County Commissioners exclusively for the purpose of constructing, working, repairing or maintaining roads in such county, hard surfaced or otherwise.

Approved June 3, 1911.

CHAPTER 6158-(No. 39).

AN ACT Relative to Tax Assessments and Redemption of
Lands From Tax Sales.

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

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Section 1. That the Tax Assessors in making up their assessment rolls shall place thereon the lands certified to them by the State Comptroller as having been sold to the State for taxes, and shall enter their valuations of the same on the rolls, and shall mark against such lands on their said rolls, the words State Tax Certificate. The amount of taxes on said lands shall not be extended on the roll, but when said lands are redeemed from the tax certificate or certificates under which they were sold, the person redeeming shall also pay the taxes for the years in which the said lands are marked as aforesaid, at the rate of taxation levied thereon in those years respectively, together with interest as now provided by law.

Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1911.
Approved June 5, 1911.

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CHAPTER 6159-(No. 40).

AN ACT Reserving to the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, and their Successors, and to the State Board of Education of the State of Florida, and their Successors, Certain Interests in and to Phosphate and Other Minerals and Petroleum Which May be in, on or Under the Lands Sold by the Same, with the Privilege and Right to Mine and Develop said Lands.

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

Section 1. In all contracts for sale and all deeds for the sale of lands, executed by the Trustees of the Internal

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