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1897.

Duty of officers selecting names of persons to serve as jurors.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. Any and all officers having the duty of selecting the names of persons to serve as jurors shall exclude from the box, or collection of names from which such selection is to be made, the names contained in the list certified and filed as provided in Section 2 of this act; Provided, Such officers may, at or within ten days prior to the opening of any regu lar or special term of any court in the county, require the superintendent of such institution to certify whether any particular person has left the employ of the same since the date of the list of employes last certified by him, and any person thus certified as having left the employ of the institution, shall, by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, be stricken from the superintendent's last certified list of employes, and shall no longer be exempt from jury duty.

SEC. 4. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. This act shall go into effect when approved by the Governor.

Approved June 3, 1897.

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CHAPTER 4575-[No. 61.]

AN ACT Appropriating Moneys for the Construction of an Electric Light Plant at the Florida Asylum for the Indigent Insane.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of State of Florida:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-eight hundred (2,800) dollars of the moneys belonging to the general revenue fund of the State of Florida, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing an electric light plant at the Florida. Asylum for the Indigent Insane.

SEC. 2. The sum herein appropriated shall be controlled and expended by authority of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, for the purpose herein spcified.

SEC. 3. All laws in conflict herewith are repealed.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when approved by the Governor.

Approved June 1, 1897.

CHAPTER 4576.-[No. 62.]

AN ACT to Define the Boundary Line Between Calhoun County and Jackson County.

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

SECTION 1. That the laws be so amended that the boundary line between Calhoun county and Jackson county shall commence at the center of township two, north, range twelve, west; thence run east along the middle of township two, north, to the middle of the Chipola river; thence up the middle of the Chipola river to the northern boundary line of said township two; thence east along the northern boundary line of township two, north, to the middle of the Apalachicola river. And that all land north of said boundary line shall belong to Jackson county, and all land south of said line shall belong to Calhoun county.

SEC. 2. That nothing in this act shall effect prosecutionsor assessments in either of said counties brought or madeprior to December 31, 1897.

Approved May 31, 1897.

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Boundary line:

CHAPTER 4577-[No. 63.]

AN ACT in Relation to the Boundary Between the Counties of
Calhoun and Washington, in the State of Florida.

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

SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this act the boundary between the counties of Washington and Calhoun, in this State, shall be as follows: Commencing on the range line dividing ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12), at the Boundary line. southwest corner of section eighteen (18), in township two (2), north of range eleven (11) west, thence run south along said range line to the east arm of St. Andrews bay, at the mouth of Wetappo river, thence along the middle of the said east arm of St. Andrews bay and the middle of St. Andrews bay proper to the Gulf of Mexico.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor.

Approved June 4, 1897.

1897.

Spring term,
DeSoto, Polk,

Manatee, Pasco,

Monroe and Hillsborough

Counties.

all term.

CHAPTER 4578-[No. 64.]

AN ACT to Prescribe the Times and Places for Holding the Circuit Courts in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida.

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

SECTION 1. The times and places for holding the Circuit Courts in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida shall be as follows:

1. Spring Terms-The spring term at the county site of Lee county, on the first Tuesday in March; at the county site in DeSoto county, on the second Tuesday in March; at the County site of Polk county, on the third Tuesday in March; at the county site of Manatee county, on the first Tuesday in April; at the county site of Pasco county, on the second Tuesday in April; at the county site of Monroe county, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Tuesday in April; at the county site of Hillsborough county, on the second Tuesday in May.

2. Fall Terms-The fall term of the county, site of Pasco county, on the first Tuesday in October; at the county site of Polk county, on the second Tuesday in October; at the county site of DeSoto county, on the fourth Tuesday in October; at the county site of Lee county, on the second Tuesday in November; at the county site of Manatee county, on the third Monday in November; at the county site of Monroe county, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Tuesday in November; at the county site of Hillsborough county, on the secend Tuesday in December.

Approved June 5, 1897.

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CHAPTER 4579.-[No. 65.]

AN ACT to Prescribe the Times of Holding the Terms of the
Circuit Court in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

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

SECTION 1. The terms of the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida shall commence as follows:

For the spring term in the county of Bradford, on the fourth Monday in March; in the county of Baker, on the first Monday in April; in the county of Clay, on the second Monday in April; in the county of Nassau, on the third Monday

in April; in the county of St. Johns, on the fourth Monday in April, and in the county of Duval, on the first Monday in May.

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SEC. 2. For the fall term in the county of Bradford, on the second Monday in October; in the county of Baker, on the third Monday in October; in the county of Clay, on the Fall term. fourth Monday in October; in the county of Nassau, on the first Monday in November; in the county of St. Johns, on the second Monday in November; in the county of Duval, on the third Monday in November.

SEC. 3. That all venires issued for grand and petit jurors drawn to serve in any of the courts of said circuit shall com- Venires. mand the Sheriff to summon the persons so drawn to appear before the court at or before the hour of 10 a. m., on the first day of the term thereof.

SEC. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be repealed.

Approved June 5, 1897.

CHAPTER 4580-[No. 66.]

AN ACT to Amend Section 2, of Chapter 4435, of the Laws of 1895,
Entitled an Act to Repeal Chapter 4219, of the Laws of 1893,
Entitled an Act to Establish a County Court in and for Colum-
bia County Florida.

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

SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 4435 of the Laws of 1895 entitled an act to repeal Chapter 4219 of the Laws of 1893 entitled an act to establish a county court in and for Columbia county, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to wit:

Section 2. That all suits pending and undetermined in said court at the time this act shall go into effect, and all judgments of said court unsatisfied shall be transferred by the clerk of said county court to the courts having jurisdic tion of said causes, and said courts shall have the power to try and determine said cause and issue executions upon all judgements recovered therein or hereby transferred to said courts, and to do all things neccessary and proper for a complete determination of said causes.

Approved May 31, 1897.

Transfer of

cases from county court.

1897.

Transfer of cases from county court.

CHAPTER 4581-[No. 67]

AN ACT to Repeal Chapter 4218, Laws of Florida, Being an Act to Organize a County Court in and for the County of Citrus; to Prescribe the Terms Thereof, and to Provide for the Appointment of a Prosecuting Attorney and for His Compensation, and for that of the Judge of Said Court, Approved May 30, 1893.

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

SECTION 1. That Chapter 4218, Laws of Florida, being an act to organize a county court in and for the county of Citrus, to prescribe the terms thereof, and to provide for the appointment of a prosecuting attorney and for his compensation, and for that of the judge of said court, approved May 30, 1893, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That the clerk of said county shall transfer to the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county of Citrus all books, papers and records now belonging to said county court, and the Clerk of said Circuit Court shall forthwith transfer the papers in all suits so transferred wherein the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction to a Justice of the Peace in said county having jurisdiction over the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved June 3, 1897.

CHAPTER 4582-[No. 68]

AN ACT to Amend Section 1742 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, Relating to the Acquisition of Liens by Persons in Privity with the Owner, and to Amend Section 1743 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida Relating to the Acquisition of Liens by Persons not in Privity with the Owner, and to Amend Section 1744 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, Relating to the Remedies of Lienors Against Either Real or Personal Property.

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

SECTION 1. That Section 1742, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, be amended so as to read as follows: ARTICLE 3.

Acquisition of Liens.

1742. By persons in privity with the owner:

1. As Against the Owner-As against the owner, absolute

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