thousand ($8,000) dollars; for printing Supreme Court Re-
ports, one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dollars; for sta-
tionery for Executive and Legislative Departments; one
thousand ($1,000) dollars; for costs adjudged against the
State in civil cases, one hundred ($100) dollars; for expenses
Circuit Judges sitting on Supreme Bench, three hundred
($300) dollars; for expenses of State troops, including all
expenses authorized by law excepting encampment, four
thousand ($4,000) dollars; for contingent expenses of capitol,
one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dollars; for rewards for
and expenses of arrest of fugitives from justice, two thous
and dollars; ($2,000) for contingent expenses of State, three
thousand ($3,000) dollars; for encampment Florida State
troops, eight thousand ($8,000) dollars; for lists of State and
United States land entries for use of Assessors, five hundred
($500) dollars; for expenses of Circuit Judges when holding
court in other circuits on the order of the Governor, five
hundred dollars ($500); for Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institute,
ten thousand ($10,000) dollars; for pensions, sixty-five thous-
and ($65,000) dollars; for insurance of State buildings, two
thousand dollars ($2,000); for salary of Adjutant-General,
one thousand ($1,000) dollars; for State Chemist, two thous
and ($2,000) dollars; for Assistant Chemist and Inspector of
Fertilizers, twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars; for Clerk of
Fertilizer and Prison Department, one thousand two hundred
($1,200) dollars; for Clerk Agricultural Department, one
thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars; for stenographer and
typewriter, Agricultural Department, nine hundred ($900)
dollars; for printing, Agricultural Department, five hundred
($500) dollars; for postage, seeds and stationery, Agricul-
tural Department, six hundred ($600) dollars; for chemicals
and apparatus for State Chemist, four hundred ($400) dollars;
for interest on bonds of 1871 and 1873, payable by State Treas.
urer on coupons, eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars; for East
Florida Seminary, two thousand five hundred ($2,500) dol-
lars; for West Florida Seminary, two thousand dollars
($2,000); for State Normal College at DeFuniak Springs, six
thousand ($6,000) dollars; for Colored Normal College at
Tallahassee, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; for Florida Agri-
cultural College at Lake City, for current expenses, one
thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars; for expenses, of Rail-
road Commissioners, fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars.
SEC. 3. That the following sums be, and are hereby, appropriated for payment of the expenses of the State GovAppropriations ernment for six months from January to June 30,
For salaries Executive Department, seven thousand ($7,000) dollars; for salaries Judicial Department, nineteen thousand
seven hundred and fifty ($19,750) dollars; for maintenance of
lunatics, thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars; for jurors and
witnesses before Grand Jury, twenty-five thousand ($25,000)
dollars; for expenses collection of revenue, twenty-seven
thousand five hundred ($27,500) dollars; for Chief Clerk in
Comptroller's office, seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars;
for bookkeeper in Comptroller's office, six hundred ($600) dol-
lars; for assistant auditing clerk in Comptroller's office,six hun-
dred dollars ($600); for clerk in Redemption Department, four
hundred and eighty ($480) dollars; for clerk in Tax Depart-
ment, three hundred and sixty ($360) dollars; for clerk in
Comptroller's office, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars;
for private secretary to Governor, six hundred ($600) dollars;
for stenographer in Governor's office, three hundred and sixty
($360) dollars; for clerk of Secretary of State, six hundred
($600) dollars; for clerk in Treasurer's office, six hundred
($600) dollars; for assistant clerk in Treasurer's office, five
hundred ($500) dollars; for clerk in Treasurer's office, Tax
Department, six hundred ($600) dollars; for clerk in At-
torney-General's office, four hundred and fifty ($450) dollars;
for Clerk Supreme Court, as librarian, under Section 1321,
Revised Statutes, one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; for Ibid.
Clerk Supreme Court, per diem, under Section 1321, Revised
Statutes, four hundred and sixty-nine and fifty one-hun-
dredths ($469.50) dollars; for janitor of Supreme Court, one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; for salary of clerk for
Supreme Court Judges, seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars;
for contingent expenses of Supreme court, seven hundred
and fifty ($750) dollars; for purchase of books for Supreme
Court library, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars; for clerk
Superintendent of Public Instruction, payable from interest
on common school fund, four hundred and fifty ($450) dollars;
for stenographer and typewriter to Superintendent of Public
Instruction, payable from interest on common school fund,
three hundred ($300) dollars; for contingent expenses
Superintendent of Public Instruction, payable from interest
on common school fund, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars;
for janitor at capitol, one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars;
for watchman at capitol, three hundred ($300) dollars; for
general printing and advertising, four thousand ($4,000)
dollars; for printing Supreme Court Reports, seven hundred
and fifty ($750) dollars; for stationery for Executive and
Legislative Departments, five hundred ($500) dollars;
for costs adjudged against the State in civil cases, fifty ($50)
dollars; for expenses Circuit Judges sitting on Supreme Bench,
one hundred and fifty dollars ($150); for expenses of State
Troops, including all expenses authorized by law excepting
encampment, two thousand ($2,000) dollars; for contingent
expenses of capitol, seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars;
for rewards for and expenses of arrest of fugitives from
justice, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; for contingent ex-
penses of State, one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dol-
lars; for expenses of Circuit Judges when holding courts in
other circuits on the order of the Governor, two hundred and
fifty ($250) dollars; for lists of State and United States land
entries for use of Assessors, two hundred and fifty ($250) dol-
lars; for Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institute, five thousand
($5,000) dollars; for pensions, thirty-two thousand five hun-
dred ($32,500) dollars; for salary of Adjutant-General, five
hundred ($500) dollars; for State Chemist, one thousand
($1,000) dollars; for assistant Chemist and Inspector of Fer-
tilizers, six hundred dollars ($600); for clerk of Fertilizer
and Prison Department, six hundred ($600) dollars; for clerk
Agricultural Department, six hundred ($600); for stenog-
rapher and typewriter, Agricultural Department, four hun-
dred and fifty ($450) dollars; for printing, Ágricultural
Department, two hundred and fiity ($250) dollars; for
postage, seed and stationery, Agricultural Department, three
hundred ($300) dollars; for chemicals and apparatus for State
Chemist, two hundred ($200) dollars; for interest on bonds
of 1871 and 1873, payable by State Treasurer on coupons,
forty thousand ($40,000) dollars; for East Florida Seminary,
one thousand two hundred and fifty ($1,250) dollars; for
West Florida Seminary, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; for
State Normal College at DeFuniak Springs, three thousand
($3,000) dollars; for Florida Agricultural College at Lake
City, for current expenses, six hundred and fifty ($650) dol-
lars; for expenses of Railroad Commissioners, seven thousand
five hundred ($7,500) dollars.
SEC. 4. That all appropriations heretofore made for any of the uses or purposes enumerated in previous acts shall only be available until June 30, 1897, and that no warrant shall be drawn after that date, for any of such uses or purposes, against any appropriation not embraced in this act, and that all appropriations made for any of the uses or purposes enumerated in this act shall be available only to pay debts contracted up to, and inclusive of June 30, 1899, and that all unexpended appropriations or part of appropriations shall revert back into the the treasury July 1, 1899.
AN ACT Making an Additional Appropriation for the Expenses of the Legislature of 1897, and Additional Appropriations for Salaries of Executive Department for Six Months Ending December 31, 1897, for the Year 1898, and for Six Months of the Year Ending June 30, 1899.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
SECTION 1. That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby Legislature, appropriated as an additional appropriation to pay the expenses of the Legislature of 1897.
SEC. 2. That the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for salaries of Executive Department ending December 31, 1897, and that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the year 1898, and that the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the six months ending June 30, 1899. Each of such appropriations being an addition to the amount already appropriated for the salaries of Executive Department for the periods named.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor.
AN ACT to Provide for the Levy of a Tax of a Half Mill, the Proceeds Thereof to be Devoted to the Payment of Pensions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Appropriation salaries Execu tive Depart
for additional
SECTION 1. That there shall be levied upon the real and personal property in the different counties for the years 1897 Tax levy for and 1898 a tax of a half mill, the proceeds thereof to be de- pensions. voted to the payment of pensions.
SEC. 2. That the tax under said levy shall be collected as all other taxes are collected; Provided, That if the Governor and Comptroller shall discover from the assessment of the property of the State, the reduction of the half mill for either the years 1897 or 1898 will be justified, they are hereby authorized to reduce the same as low as they may deem advisable; and they are hereby empowered to instruct the Tax Collectors to collect only such needed tax as they may fix as aforesaid.
AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Amend Sections
568 and 570 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida,
Concerning Annuities for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors of the
State of Florida, Approved June 2, 1893.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of an act entitled an act to amend Sections 568 and 570 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida, concerning annuities for disabled soldiers and sailors of the State of Florida, approved June 2, 1893, be amended to read as follows:
Any person who enlisted in the military or naval service of the Confederate States or of this State during the war Who entitled to between the States of the United States, who was a citizen of this State at the time of enlistment, or who was a bona fide citizen of this State January 1, 1880, and who has so continued ever since, who lost a limb or limbs while engaged in said military or naval service, or who is permanently disabled by reason of wounds or disease so as to be unable and incompetent to earn a livelihood by manual labor, and who shall be a bona fide citizen of this State at the time of making application for the benefit herein provided for, shall be entitled to receive per annum in quarterly payments the following allowance or pay, to wit: For total loss of sight, $150; for total loss of one eye, $30; for total loss of hearing, $30; for loss of a foot or loss of a leg, $100; for loss of all of a hand or loss of an arm, $100; for loss of both hands or both arms, $150; for loss of both feet or both legs, $150; for loss of one hand or foot and one arm or leg of same person, $150; for permanent injuries from wounds whereby an arm is rendered substantially and essentially useless, $90; for permanent injuries from wounds whereby a leg or foot is rendered substantially and essentially useless, $90; for permanent injuries from wounds or disease, contracted during the service or since, whereby the person injured or diseased has been rendered practically unable and incompetent to earn a livelihood by manual labor, $96. The benefits of this section shall inure to the widow of any soldier or sailor who was receiving a pension under the provisions of this act at time of his death, which pension shall continue during such widowhood.
The widow of any soldier or sailor killed, or who died during the war or since, and who has remained unmarried, shall receive a pension of $150 during her widowhood.
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