FLORIDA STATUTES

1949

P~epared by

Statutory Revision Department

RICHARD W. ERVIN Attorney General

CHARLES TOM HENDERSON Assistant Attorney General, Director

Published by the

STATE OF FLORIDA

Copyright 1949, by the State of Florida

Composition and Make-Up by

JtOBINSONS CHIEF PRESS Apopka, Florida

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFACE.................................................................................................................. v

INTRODUCTION TO THE FLORIDA STATUTES 1949........ ................. ......... vii

ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA STATUTES BY TITLES AND CHAPTERS........ xi

CONSTITUTION OF FLORIDA.......................................................................... 1

INDEX TO CONSTITUTION........................................................... ..................... 39

FLORIDA STATUTES ........................................................................................ 69-2741

TRACING TABLES, ACTS OF LEGISLATURE. ............................................... 2743

COURTS, TABLE OF .............................................................................................. 2779

COURTS, ALPHABETICAL BY COUNTIES ...................................................... 2784

RULES-sUPREME COURT ORDER. ................................................................. 2786

SUPREME COURT .......................................................................................... 2787

INDEX TO SUPREME COURT RULES .................................. ............ 2801

COMMON LAW ................................................................................................ 2805

EQUITY .............................................................................................................. 2827

MORTALITY TABLES .......................................................................................... 2843

GENERAL INDEX .................................................................................................. 2845

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PREFACE The 1949 Florida Legislature, by Chapter 25035, adopted this new revision

designated as "Florida Statutes of 1949" and, by Chapter 25034, directed the Attorney General, through the Statutory Revision Department, to compile this revision, which includes the Florida Statutes of 1941, the Supplement of 1947 and General Session Laws of the 1949 Legislature enacted at both the regular and special sessions.

The objective of said chapters is to carry on the arrangement and identi­fication of the general laws as adopted in Volume I, Florida Statutes, 1941, and to keep them current by deleting all general statutes no longer in force, and by adding, with all convenient speed in the future and in proper place, ail new general laws with necessary revisions and corrections. This contem­plates a system for progressively revising the statutes by publishing the "Florida Statutes" biennially, following each regular session of the Legislature. No laws of purely local application, road designations or similar material not used generally are included.

The present realization of this original system of revision as visualized in 1941 is due largely to the creative efforts of the Florida State Bar Associa­tion, certain of its committees, and the Attorney General during the past several months.

The Junior Bar Section of the Florida State Bar Association, under the direction of E. Dixie Beggs, Jr., of Pensacola, as president, and J. Lance Lazonby, of Gainesville, as chairman of a committee on Costs of Law Books, began working toward this goal as early as 1937. Its work culminated in the enactment of Chapter 19140, Acts of 1939, authorizing the Attorney

· General to compile a new revision of the statutes. A few months after adjournment of the 1939 Legislature, a statutory re­

vision committee, composed of E. Dixie Beggs, Curtis Byrd, J. Lance Lazonby . and Julius F. Parker, representing the Florida State Bar Association, met with the late Attorney General Gibbs, Honorable Glenn Terrell, then chief justice of the supreme court, the late Honorable J. B. Whitfield, justice of the supreme court, D. H. Redfearn and Ed. R. Bentley, president and immediate past presi­dent of the Florida State Bar Association, W. P. Simmons, Jr., president of the Junior Bar Section, T. T. Turnbull, attorney for the State Railroad Commis­sion and H. E. Carter, Lawrence Truett and T. J. Ellis, Assistant Attorneys General, and discussed plans for the new revision of the statutes. Following this meeting, Attorney General Gibbs, in September 1939, appointed as Assist­ant Attorneys General Lewis H. Tribble, (head revisor), Fred M. Burns, Guy A. Race, James W. Moore, J. C. Adkins and Woodrow Melvin to make a complete revision of the Florida Statutes. Their effective work resulted in the revision later adopted by Chapter 20719, Laws of Florida, 1941, as Florida Statutes, 1941. This chapter approved for the state the "Wisconsin Plan" of biennially revising the statutes after each regular session of the Legislature.

The 1943 Legislature changed the revision system from a biennial edition to a supplement plan. The supplements of 1943, 1945 and 1947 were brought out by the Attorney General's office but the original revision of 1941 was not authorized to be further revised until now.

Officers of the Florida State Bar Association and members on the statu­tory revision committee in 1948 recommended to me, as Attorney General Elect, the reactivation of the "Wisconsin Plan," contemplating biennial re­vision and publication of the general statutes of Florida, 1949. I accepted this recommendation and gave my full cooperation to the Florida State Bar Associa­tion which adopted its statutory revision committee's report for this re-estab­lishment of the biennial system of revision as first provided in the 1941 law and which was enacted by the 1949 Florida Legislature in Chapters 25034 and 25035.

I gratefully acknowledge the assistance given by the statutory revision committee of the Florida State Bar Association, Woodrow Melvin, chairman, Lawrence Truett, J. Lanze Lazonby, Leroy Collins, Louis Ossinsky, W. H. Poe, Berwick Anderson and FrankL. Butts, and express my deep appreciation

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to Richard H. Hunt, president, Robert J. Pleus and E. Dixie Beggs, Jr., past presidents, and Lewis H. Tribble, secretary, of the Florida State Bar Associa­tion, for their cooperation, support, recommendations, and interest in our revision work; to the members of the Legislature who sponsored and secured passage of Chapters 25034 and 25035, re-establishing the biennial system and especially to those individuals who took a personal interest in this revision and made helpful and constructive suggestions for improvement of our work; and to West Publishing Company for their helpful assistance in calling to our atten­tion typographical errors, misused words, mistakes, and other corrections, and with whom we now have the most cordial relations.

I am particularly glad to express my appreciation to Charles Tom Hen­derson Assistant Attorney General, whom I placed in charge of the Statu­tory Revision Department, for his untiring zeal and constructive efforts in the revision work, and to other personnel assigned to this department, all of whom worked many hours overtime and devoted themselves assiduously to the preparation of this revision. But for their efforts, this revision would have been delayed in publication many months.

It is our hope that the bench and bar of Florida will find this edition of "Florida Statutes of 1949" a convenient desk reference, which the Attorney General's office will strive constantly to improve and to make more useful to the legal profession in accordance with the biennial plan recommended by the Florida State Bar Association and approved by the legislature.

1949.

RICHARD W. ERVIN Attorney General

INTRODUCTION TO

THE FLORIDA STATUTES OF 1949

(Note: Read these pages before using this volume and become acquainted with Its purpose, coatents and plan of organization.)

The Florida Statutes contained in this edition constitute all the statutory law of Florida of a general nature enacted at subsequent sessions of the legisla­ture up to and including the regular and special sessions of 1949. It is the only complete, down to date, official edition of the statutes (See Section 16.24, F. S. '49). Amendments and new legislation have been compiled in their proper places and sections repealed or expired since 1941 have been deleted*. (See Section 16.28, F. S. '49.) The statutes speak for themselves and reference to the acts of the legislature from which they were derived is necessary only in cases of conflict within the revised statutes.

A copy of this statute book should be on the desk of every judge and lawyer in Florida.

GENERAL INDEX

An index has never been prepared which has been entirely satisfactory to all members of the bench and bar. It is doubtful whether that Utopia will ever be reached.

No index can contain every possible entry. An index of such size would be incapable of practical use. On the other hand, to index the law only in those places where the user of statutes should logically look would not be >ufficient because many persons are not logical in searching an index. The happy medium which we have attempted to reach is one between the logical and ~he practical approach by selecting generally used catch-words and titles. Cross references have been reduced to a minimum and direct reference mbstituted.

An effort has been made in this edition to revise the index so that it will be workable for the greatest number of persons. The checking plan which we have followed insures that no section has been omitted and that every section has been properly indexed under several heads.

Many key words have been changed, as a result of the examination of indexes of commonly used legal publications and additional references have been added.

We have attempted to use a noun as a catch-word wherever possible in-3tead of an adjective, preposition, a conjunction or an adverb.

The subject matter with which one is concerned will generally give a key to the spot in the index from which to begin the search.

The index is based on a logical arrangement of the statutes. The user will meet with greater success by looking in a place where it should logically be rather than relying upon alphabetical uncertainties of the index.

All indexes at best are inconvenient and time consuming. Continued im­provement can and will be made through cooperation of the bench and bar with y-our Statutory Revision Department.

HISTORY NOTES

History Notes have been added to all sections. They have been carefully !ompiled, checked for accuracy with original session laws, and brought com­pletely up to date. The lawyer will find them dependable and convenient in the practice of law. We believe the compilation and addition of the history notes to the statutes will enhance the value and expedite the use of the official edition Jf the Florida Statutes of 1949.

NUMBERING SYSTEM

The decimal system of numbering sections, as adopted in 1941, has been retained. This decimal system is used in our official Florida Statutes and also in the Florida Statutes Annotated, published by West Publishing Company.

•certain continuing appropriations were repealed by chapter 25068, 1949. Sections affected have not been deleted since a more detailed study must be made and each section rewritten and revised by legislative authority.

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CHAPTER AND SECTION NUMBERS Each chapter subject is given a number. (See chapter 25.) Each section

added is assigned a decimal number. (The first section would be 25.01, the fifteenth section would be 25.15.)

We have followed the original decimal system of numbering sections with the following exception. · Where a new section has been inserted between two already existing sections the hyphen has been eliminated between the section number and an added third decimal. For example in Chapter 25, "Supreme Court of Florida" between sections 25.12 and 25.13 there were added 3ix new sections in 1945. These sections were numbered in the 1947 Supplement as 25.12-1, 25.12-2, 25.12-3, etc. In this volume we deleted the hyphen and these sections now are numbered 25.121, 25.122, 25,123, etc. This change has been consistently used throughout the statutes. Since all sections herein are active and down to date, it will not be necessary to refer to the 1941 Statutes nor the 1947 Supplement except to compare a former section with an amended section or to refer to a repealed section for information.

LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF TITLES AND CHAPTERS The object of any arrangement of statutes is to facilitate the finding of the

law. Two methods of arrangement are in general use in the United States namely: The "logical," · grouping of related subjects together, and the "alphabetical," as used in Corpus Juris and American Jurisprudence. A few states use a combination of both methods, however, a majority use the "logical" arrangement which we have adopted in Florida.

INDEX TO TITLES AND CHAPTERS The "Analysis of Florida Statutes by titles and chapters" printed in the

front part of this volume will afford the attorney a quick reference to the ~hapters grouped under the logical title system. Familarity with this index will save the lawyer much time.

It lists groups of related subjects in a general subject field, and lists in numerical order all chapters assigned. Should a chapter be repealed or expire by law, the number is followed by the word (repealed) or (expired). When vacancies occur in the numerical order the unused numbers have been reserved for future use. A reference to this index will quickly inform one whether a ::hapter is active or has been repealed or has expired. The history notes will give detailed information.

CHAPTERS Chapters have retained their original numbers with the following excep­

tions. Chapter 481 on "Labor Organizations" has been renumbered Chapter 447 under title of "Labor." Chapter 39, "Attorneys at Law" was transferred and renumbered Chapter 454 under title of "Regulation of Professions and Voca­tions." "Administrative Boards, Generally" which was Chapter 485 was trans­ferred and renumbered 455 under the same title, "Regulation of Professions and Vocations."

INDEX TO SECTION SUBJECTS AT BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER At the top of each chapter you will find a numerical index to section sub­

jects within the chapter. Should skips appear in section numbers, the section has been repealed or deleted by law.

When sections have expired or have been repealed the section number is carried numerically in the body of the chapter together with history notes giving the chapter number of the general session law authorizing the Jeletion. If a section number does not appear in the chapter it has not been assigned. With few exceptions our policy is to assign new section numbers to new matter rather than reassign used section numbers. History notes will give full information on any deviation from this policy.

INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF FLORIDA The Constitution of Florida has been brought up to date through 1948. The index to the Constitution of Florida is carried immediately preceding

the constitution itself in the beginning of book one. The same index has been meshed in with the general index in order that a person searching for a subject may have references to both the constitution and the statutes in one index. rhis addition to the general index should prove a time saving and valuable reference service,

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ADOPTION OF THE STATUTES AND GENERAL LAWS OF 1949

All statutes in this volume through 1947 have been officially adopted as ~tatutory law in their present form by Chapter 25035, General Session Laws of 1949. (See Section 16.19, F. S. '49.) The affect of an adoption is to cure any technical defect with reference to title, form, etc. See: McConville v. Ft. Pierce Bank and Trust Co., 101 Fla. 727, 135 So. 392; Christopher v. Mugen, 61 Fla. 513, 55 So. 273, also 63 Fla. 1, 58 So. 486, 89 Fla. 119, 103 So. 414, error dismissed 46 S. Ct. 23, 269, U. S. 594, 70 L. Ed. 430.

Chapter 25035 also authorized the inclusion of the -1949 Laws in this volume (See Sections 19.28, 19.29, F. S. '49.) The 1949 Statutory Laws have been edited but not changed. They read substantially verbatim as enacted by the legislature and recorded in the official general session laws of 1949, whether as amendments to existing sections or new sections. We assigned a decimal section number when we converted the law into statutory form in place of the original section number as designated in the general session law. (See: Section 11.07 as amended which was Section 1, Chapter 25005, Laws of 1949.) If the law of 1949 amended a section, the history note reads "Am.§1, ch. 25005, 1949." If a new section has been added, we convert the law into statu­tory form and the history note will read "Comp. §1, ch. 25016, 1949." See: History note under Section 365.01.)

An adoption bill will be prepared for the adoption of the 1949 laws in statu­tory form, by the 1951 legislature. In the intervening two years, while the 1949 statutory law is evidence of existing law the statute is unofficial until adopted in 1951 (See Section 19.29, F. S. '49.) The general session laws of 1949, until 1951, are the official laws. Reference to the history notes will constantly keep the attorney informed on the status of each section with reference to source, amendments, repeals, or new sections added in 1949.

TABLES

A table tracing all existing general acts of the legislature from 1919 through 1949 into the Florida Statutes, may be found in the back of book two. fhis table indicates the particular section of the Florida Statutes that has been assigned to any general legislative act. If the act is local, the word "omitted" will be shown in place of a statute section number.

At the beginning of this table there appears an explanation, which, if read, will expedite and facilitate its use.

The mortality tables will be found in back of book two.

COURTS

A tabulation of state and county courts arranged according to jurisdiction beginning with the supreme court down to the small claim courts will be found in book two. It will give information concerning, the date of term of court, type of courts in each county, and chapter number and date of the law estab­lishing the court under a legislative act.

This tabulation is also arranged alphabetically by counties. A reference thereto will save time in determining the courts existing throughout Florida in :!ach of the sixty s·even counties.

COMMON LAW, EQUITY AND SUPREME COURT RULES

The Common Law and Equity Rules recently adopted by our supreme court will be found in book two following the tables. These have been included in this edition by request of and for the convenience of members of the bar.

SUPREME COURT rules precede the Common Law and Equity rules in book two.

PAGE ARRANGEMENT

The section number, at the top of the left-hand page, designates the first 3ection on the page. The section number, at the top of the right-hand page, refers to the last section on the page.

Chapter headings are carried at the top of each page close to the section number for convenient reading.

Page numbers throughout appear at the top of the inside of each page.

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FORMER REVISIONS AND COMPILATION

The laws of general application of the territory of Florida and of the .State of Florida have either been compiled unofficially or revised under authority of law and adopted as official statutes, in the following publications to wit: Duval's Compilation of Territorial Laws, 1840 (compilation); Thomp­son's Digest, 1847 (compilation); Bush's Digest, 1872 (compilation); McClel­lan's Digest, 1881 (compilation) ; Revised Statutes (R. S.) 1892, (enacted as a law); General Statutes, (G. S.) 1906, (enacted as a law); Revised General Statutes, (R. G. S.) 1920, (enacted as a law); Compiled General laws, (C. G. L.) 1927, (compilation unofficial); Florida Statutes, (F. S.) 1941, (enacted as a law) ; and the Florida Statutes of 1949, (F. S. '49), (enacted as a law).

BIENNIAL PUBLICATION

Florida Statutes hereafter will be printed each two years and a biennial publication should meet with ever increasing favor (See Section 16.44, F. S. '49.) (t is economical and valuable to the attorney who must purchase and consult the statutes often. No Florida lawyer who wishes to keep down to date with the law should be without this latest edition.

The biennial plan of printing statutes is a plan which has been in successful use in other states for over fifty years. It is a preventive and a cure for the overgrowth of statutes. Since many of our statutes are short lived, the dead are removed each year and buried each two years. This operation makes room for new statutes. The amendments and new laws of each succeeding legislature are meshed in with the standing statutes. Subject matter is gradually con-3olidated and often revised into single chapters as illustrated by Chapter 601, the recent "Citrus Code of 1949" which repealed five chapters and fifty pages !onsolidating scattered subject matter into one chapter with fourteen pages.

A biennial edition of the statutes also affords members of the legislature :1 convenient opportunity to amend and revise existing law which is available in a form convenient for study and improvement. Legislators can know what the bills contain and can intelligently amend or reject them with understanding. When a section or chapter method of revision is used, it is met with intelligent legislative judgment which results in a gradual improvement of existing law.

STATUTORY REVISION

Statutory Revision technique works primarily with form rather than sub­stance (See Section 16.43, F. S. '49.) Revision of the law is often suggested .vhere improvements can be made, however, no change in a statute is ever made without legislative approval. The actual revision of substantive law should be carried out by attorneys, judges and legislators through specialized commit­tees whose members are in close touch with the practice of law. The revisors ;viii assist when called upon, but are more interested in eliminating unnecessary statutes, repetition of words and technical defects.

Revision work also has to do with conflicts, duplications, redundancy, verbosity, circumclusion, with obsolete provisions, ambiquities, obscurities, Jmissions, incompleteness and other technical faults found in all session laws. Revision plans and works toward the reclassification and consolidation of subject matter. It aims toward changing the wording of a law so that essential ~learness and harmony will exist in order that logical arrangement and com­pactness of the statutes may be obtained. Revision aims toward simplicity in statement and understanding of meaning by the use of, and arrangement of, words and phrases. It helps avoid rhetorical flourishes and ornamentations as existed under the common law, and aims toward setting forth in clear cut and understandable language the present down to date law.

The revisor's office is a clearing house where lawyers, judges, and legisla­tors may help make better statutory law. By calling the Attorney General's attention to errors, omissions, conflicts and other defects found in the statutes, all lawyers can materially help this department to improve our Florida Statutes. Many suggestions of this nature have been included in this edition. . In using the Florida Statutes of 1949 the attorney can save time. in re­:}Uired research. A quick reading of the down to date statute, a conveniept examination of the history notes, a copy of the latest general session laws, and reference to a good annotation for interpretation by court decisions, all of these .viii materially assist the lawyer in making a more thorough, complete and speedy search into Florida statutory law .

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ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA STATUTES BY TITLES AND CHAPTERS

BOOK I-CHAPTERS 1-499

TITLE I CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES

CHAPTER Definitions -------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 1 Common law in force; repealing statutes___ _______________________________________________________ 2

TITLE II STATE ORGANIZATION

Admission into union; concessions; state boundar ies---------------- ------------- ----- 6 County bo un dari es ____________________ ,_________________________ _________________________________________________ 7 Congressional districts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

TITLE III LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Senate and house of representatives______________________________ ________________________________ 10 Legislation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 1945 Census (Repealed) --------------- --------- ------- -- --- ---------------------- ---------------------------- 12

TITLE IV EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Governor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Secretary of state_____________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______ ____ 15 Attorney generaL _______ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Comptroller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Treasurer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Commissioner of agriculture____________________________________________________________________________ 19 State auditing department_________________________________________________________________________________ 21

TITLE V JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT

Supreme court of Florida________________ __ ___________ ________________________________ ___________________ 25 Circuit courts, circuits, judges, etc.__________________________________________________________________ 26 State attorney; powers, duties, etc.__________________________________________________________________ 27 Clerk of the circuit court________________________________________________________________ ____________________ 28 Official court reporters ___ _______________________________________________________________ ________________________ 29 Sheriffs ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Circuit court commissioners__ ________________________________________________________________________ ___ ___ 31 Criminal court of record _______ ____ __ ________ ____________ ----------------------------------------------------- 32 Civil court of record___________________________________________________________________________________________ 33 County courts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 County judge's courts__________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 6 Justices of the peace courts---------·-------------·---------- -------------- -------------------- ---------- 37 Judges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Attorneys at law (Transferred to ch. 454) -------- --- --·-- ---------- ------ ---------- ---- -- ---- 39 Jurors and jury lists____________________________________________________________________________________ 40 Jurors and jury lists for certain county judge's courts_____________________________ 41 Provisions relating to courts, generallY---- ------------------------·--·······-- ·-· ·--·------ ----- 43

TITLE VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Parties and abatement__________________ ___________ _____________________________________________________________ 45 Venue, joinder, etc., of actions _______________ _________________________________________________________ 46 Commencement of suits at law and process___ __________________________________________________ 47

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CHAPTER Constructive service of process_______________________________________________________________________ 48 Legal and official advertisements____________________________________________________________ ______ 49 Appearances, pleadings, defaults_________________________ ____________________________________________ 50 Actions at law; pleadings of the plaintiff...................................................... 51 Actions at law; pleadings of defendant................................ .......................... 52 Change of venue and transfer of causes__________________________________________________________ 53 Trial practice and procedure____________________________________________________________________________ 54 Judgments and executions .. ·----------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Referees and references·---------------------------------------------- --------------------------- ---- 56 Arbitrations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 57 Court costs ___________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ 58 Appellate proceedings, generally---------------------------------------------------------- 59 Appellate proceedings from county and other inferior courts_______________ 61 General chancery jurisdiction and procedure___________________________________________ 62 Florida chancery procedure Ia w ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 Injunctions -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 Divorce, alimony and custody of children _____________________________ --------------------- 65 Chancery jurisdiction over property-------------------------------------------------------------- 66 Appellate proceedings in chancery (Consolidated with ch. 59)................ 67 Miscellaneous court provisions_____________________________________________________________________ 69 Ejectment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 0 Re-establishment of lost papers, records, etc.______________________________________________ 71 Adoption ........................................ ........................................................................ 72 Eminent domain ............ ·---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73 Proceedings supplemental to eminent domain_______________________________________________ 7 4 Validation of bonds; procedure_____________________________________________________________________ 75 Attachments ----------·----------·----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 Garnishment ------------------··-------------· ------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 77 Replevin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78 Habeas corpus______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 79 Quo warranto and prohibition______________________________________________________________________ 80 Justice of the peace courts; procedure__________________________________________________________ 81 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer---------------------------------------------------------- 82 Landlord and tenant·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 83 Mechanics' lien law---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 Statutory liens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 85 E nf orcemen t of statu tory liens_________________________________________________________________________ 86 Declaratory decrees, judgments and orders.................. ...... ..... ....................... 87

TITLE VII

JUDICIAL PROOF

Judicial proof, generally-----------------·-------------------------------------------------------------- 90 Depositions -----------------------·---------------------------------------------------------------·------- 91 Evidence other than by deposition.................................................................... 92

TITLE VIII

LIMITATIONS

Limitations of actions; adverse possession______________________________________________________ 95

TITLE IX

ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Permanent single registration system.............................................................. 97 Qualifications and registration of voters_________________________________________________________ 98 Holding elections and ascertaining the results_______________________________________________ 99 Voting machines ................................. ·--------------------------·------------------------------------ 100 Absent voters --------------------------------------------------------· --------------------------------------------- 101 Primary elections______________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________ 102 Bond elections ______________________________________________________ ........ ----------------------------------------- 103 Contesting elections.·-·····--·-----------------········--·------------------------------------------------------- 104 Presidential electors__________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___________ 105 Election of United States senators_________________________________________________________________ 106 Conventions for ratifying or rejecting proposed amendments to constitu-

tion of United States·---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 107

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TITLE X

OFFICES, OFFICERS AND PUBLIC RECORDS CHAPTER

Compensation and accounts of certain state administrative officials........ 111 Persons eligible to office; retirement; expenses............ .............................. 112 Commissions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 Vacating office ______________________ ---------------------· --------------------------------------------------------- 114 Leaves of absence to officials_________________________________________________________________________ 115 Powers and duties of officers_____________________________________________________________________________ 116 Notaries public ________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------- 117 Commissioner of deeds...................................................................................... 118 Public records ....... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119 General provisions relating to boards, commissions, etc. _____________________________ 120 State officers and employees retirement system___________ ___ _________ __ __ ___ _________ ___ 121

TITLE XI

COUNTY ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND REGULATIONS

Commissioners' districts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 County commissioners; powers, duties and compensation______________________________ 125 New counties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 Right of eminent domain to counties_____________________________________________________________ 127 County finances; regulations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 128 County annual budget________ ________________________________________________ __ ________________________________ 129 County bonds -------------------------------________ --------------------------------------------------------------- 130 Refunding bonds of counties, cities, etc. --------------------------···-··················-----· 131 General refunding law .............................. ·----··················-········--------------------------- 132 County officers and employees retirement system__________ ___ __ ____________________ ___ __ 134 County buildings; erection, maintenance, lease, etc.______________________________________ 135 County depositories ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 136 Bonds of county officers______________________________________________________________________________________ 13 7 County seats -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: ___ 13 8 County road districts________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ 139 County special road and bridge districts__________________________________________________________ 140 Special road, bridge and ferry districts _________________________ .-------------------------------- 141 Fine and forfeiture fund, countY--- -- ------------ --- -- --- -----------------·-····· ····················- 142 County surveyor --------------------------------------------------------------------------. ---------------------- 14.3 Sheriff (Transferred to ch. 30) ........................................................................ 144 Compensation of county officials________________________________________________________________ 145 County traffic officers_______________ ______________________________________________________________ 146 County airports (Repealed)............ ........................... ....................................... 149 County free public libraries .. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150 County public health units_____________________________________________________________________________ 154 County hospitals ----------------------------------------------------------~------------------------------ 155 Drainage of swamps and overflowed lands________ ______________________________________________ 156 Drainage by counties ________________________ ,_____ ______________________________________________________ 157 Erosion prevention districts.............................................................................. 158

TITLE XII

CITIES AND TOWNS

Organization and dissolution of municipalities________________________________________________ 165 Municipal charter and charter amendment______________________________________________________ 166 General powers of municipalities______ _______________________________________________________________ 167 Police power of municipalities________________ _____________________________________________ _______________ 168 Power of municipality to borrow money........................................................ 169 Supplemental and alternative method of making local municipal im-

provements ...................................................................................................... 170 Contraction and extension of municipal territorial limits; consolidation

of taxing districts_____________________________________________________________ ________ _______________________ 171 Municipal electric and gas plants___________________________________________ ________ ________________ 172 Foreclosure of municipal tax and special assessment liens_________ ___________________ 173 Civil service for police and firemen in cities and towns of 125,000 popula-

tion, or less........................ ..... ..................... ... ...... .......... ............. .................... 17 4 Fire~~n's reli~f and pension fund ___________________________________________________ __________________ 175 Mun1c1pal zonmg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 176

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CHAPTER Maps .and plats -------------·------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 177 Municipal tax adjustment boards _____________________________________________________ ..:________________ 178 Municipal airports (Repealed)....................... ................................................... 179 Municipal public works___________________________________________________________________________________ 180 Municipal revenue bond refinancing law________________________________________________________ 181 Police officers' insurance and annuities____________________________________________________________ 182

TITLE XIII TAXATION AND FINANCE

Taxation, general provisions ·------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 192 Tax assessments and tax sales__ _______________________________________________________________________ 193 Tax sale certificates and tax deeds . ------------------------------------------------------------- 194 Taxes on railroads and pullman and express companies________________ __________________ 195 Court proceedings relating to taxation____________ _________________________________________________ 196 Tax collection agencies--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 197 Inheritance and estate taxes________________________________________________________________________ 198 Intangible personal property taxation_______________________________________________________ 199 Tangible personal property taxation___________________________ ______________________________________ 200 Excise tax on· d ocu men ts ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------ 2 0 1 Excise taxes, generally ......................................................... ·-···························-· 202 Gross receipts taxes, generally---------------------------------------------------------------------- 203 Chain store taxes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 204 License taxes ------------------------------------------------------· ---------------------------------------------- 205 Motor fuels, etc.; regulation; distributors; other persons.......................... 207 Taxes on gasoline and like products________________________________________________________ 208 Tax on motor fuels other than gasoline__________________________________ _______ __________________ 209 Tax on cigarettes.......................................................................... ........................ 210 Tax on production of oil and gas.- -- -- ---- --------------------------------------------------- --------- 211 Tax on sales, use and certain transactions.----------------- -- ---------------------------------- 212 Financial rna tter s, generally---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 215 State budget commission________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 216 Financial matters pertaining to political subdivisions___________________________________ 218

TITLE XIV HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Method of setting apart homestead and exemptions ___________________________________ _.___ 222

TITLE XV EDUCATION

School code; scope, organization and definitions____________________________________________ 227 State plan for public education____________________________________________________________________ 228 Functions of state educational agencies___________________________________________________________ 229 The county school system ....... --------------------- -- ---·------------------------------------------------ 230 Personnel of school system-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 231 Child welfare; schools------------------ ------ --- --------------------------- ----------------- ------- ------ ---- 232 Courses of study and instructional aids _________________ ~--------------------------------------- 233 Transportation of school children___ ___________________________________________________________________ 234 The school plant ..... ----------------- ---------------------------------------------- --- ------------- ------ -------- 235 Finance and taxation; schools_____________________________________ _________ _____________________________ 236 Financial accounts and expenditures____________________________________________ _________________ 237 Retirement system for school teachers .. ------------------------------------ ------ ----~------ - 238 General provisions for institutions of higher learning ______________________________ .____ 239 Board of control·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 240 Institutions of higher learning·-----------------------------------··------------------------------------- 241 Salaries; miscellaneous educational laws; appropriations______________________________ 242 Hoard of control; miscellaneous provisions .. -- ----- --- -- ---------- -- ---------------------·-··· 243 Regional education .... ----------------------- --- -- ----------------- -- ---- --- ----- -- --------- ------------------···· 244

TITLE XVI MILITARY CODE AND RELATED MATTERS

Florida state defense council ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- · 249 Military code ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 250 Florida state guard.......... ... ............ ........................ .. ........ .............. ........... .......... 251

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TITLE XVII

PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY CHAPTER

Internal improvement funds .... ·...................................................... .................. 253 National forest fund .. ·------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 254 Public property and public buildings________________________________________________________________ 255 State and United States flags __________________________ _________________________________________________ 256 State library ----------------------------------------------------··------------------------ ------------- 257 State parks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 258 Everglades national park_ _____________________ _____ ________ ------------------------------------------------- 264 Monuments and memorials -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 265 Public lands ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 270 Grants to riparian owners----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 271 Board of commissioners of state institutions.................................................. 272

TITLE XVIII

PUBLIC BUSINESS

General and miscellaneous appropriations ................. _______________________________________ 282 Public printing and stationery-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 283 State fire insurance fund _________________________________________________________ _________________________ 284 Seminole Indian reservation_________________________________________________ _______________________________ 285 Public business generally ................................................ :................................. 286

TITLE XIX

PENSIONS AND WAR VETERANS

Confederate pensions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 291 Service officer -------------------------------------------------------------------·--------- --------------------------- 292 Uniform vetetans' guardianship law_____________________________________________________ _________ __ 293 Supplemental veterans' guardianship law_______________________________________________________ 294 Laws relating to veterans, generally ................... -------------------------------------------- 295

TITLE XX

DRAINAGE

General drainage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 298

TITLE XXI

PORTS AND HARBORS

Stevedores -------------------------------------------··---·------------------------------------------·· ------------------ 307 Shipping masters --------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 308 Protection of ports and harbors___ __ ________ ____________ ______________________________________ ________ 309 Pilot commissioners and pilots __ :_____________________________ _____ _____________________________________ 310 Regulation of the kind and size of boats to be used by the bar pilots...... .. 311 Incorporation of pilots_________________________________________________________ _________________________________ 312 Harbor masters for ports in generaL_______________________________________________________________ 313 Harbor masters for certain specified ports.................................................... 314

TITLE XXII

MOTOR VEHICLES

Regulation of traffic on highways_____________________________________________________________________ 317 · Motor vehicle commissioner-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 318

Title certificates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 319 Motor vehicle licenses, etc. ------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- 320 Highway patrol ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- 321 Drivers' licenses ____________ -------------- ---------·----------- .. . ----· ---------- ____ ... c ·------- ---------~------- 322 Auto transportation companies_______ _____________ _____ ______ _______ _______ _____________________________ 323 Financial responsibility.... ....... ........................................................... ....... .. ....... 324

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TITLE XXIII

AERONAUTICS CHAPTER

Aircraft, generallY-------------------- ----------------- ---- ---- -- -· --- --- ------------------------- ------------ --- - 329 Licensing aircraft and pilots ____________________________ ---------------------------------------------- 330 Airways, emergency landing fields and airports ______________________________________ . _____ 331 Airport law of 1945.------------- -- ---------- -- -- ---------- ---- --- ---- --------·----- -------- ------------- -------- 332 Airport zoning.------- -- -------- -------------------------------------------- -------- ---------------- ------ ---- --- --- -- 333

TITLE XXIV HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES

State roads -------------------------- -------------------· ______ ---------· ___________ ---------------· ____ -------··------- 341 Beautification of highways, roads, streets and waterways____________________________ 342 County roads and bridges________ _______________ ___________________________________________________________ 343 County road an(l bridge indebtedness; board of administration, etc. ________ 344 Funds for county hard roads·----------------------------- ·----------------------------------------------- 345 Protection of paved and improved roads________________________________________________________ 3-'16 Ferries, toll bridges, dams and log ditches___ __________________________________________________ 347 Highways, roads and bridges, generallY----------------- -- --- --------- -- ----- ---------------- ---- 348

TITLE XXV

RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES

Railroad and public utilities commission_ ____ _________ __ ________ _______ ___ ______ ___ __ ___ ______ 350 Duties of railroads in operating trains______________ ______________________________________________ 351 Duties to railroad passengers and freight________________________________________________________ 352 Claims for lost or damaged freight·--------------·-··------------------------------------------------- 353 Special officers for carriers _________________________ ---------------------------------------------------- 354 Carrier's lien and enforcement_. ___________________ __ --- ------------------------------ --------- ---------- 355 Fencing and evidence in live stock cases; railroads____________________________ 356 Railroad crossings -------------------------------------------------------------- __________ .. -----~--------- ----- 3 57 Sale and redemption of tickets ________________________________________________________ ----------------- 358 Express companies; payment of claims ; rates__________________________________________________ 359 Special powers of railroad and canal companies; tolls~--- ------------------- ------------ - 360 Eminent domain ; public utili ties ____________________________ ------------------------------------------- 361 Special powers of telegraph and telephone companies____________________________________ 362 Rates and liabilities of telegraph companies, etc. ------------------------------------- 363 Regulat~on ~f. ~elegraph _ al!-d telephone companies by railroad and

pubhc utilities commrssron______ ______ _____ ________ _____ ___ _____ __ ___________ _____ ______ __ __ ______ __ 364 Regulation of private wire service·-------- ----- -- -- --------- ---------------- ----------------- ------ 365

TITLE XXVI

CONSERVATION, ARCHEOLOGY AND GEOLOGY

Fish and game, generally___________________________________________________________________________________ 371 Game and fresh water fish_______ _____________ __________________________________________________ __________ 372 State board of conservation __________ _______________________ :___________________ ____ ______________________ 373 Salt water fisheries __ ·-------------------------. --------------------------------------------·--· ---------------- 3 7 4 Shell fish laws______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________ 3 7 5 Archeology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 376 Conservation of oil and gas resources_____________ ________ ____ ___ _________ ____ ____ _____________ ____ 377 Flood control--- ------------ -----------------------·----------------- ---------------- -- -- ----- ----- --------- -- --------- 378

TITLE XXVII

PUBLIC HEALTH

Public health, generallY----------------------- ---- ----------· ------ -- -- -- -- ---------- ---- ---- ----- -·------ --- 380 State board of health----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 81 Bureau of vital statistics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 382 Maternity and infancy hygiene___ __ ________________________________________________ ___ __________________ 383 Venereal diseases ________ ·---------------------------------------------------------------· ----------------------- 384 Sanitary inspection of hotels and boarding houses _______________________________________ 385 Nuisances injurious to health -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 386 Pollution of waters --------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 387

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CHAPTER Counties as mosquito control districts______________________________________________________________ 388 Mosquito control districts____________________________________________________________________________________ 389 Alternate system of creating mosquito control districts_______________ _________ _______ 390 Florida cnppled children's commission____________________________________________________________ 391 Tu berculos1s sana tori urn --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 3 92 Farm colony for epileptic and feeble-minded_____ __ ________________________ ___ _______________ 393 Florida state hospitaL___________________________________________________________________________ _________ 394 Hospital lic"ensing and regulation·-------- ---- --- --- ---- --- -- ---- -- --- --- -- --------- ---------- -- ·--- 395 Hospital for alcoholics. .. .......... ................................... ........ ....................................... 396 Commitment and treatment of narcotic drug addicts___________________________________ 397 Uniform narcotic drug law_____ ---- ---------- 398 Elevators -···························· ··-································----····---·················· ···············-··· 399

TITLE XXVIII SOCIAL WELFARE

State board of public welfare ____________________________________________________________ .____________ 409 Old age assistance____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 412 Blind persons............ .. ......................... ......................... ............................................ ........ 413 Poor mothers with dependent children_________________________________________________________ 414 Dependent and delinquent children ___________ -------------------------------------------------------- 415 Detention homes and schools for delinquent children____________________________________ 416 Child welfare ................................................................ ··········-················-·····-····· -·· 417 Playgrounds and recreation centers................................................................ 418 State planning board _______ ________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 419 Florida state improvement commission.......................................... ................ 420 Housing authorities law............................................................................ .......... 421 Housing cooperation Ia w ________________ -------------------------------------------------------------- 422 Tax exemption of housing authorities............................. ................................. 423 Limited dividend housing companies_____________________________________________________________ 424 Rural electric cooperative law_______________________ __________________ __ ____________________ ________ ____ 425

TITLE XXIX LABOR

Workmen's compensation law-------------------------------------------------------------------_______ 440 Unemployment compensation law___________________________________________________________________ __ 443 Apprentices ------------------------------------------ ______________ ------------------------------ . _________________ 446 Labor organizations............................ .......... .............. ........................ .................. 44 7 General labor regulations_______________________________________________________________________________ __ 448 Private employment agencies............................................................................ 449 Child labor -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 450 Bonds of employees of common carriers ______________________________________________________ :_____ 452 Public utility arbitration law..................................... .......... ............................. 453

TITLE XXX REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS

Attorneys at law....................................................................................................... 454 Administrative boards, generally...................................................................... 455 Florida basic science law____________________________________________________________________________________ 456 Midwifery ------------------------------------------- ·------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 457 Physicians ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 458 Osteopaths ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 459 Chiropractic ------------- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 460 Chiropody ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 461 Naturopathy ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 462 Optometry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~----- -------------------- 463 Nursing -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 464 Pharmacists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 465 Dentistry and dental hygiene___________________________________________ __ ________________________________ 466 Architects ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.. --- 46 7 Operators of moving picture machines____________________________________________________________ 468 PI umbers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 9 Funeral directors and embalmers ____________ _________________________________________________________ 470 Professional engineers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 71 Land surveyors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 72

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CHAPTER Public accountants -------------------- ___ ____ -------------------------------------------------------------- 473 Veterinarians ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------·----------------- 4 7 4 Real estate license law __________ -·------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 475 Barbers --------------------------------------------------- --------- ------------------~--------------------- --------- 4 76 Florida beauty culture law____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 477 Photography (Repealed)---· ·· -·----- --- --------- ·---·-----·----- --------- ------- -···-·-··-·-·······--········ 4 78 Outdoor advertisers ___________ ·--·--------- ------------------------- ____________ --~---- ------------------ 4 79 Masseurs and masseuses .................................................... : .............. -- ---···--··-------· 480 Labor organizations (Transferred to ch. 447) --·-·······-···-······-·····-···---·--·-······ 481 Structural pest controL----·--·-----·----··----- ·-------------------·---······················-····--------· 482

~i~~~:~in~c~~~~~!~~:::: ::::::::::::::::: ::: : ::::: ::::: ::: : ::::::::: : :: : :::::: : : : ::::: ::: : : ::: : ::::: :: ::::: :: ::: !~~ Administrative boards, generally (Transferred to ch. 455) ............. ........... 485

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TITLE XXXI REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS

Foods, drugs and cosmetics ... ---· -----·-·--····-·-··-····-········--······--·······-··--····----··-······· 500 Milk commission·---- -----·--·------ --- ·--·------- --- ------····-- ------- --· -·· -- ·-··--······---·····---·······--· --· 501 Milk, cream and milk products ____________________________________________________________________________ 502 Ice cream and frozen desserts --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 503 Stamped or marked bottles and boxes________________________________________________________________ 506 Hotel commission -------------------------------------·----·-·------------------------------------------------ 509 Hotels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 510 Hotels, restaurants and dining cars; regulations________________________________________ 511 Tourist camps ------------------------------------- ____________ ·---- ___ ·-----· ---------·---------------------------- 513 Public bath houses and swimming or bathing places___________________________________ 514 Dry cleaning and laundry industry (Repealed) --·-·--····-·----·-·----·---······-·-------- 515 Small loan business.------------------------------------------·------------------------------------------------- 516 Sale of secu ri ties. ________________________________ ·------------------------------------------------------------ 517 Investment of fiduciary funds ________________________________________________________ 518 Discount consumer fin ancing·------- -- -- -·--·--··----····--· ------------ ---·------- -- ----- -- --- ------ --- 519 Exhibition of motion pictures_______________________________________________________________________ 521 Commission merchants --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 522 Naval stores ------------------------------------------ ·------------------------------------------------- 523 Accounts receivable·--·--- --- -- -- --------- --- -·-- ------··- ·--------············---··--- ···-·-·--··--····-- ······· 524 Gasoline and oil inspection __________________ _:_______________________________________________________ 525 Sale of liquid fuels.--------------------------- ·-------------------------------------------------------------- 526 Weights, measures and standards.--------------------·----------------------------------------------- 531 Devices issued in payment for labor_______________________________________________________________ 532 Waste from mines_____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ 533 Marks and brands on livestock ... ___ __ ___ ___ __ __ ___ _____ __ ______ _________ _____ ....................... 534 Timber and lumber___________________________________________________________ _________________________________ 536 Commercial discrimination -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 540 Fair trade law ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 541 Combinations restricting trade or commerce . ___ ______________________________________________ · 542 Combinations restricting use of musical compositions______ ___________ ___________________ 543 Combinations against Florida meats -------------------------------------------------------------- 544 Combinations restricting financing of motor vehicles____________________________________ 545 Pugilistic exhibitions ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 548 Automobile race meets ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ 549 Dog racing and horse racing_________________________________________ ______ _______________________ ________ 550 Frontons --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 551 Manufacture, sale, etc. , of explosives (Repealed) ----····-·-···········------ -- -------- 552

TITLE XXXII LIQUORS AND BEVERAGES

Beverage law; administration.......................................................................... 561 Beverage law; enforcement.---------------------··-·····---·--·---------------------:____________________ 562 -Beverage fair trade law·-----------------------·------------·-------------------------·-------------·-·-------- 566 Local option elections ___ .. . ·-----·--··--· ----------------------- _________ : ____ :_ _________________ __ : 567 Intoxicating liquors in counties where prohibited__________________________________________ 568 Dispensing and .consuming of liquor and beverages.-----·-------·------------------------ 569

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TITLE XXXIII

AGRICULTURE, HOR;TICULTURE AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY CHAPTER

Agricultural fertilizers ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------- ------------------- 576 Agricultural insecticides and fungicides----------------------------------------------"--------- 577 Inspection, testing, labeling and certification of seeds___ _____ __ ____________ ______________ 578 Sea island cotton law-------------------- --- --- ---- - ---- ------------- ------------------------------~----------- 579 Commercial feeds ---------------------------------------------------------·--------------------------------------- 580 State plant board __________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 581 Soil conservation -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ 582 Classification and sale of eggs, poultry, etc. ---------------------------------------------------- 583 Control of honey bee diseases ______________________________________________________________________ ----- 584 State live stock sanitary board _________________ _____ -------------------------------------------------- 585 Legal fences and live stock at large·--------·---··--··---··-- ---- --- ------···-·-- ---- -- ---·-·--- ····· 588 Florida board of forestry _________________________________ -------------------------------------------------- 589 Forest protection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 590 For est d evel opmen t --------------------------------------------· ------------------------------------------------- 5 91 Board of parks and historic memorials ............. ------------- -·-- ----·-·-- -----··-- ··- ········· 592 Agriculture, horticulture and live stock; general provisions __________________ __ ____ 593 General definitions, provisions and maturity standards relating to citrus

(Repealed) ··-·······-····-···············-·····--··········· ···· ·-· --···· ·- ·· ······· ··-·---···--·········----·-- 594 Florida citrus commission (Repealed)·····--············--·-------·· ·······-··-·--··--·-······-·· 595 Regulations of sale of citrus fruits (Repealed)·· -·-- ·- -- ·-·---· ···-·--·--·-- ·············- 596 Citrus packing houses, etc.; regulations (Repealed)···--·-···· --··············--·--·- 597 Citrus canning plants; regulations (Repealed) ······-····-··-·-·········-·····--·-·····--· 598 Citrus advertising (Repealed)····-·-·· ·-·----·················--········-··················-·--··-····· 599 Citrus fruit laws, generally (Repealed)· ·--······-· ····· ············-··-····-···············-··-· 600 Florida citrus code·----·--·--- ---·-··--·-- --··· ······· ·········--········ ···-· ··-·······--·· ·--················· 601 Marketing bureau and board------------------------- __ ·-------------------------------------------------- 603 General agriculture; horticulture, etc., laws__________________________________________________ 604

TITLE XXXIV

CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS TRUSTS

Common law declarations of trust_______________________________ ____________________________________ 609 Corporations, general provisions_______________________ _______ __________________________________________ 610 Certain corporations for profit --------------··--------------------------------------------------------- 611 Corporations for profit, generally ________ -----------------------------------------· ----·-------------- 612 Foreign corporations -------·------------ ____ --------------·------------------------------------------------ 613 Uniform stock transfer law .... ·-·· ········---· ··--· ·· ···· ···· ··· -· ········-·-· -··········-·····-··-······· 614 State fairs or expositions_______________________ ____________________________________________ ________________ 615 Public fairs and expositions __ ________ ___ ___ ---------·--------------------------------------------------- 616 Corporations not for profit__ ________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 617 Agricultural cooperative marketing associations ------------------------------------------- 618 Non profit cooperative associations ___________ ·----------·- -------·-------------------------------- 619 Uniform limited partnership law ...... .................... .............. :. .... ....... ................. .. 620 Foreign unincorporated associations ... ·----···-···-··· ·····-···-·--······· ·····-·-·--··-----···-··· 622

TITLE XXXV

INSURANCE

Insurance, indell!-ni~y and surety; general provisions ____________________________________ _ Insurance commissioner ----- -- -------------~----------------------- ------------------------------------------Insurance agents --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Reciprocal or inter-insurance _____ ·-·-----·--·····-····-···--·········································· Regulation of rates for fire and other insurance ......................................... . Regulation of rates for casualty insurance and fidelity, guaranty and

surety bonds ................................................................................................... . Fire and casualty insurance ___________________________ ______ _________ ____________________________________ _ Domestic mutual fire insurance associations ......... .... .................. ............. .. . . State fire marshal ___________________________ ______________________ ----------------------------------------________ _ Life insurance agents ..................... ....................................... ............................. _

r~~cir~~s~:a~Jj~sfeer~~-~~~~~--~-~-----~----_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-.~~~-----.-.--~---_-_-_-_-_-_~----~---.-.-.-.--~~~~~~~~~----~--~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fraternal benefit societies ................................................................................. . Sick imd funeral benefit insuraD~'A -------------------- ,. ______________ __________ ________________ _

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ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA STATUTES

CHAPTER Burial insurance and contracts .. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 639 Benevolent mutual benefit associations___________________________________________________________ 640 Hospital service plans.---------------------·---------------------------- -------------------- ------------------- 641 Accident and sickness insurance ... ----- -- -- ----------------- -------- ------ --------------- ----- --- -- ---- 642 Regulation of trade practices in insurance business________ __ ___ __ ____ ___ ______ ____ ____ 643 Sureties and surety companies__________________ ________________ __ ______ ________ __________________________ 648 Limited surety companies ... --- --- ---------- ---------------- -- ----------------------------------- -- -------- 649

TITLE XXXVI

BANKS AND BANKING

Banks; incorporation, organization and powers_______________________________ _____________ 652 Ban king regulations -------------------------------------- ·--------------------------------------------------- 6 53 Savings banks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________ 654 Trust companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 655 Morris plan banks ----------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 656 Credit unions ------------------------------------------------------· _________ ·----------------· __ _________________ 65 7

TITLE XXXVII

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS

Incorporation and operation of domestic building and loan associations____ 665 Voluntary dissolution of building and loan associations______________ _________________ 666 Insolvency of building and loan associations____________________________ ________________________ 667 Foreign building and loan associations____ ________ ________________________________________________ 668

TITLE XXXVIII

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Negotiable instruments ; form and interpretation, etc. ----- ------------------------- -- 674 Negotiable instruments; dishonor and discharge__________________ _________________________ 675 Negotiable instruments; bills, notes, checks, acceptance, protest, payment 676 Warehousemen and warehouse receipts _____ _____________________________________________________ 678 Legal holidays --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 683 Collateral securities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 685 Interest and usury________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 687

TITLE XXXIX

REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Conveyances of land and declarations of trust_______________________________________________ 689 Uniform principal and income law------------------------------------------------------------------ 690 Uniform trust administration law-------------------------------------------------------------------- 691 Conveyances by corporation___ _________________________________________________________________________ 692 Conveyances of married women's interest in real estate________________________________ 693 Certain conveyances made valid_____________________________________ ________________________________ 694 Record of conveyances of real estate________ _________________________________________ ________ 695 Record of contracts; photographic recording·------------------------------------------· 696 Instruments deemed mortgages and the nature of a mortgage.................... 697 Chattel mortgages.................... ............ ................................................................ 698 Livestock mortgages and other instruments.................................................. 699 Crop mortgages ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 700 Assignment and cancellation of mortgages_______________________________________________________ 701 Foreclosure of mortgages.------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- --- 702 Abstracts of title___________________________________________________________________________________________ 703 Easements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 04 Wrecked and derelict property, generally_____________________________________________________ 705 Wrecked cotton; lumber adrift; boats and vessels adrift_______________________________ 706 E strays ----------------------________________ --------------------· ---------------------------------------------- 7 0 7 Married women's property----- --- ------------------------------------~----------------------------- 7 08 Powers of attorney and similar instruments.................................................. 709 Property generally................................................................................................ 715 Escheats, forfeiture, etc. ....... ......... ... ......................... .... ............ ........................ 716

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TITLE XL STATUTE OF FRAUDS, FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES AND

GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS

CHAPTER

Unenforceable contracts----------- -- -- -------------------------- ---------------------------------- -- -- -- ----- 725 Fraudulent conveyances, sales, and loans.--------- ------ --------- --- -- -- ---------------- ------ 726 General assignments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 727

TITLE XLI ESTATES OF DECEDENTS

Florida probate law, first part_________________________________________________________________________ 731 Florida probate law, second part_______________________________ _________________ _____________________ 732 Florida probate law, third part__________________________________________________________________________ 733 Florida probate law, fourth part________________________________________________________________________ 734 Administration unnecessary in certain estates___________ _____________________________________ 735 Miscellaneous probate and similar provisions·----- --- -- ----------------- --- --------- ------ 736

TITLE XLII DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Husband and wife __________ -------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- 7 41 Bas tardy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ --------------------------- 7 42 Disability of nonage minors removed.----- -- --- ------- ---------------------- -- ---- --- --------- ---- 743 Florida guardianship law, first part.----- -- --- --- --- ------------------- -------------------------- -- 744 Florida guardianship law, second part------------------ ---- ------ -- --------- -- ----------------- 745 Florida guardianship law, third part-------------------------- -- ---------------- -- ---- -- ---------- 746 Absentees, incompetents, etc., and the conservation of their property____ 747

TITLE XLIII TORTS

Damage by dogs___________________ __ __ __________ ________________ ________________________ ___ ___________________ ____ 767 Negligence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 68 Hazardous occupations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 769 Civil actions for libeL_____________________________________________________________________________________ 770 Actions for alienation of affections, etc. ------------------------------------------------------ 771

TITLE XLIV CRIMES

Definitions; general penalty provisiOns_____ _______________________________ _______________________ 775 Principals and accessories; attempts_____________________________________________ ___________________ 776 Treason and offense against the government_______________________ ___ ______________________ 779 Homicide ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 782 Dueling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 83 Assault and battery; mayhem; culpable negligence_________________________ _______________ 784 Fighting ; mar a thons _______________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 85 Weapons and firearms _________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 790 Sale of fireworks _____ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 791 Rape ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 794 Enticing away unmarried women____________________________________ __________________________________ 795 Pros ti tu ti on _ -------------------------------------------------- ____ --------------------------------------------------- 79 6 Abortion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 797 Adultery and fornication ________________________ ,___________________________________________________________ 798 Bigamy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 799 Crime against nature; indecent exposure______________________________________________________ __ 800 Kidnaping and false imprisonment____________________________________________________________________ 805 Arson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 806 Burglary -------------------------- -----~----- - ----------------------------------------------------- ______________ ______ 810 Larceny; receiving stolen goods; related crimes-------------------------------------------- 811 Embezzlement -------------------------------·----------------------------------------------------------------------- 812 Robbery ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 813 False pretenses, frauds and other cheats__________________________________________________________ 817 Sale of mortgaged personal property; similar offenses________ ____ _______ ___ ____ __ __ 818

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CHAPTER Trespass and injury to realty and similar offenses____________________________________ ___ 821 Malicious injury to buildings and structures__________________________________________ _______ 822 Nuisances; doors of certain buildings___________________________________________________________ 823 Cruelty to children and animals___________________________________ ____________ _________________________ 828 Forgery and counterfeiting____________________________________________________________________________ 831 Issuing worthless checks and drafts---- --- ---- -- ------------------------- -------- ------- -- -------·· 832 . Conspiracy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 833 Defamation; libel ; threatening letters and similar offenses________________________ 836 Perjury ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 83 7 Bribery ----------------------------------------------.. ·----------------------------------------------------------------- 838 Offenses by auctioneers, public officers and employees_________________________________ __ 839 Obstructing justice -----------------------------------------------------------------"-------------------------- 843 Opium dens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 846 Obscene literature; profanity_______ ______ ______ _________________________________________________________ 847 Gambling ------------'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 849 Dealing in futures or margins___ _________________________________________________________________________ 850 Bucket shops ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ 851 Sunday laws --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 855 Drunkenness; vagrancy; desertion__ ______________________________________________________________ 856 Poisons ; adulterated drugs __ ______ ____ ____ ___________ __ _________ ---------------- ------------------------- 859 Offenses concerning aircraft, motor vehicles and railroad trains__ __ ____ ____ 860 Offenses concerning public roads and navigable waters_______________________________ 861 Offenses concerning pilots, stevedores, and seamen.·-·- -·--·---···-----·-·-·-·---- 862 Violations of certain commercial restrictions___________________________ ______ _______________ 865 Exhibitions of deformed persons or animals_________________ __ _________________________________ 867 Affrays; riots; routs; unlawful assemblies____________________________________________________ 870 Disturbing religious and other assemblies _____ ___________________________________________________ 871 Offenses concerning dead bodies anp graves___ __ _______________________________________________ 872 Offenses against suffrage_______________________ _______________________ _______________________________ _______ 875 Criminal anarchy, communism, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 876

TITLE XLV

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Arrests ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- 9 01 Preliminary examination ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 0 2 Bail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 903 Methods of prosecutions___________ ________ __________________________________________________________________ 904 Grand jury ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 905 Indictment and information___ ____________ ______________________ _______________________________________ 906 Process upon indictment and information________ __ _________________________________ ______ ___ ____ 907 Arraignment -----------------------------_ ---------------------------------------------- _________ _ _________________ 908 Motion to quash and pleas__________ __ ___________________________________________________________ ___________ 909 Jurisdiction and venue ______________________ ___________________________ -------------------------------------- 910 Change of judge and removal of cause_____________________________ ___________ ____________________ 911 Waiver of jury triaL______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 912 Trial jury ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 913 Presence of defendant______________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 914 Dismissal of prosecution_________________________________________________________________________________ 915 Con tin u an ce --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ 916 Proceeding to determine mental condition of defendant________________________________ 917 Conduct of triaL______________ _____ ____________________ _____________________________________________ ____________ 918 Conduct of jury----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- 919 Motion for new trial and arrest of judgment.. ____________________ :____________ _________________ 920 Judgment and sentence __________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 921 Execution ----------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 9 22 Form of indictment and other forms .......... ~------------- -------------------------- --------- ---- --- 923 Appeals --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 924 Miscellaneous provisions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 925 Provisions supplemental to criminal procedure law_______________________________________ 932 Search warrants ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 933 Inquests of the dead _________________________________________________________ :_________________________________ 936 Proceedings in courts of county judges and justices of the peace____________ 937 Costs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 939 Executive clemency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 940 Uniform interstate extradition_________________________________________________________________________ 941 Interstate extradition of witness~>.s__________________ --------~---------------------------------- 942

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TITLE XLVI

CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

Parole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94 7 Pro ba ti on ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 8 Parole and probation; general provisions----- --------- -------------------------------------- 949 Jails and jailers________________________________________________________________________________________________ 950 County and municipal convicts_____________________________________________________________________ 951 State convicts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 52 State prison farm ___________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 54 Florida industrial school for boys____________________________________________________________________ 955 Florida industrial school for girls__________________________________________________________________ 956 Commitments to indus trial schools________________________________________________________________ 9 58 Industrial plants in state institutions------------------------------------------------------------- 959

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