such purpose from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant upon the Treasury to be countersigned by the Governor for such amount, in conformity to the terms of the contract to be entered into for such work. Sec. 5. 1907. fective. This act shall take effect immediately upon its When act efpassage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22, 1907. CHAPTER 5636—(No. 41). AN ACT to Repeal Section 1421 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida Relative to Filing Pleadings, Papers and Proceedings in Duplicate. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 1421 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida, which repuires pleadings, papers and proceedings in civil cases to be filed in duplicate, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately upon becoming a law. Approved May 21, 1907. AN ACT CHAPTER 5637—(No. 42). To Permit Pleas to the Jurisdiction, or in Abatement, To Be Pleaded with Pleas in Bar, or to the Merits, and Providing for the Trial Thereof. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Pleas to the jurisdiction or in abatement may be pleaded in any action with pleas in bar or to the 1907. merits, and such pleas shall be tried at the same time Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Original plaintiff to pay cost. How served. CHAPTER 5638-(No. 43). AN ACT To Amend Section 1698 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida, Relating to Procurement and Effect of Writs of Error. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section number one thousand six hun. dred and ninety-eight of the General Statutes of the State of Florida be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 1698. Right To Test and Service of. All writs of error shall be tested in the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and shall issue on demand as matter of right, from the office of the Clerk of the Appellate Court or from that of the Clerk of the Court (or if there be no Clerk, from the office of the Judge) in which the judgment has been rendered, and shall be returnable to a day, either in term time or vacation more than thirty days and not more than ninety days from the date of the writ. But no writ of error shall be granted to the original plaintiff in any suit unless said plaintiff shall first pay all costs which may have accrued in and about the said suit up to the time when said writ of error shall be prayed. The writ of error shall be served by filing it in the court the judgment of which is complained of. Prior appeals Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not effect any appeal or writ of error entered or sued out prior to the date when this act shall go into effect. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately ɔn 1907. becoming a law. Approved June 3, 1907. When act effective. CHAPTER 5639-(No. 44). AN ACT to Provide for Change of Venue in Criminal Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: grounds, etc., Section 1. That in all criminal cases pending in any of Same the Criminal Courts of Record in any county in this State, as in Circuit changes of venue may be had and granted upon the same Courts. terms and for the same reasons and grounds and in same manner as is now provided by law for changes of venue in causes pending in the Circuit Courts. court Sec. 2. When any change of venue is granted in any To what cause in any such Criminal Court of Record, the venue changable. shall be changed to the Criminal Court of Record in some adjoining county, if there be one, but if there shall be no Criminal Court of Record in any adjoining county, the venue shall be changed to the Circuit Court of some adjoining county; Provided, That the venue in cases of misde- Proviso. meanor shall be changed to the County Court of some adjoining county, if there be a County Court therein, and upon such change the original papers in the cause together with a certified copy of the order changing the venue shall forthwith be forwarded by the Clerk of the Court to which such venue is changed and shall preserve in his office certified copies of all such original papers so transmitted. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Approved May 7, 1907. 1907. CHAPTER 5640-(No. 45). AN ACT to Amend Section 1337 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida, Relating to Disqualifications of Judges. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 1337 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: 1337. What are Disqualifications.-No Judge of any court shall sit or preside in any case to which he is a party, or in which he is interested, or in which he would be excluded from being a juror by reason of interest, consanguinity or affinity to either of the parties; nor shall he entertain any motion in the cause other than to have the same tried by a qualified tribunal. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. Approved June 3, 1907. CHAPTER 5641-(No.46). AN ACT To Amend Section 1811 of the General Statutes Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 1811 of the General Statutes. fixing the regular terms of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit shall be amended so as to read as follows: 1811. Seventh Judicial Circuit— 1907. SPRING TERMS. St. Lucie, third Tuesday in February. Dade, first Tuesday in March. Brevard, fourth Tuesday in March. Volusia, second Tuesday in April. Osceola, fourth Tuesday in April. Orange, second Tuesday after fourth Tuesday in April. FALL TERMS. St. Lucie, third Tuesday in September. Brevard, fourth Tuesday in October. Volusia, second Tuesday in November. Osceola, fourth Tuesday in November. Orange, second Tuesday after fourth Tuesday in No. vember. Approved May 7, 1907. CHAPTER 5642-(No. 47). AN ACT to Prescribe the Time for Holding the Terms of the Circuit Court in and for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, and to Repeal Chapter 5397. Acts of 1905, Approved May 26th, 1905, and Section 1812 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida, Relating to the Time for Holding Terms of the Circuit Court in the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the time for holding the terms of the Circuit Court in and for the Eighth Judicial Circuit shall be as hereinafter fixed. There shall be two regular terms of said Court held in each county of said Eighth Circuit each year, to be known as the Spring Term and Fall Term. Sec. 2. The Spring Term of the Circuit Court for the Spring Term. Eighth Judicial Circuit shall commence in the county of |