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not), and of the amount of such prior indebtedness, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its becoming a law without such approval.

Approved June 3, 1907.

CHAPTER 5709-(No. 114).

AN. CT to amend Sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act relating to the Drainage and Reclamation of the Swamp and Overflowed Lands in Florida; to Create a Board of Drainage Commissioners, prescribing its Powers and Duties, Authorizing the Establishment of Drainage Districts, Establishing a Drainage System, the Building of Canals, Levees, Dikes and Reservoirs for the Purposes of Drainage, Irrigation and Commerce. the Assessment of Lands to be Drained and Benefited. the Collection of Necessary Funds by Assessment of Benefits and Taxation, Providing for the Management and Maintenance thereof and for the Exercise of the Right of Eminent Domain and for the Sale and Uses of Said Lands for the Purposes of Drainage, Reclamation and Improvement aforesaid; the same being Chapter 5377, Laws of Florida, approved May 27, 1905.

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

Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 5377, Laws of Florida, approved May 27, 1905, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The Governor, the Comptroller, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General and the Commissioner of

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Agriculture of the State of Florida, and their successors in office, are hereby constituted and designated as a Boari of Drainage Commissioners, and are hereby authorized Members of and empowered to establish a system of canals, drains. Drainage levees, dikes and reservoirs of such dimensions and depth ers and their as in the judgment of said Board of Drainage Commis- powers as sioners is deemed advisable to drain and reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands within the drainage districts hereinafter designated, and to maintain such canals. drains, levees, dikes and reservoirs in such manner as will be most advantageous to the territory so drained.

Sec. 2. That Section 2 of Chapter 5377, Laws of Florida, approved May 27, 1905, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

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Sec. 2. That a drainage district is hereby established. Establishbeginning at the intersection of township line between designation townships thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven (37) south of a drainage and east, with the range line dividing ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32), and extending east along said township line to the intersection of the range line divid· ing ranges thirty-nine (39) and forty (40), and south to the intersection of township line dividing townships fortyone (41) and forty-two (42), thence east along said township line to the intersection with the range line dividing ranges forty-one (41) and forty-two (42), thence south along said range line to the intersection of the township line dividing townships fifty-one (51) and fifty-two (52), thence west along said township line to the intersection of the section line dividing sections three (3) and four (4) in township fifty-two (52), range forty-one (41) east, thence south along said section line to the waters of Biscayne Bay, thence along the coast line of said waters and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the point of the range line between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32). intersecting with the coast line of the said Gulf of Mexico. thence north along said range line to the intersection of the township line between townships thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven (37), the point of beginning. A tax of five Levy of a cents per acre is hereby levied annually, including the to be applied year 1907, upon all lands within such drainage district within disthat were included in patents received by the State of Florida from the United States, under Act of Congress, approved September 28, 1850. The proceeds arising from

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said acreage tax shall be used and applied to the drainage and reclamation of the lands within said drainage Proceeds of district, described and established in this Act. The Board lands in dis- of Drainage Commissioners shall prepare a list or lists of such patented lands and send them to the Tax Assessors of the several counties embraced in part or in whole within such drainage districts. And the Tax Assessors of the several counties embraced in part or in whole within such drainage district shall receive such list or Assessors; lists and enter the same upon the tax rolls of the county and duties of or counties within which said lands may lie, and the and Collec- amount so levied by this act, and include said acreage tax in his warrant to the Tax Collector in the usual form prescribed by law, which amounts shall be collected by the said several Tax Collectors of the counties wherein such levies have been made as other taxes are collected on real estate, in accordance with law, and pay over said amounts so collected to the Board of Drainage Commissioners. Such moneys so collected shall be used exclusively for the purposes stated in this act within the said drainage district.

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License tax on fortune tellers, horse traders, etc.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor.

Approved May 28, 1907.

CHAPTER 5710-(No. 115).

AN ACT in relation to gypsy bands and camps and to require the payment of a license tax by such troops or aggregations.

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

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any band or troop or aggregation or other traveling or wandering or nomadic people to camp, pitch their tents, stop and pursue and engage in their business of telling fortunes, trading horses, peddling, trading, or other occupation in any incorporated city or any county of this State, unless and until they shall procure an annual license from the Tax Collector of each county and pay a license tax of one hundred dollars in each county where they camp, stop or engage in their business or occupation, and shall also

procure a license from the Collector for each incorporated city or town in which they camp or engage in this business of one hundred dollars.

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Sec. 2. Any person violating Section One of this act Penalty. shall be punished by a fine not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the common jail at hard labor for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with, or inconsistent with this act is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Became a law without the approval of the Governor.

CHAPTER 5711-(No. 116).

AN ACT to Provide for a Monument To Be Erected on the Battlefield of Chickamauga in Memory of the Soldiers of Florida Who Took Part in That Battle.

Whereas, Florida of all the Confederate States with troops on the field, is alone unrepresented by a monument on the field of Chickamauga; and

Whereas, It was one of the greatest and most decisive bat. tles of the Confederate war in which the soldiers of Florida took a part and won honor for the States and themselves; therefore

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

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Section 1. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be Appropriaand the same is hereby appropriated for the erection of a monuments suitable monument on the battlefield of Chickamauga in at Chickamemory of the soldiers of Florida who took part in that battle.

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Sec. 2. That the Governor shall appoint a committee of Governor to five suitable persons, citizens of the State of Florida, to mittee. do and perform all that is necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

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Expenses of committee.

The appropriation herein shall be drawn upon the requisition of said committee acting through a majority thereof. Sec. 3. That the actual necessary traveling expenses of the said committee in performing their duties under this act shall be paid out of the appropriation hereby made. Sec. 4. This act shall go into effect as soon as approved by the Governor.

Approved May 27, 1907.

CHAPTER 5712-(No. 117).

AN ACT to Authorize Legislative Committees to Require Any Person Appearing Before Such Committees to Disclose Upon Oath What Interest Such Person or Persons Represents, Authorizing the Administration of an Oatb in Such Cases, and Providing a Penalty for False Swearing in Such Cases.

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

Section 1. That whenever any person or persons shall appear before any committee of the Legislature of the Written oath State of Florida for the purpose of advocating or opposing, persons ap- proposing changes or amendments, or in anywise discussfore Legisla- ing a measure or matter being considered by such committive Commit- tee, such committee, or any member thereof, may require

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such person or persons to state upon oath in writing whether or not he appears in his own individual interest or in the interest of some other person or persons, firm, corporation or corporations, and if so, the name or names of such person or persons, firm, corporation or corporations, and if he has been or is to be paid a fee or any com pensation, directly or indirectly, for such service, or as expenses or otherwise to so appear before such committee, and when such oath is required by a committee or any member thereof it shall be the duty of the chairman of the committee to file the written oath with the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House, and said oath shall at once be spread upon the Journal of each