house for the information of the members of the Legislature. oath. 1907. Sec. 2. Any person or persons who shall swear falsely Penalty for making false as to any material fact in the oath mentioned in Section statement in one (1) of this act shall be deemed and held guilty of false swearing and punished as provided for in Section 3472 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida. committee Sec. 3. For the purpose of this act the chairman or any Chairman of member of the committee before whom such person or authorized to persons may appear is hereby authorized to administer take oaths. the oath herein provided for. Sec. 4. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 23, 1907. CHAPTER 5713-(No. 118). AN ACT to Provide Sufficient Accommodations for the Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: third floor to Section 1. That during any regular session of the Legis- Rooms in lature all the rooms extending from the Senate Chamber Capitol on to the staircase on the third floor of the capitol shall be be reserved for Legislaexclusively reserved and appropriated to the use of the ture. committees of the Senate, and all of the rooms extending from the hall of the House of Representatives to the staircase shall be exclusively reserved and appropriated to the use of the committees of the House of Representatives. and the Secretary of State shall have all of said rooms ready for the use of the committees prior to each regular session. Sec. 2. If any or all of said rooms shall be occupied by Sec. of State may provide any officers or other departments of the State when any rooms outside of Capiregular session aforesaid is about to be held, the Secretary tol. 15-G. L. of State shall, if necessary, procure for them other offices outside of the capitol at the expense of the State. Sec. 3. Section 78 of the General Statutes of this State so far as it relates to the assignment of committees rooms is hereby repealed; Provided, That each house of the Legislature during any special session of the Legislature shall have at least two committee rooms assigned to it. Became a law without the approval of the Governor. CHAPTER 5714-(No. 119). AN ACT Directing That a Statue of Edmund Kirby Smith be placed in the National Statuary Hall, in the Capitol of the United States, in Washington, District of Columbia, and Directing the Governor to Appoint a Commis sion to Take the Necessary Steps to That End. Whereas, The Congress of the United States did by act approved July 2nd, 1864, provide as follows: "That a marble floor, similar to that of the Congressional Library or the Senate Vestibule, shall be constructed in the old hall of the House of Representatives, using such marble as may be now on hand and not otherwise required, and that suitable structures and railings shall be therein erected for the reception and erection of statuary, and the same shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings," and further, that, "The President is hereby authorized to invite each and all of the States to provide and furnish statues in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof and illustrious for their historic renown, or from distinguished civic or military services, such as each State shall determine to be worthy of this national commemoration," and when so furnished the same shall be placed in the old hall of the House of Representatives, in the Capitol of the United States, which is hereby set apart, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as a National Statuary Hall, for the purposes. herein indicated, as appears from the statutes at large of the 38th Congress, 1863 and 1864, page 347; and Whereas, The President of the United States did on the 3rd day of February, 1865, by F. W. Seward, Acting Secretary of State, address a circular letter to the Governors of the States requesting through them that the several States would take the matter under consideration; and Whereas, The Legislature of the State of Florida is informed that neither of the places allotted to Florida has been filled, and the Legislature deem it meet to provide that the statue of a citizen of Florida, "illustrious for historic renown," and of "distinguished civic and military services" shall fill one of the places which remain vacant; and Whereas, Edmund Kirby Smith was born in St. Augustine, Florida, on the 16th day of May, 1824, and was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point from the State of Florida, and graduated from that Academy in 1845, served with distinction in the United States service in the Mexican War, and in the Confederate service in the War between the States, in which service he attained the rank of General, and world-wide renown, and after the surrender of the Southern armies and the fall of the Southern Confederacy devoted his life to the education of Southern youth to his death on the 28th of March, 1893, first in the University of Nashville, of which University he was Chancellor, and then in the University of the South, in which University he was professor of mathematics: and Whereas, General Edmund Kirby Smith was a citizen of the State of Floirda, "illustrious for historic renown," and of "distinguished civic and military service;" therefore Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1907. K. Smith be Section 1. That a statue of Edmund Kirby Smith be Statute of E. furnished by the State of Florida to be placed in the placed in National Statuary Hall of the Capitol of the United Statuary States, at Washington, District of Columbia. Sec. 2. That the Governor be and he is hereby author Hall at 1907. Governor to mission to ized and directed to appoint a commission to consist of three citizens of the State of Florida, all of whom shall appoint com- -be Confederate Veterans, neither of whom shall be a ascertain Federal or State official, to consider and ascertain the right kind of appropriate kind of statue to be selected and its costs. statute. Sec. 3. The said commission be and it is hereby inCommission structed to report to the Legislature of 1909, the kind to report to of statue and its costs. Legislature. Approved May 20, 1907. Governor to appoint com locate burial place, etc. CHAPTER 5715-(No. 120). AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a Commission to locate the present resting place of the remains of Ponce de Leon, and to arrange, if feasible, for their removal to our State. Whereas, the remains of Ponce de Leon, the discoverer of Florida, are now said to be interred in Porto Rico, and lie unmarked in any suitable or appropriate manner by the government which he served; and, Whereas, the people of Florida desire to honor the grand old Knight of Leon, who was the first to plant the white man's banner of civilization on the Western Continent, and believe that his ashes should find a resting place in the land which he discovered; and, Whereas, The people of St. Augustine, who annually cele brate the landing of Ponce de Leon, are desirous of providing a fit sepulcher for his remains near the site of his greatest achievement; therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the Governor be and he is hereby aumission to thorized and directed to appoint a commission of five persons to locate the burial place in Porto Rico of Ponce de Leon, and, if feasible, to arrange for the removal of his remains to St. Augustine, the "mother city" of the State and nation. Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. 1907. Approved, June 1, 1907. CHAPTER 5716—(No. 121). AN ACT to prohibit the sale, barter or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette material in this State and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: sell or fur ettes or ci Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful in the Unlawful to State of Florida for any corporation, company, firm or nish a minor person to sell, barter, furnish or give away, directly or with cigar indirectly, to any minor any cigarette, cigarette wrapper garette pa or any substitute for either; or to procure for, or to persuade, advise, counsel or compel any child under said age to smoke any cigarette. per. Sec. 2. Any such corporation, company, firm or person Penalty for violating any of the provisions of this act shall, for the violation. first offense upon a conviction thereof be fined in any sum not more than $50.00, nor less than $10.00; and for a second and any subsequent offense, such corporation, company, firm or person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00, and to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for any period not exceeding sixty days. to enforce minors to Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of sheriffs, consta- Sheriffs, etc., bles, their deputies or any police officer to enforce the the law and provisions of this act, and he may summon any minor compel who may have or have had in his possession any cigarettes testify. or cigarette material, and compel him to testify before the county judge or any justice of the peace as to where and of whom he obtained such cigarettes or cigarette material. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. |