1907.

Taylor County's agreement

to pay court house warrants validated.

script or county warrants referred to in Section 1 of this act, to the amount of six per cent per annum, whether such agreement or contract to pay said interest appears on the face of said script or county warrants or is otherwise evidenced, be and the same is hereby validated and declared to be a legal and binding obligation upon Taylor County, Florida.

Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved May 27, 1907.

Official acts

of Annie K.

validated.

CHAPTER 5733-(No. 138).

AN ACT to Legalize all the Acts and Deeds of Mrs. Annie
K. Dearborn While Serving as Clerk of the Circuit
Court in and for Dade County, Florida.

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

Section 1. That all acts done and deeds performed by Dearborn Mrs. Annie K. Dearborn, while serving in her official capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Florida, are hereby declared to be legally done and of full force and effect.

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 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved May 22, 1907.

CHAPTER 5734-(No. 139).

AN ACT to Appropriate the Sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars Annually for Two (2) Years to Aid the Florida State Midwinter Fair Association in Making a Display of the Agricultural, Mineral, Industrial, Horticultural, Forestry, Live Stock and Other Resources of the State of Florida; to Encourage and Promote Immigration from Other States of the United States, also Foreign Countries, and to Influence Competition Among the Various Producers that Will Tend to Improve the Character of All Products Known to the State of Florida, the Said Fair To Be Held in the City of Tampa, Florida, Between November 1st, 1907, and March 1st, 1908, and Also Between November 1st, 1908, and March 1st, 1909, and to Provide for the Payment Therefor.

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

tion.

1907.

to give

Sunday.

Sec. 1. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be Appropriaand the same is hereby appropriated annually for two years; Provided, That before the payment of each installment of fifteen thousand dollars, the said Florida State Midwinter Fair Association shall give a bond payable Association to the Governor of the State of Florida, with good and bond. sufficient surety and sureties in the sum of thirty thousand dollars to insure the faithful appropriation of the said moneys for the purposes provided for in this act; Provided, Said fair shall not be kept open on Sunday, for Shall not be the purpose of aiding the Florida State Midwinter Fair kept open on Association in displaying the agricultural, mineral, hor. ticultural, industrial, forestry, live stock and other resources of the State of Florida; Provided, however, That the said sum of fifteen thousand dollars annually shall be used entirely for the payment of premiums for the pur- Appropriapose of introducing competition among the producers of products grown in Florida, and shall be used for no other payment of purpose, and that the said premiums shall be open for the competition of every county and individual producer in the State of Florida, and shall be applied to the payment of county and individual premiums only, and not for the erection of exposition buildings or in any other way

tion shall be used for the

premiums.

1907.

Comptroller

authorized

of associa

defraying expenses incurred by the said Florida State Midwinter Fair Association.

The Comptroller of the State of Florida is hereby authorto draw war- ized and directed to draw his warrant for the said sum rants payable to Treas. of fifteen thousand dollars annually, payable to the Treas tion on Nov. urer of the Florida State Midwinter Fair Association 1st, 1907-08. on the 1st day of November, 1907, and on the 1st day of November, 1908, and payable out of any fund in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

No gambling allowed.

Association

to publish

Provided, That there shall be no gambling devices or gambling within or near said fair grounds.

Provided, That the Florida State Midwinter Fair Assostatement of ciation shall make out, swear to, and publish in three or expenditures more newspapers of this State an itemized statement of expenditures of all money donated or granted to said association by the State of Florida within sixty days after the close of each fair.

Proviso.

Provided, further, That nothing in this act shall be held to abridge any of the rights given to associations legally incorporated for the purpose of driving, racing or otherwise improving the speed or breed of horses under the General Statutes of the State of Florida.

Sec. 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 31, 1907.

CHAPTER 5735-(No. 140).

AN ACT to Appropriate Four Thousand Dollars to Aid the West Florida Fair Association in Making a Display of the Agricultural Resources of the State, at the West Florida Fair, To Be Held at DeFuniak Springs, Florida, in the Fall of 1907 and 1908, and to Provide for the Payment Thereof.

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

tion.

1907.

Section 1. That the sum of four thousand dollars be Appropriaand the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of aiding the West Florida Fair Association in displaying the agricultural and industrial resources of the State at the West Florida Fair, to be held at DeFuniak Springs, Florida, in the fall of 1907 and 1908, and that the Comptroller be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to draw his warrants for the said sum of four thousand dollars, payable to the Treasurer of the West Florida Fair Association as follows: Two thousand dollars in 1907, and two thousand dollars in 1908, payable out of the funds To be exof the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; Provided, the poyment however, That the money so appropriated shall be expended for the payment of premiums only.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect upon the passage of the bill.

Approved May 31, 1907.

pended for

of premiums.

CHAPTER 5736-(No. 141).

AN ACT Granting and Confirming in W. F. Creary of the
City of Pensacola, Florida, and his Heirs, all the Right,
Title and Interest of the State of Florida in and to
Certain Lands Situate in Said City and State, the
Same Being a Part of the Water Front of Said City.

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

Section 1. That the State of Florida does hereby grant

1907.

Grant of lands in

W. F. Creary

unto and confirm in W. F. Creary, of Pensacola, Florida, and his heirs all the right, title and interest of the State of Florida in and to the following described parcels of Pensacola to land, situate in said city and State, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Lots 26, 27, 28 and 29 all in block 44 of the water front of said city, according to the map thereof referred to in Section I of Chapter 4802 of the Laws of Florida, except such portion of said lots as have already been conveyed or granted to him, the said W. F. Creary, by and under said Chapter 4802.

Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved May 27, 1907.

Relief of Pilot Commissioners of

Pensacola to be paid by county.

CHAPTER 5737-(No. 142).

AN ACT for the Relief of R. M. Cary, I. M. Aiken, Geo. Lappington, J. M. Flinn, J. H. Harvell and J. E. Abercrombie, as Pilot Commissioners of the Port of Pensacola:

Whereas, the said above named Pilot Commissioners have been caused by the exigencies of their office to individually incur and pay several items of indebtedness in the conduct of their office as Pilot Commissioners, and. whereas, there is no provision of law for the refunding of said sums, and, whereas, the amount so paid has been ascertained to be the sum of two hundred and fifteen and 22-100 ($215.22) dollars:

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

Section 1. Be it, therefore, enacted, that the County Commissioners of Escambia County, Florida, shall pay out of the general fund of said county to the said R. M. Cary, I. M. Aiken, Geo. Lappington, J. M. Flinn, J. H. Harvell and J. E. Abercrombie the said sum of $215.22, and take their receipt therefor.