CHAPTER 182. SEALS-STATE AND COUNTY. 1. State seal to be adopted by whom; other duties of Attorney Legislature. 2. State emblem to be adopted. 3. What shall constitute State seal. 4. Duty of Attorney-General as to seals of Circuit and County Courts. General as to seals. 6. Costs and charges of seals, by whom borne. 7. Uses to which seal of County Court shall be applied. 8. What shall be used as seals until new seals are devised and 5. New seals, how delivered, by manufactured. SECTION 1. The Legislature shall, at the first session, adopt state seal. a seal for the State, and such seal shall be of the size of the American silver dollar. But said seal shall not again be changed after its adoption by the Legislature; and the Governor shall, by his proclamation, announce that said seal has become the great seal of the State. (a) State emblem SEC. 2. The Legislature shall, as soon as convenient, adopt a State emblem having the design of the great seal of the to be adopted. State impressed upon a white ground of six feet six inches fly and six feet deep. (b) shall be. SEC. 3. A seal, of the size of the American silver dollar, seal, what having in the centre thereof a view of the sun's rays over a highland in the distance, a cocoa tree, a steamboat on water, and an Indian female scattering flowers in the foreground, encircled by the words: "Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God we Trust," is hereby adopted as the great seal of the State of Florida; and immediately after such seal shall be prepared for use the Governor shall issue his proclamation announcing that the same has become the great seal of the State. (c) eral to devise County Courts. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to de- Attorney-Genvise suitable seals for the use of the Circuit Courts and County seals for Circuit Courts in each county, or to approve and adopt the seals now Courts and in use in any county where the same may be appropriate; and he shall deposit in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, immediately after he shall have devised or adopted the same, a true description of each of such seals with an impression thereof in wax, waifer or other material; which description shall be duly certified by him. (d) New seals, SEC. 5. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary to devise a new seal for the Circuit Court of any county, the Attorney- how to be General is hereby authorized to cause to be manufactured the (a) Sec. 20, Art. 16, Const. of 1868. (b) Sec. 31, Art. 16, Const. of 1868. (c) Joint Resolution of Aug. 6, 1868. manufactured. Costs of same to be charged to each county. Court. necessary seal and press for using the same. And he shall also cause to be manufactured the necessary presses and seals for the use of the several County Courts in this State, and he shall transmit to the clerks of the courts in each county the presses and seals devised for each county; and from and after the day of receiving such seals by the clerk of any county, such seals shall be respectively the seals of the Circuit Court and of the County Court of such county, as the same may be designated by the Attorney-General. (d) SEC. 6. The cost and expense of procuring and transmitting such seals shall be paid out of the State treasury, the amount therefor being first audited and allowed by the Comptroller upon the certificate of the Attorney-General; and the amount paid for the seals, presses and expenses of transmission, for each county, shall be charged to each such county, and shall be paid to the Treasurer by such county. A sum sufficient to meet the expenses above mentioned is hereby appropriated. (d) SEC. 7. The seal provided for each County Court shall be Seal of County the official seal of the County Court in all civil and criminal matters, including probate business, wherein seals are required to be used, and shall also be the official seal of the clerk as Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. (d) What seals to be used until new seals are devised. SEC. 8. Until such seals shall be devised and procured and received by the clerks as aforesaid, the seal heretofore used as the seal of the Circuit Court of each county shall continue to be used as the seal of the Circuit Court for such county, and the court shall recognize such seal, whether used before or after the passage of this law, as the proper seal of said Circuit Court; and the seal heretofore used as the seal of the Probate Court shall be recognized as the seal of the County Court, and of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, until a new seal shall be procured and received as aforesaid. (d) 9. Compensation of assistant. 10. Duty of Secretary of State as to taking care of maps, books, &c. 11. Secretary of State ex officio State Librarian. 12. Duty of librarian. 13. Other duties specified. 16. Rooms set apart for library. 17. Librarian to have library rooms fixed up; Treasurer to pay for same. 18. Duty of Secretary about issuing certificates of election to State officers. 19. Duty of Secretary of State 14. Amount to be expended for as to preparing forms, blanks, &c., cases and binding. 15. Salary of librarian. for elections. SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall keep the records of Secretary of official acts of the Legislative and Executive Departments of State. the government, and shall, when required, lay the same and all Dutics. matters relative thereto before either branch of the Legislature, and shall be the custodian of the great seal of the State. (a) office and SEC. 2. The Secretary of the State shall reside at the seat of Residence and Government of this State, and shall hold his office in a room duties. in the Capitol, to be assigned him by the Governor; he shall perform the duties prescribed by the Constitution of this State; shall have the custody and care of the Constitution and great seal of this State, and of the original statutes thereof, and of the resolutions of the General Assembly, and of all the official correspondence of the Governor of the State; and he shall keep a register of all official letters, orders, communications and documents received by the Governor or by himself, and file and preserve the same in his said office, and shall make and keep an index thereof, and shall record all the official letters, orders, messages and other official acts and proceedings of the Governor in a book to be provided therefor, in regular chronological order, and number the same as recorded, and make and keep an index to such record; and that to enable the said Secretary of State so to do, it shall be the duty of the Governor, before the issuing of any order, or transmission of any official letter, or communication, or document from the Executive office, or promulgation of any official act or proceeding, (except military orders,) to deliver the same, or a copy thereof, to the Secretary of State, to be recorded as aforesaid, and also deliver to said Secretary of State, all official letters and communications to him, forthwith on the receipt thereof. (b) papers, &c. SEC. 3. The Secretary of State shall have the custody, keep- To have cusing and care of all the books, papers, files, records and docu- tody of books, ments belonging to the offices of Governor and Secretary of the Territory of Florida, and of the statutes of the Territory, and of the books, papers, journals, and documents of the Legislative Council of the Territory; and the Secretary of State (a) Sec. 2, Art. 7, Const. of 1868. (b) Sec. 2, Chap. 1, Act of July 23, 1845. Of the seal of the State. Original acts, &c., to be de posited in office of Secretary of State. shall, in addition to the duties prescribed by the Constitution, perform all the duties heretofore appertaining to the office of Secretary of the Territory not inconsistent with the Constitution of this State. (b) SEC. 4. The great seal of this State shall also be the seal of the office of the Secretary of State, and that the Secretary of this State may certify under said seal, copies of any statute, law, resolution, record, paper, letter or document, by law placed in his custody, keeping, and care, and such certified copy shall have the same force and effect as evidence, as the original would have. (b) SEC. 5. All original acts and resolutions passed by the Legislature, and all other original papers acted upon thereby, shall, immediately upon the adjournment thereof, be deposited with and preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, by whom they shall be properly arranged, classified and filed. (c) SEC. 6. The Secretary of State is hereby prohibited from Secretary for. bidden to issue affixing his signature and the seal of the State to the commiscommission un- sion of any public officer until he shall have received and filed in his office the receipt of the State Treasurer, countersigned by the Comptroller, for the amount of the tax required to be paid by such public officer for such commission. (d) til receipt of that tax has Fees of Secre SEC. 7. The fees of the Secretary of the State shall be as tary of State. follows: For search of papers or records, twenty-five cents; certificates, with seal, one dollar; commissions, one dollar; filing articles of corporation or association, one dollar; for copying, furnishing statistical information, and for copying any document not herein provided for, twenty cents for the first hundred words, or fraction thereof, and ten cents for every succeeding one hundred words: Provided, That all fees Election certifi- arising under this section from certificates of election, or appointment to office, and from commissions to officers, shall be and application paid to the State Treasurer before the certificate, appointment or commission issues by the party from whom due, and the amount thus realized shall constitute a part of the fund appropriated for the maintenance of lunatics. (e) cate and com mission fees, thereof. Secretary of State may ap SEC. 8. The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered to appoint an Assistant Secretary of State, who shall be empoint assistant. powered and authorized to discharge all the official duties of the Secretary of State, whenever he may be absent from the Capital of the State. (f) Compensation of assistant. SEC. 9. The Assistant Secretary of State shall not receive compensation for his services from the Treasury of this State, but shall look to the Secretary of State alone for his compensation. (f) SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to (b) Secs. 3 and 4, Chap. 1, Act of July 23, 1845. (c) Sec. 1, Chap. 1904, Act of Feb. 27, 1872. (d) Sec. 1, Chap. 1936, Act of Feb. 20, (e) Sec. 1, Chap. 2089, Act of March 2, 1877. (f) Secs. 1 and 2, Chip. 1285, Act of Dec. 17, 1861. be collected in three col cause all the books and maps belonging to the State to be col-State books lected together and be disposed of as follows: One copy of and maps to each book or map to be placed in a room on the same story and arranged with the Legislative rooms, in suitable cases and properly ar- lections. ranged, and labelled and numbered, which collection shall be called "The Legislative Library," and shall be for the use of the members of the General Assembly during the sessions thereof; and when there are two copies of any one book or map, one copy thereof shall be placed in the office of the Secretary of State, and arranged, labelled and numbered as aforesaid, and which collection shall be called " Executive Library," and shall be for the use of the Executive officers of this State; and when there are three copies of any book or map, one copy thereof shall be placed in the room assigned to the Supreme Court of this State, and arranged, labelled and numbered as aforesaid, and which collection shall be called "The State Judicial Library," and shall be for the use of the judicial officers of this State; and all books or maps hereafter received shall be disposed of in like manner; and where there are more than three copies of any book or map, such additional copies as may be deemed expedient may be placed in each library, and the residue placed in the keeping of the State Treasurer of the State, to be disposed of by law. (g) State ex-officio SEC. 11. The libraries known as the Executive and Legisla- Secretary of tive Libraries are hereby placed under the care, management Librarian. and superintendence of the Secretary of State, who is hereby declared ex-officio Librarian of the State of Florida. (h) and keep SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the said Librarian to arrange To arrange and keep the books belonging to the Executive and Legislative books Library in his own office, to be and remain subject to the uses and objects of the law for their establishment. (h) Authorized to SEC. 13. The said Librarian shall make or cause to be made Catalogue to be made. a correct and full catalogue of the books in the several offices under his charge, and when there are duplicate copies of any one book, work or map, in any of the aforesaid libraries, he is permitted and hereby authorized to exchange the same with exchange. any person or persons, State or States, for any other different work, book or map, with a view to the improvement and increase of the libraries aforesaid. (h) SEC. 14. The Librarian aforesaid shall be authorized to ex- Amount to be expended pend one hundred dollars in procuring proper cases, and in for cases and having the necessary binding done for said libraries, the said binding. account to be certified by him and audited by the Comptroller How audited. according to law. (h) SEC. 15. The said Librarian shall receive for his services Compensation. aforesaid the yearly salary of two hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly, as other officers of the State. (h) SEC. 16. The two rooms in the south end of the Capitol ad (g) Sec. 1, Chap. 13, Act of July 18, 1845. (h) Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Chap. 616, Act of Jan. 11, 1855. |