Public Domain and Internal Improvement.

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the prevention of waste and damage of the public lands, that may hereafter be ceded to the State of Florida, and it may pass laws for the sale of any part or portion thereof; and, in such cases, provide for the safety, security and appropriation of the proceeds, but in no wise to affect the purposes for which said lands have heretofore been appropriated.

Section 2. A liberal system of Internal Improvements being essential to the development of the resources of the State, shall be encouraged by the government of this State; and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as practicable, to ascertain by law proper objects for the extension of Internal Improvements, in relation to roads, canals and navigable streams, and to provide for a suitable application of such funds as may have been, or may hereafter be appropriated by said General Assembly for such improvements.

Section 3. That the General Assembly may at any time cede to the United State Government a sufficient parcel or fraction of land for the purpose of coast defense and other national purposes.

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Bedell Collection 126 prints of Deaconess Harriet Bedell working among the Seminole Indians in South Florida from 1933 to 1960.		Pets with a Florida Flair From dogs and cats, to fawns, monkeys and macaws, Floridians have shared their lives with their animal friends.		Postcard Collection Over 6,300 picture postcards of Florida attractions, cities, and people, circa 1900s-1970s.

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