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ARTICLE XVII.
Schedule and Ordinance. Section 1. All the laws of the State passed during and since the tenth
session of the Legislature thereof, in 1860, not repugnant to the Constitution
of this State, or of the United States, shall be valid; all writs, actions,
prosecutions, judgments and decrees, of the courts of the State, all executions
and sales made thereunder, and all acts, orders and proceedings of the Judges of
Probate, and of Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Trustees, provided they
were in conformity to the laws then in force, and not fraudulent, shall be as
valid as if made under the usual and ordinary legislation of the country,
provided that the same be not repugnant to the Constitution of the state and of
the United States. Section 2. All fines, penalties, forfeitures, obligations and
escheats, heretofore accruing to the State of Florida, and not made unlawful by
the Constitution or laws of the United States, shall continue to accrue to the
use of the State. Section 3. All recognizances heretofore taken shall remain valid, and
all bonds executed to the Governor of the State of Florida, either before or
since the first day of January, 1861, or to any other officer of the State in
his official capacity, shall be of full force and virtue for the uses herein
respectively expressed, and may be sued for and recovered accordingly; and all
criminal prosecution and penal actions which have arisen may be prosecuted Section 4. The Provisional Governor of this State is hereby requested
to authorize the civil officers of this State who were discharging the duties of
their offices prior to, or during the month of May, A. D. 1865, to resume the
exercise of the functions of their respective offices, and to make such other
appointments to office as may be necessary or proper to reorganize or
re-establish the civil government of this State; and all actions at law, or
suits in chancery, or any proceeding pending in any of the courts of this State,
prior to, or during the said month of May, 1865, and either before or subsequent
to the 10th day of January, A. D. 1861, shall continue in all respects valid,
and may be prosecuted to judgment and decree: and all judgments and decrees
rendered in civil causes in any of the courts in this State during the period of
time last above specified, and not repugnant to the constitution of the United
States, are hereby declared of full force, validity and effect. Section 5. The Provisional Governor of the State is hereby requested
and authorized, at as early a day as practicable, to issue writs of election to
the proper officers in the different counties in this State, and make
proclamation for an election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Treasurer, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Circuit
Judges, Judges of Probate, Sheriffs, Clerks of Circuit Courts, Solicitors,
Representative in Congress, Senators and Representatives of the General
Assembly, County Commissioners, Coroners, Justices of the Peace, County
Surveyors, and all other officers provided for by this Constitution. The said
election shall be held on the 29th day of November, A. D. 1865. The Section 6. The Statutes of Limitation shall not be pleaded upon any
claim in the hands of any person whomsoever, not sued upon when such claim was
not barred by the Statutes of Limitation on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1861.
Section 7. No law of this State providing that claims or demands
against the estates of decedents shall be barred if not presented within two
years, shall be considered as being in force within this State between the 10th
day of January, 1861, and the 25th day of October, 1865.
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