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No. 2
An Ordinance for the
Relief of the People of Florida.
Be it Ordained by the People of Florida in Convention
assembled, That from and after the passage of this Ordinance it shall not be
lawful for any sheriff or other officer of the State to sell, under execution or
other legal process in the State, any property, real or personal, and any sale
so made shall be null and void. That the collection of all taxes, State, county,
and municipal, shall be suspended; that all persons now in confinement for the
non-payment of taxes shall be forthwith released, and any State officer refusing
to release such persons now in confinement shall be guilty of felony, and be
subject to legal process and punishment therefore. That all constitutional
provisions, ordinances, statutes, or parts of statutes, and all laws conflicting
with the provision of this Ordinance, are hereby suspended; but nothing in this
Ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent the return of property to its
rightful
owner upon legal process; Provided, That this
Ordinance, or any provision therein, shall not prevent the collection of debts
due or to become due as wages for actual labor performed by any house, field, or
other laborer; that the Legislature shall be empowered to alter, amend, or
abolish this Ordinance in its discretion.
Passed in open Convention, January 21, A. D. 1868.
HORATIO JENKINS, JR., President.
SHERMAN CONANT, Secretary.
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Baseball in Florida From Joe DiMaggio to the All American Girls Baseball League, this exhibit features historic baseball images from the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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Spanish-American War The port city of Tampa served as the primary staging area for U.S. troops bound for the war in Cuba. |
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