In re the Executive Communication of the 6th of February, A. D. 1871

Citations

• 13 Fla. 699

Syllabus

<p>Article V, Sec. 16, of the Constitution of the State of Florida provides that “the Legislature shall have power to provide for issuing State bonds, bearing interest, for securing the debt of the State, and for the erection of State buildings, support- of State institutions, and perfecting public works.” Held, That the term “ public works ” refers to the incomplete system ot internal improvements authorized by an act to encourage a liberal system of internal improvements, approved January 6,1855. The internal improvements designated by this act, as proper subjects of State aid, and which were not perfected or completed at the time of the adoption of the Constitution of 1868, are the public works to perfect which the Constitution empowers the Legislature to issue bonds.</p>