State ex rel. Milton v. Dickenson

Citations

• 44 Fla. 623

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—STATE MILITIA—TAXATION FOR ARMORIES—SECTION 27, CHAPTER 4684, LAWS 1889, UNCONSTITUTIONAL.</p> <p>1. The militia of the State is an arm of the State government, and is in no sense such a county institution or establishment as that any particular county can, exclusively, be required to impose taxes for its, or any part of its, main-, tenance.</p> <p>2. Section 27 of Chapter 4648, laws of 1889, requiring the board of county commissioners in each county in which there is a company or battery or State troops to provide each company or battery with an armory for its jneetings, drills, &c„ Held to be unconstitutional and void.</p>