State ex rel. Slay v. White

Citations

• 73 Fla. 426
• 74 So. 486

Syllabus

<p>The word “month” appearing in Section 204 of the General Statutes of Florida, 1906, requiring the Tax Collector of each county to receive poll taxes properly tendered to him up to the “second Saturday of the month preceding the day of any general or special election,” and to make a list of those who have -paid their poll taxes in each year “prior to the second Saturday of the ‘month’ preceding the day in any year in which any general or special election shall be held,” and within “five days after the second Saturday in the 'month’ ' preceding the day in any year in which any general or special election shall be held” to make certified lists in duplicate of all persons who have paid their poll taxes for the two years next preceding the year in which such election is held “prior to the second Saturday in the ‘month’ preceding the day upon which such election shall be held,” etc., means “Calendar month,” or that period of time elapsing between a given date and the corresponding date of the next preceding month by name.</p>