State ex rel. West v. Grable

Citations

• 72 Fla. 61
• 72 So. 460

Syllabus

<p>The provisions of Chapter 6199 Acts of 1911, authorizing any city or town to establish and maintain a public library and reading room free for the use of its inhabitants, and providing that the city council “shall elect Library Board to consist of five directors,” are applicable to the City of Tampa; and when operative in such city the authority given the city council by Chapter 6199 to elect a Library Board, prevails over the provisions of the city charter acts (1) giving the mayor “power to appoint by and with the consent of the city council, all officers of the city who are not made elected by the charter”; (2) that the government of the city shall be carried on by stated officers “and such other officers as may be created by ordinance”; and (3) that the city council shall have the power and perform all the duties imposed upon them by laws now or hereafter in force “providing for the government of cities and towns not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.”</p>