State ex rel. Willie v. Barnes

Citations

• 22 Fla. 8

Syllabus

<p>1. The act of the Legislature passed 22d February, 1885, directing that the Collectors of Revenue in the several counties of the State pay over to the Treasurers of their respective counties all moneys collected on account of the one mill State tax for the support and maintenance of common schools, and that the said Treasurers of the several counties disburse the same as other school funds, is in contravention of section 7, Art. 8, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, which provides that the common school fund shall be distributed among the several counties of the State “in proportion to the number of children residing therein between the ages of four and twenty-one years.”</p> <p>2. A repealing clause in an unconstitutional statute, declaring that “all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed,” does not affect the previous laws.</p>