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A CITATOR TO
.SECfIONS OFTHE'PLORlDA CONSTITUTIQN
AND FLORIDA ST~1:trrESCITED'
Part 1 ~ 1895 -1942
Part:l-:-1943 ~f960

The Purpose of this Publication:
The Attorney General of Florida. as legal advisor to state, county. municipal
Ind dhtrict officials has. through legal opinions issued over a period of many years.
established 8 field of administrative legal precedents generally followed by public
offtceu. These opinions, based on court decisions. constitutional and statutory law,
Ire accepted by state administrative departments. state auditors and public officiah .
81 legal authority, short of a court deci8i.on. for carrying out administrative duties.
The interpreting of legiSlative intent, the clarification of conflict in laws. and
tbe practical application of the taw to changing conditions and problems are con­
Itant challenges which require frequent reference to prior opinions.
The Statutory Revision Department has for the past four years been preparing
a consolidated, alphabetical index and citator to reported opinions of the Attorneys
General of Florida from 1895-1960. This publication represents the completed
•• product of thiS effort.
It 1s my hope that the compilation of this information will be a valuable
reference to provide more continuity in administrative law. and to assist public
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officials in finding a source of authority for carrying out their many aod varied
public responsibilities.
Richard W. Ervin
.. ... Attorney General
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Alphabetical Index to Opinions -- 1895-1960 1-490

Citator to Opinions

Part 1 .. - 1895-1942
491-572

Part 2 -- 1943-1960
573-637

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1895 1960
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Subject
A & M university See: STATE A~POUNTANTS (cont.)
UNIVERSITIES Board of accountancy (cont. )
Absent voters See: ELECTIONS Certificates (cont. )
Absentee ballots See: ELECTiONS Revocation and suspension
Abstractors See: ABSTRACTS Vote of board necessary 1959 8
ABSTRACTS When not authorized 1929 264
Company owned by state and road Special, for registrants from
. department employees; contracts other states, should be
with 1949 384 .provided 1927 235
Minors' adoption records. "take-offs" Certified public accountants
for abstract work; access 1955 333 and public accountants; con­
Tax records, purchase; violation 1904 41 struction of law re _ 1931 ,7'74
Accident insurance See: INSURANCE Chairman, authorized to elect 1931 408
Accident victims See: ACCIDENTS Construction of law 1931 407
ACCIDENTS Counsel
See also: MOTOR VEHICLES Authorized to retain 1931 408
Confidential reports 1941 373 Employment of . 1945 587
Financial responsibility law Law authorizes employment
Damage suits arising from acci· of, in certain matters only 1931 964
dents; construction of §324. 121 Examinations
(1). F. S. 1959 660 C. P. A. ; prerequisites; waiver 1941 639
• Guest passenger. liability of own­ 640
er 1957 43 641
Propriety of "covenant not to Papers of applicants for li­
, sue" in lieu of release 1955 83 . cense, retaining 1957 358
Motor vehicles Regulations and rures,· au­
Accident reports; inspection; con­ thorized 1949 459
. ·.··struction of, re 1955 849 Waiver 1927 236
Drunken driving; admissibility 1943 413
{)f certain evidence . 19~5 649 1945 587
Reports; minois, restrictions Expenditures, when certain
, contemplated by .§39. 03(6) are legal . 1927 237
not applicable .. , ". . 1957· 676 '. Florida accQuntants association;
Seriolls Bodily injury; culpable corporate 1949 459
'. '. negligence; punishme,nt .. 1955· 926 Internal revenue agents; classi­
.Police officers; investigate automo­ fication
1943 412
bile accidents, make arrest for Law construed
1931 407
traffic violation committed on Licenses

private property open for public Applicants for. experience
. use; authorIty 1957: ,$63 requirement 1945 588
Victims, removal of bodies by pa­ Authorized to issue temporary 1927 232
trol officers without notifying Member, use of title C. P.A. ; not
coroner; authority ., . 1953 389 authorized 1905 185
ACCOUNTANTS . Power to employ counsel 1945 587
Board of accountancy . Public accountants. if certain
Accountancy act construed re individuals are deemed 1927 233
cancellation of reciprocity Records; storage. destruction 1943 414
certificates 1927 ,234 Regulations and rules authorized 1927 231
Accounts. registration of 1927 231 Rules. validity of 1945 589
Certain expenditures of board. Secretary; term of office 1945 587
legality 1927 237 Stattis of person who fails to re­
Certificates register 1927 237
Accountants. effect on, if re­ Violation of law, procedure 1927 235
moved from state 1927 238 British subjec~. practice six years 1927 132
Application received on cer· Certain individuals, if deemed to
• tain date, granting 1927 234 be accountants 1927 233
Nonresidents must procure. Certificates
to practice 1927 236 Effect on, if removed from
Re~lations governing. au­ state 1927 238
thorization 1927 232 Internal revenue agents; classi­
Reinstatement, powers 1959 8 fication; right to 1943 412
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ACCOUNTANTS (com.) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (cont. )
. Certificates (cont. )
Prosecuting attorneys: informations
Practicing without
1943 412 filed in county court; aclmowledg­
Registrants of other states,
ments not required 1959 482
requirements 1927 235 Acting motor vehicle commissioner
When entitled to, under law 1927 231 See: MOTOR VEHICLES
Without examination 1943 413 ACTIONS
Certified public . Arrest, violating state statutes, made
. Certificate after suspension and by highway patrol, prosecution
reinstatement; eligibility for 1947 464 in metropolitan court of Dade
Examinations count}': without jurisdiction 1959 223
Eligibility of applicants 1947 465 County officers; bond; procedure 1943 132
Prerequisites 1941 639 Fees, civil cases 1931 620
640 Fictitious name statutes: person
641 doing business under: suits, main­
Internal revenue agents, waiver tenance 1957 342
of examination .by board 1941 641 Financial responSibility law, damage
Reinstated public accountant, suits arising from accidents: con­
eligibility of . 1947 464 struction of §324. 121(1), F. S. 1959 660
Employment., by state auditing Forfeited bail bond in criminal
department; authorized
1949 383 cases, action upon, after one-
Internal revenue agents
1943 412 year date elapsed . 1957 620
Licenses
Former county officials; recovery
Practicing without, when termed of amounts alleged to be owed;
to be . . ·1927 240 procedure 1957 710
Temporary issuance 1927 232 Foster parents, welfare workers:
tort liability of 1959 710
Nonresidents. prerequisite to prac­ Grand jurors; civil action; defense
tice 1927 236 attorney, compensation 1953 137
Partnership: unauthorized to prac­ Habeas corpus; nature; costs 1945 108
. tice when members not licensed 1929 263 Municipalities, power of arrest and
264 prosecution for violation of safety
Persons who do not hold themselves code adopted under state workmen's
as "public <;Ir certified account­ compensation prOVisions . 1959 76
ants"; occupational license re­ Petition; copy of law attached .. 1953 58
quirements 1957 496 Public health officers: suit for dam­
Reciprocity certificates, construc~ ages; legal counsel furnished by
tion 1927 234 state 1959 59
Registration
Railroad companies
Construction
1927 231 Deliveries, delayed through neg­
Necessary
1927 240 ligence .. 1905 108
Repeals former act 1931 409· Livestock, transportation; im­
Sheriffs; clients of retired assistant properly fed, watered, etc. 1905 108
state auditor; legality 1949 167 Negligence, in handling de­
Status, upon failure to reregister 1927 237 liveries; damages 1905 115
Violation; procedure by board 1927 235 Suits, private parties 1905 109
ACCOUNTS Support, dependent children

Compromise settlements of, owed Civil actions .
1951 532
to county, legal authority of Costs, payment
1953 56
county commissioners to enter 1959 582 Court costs, payment
1951 532
Mutual; definition; intangible tax; Prerequisite to state aid
1951 529
liability 1945 296 . . Legal aid association 1951 530
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Prosecuting attorney, duty 1951 530
Sc.e also: TAXATION Tax collector, suit against: collec­
Agri cultural cooperative market~ tion of li,cense tax ." 1905 73
. ing association; taxability . 1953 254 Torts See: 'TORTS
Corporations; municipality, coun­ Witnesses See: WITNESSES
ty, state; taxation· . 1949 249 Acts, legislative; law, effective date,
Intangible personal property tax. without governor's approval . 1957 154
Corporations 1949 249 Ad valorem taxes See: TAXATION
Situs 1953 253 ADC funds See: MINORS; WELFARE
Valuation; assessment 1949 248 Adding machines: license tax required
IntanRible tax 1947 236 of agents 1931 707
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Addressograph See: SCHOOLS .
See also: DEEDS AND CONVEY~ Adjusters; insurance See: INSURANCE
ANCES Adjustment boards See: COUNTY
Declaration of international domi­ BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS: TAXATION
cile in Florid a 1949 287 ADJUTANT GENERAL •

Expunging unaclmow1edged real See also: MILITARY FORCES
. estate contracts from record 1945 714 Armory expenses .. 1923 119
Marriage license application; Bonds, payable to governor 1923 157
naval officer; authority
1949 568 Clerks, pay unnecessary 1917 206
Mortgages, husband and wife
1931 795 Compensation 1919 11)'3
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Subject Year ~age Subject Year Page
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ADJUTANT GENERAL (cont.) ADMINISTRA TION, BOARD OF (cont. )
Disposition. incidental funds col­ 59
Bonds (cont.)
lected 1921
61
Judgment. merged in, method
Holds office at pleasure of governor 1917
257
of payment 1941
466

Law foverning appointment 1927
131
Legal ca:ll. sufficiency 1941
475

Obso ete wezns, sale: disposition
Motor vehicle fuel tax to be used
of proce s 1947
586
to purchase. under Kanner bilI 1939
251

Printing incurred by departnlent:
·Original and refunding: duties
payment out of appropriation 1905
66
with respect to payment of
Salary apprOjriation 1935
422
interest and KrinClpal 1939
240

Weapons an firearms, usele~ for­ Procedure to fo low in purchasing 1939
237

feited; saleJ,roceeds; disposition 1949
571
Public deposits of insolvent bank.
ADMINlSTRATIO , BOARD OF
authority accepting refunding
See also: TAXATION
bonds as security for 1935
196

Administrative expenses , 1937
450
Purchase under section 16. article
Alachua county; bonds; refunding
IX, Florida constitution 1941
469

expenses not authorized 1937
448
· Rate, authority of county to lower 1941
476

AptliCatiOn
Redemption, procedure , 1941
467

aw re: payment of charges, com­ 1943
325

missions, refunding expenses
State treasurer, surrender by . 1941
154

anorney general'S office 1939
244
Brevard county
specialle:l commanded in
Bonds; sale, when authorized 1937
395

Meredi v. St. Lucie county 1939
239
·Exchange of securities held in in­
Apportionment of indebtedness be­ terest and sinking fund . 1935
201

tween districts ' .1941
444
Funds, transfer and payment
Assignment of note and mortgage
pf interest 1939
258

held in sinking fund 1935
199
Kanner bill
~ker county . .
Securities, sale 1935
133

County road and bridge f~nds. re­ Held iri interest and sinking
celVe moneys afpropfla~d .
fund 1935
160

to use state roa department 1937
419
Special levy, application
Sinkin! funds ..
proceeds alleged 1935
166

Ex ange bonds, authority 1939
266
Transfer of funds, payment of
Investment in bonds 1941
422
interest, refunding bonds
Balances, disposition, where bond­ and original bonds 1939
267

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ed debt paid 1941
' 465
Refunding ~an; acceptance in mu­
Bankruptcy proceedings, Coral
nicipal ankruptcy proceedings 1939
274

. Gables; acceptance of refund-.
Broward county. ..
ing bonds, , , 1939
266
.' Bonds; Bessemer pro~ties, pay­
Bay county '. .
ment of interest after ma­
.'. Bonds; exchange form of in­ turity. when authorized 1937
409

vestmeni: authorized . 1937 .
400
·Coupons. payment of outstanding 1941
423

Kanner bill· account
424

Trf.tlder of funds
Highway bonds, payment <If 1941
425

Interest and sinking fund 1939
265
Interest coupons, past due pay­
Paymerit of interest, re­ . ment for Original bonds 1939
258

funding bonds, bank­ ·Judgment; .preference in payment 1939
278

.. ' .' rl1ptcy '. . HI39
271
Kanner hill ' . ." .
Refilridin~ contracts. approval 1941
423
Mandamus proceedings f935 156

.Bonded irtde tedness Manatee couo­ Special levy, application of
ty assumed by SarasOta county,
proceeds of all~ed 1935
170

with interest '. , 1939
252
Purchase coupons, au ority to 1939
248

BondS
Reappropriation of taxes 1939
237

Acceptance by county under
Calhoun county
Futch act . 1941
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Bonds
CiZ of Miami 1937
387
Defaulted: payment of interest
De ault. payment of interest
after maturity 1941
425

. after . ." 1941
425
EXl:nses, bayment of refunds 1941
427

Defense, purchase from sinking
Re unding onds, payment of
fund 1941
478
interest 1941
426

Erroneously delivered, return
Certain claim not allowed as a pre­
to county 1939
246
ferred claim 1931
320

Exchange b~ treasurer for re­ Changing form of securities held by
funding onds 1939
265
it as statutory trustee: procedure
Held as collateral to secure de­ for determining authorlty . 1933
184

~sits. di~sitian; procedure 1935
196
Charlotte countl
Hig way bon s, payment 1941
425
Funds, trans er and payment of
Interest
interest 1939
262

Maturity, payment after 1941
466
Kanner bill
. Outstanding coupons, payment 1941
423
Gasoline tax moneys, return 1935
171

424
Purchase of judgment involving
Investmeni of Sinki~funds 1941
422
road bonds and interest
Inviting bids under nner act,
coupons 1937
395

procedure 1941
470
ClahcountM atrorney's fee, payment
om sin 'ng fund
1941
428

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ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF (cont.) ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF (cont.)
Collier county; surplus funds. dis­ Gadsden county
tribution 1939 242 Bonds; interest and sinking fund;
Dade county sale authorized 1937 396
Ban kruptcy proceedings, Coral Gasoline tax; disbursement of
Gables; acceptance of plan of proceeds, construction of
composition subsequent to law 1937 417
acceptance of refunding Gas tax funds
bonds 1939 266 Allocation 1941 472
Bonds and coupons; acceptance 1943 322
of funds from, to meet 1939 252 Application 1941 433
Kanner bill Distribution 1941 429
Interest after maturity, on past 451
due bonds, payment 1935 147 465
Resolution as to refunding 473
operations 1935 152 District funds, participation 1941 ·449
Securities, purchase and sale Refunding bonds, participation 1941 441
of sinking fund 1935 178 Gasoline tax
Transfer of funds, cancellation Law repealed 1939 244
of bonds 1939 253 Surplus not authorized to be paid
DeSoto county direct to state road department 1937 423
Attorneit fees'layment from Tax assessors' commissions, trav­
gaso me tax unds 1935 198 eling eXl:cnses and refunding
Bonds, original adjustment fees, ef ect of law, to pay
of interest 1939 281 bank service charges 1939 244
Judgment, payment by board 1941 428 Gilchrist county; gasoline tax; au­
Kanner act, notice required thorized to remit surplus; unau­
where district lies in more thorized to direct use 1937 414
than one county 1939 273 Glades county
Dixie county; Kanner bill; coupons, Bonded debt, remittance to
pa{ment on lost . 1935 137 county of excess funds 1941 431
Duva county Kanner bill
Funds; transfer legal if approved 1937 430 Bonds, purchase 1935 145
Kanner bill Funds not earmarked, pay­
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Board to register bonds, duty 1935 138 ment'of judgment 1935 160
Resolution restricting alloca­ Gulfport, Pinellas county; claim
tion and appropriation of against bankrupt municipality;
levy, authority to comply 1935 187 filing proof 1939 235
E:scambia county Hardee county
Lillian bridge bonds, I.:rticipa­ Certificates of deposit, purchase 1941 432
tion in gas tax fun s 1941 429 Funds; Kanner bill account, trans­
430 fer authorized 1937 434
Santa Rosa time warrants, coupons, 437
cancellation 1941 430 Kanner bill
Flatler county Apportionment gasoline tax 1935· 179
udgment; compromise 1937 411 Compromise settlement,
Kanner bill litigation 1935 193
Bonds, purchase, sale and Transfers pursuant to peremptory
exchange 1937 386 writ of mandamus 1939 277
Clerk circuit court to accept Haw Creek ~CiaI road and bridge
·bonds in payment of taxes, district; istribution of surplus
authority 1935 149 gasoline tax funds 1939 243
Compliance, state board with Hernando county
cl1apter 16809 of 1935 1935 159 Gas tax, application ·1941 433
Correction of omission of JUd~ent
county obligations on ayment 1941 435
county division 1935 180 Sinking funds, application,
Gasoline moneys, credit 1935 151 to payment 1941 433
Florida development commission 434
duties, certain, pending bond Kanner bill
issues 1955 223 Distribution of gasoline tax
Funds money for purchase of
Delivery to other than desig­ bonds 1935 142
nated pa~ing agent 1941 471 Special levies, a£plication
Levied sole y for payment re­ proceeds of al eged 1935 167
fundin~ bonds not legally ap­ Transfer of funds and purchase
plicab e unrefunded bonds of bonds 1939 238
or interest coupons 1939 236 .Highlands county; refunding fee,
Received to pay interest on 0­ payment from interest and sink­ •
riginal bonds at refunding ing fund account 1941 436
rate, disposition 1941 471 Hillsborough county
Under provision of senate bill Adjustment balances, payment 1941 440
40-XX, chapter 15770, dis­ Agent's charges, payment from
poslli:m 1931 322 sinking fund 1941 441
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