1907. Owners to furnish Assessor description of land and it is further provided that the owner or owners of the land, and also the lessees, owner or owners of the turpentine or timber rights, shall annually furnish the Assessor with a description of the lands on which such turpentine or timber rights exist, and the value of the same, and value of tur- of the timber or turpentine rights, and the lease of said turpentine or timber rights shall be assessed as personal property. pentine or timber rights, etc. When lands or timber or turpentine rights are sold for nonpayment of taxes. renalty. When the timber or turpentine rights are sold for nonpayment of taxes due thereon, the title of the owner of the timber or turpentine rights shall pass to the purchaser at the tax sale, subject to redemption by the owner within six months by paying the amount of the taxes and costs, with interest, at the rate of twenty-five per cent per annum, and if at any time after six months after the sale of the timber or turpentine rights for non-payment of taxes due thereon, the former owner thereof, or his agents or servants, shall take or use any of such timber or tur pentine they shall each be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall pay a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Became a law without the approval of the Governor. CHAPTER 5726-(No. 131). AN ACT for the Relief of J. J. Fitzgerald, S. K. Gillis and Whereas, Prior to the year 1905 the State Normal School Whereas, In the year 1906 certain citizens of DeFuniak erty from the State Board of Education in order to organize and maintain a school for higher education, which they have planned to open in September, 1907; and Whereas, Said citizens paid the sum of thirty-four hundred dollars ($3,400.00) for the said State Normal School property at DeFuniak Springs, Florida, a large part of the land on which said property is located, as well as other property, having been originally donated to the State by citizens of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, to be used for educational purposes; and Whereas, J. J. Fitzgerald, S. K. Gillis and Daniel Campbell now hold the title to said property as trustees under an agreement with the State Board of Education that this property will be used for educational purposes, as specified in the acceptance by the State Board of Education of the proposition made by the citizens to purchase said property; and Whereas, The said property is to be used for the education of whites only and will be of great benefit to the State of Florida at large; and Whereas, The money asked in this bill for relief will be reimbursing the citizens for amounts expended on said property, they understanding that the State Normal School would become permanent; Therefore Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1907. for the relief who donated money to the mal School.. Section 1. That the sum of thirty-four hundred dollars $3,400.00 ap($3,400.00) be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out propriated of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appro- of persons priated, to be paid to the said J. J. Fitzgerald, S. K. Gillis and Daniel Campbell, trustees, to reimburse them for the State Normoney paid for said property, and this appropriation is made on condition that the said trustees and their successors or assigns shall never again ask aid from the State of Florida for the maintenance of this institution of learning. Sec. 2. That the Treasurer of the State of Florida pay the said sum of money to the said J. J. Fitzgerald, S. K. Gillis and Daniel Campbell, as trustees, or their legal representatives. 16-G. L. 1907. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or within ten days after his failure to sign the same. Approved June 3, 1907. Chap. 5552, Acts of 1905 repealed. CHAPTER 5727-(No. 132). AN ACT to Repeal an Act to Provide for the Payment of all Surplus Funds in the Fine and Forfeiture Fund of Alachua County, in the State of Florida, exceeding Four Thousand Dollars, into the School Fund of said County. The Same Being Chapter 5552, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1905. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Chapter 5552, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1905, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1907. Exemption from interest laws. CHAPTER 5728-(No. 133). AN ACT Exempting the South Florida Loan & Trust Company, of Arcadia, Florida, from the Interest Laws on Loans Made for Purpose of Building upon and Otherwise Improving Real Estate on the Monthly Repayment Plan. Whereas, the South Florida Loan & Trust Company, of Arcadia, Florida, is organized for the purpose of aiding home builders and advancing money for long term upon the monthly repayment plan, and for the improvement of real estate: Therefore Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the South Florida Loan & Trust Company, of Arcadia, Florida, be exempt from the interest laws of Florida upon all loans made on the monthly repayment plan by it for the purpose of aiding, the building upon, and otherwise improving real estate. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act to take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved June 1, 1907. 1907. CHAPTER 5729-(No. 134). AN ACT to Authorize the Boards of Pilot Commissioners of Escambia County to Employ an Attorney, and to Provide for the Payment by the Board of County Commissioners of the County in Which the Principal Business of the Port is Conducted, of the Salary of such Attorney, and if Other Costs and Expenses Incurred by the Board of Pilot Commissioners. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: lot Commis County au torneys to be county out of Section 1. That the Boards of Pilot Commissioners of Board of PiEscambia County, appointed for the several ports of this sioners of State may employ attorneys at law, whose salary is not Escambia to exceed twenty-five dollars a month, together with all thorized to other necessary expenses and costs incurred by the said employ atBoards in the performance of their duties, shall be au- paid by dited and paid by the County Commissioners of the county general revin which the principal business of the port is conducted, out of the general fund of the county, at the next regular meeting after the receipt by the said Board of County Commissioners from the Board of Pilot Commissioners of an itemized statement of such fees and expenses, under the hand of its president and secretary and the seal of the board. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming a law. Became a law without the approval of the Governor. enue fund. 1907. Beginning of boundary Johns Coun CHAPTER 5730-(No. 135). AN ACT to Amend Sections 33 and 38 of the General Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 33 of the General Statutes of the State of Florida (and Chapter 4811 of the Acts of 1899) be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 33. St. Johns.-The boundary line of St. Johns line of St. county shall commence at a point on the Atlantic coast. ty and con- at a point where the section line between ten and fifteen. tinued de- in township three, south of range twenty-nine, east, interline to point sects the said Atlantic coast; thence running west on the of beginning. said section line to a point where said section line inter scription of sects the range line between ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine; thence south on said range line to a point where said range line intersects the township line between townships four and five; thence west on the township line between townships four and five in range twentyeight, to a point where said township line intersects the range line between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight; thence north on said range line to where the same intersects Durbin Creek, thence along the south bank of Durbin Creek to Julington Creek; thence along the center of Julington Creek to the mouth thereof; thence due west to the St. Johns River and boundary line of Clay County; thence southwardly along the said river and boundaries of Clay and Putnam Counties to a point due west of the mouth of Deep Creek; thence up the center of Deep Creek to the point of intersection of Deep Creek with the range lines between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight; thence south on said range line to Dunns Lake to the center thereof; thence eastwardly along the center of said lake to Haw Creek, to the north bank of the same; thence along said bank of said creek to the east bank of a creek or branch known as the Middle Haw Creek; thence north |