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In re Advisory Opinion to Governor

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1905PublishedCited by 10 opinions

His Excellency, N. B. Broward, Governor of Florida. Sir:— We have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your communication of July 26th, 1905, as follows: “The Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.

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His Excellency, N. B. Broward, Governor of Florida. Sir:— We have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your communication of July 26th, 1905, as follows: “The Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida. Gentlemen:— Under the provisions of Chapter No. 5381, Laws of 1905, the Board of Control and the State Board of Educa-' tion, met in joint session and determined the place of location of the University of the State of Florida, The Florida Female College, The Colored Normal School and The Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb. Neither of said…

1Opinion of the Court

Reduced to its last analysis the purpose of your letter is not to have us construe any clause of the Constitution affecting your executive powers and duties, but to have us pass upon the constitutionality of an act of the Legislature.

Section 13 of Article IY of the Constitution authorizes the Justices of the Supreme Court, on the Governor’s request, to interpret only some portion of the Constitution., and does not authorize the court, upon such request, to interpret or pass upon the constitutionality of statutes that affect the Governor’s executive powers and duties. Advisory Opinion to…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re Advisory Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. In Re Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  3. In re Opinion of the JudgesSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Advisory Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Florida · 1912
  5. In re Advisory Opinion to BrowardSupreme Court of Florida · 1907

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