Legal Opinion
Miami Shores Village v. WM. N. Brockway Post No. 124 of the American Legion
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 14, 1945PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, C. J.:
Section 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of Florida grants to the Legislature the power to establish and to abolish municipalities, and to provide for their government, to prescribe their jurisdiction and powers, and to alter or amend the charters of same at any time. Chapter 18698, Special Acts of 1937, Laws of Florida, amended a previously existing charter of the Miami Shores Village, a municipal corporation of Dade County.
Grants of police power of the sovereign State through the Legislature are specifically enumerated and conferred under Sections 9 and 10 of Chapter 18698,…
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