Shadwick v. City of Tampa

ADKINS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Second District (Shadwick v. City of Tampa, 237 So.2d 231), which directly and initially passed upon the validity of certain statutes.

The only question involved is whether Fla.Stat. (1967) § 168.04, F.S.A., and §§ 495 and 160.1 of the Charter of the City of Tampa (the provisions of these statutes are included in the District Court of Appeal opinion, 237 So.2d 231, 232) are unconstitutional insofar as they purport to *5vest in the city clerk the power to issue arrest warrants, and impliedly therewith, the power to…