In re Advisory Opinion to Governor
Supreme Court of Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Tallahassee, June 16, 1919. To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Building, City.
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STATE OF FLORIDA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Tallahassee, June 16, 1919. To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Building, City. Gentlemen:— Enclosed please find letter from Hon. George W. Whitehurst, Judge of the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Arcadia, in which he states he does not think his case is similar to that of Judge Donnell, which you decided some time in 1918, in which Judge Donnell received a commission for a term of four years rather than that of six, which Judge Whitehurst thinks the facts involved in his rase entitle him to. You will note also in his…
1Opinion of the Court
*8Tallahassee, Florida, June 16th, 1919.
To His Excellency,
Sidney J. Catts,
Governor.
Sir:—
Your inquiry of this date is received.
Under the provisions of the Constitution that “the legislature may provide for the creation and establishment of such additional Judicial Circuits as may from time to time become necessary, and for the appointment by the Governor and confirmation by the Senate of additional Circuit Judges therefor, whose terms of office and general jurisdiction shall be the same as is herein provided for the Circuit Judges herein already provided for,” Sec. 35, Art V as amended, and,…
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