Hancock v. Board of Public Instruction of Charlotte County

HOBSON, Justice (Ret.).

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Charlotte County entered in a proceeding for declaratory relief filed on January 7, 1963, by the Board of Public Instruction of Charlotte County to determine the effect of a referendum held pursuant to amended Article XII of the Florida *521Constitution as adopted in 1962, F.S.A. providing- :

“(1) The county superintendent of public instruction shall be appointed by the county board of public instruction in the counties of Alachua, Charlotte * * * wherein the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified…