State Ex Rel. Watson v. Crooks

TERRELL, J.:

The Fort Pierce Port District was created by Chapter 13643, Acts of 1929. By Chapter 22298, Acts of 1943, the Fort Pierce Port District was abolished and Fort Pierce Inlet District was created. In the latter act, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County was designated as the Board of Commissioners to administer the district and the clerk of the circuit court was designated as its secretary-treasurer. They qualified as such on July 1, 1943, the effective date of Chapter 22298, but the Commissioners of the Fort Pierce Port District as created by Chapter 13643, refused…