State v. County of Manatee

THORNAL, Justice.

The State seeks reversal of a decree validating an issue of bonds.

The sole question is whether the proposed bond issue is valid in the absence of the approving vote of the freeholders prescribed by Section 6, Article IX of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A.

Manatee County owns and operates a hospital. The County proposes to issue bonds in the amount of $250,000 to finance the cost of constructing additions to the hospital. The schedule of maturities suggests that the bonds will be liquidated in about five years. However, the bond resolution provides that principal and interest…