Florida Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment (1906)

Florida Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment
Election date November 6, 1906
Topic Salaries of government officials and State judiciary
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1906. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported setting the salaries of judges of Criminal Courts of Record.

A “no” vote opposed setting the salaries of judges of Criminal Courts of Record.

Election results

Florida Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		6,265	39.17%
No		9,729	60.83%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment was as follows:

“

Constitutional Amendment—Section 39 Article 5—Establishing salary of Judges of Criminal Court of Record in Counties having such Courts.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 39. The annual salary of the Judges of each of the Criminal Courts of Record now, or hereafter to be, established shall be paid quarterly by the county where such court is established, and shall be as follows: In counties of less than fifteen thousand population, one thousand dollars; in counties of from fifteen thousand to twenty-five thousand population, fifteen hundred dollars; in counties of from twenty-five thousand to thirty-five thousand population, two thousand dollars; and in counties of more than thirty-five thousand population, twenty-five hundred dollars, hereby repealing any and all part and parts of the said Constitution in conflict herewith.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1906 Measures

• 1906 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1906 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• The St. Lucie County Tribune, "GENERAL ELECTION," November 2, 1906