DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL


 agement of said corporation and prescribing its general powers; authorizing
 said corporation to acquire, operate, and maintain a ship canal across the
 State of Florida; authorizing the purchase of property equipment, services,
 and supplies, and the performance of any and all acts necessary or con-
 venient to the acquisition, construction, and operation of said canal and its
 appurtenances; providing that none of the general revenues of the State
 shall be used for or jpedged for such purpose; authorizing said corporation
 to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds securing the repayment thereof;
 authorizing said corporation to procure rights-of-way and other property by
 condemnation and otherwise, and giving said corporation the right to take
 and use certain State lands for such purposes; authorizing counties to con-
 demn or otherwise procure and to donate to said corporation land, rights-of-
 way, and other property needed or useful in the construction and operation of
 said canal, and to levy taxes for such purposes; providing for the collection
 of tolls and the making of rules for the use of said canal and creating a lien
 on watercraft for unpaid tolls; prescribing the disposition to be made of
 revenues derived by the corporation from the operation of said canal; grant-
 ing to said corporation the right to regulate and control the business of
 pilotage in said canal; exempting the property of said corporation from tax-
 ation; providing for annual and other reports to be made to the Governor;
 prescribing bonds to be furnished by members of the board of directors of
 said corporation, and the salaries to be paid said members; authorizing said
 corporation to transfer its rights and property to the United States of
 America under certain conditions; and repealing conflicting laws.
 Pursuant to the authority and direction of the above act, the
Governor appointed the following to be directors of the Ship Canal
Authority of the State of Florida:
 Gen. Charles P. Summerall (chairman), Eustis, Lake County, Fla.
 Hon. John W. Campbell, mayor, Palatka, Fla.
 Dr. Eugene G. Peek, Ocala, Fla.
 Mr. J. W. Turner, Cedar Keys, Fla.
 Mr. Walter F. Coachman, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.
 The Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida took over the
application of the National Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal Association
to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a loan with which to
construct a canal, and subsequently the association did not partici-
pate in any official capacity.

 DOCUMENT NO. 29 (FILES OF THE P. W. A.), MAY 27, 1933

JOINT MEMORIAL OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
 THE STATE OF FLORIDA

 The following joint memorial to the President of the United States
was adopted by the Legislature of the State of Florida and approved
by the Governor May 27, 1988.
 JOINT MEMORIAL No. 11
JOINT MEMORIAL OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATB
 Or rLORIDA
A memorial to the President of the United States requesting the assistance and
 cooperation of every available Federal agency in order to make possible, at
 an early date, commencement of construction work on a ship canal across the
 peninsula of the State of Florida.
 Whereas the construction of a ship canal across the State of Florida will give
employment to a vast amount of human labor, thus greatly relieving the distress
due to the unemployment crisis; at the same time creating a valuable com-