Subject files, 1955-1958.

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Subject files, 1955-1958.

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This series contains subject files from 1955 to 1958 maintained by the Florida Constitution Advisory Commission. The records reflect the work of the Commission in revising the Constitution. A majority of the files belonged to the Chairman of the Commission, Justice Wallace E. Sturgis. The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proposals, reports, and newspaper clippings.

4 cubic ft.

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Florida. Constitution Advisory Commission

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The Florida Constitutional Advisory Commission was established in 1955 by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 555. The Commission was charged with the duty of submitting to the Governor and to the Legislature recommendations for revision of the state constitution. The Commission represents the first attempt at amending dated provisions of the 1885 Constitution. The Commission was composed of thirty-seven members. Supreme Court Justice Wallace E. Sturgis chaired the Commission. In 1957, the findings...

Sturgis, Wallace E., 1898-

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