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1907-1908 Florida Attorney General Reports and Opinions 3 (1907-1908)

handle is hein.sag/sagfl0052 and id is 1 raw text is: ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REPORT. STATE OF FLORIDA, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Tallahassee, December 31, 1908. Hon. Napoleon B. Broward, Governor of Florida. Sir:- I herewith submit my biennial report covering the period from January 1st, 1907, to January 1, 1909. The growth of the State and enactment of laws by recent legis- lation has increased the work of this department. The great number of inquiries by local officials for the con struction of the statutes governing them in the discharge of their, duties has impressed me with their desire to get at the right of things. Neither the Constitution nor the statutes require the Attorney General to advise and in- struct these officers; nevertheless, I have given as much attention to their inquiries as the clerical force in this office would permit and have endeavored to impress the authors of such inquiries that my opinions thus rendered could not be regarded as binding on anyone. Uniformity of action on the part of the various local governments is obviously desirable, but to make this office the official place where the information to produce such uniformity can be obtained for the mere asking, would increase the correspondence and research of the office to such an extent that the office of Attorney General would require an additional department in the capacity of a bureau of information, and many inquiries would, as they do now, affect solely the private business affairs of the writers. A number of counties have no legal adviser, and hence they apply to the Attorney General for advice as to their duties; to disregard their requests would create dissatis- faction. I have, therefore. given this feature of the work attention and have incorporated into this report a num-

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