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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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