The Florida Senate

523.08  Naval stores inspectors; prerequisites to appointment.--The Governor may appoint a supervising inspector of naval stores, one or more inspectors of naval stores at large, and may appoint in each port in this state to which naval stores are, or may be consigned for sale or shipment, a sufficient number of competent inspectors for the business at such port. The supervising inspector, inspector of naval stores at large and inspectors of naval stores, shall be subject to removal by the Governor at any time for cause; and he or she shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in said offices. A person in order to be eligible to appointment to any of said offices must be a citizen of the state, must be skilled in the inspection of and familiar with the grades of naval stores, and competent to detect adulterations thereof. No person shall be appointed an inspector, inspector at large or supervising inspector of naval stores who, at the time of his or her appointment, is a producer or factor, or buyer of, or dealer in naval stores, or employed by or connected in business with any producer, factor, buyer or dealer; and it shall be unlawful and a cause for removal from office for any inspector, inspector at large or supervising inspector of naval stores, during his or her term of office, to become a producer, factor, buyer of or dealer in naval stores, or to be employed by or connected in business with any such producer, factor, buyer or dealer.

History.--s. 8, ch. 20935, 1941; s. 702, ch. 97-103.