1 Judicial Council of Florida Minute Books, 1953-1970

Contents Judicial Council of Florida Minute Books, 1953 – 1970...... 1 JUDICIAL COUNCIL MISCELLANEOUS...... 4

Judicial Council of Florida Minute Books, 1953 – 1970

Maintained by Elizabeth G. Pierson

Book I: Justice Elwyn Thomas, Chairman 1. October 31, 1953. 2. November 27 & 28, 1953. 3. January 29 & 30, 1954. 4. March 27 & 28, 1954. 5. April 30, 1954. 6. May 29, 1954. 7. July 24, 1954. 8. September 26 & 26, 1954. 9. October 23, 1954. 10. December 11, 1954. 11. January 29, 1955. 12. February 26, 1955. 13. April 1, 1955. 14. May 5, 1955. 15. July 9, 1955. 16. October 1, 1955. 17. December 10, 1055. 18. January 28, 1956. 19. March 24, 1956. 20. June 9, 1956. 21. September 22, 1956. 22. December 8, 1956.

Book II: Justice Stephen C. O’Connell, Chairman 23. February 16, 1957. 24. March 18, 1957. 2 Judicial Council of Florida Minute Books, 1953-1970

25. April 22, 1957. 26. September 28, 1957. 27. March 15, 1958. 28. June 7, 1958. 29. June 27 7 28, 1958. 30. July 25, 1958. 31. October 24 & 25, 1958. 32. November 19, 1958. 33. December 5 & 6, 1958. 34. January 17, 1959. 35. March 4, 1959. 36. July 11, 1959. 37. February 5 & 6, 1960. 38. October 22, 1960. 39. March 24, 1961.

Book III: Justice B. K. Roberts, Chairman 40. September 15, 1962. 41. October 27, 1962. 42. December 14, 1962. 43. February 16, 1963. 44. September 25 & 26, 1964. 45. February 12, 1965. 46. October 8, 1965. 47. September 30, 1966. 48. March 10, 1967. 49. March 27, 1968. 50. Budget Request: October 1968. 51. March 14, 1969. 52. April 4, 1970.

NOTE: November 1988 Lillie Goodson, the last executive secretary to the Judicial Council, has confirmed that the minutes from 1971 to 1979 are in the Florida State Archives [in the R.A. Gray Building]. Researchers should request Record Group 650, Series 1191, Box 1. 3 Judicial Council of Florida Minute Books, 1953-1970

The staff of the Judicial Council was transferred to the Attorney General’s Office after Chief Justice England abolished the Council. Upon the retirement of Colonel Arthur D. Core (Ret.), last executive director of the Judicial Council, all materials were sent to the archives by the Attorney General’s Office. 4 Judicial Council of Florida Miscellaneous

JUDICIAL COUNCIL MISCELLANEOUS Series 3

1. Summary of Statement of Advantages to be Expected from Proposed Merger of Separate Juvenile Courts into the Circuit Courts: May 15, 1960. 2. Questionnaire for Persons Who Have Been Called for Jury Duty. 3. Jurisdiction – Circuit Courts of Florida. 4. Personnel – Court Administration. i. Correspondence: June 1957 – February 1963. ii. Rough Draft of A Bill Authorizing Circuit Courts to Collect and Disburse Certain Payments. iii. Duties and Responsibilities of the Supreme Court Marshal. iv. Duties and Responsibilities of the Clerk of the Supreme Court. 5. J.C. Affairs – Newspaper Clippings Re Public Relations. i. The Need for Reorganization of the Judicial System in Florida: April 1959. ii. Chart Illustrating the Proposed Transfer of the Judges and Jurisdiction of Existing Courts to the Courts Authorized by the Proposed Article V. iii. State of Florida Court System. iv. The Judicial System of Florida. v. Jurisdiction of Florida Circuit Courts. 6. Juvenile Courts – Miscellaneous Data Used by E. E. Means – 1960. i. Correspondence: March – April, 1959. ii. Juvenile Court Counselor Survey: December 19, 1956. iii. Juvenile Court Salary Schedule: June 28, 1957. iv. Report of the Committee On Public Understanding of Juvenile Courts: 1957 – 1958. v. Florida Detention Home Salary Schedule: June 28, 1957. vi. Florida Juvenile Court Salary Schedule: January 1959. vii. Position Paper Concerning Judicial Council Proposal to Merge Separate Juvenile Courts Into the Circuit Courts as Juvenile and Domestic Relations Divisions: February 3, 1960. 5 Judicial Council of Florida Miscellaneous

viii. Judicial Concern for Children in Trouble: March 9 – 10, 1960. ix. 1960 Seminar for Juvenile Court Judges: March 22 – 24, 1960. x. Speeches by Judge Don Young: May 1960. xi. Memorandum Concerning Training Institutes for Judges of Juvenile courts and Forums for Law Students. xii. Suggestion for Substitution of Language in Subsection (5) of Section 6 of the J.C.’s Proposal for Revision of Article V, Florida Constitution. xiii. Walter Scott Criswell 7. Juvenile Delinquency – Its Relation to Broken Homes: 1961. 8. Probate Courts – Separate – (Organization of Courts): February 1957. 9. Proposed Division of 12th Judicial Circuit: 1965. i. Correspondence: January – February 1965. ii. Resolutions of the Lee County Bar Association: April 13, 1967. iii. Resolutions of the Collier County Bar Association: April 27, 1967. iv. HB 653: June 29, 1969. 10. The District Probate System in Connecticut. 11. Amendment to Proposed Judiciary Article of the Revised Constitution of Florida. 12. Additional Judges – Organization of Courts: June 1958 – September 1963. 13. Organization of Courts – Dade County Metropolitan Court. 14. Newspaper Clippings Re Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts: 1960. 15. Florida Judges – 1961 – E.G.P.: Jurisdiction. i. Summary statements of the likely effect of adoption of the Judicial Council upon the trial court systems of Alachua, Broward, and Pinellas Counties. 16. Organization of Courts – Juvenile Courts: Merger with Circuit Courte, etc. Part A. i. Correspondence: August 1955 – June 1960. 17. Organization of Courts – Juvenile Courts: Merger with Circuit Courte, etc. Part B. i. Correspondence: June 1960 – March 1961. ii. Filings and Dispositions in the Juvenile Courts for 1958. 6 Judicial Council of Florida Miscellaneous

iii. Article: “Judges Views Get Cool Reply:” March 29, 1959. iv. Transcript of Telephone Call from Judge O.D. Howell, Jr.: July 13, 1960. v. Blue Ridge Training Institute for Southern Juvenile Court Judges: August 7 – 12, 1960. vi. Amendment to Proposed Judiciary Article of the Revised Constitution of Florida vii. Suggestions for Substitution of Language in Subsection (5) of Section 6 of the Judicial Council’s Proposal for Revision of Article V, Florida Constitution. viii. Additional comments in connections with Suggestions for Substitution of Language in Subsection (5) of Section 6 of the Judicial Council’s Proposal for Revision of Article V, Florida Constitution. 18. Certiorari jurisdiction of Supreme Court over conflict cases. 19. Draft of March 1956 – Trial courts Proposed Revision i. Ninth Circuit Caseloads: 1964-66. ii. Legislation to divide the 9th Circuit: April 1967. iii. Journal of the Senate: May31, June 1 & & 7, 1967. iv. HB 1367. 20. Proposed Bill to Authorize Circuit Courts to Collect & Disburse Payment. 21. Ninth Annual Report of the Office of the Administrator for the Courts of the State of Washington. 22. Organization of Courts – Newspaper Clippings in re: Juvenile Courts: May – August 1960. 23. Conference of Chief Justices: August 18 – 23, 1959. 24. Trial Courts Powers – Inherit (National College of State Trial Judges, revised August 1, 1968). 25. Organization of Courts – Justices of the Peace (Small Claims and Magistrates Court). i. Correspondence: December 1956 – February 1961. 26. J.C. Affairs – Committee on Compensation of Judges. i. correspondence: March – October 1960. ii. Findings of Judicial Council of Florida Relative to Judicial Salaries: 1957. iii. Report of the Comptroller of the State of Florida of County Finances for the Fiscal Year Ended September 7 Judicial Council of Florida Miscellaneous

30, 1959 & County Fee Officers for the Year Ended September 30, or December 31, 1959. iv. The Council of State governments: January 20, 1960. v. State of Florida Comptroller’s Office Tallahassee Annual Salary: January 5, 1961. 27. Committee on Jurors – Allen Morris, Chairman. i. Selection of Jurors: January 20 & March 3, 1958. ii. Report of the Committee on Jurors made to the Judicial Council on March 15, 1958 by Allen Morris, Chairman. iii. Legislation. iv. Copy of letter calling a person for jury duty: Cleveland, Ohio. 28. Jurors – Selection: 1958 – 1963. i. Correspondence: January 1958 – November 1963. ii. Questionnaire for Persons Who Have Been Called For Jury Duty: 1960. iii. Bills Relating to Jurors – 1961 Legislature. iv. Florida Supreme Court Opinion Number 31,854, files October 16, 1963. v. Excusing Jurors in Hardship Cases: November 15, 1963. vi. J.C. Memorandum on Suggested Procedures for Jury Selection in Florida. 29. Practice and Procedure – Jury Instructions Voir Dire Examinations, Etc. 30. Newspaper Clippings Re Juries and /or Jurors – Jury Commissions, Facilities, Selection, Per Diem, Mileage, Etc.: February 1958 – September 1960. 31. Jurors – Jury Commissions. i. Correspondence: April 1960 – October 1962. ii. Jury Commissioners’ Names and Addresses as of September 15, 1958. iii. Questionnaire for Prospective Jurors. iv. Suggested Procedure for Use By Jury commission. 32. Witnesses – Compensation (Jurors File). i. Correspondence: July 1958. ii. Legislation. 33. Jury Instructions. i. Correspondence: February 12, 1963. 8 Judicial Council of Florida Miscellaneous

ii. Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions Progress Report: December 31, 1962. iii. Memorandum of Agreement. 34. Attorneys’ Fees (Court Personnel). i. Correspondence: February – March 1960. Miscellaneous Correspondence: January – February