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Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 14
GOVERNOR
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F.S. 14.02
14.02 Governor may preserve peace and order by military force.—The Governor may, in cases of insurrection or rebellion, violence, disorder or insecurity of life, liberty and property, support and preserve the public peace and order by the military force of the state.
History.—s. 1, ch. 1745, 1870; RS 69; GS 70; RGS 84; CGL 105.