The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11
MEASURE WHICH HAS BEEN PRE-
PARED CORRECTING DEFECTS
OF OLD PAVING LAW, AND
WHICH THE LEGISLATURE WILL
BE REQUESTED TO PASS.

Oh GeQS4COld OF It's SLEe6IS, AIlSSS
and Public Ways.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature OF
the State Of Florida:
Section 1. That the city of Pensa-
cola shall have the power to lay out,
open, excavate, fill. grade, pave, curb,
repair or otherwise improve streets,
alleys or other public ways, or any
part thereof, and to pay for such
improvements either from its gem
eraI revenues or from money derived
from the sale of bonds heretofore or
hereafter authorized by law, or by
| both of these methods, or by either or
both of them in conjunction with
money realized by the assessment foI
such purpose, of lots or parcels OF
/ land, or of railroads, benefited as
hereafter set forth by such improve
ment- And the mayor and city cOuu-
Gil shall determine by ordinance,
/ from time TO time, what of said i'm
/ pTOVementS shall be made and what
method or methods shall be adopted.
Section 2 That when it shall be
determined to pay in part for any
such improvement by assessment OF
/ lots Or parcels Of land or railroads to
/ be benefited thereby. me mayor and
/ city council snail, by ordinance, divide
any street, alley or public way or
=
} TO De improved into assessment dis
/ tricts, TO be as small as in the opinion
/ of the mayor and city council may be
/ feasible and just, and such district
! may, if tho city deem l. expedient,
| embrace One-half of the part of the
/ street, alley or public way, abUtting
I on one side of any block, and a por-
! ton Of the street intersections at the
end thereof, and each lot or parceJ
! Of L, st,
vided), fronting on the part of the
! street, alley, or public way embraced
| in such district shall contribute to
/ The cost of such Improvement in such
/ district Excluding theTefTom such i'm
! pTOVementS as are to be paid for by
railroads, as hereinafter pTOvided) in
! the ratio of the number of feet of such
parcel OF land fronting on said street,
alley, or public way, TO the whole mum
/ Der Of feet of all lots and parcels Of
! land fronting on said street, alley,
or public way, to the whole number
! of feet of lots and parcels of land
/ fronting on said street, alley or pub
/ lie way within said district. Every
corner lot or parcel of land shall pay
/ in each assessment district according
{ to its full frontage on every street.
alley or public way upon which il abutS
! the said district.
Section 8. Every lot or parcel OF
! land fronting upon street, alley or
public way in any assessment district,
Shall pay its proportion according to
! the number of feet of its frontage in
said district as aforesaid, Of tFO-thiTdS
Of the total cost of the improvement
/ in said district, except that when the
I Improvement consists of paving, II
shall pay its proportion of twO-thirds
OF said cost after deduCting there
from all sums which any railroad on
such street shall be cOmDellabIe 10
pay for such improvement in such
J district Every such railroad snail be
required TO pay the costs OF paving
/ between the rails of each Of its tracks
+ in said district and eighteen inches on
each side thereof. All land fronting
{ on any street, alley or public way of
/ any district Except land owned by the
/ United StateS) whether such land be
privately owned OF belong TO the
state of Florida, or Escambia county,
or the city OF Pensacola. shall be re-
uuired to pay its proportion, as afOre-
said of the costs Of every sUcn i'm
provement The city shall pay from
| its general revenues or from the pro
ceeds of the sale of bonds provided
| for by Chapter $3.50 Of the Laws OF
Florida, or in part from one and IN
mart from the other as the city council
may at one or more times determine,
/ the amount which would be appor-
( toned to any land belonging to the
/ United States and the amount which
would be payable by any public square
or any other parcel of land owned
| by the city. and all sums which shall
not under the terms OF this act, be
otherwise provided for. The city may
/ include in the cost payable as afore-
/ Of int
! improvements, for a number Of years
/ 10 be fixed by the city.
Section /. Upon the completion or
/ any Improvement in any assessment
district. the board of bond trustees,
or the board of public works, as the
/ case may be, as hereinafter provided,
/ shall ascertain the cost of such i'm
Brovement Ia such district, and ap-
/ portion the same between the city,
| each of the lots or parcels OF land
and the railroad or railroads against
| which the same is assessab bic, as is
( hereinbefOTe provided, and shall issue
/ a negotiable certificate q TO each lot
| or parcel of land, and tle portion Of
/ railroad in such district, setting forth
! the name of the owner, if known, of
each lot or parcel or railroad, the
description thereof. and the amount as
/ SeSsed against the same and the time
/ OF times AT WHICH dLAu me ILlS4S91
/ with which the same shall be pay
able, and shall cause the same to be
! registered in a book 10 be provided
/ and kept for that purpose by the city
/ clerk, and cause the same TO be rec
oTdeJ in the records OF mortgages Of
! Escambia county. Florida. All assign
/ ments Of the said certificates may
/ likewise be registered in the said book
/ as aforesaid by the city clerk The
/ city may, if It thinks it eXpedient,
/ by ordinance, provide for the payment