The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-07-25
LAW PASSED BY
LEGISLATURE
Annexinq a Portion Of Palatka
Heights to be Approved by
the People Aug. 5th.

Give the Said City of Palatka Ju-
risdiction over the Territory En-
braced in said Extension.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section /. That the corporate lin
It's of the City of Palatka, be, and the
same are hereby extended, so as to in
clude the following adjacent territory
heretofore not included within the cor
)orate limits of said City of Palatka,
tc-wit: All that territory compre-
nended and included within the fol-
owing limits and boundaries, that is
to say: Beginning at the point of
intersection of the. center line of
South Thirteenth Street of the City
)f Palatka, with the Grant line and
present boundary of said City of Pa
atka, and running thence North SO
Degrees and 81 minutes West for a
distance of 1853 feet; thence South l
iegree and 30 minutes East for dis
,ance of 1883 feet; thence South 88
degrees and 28 minutes West for dis
ance Of 1900 feet; thence South
iegree and 80 minutes East for
l4oldliGC VI ILIO lGSJ, JlGCllCc DOuJl 1t
'egl ees and 81 minutes East for a
distance Of 100 feet; thence South
A degrees and ~ minutes East for
distance Of 600 feet; thence North
y degrees and 48 minutes East for
distance of 600 feet; thence North 46
egrees and 4S minutes East to the
hore line of the st. Johns River,
hence along the shore line of st.
'ohns River to the point of intersec-
on with said Grant line, extended;
nence to and along said Grant line
,orth AZ degrees West, to the point
If beginning.
Section 2. That said City of Pala-
ka is hereby given and granted all
he public property, right, franchises,
asemcnts, streets, roads and public
highways, now located and dedicated
cquired, laid out, plated or convey
nribed in Section / of this Act.
Section 3. That the territory de-
cribed in Section l of this Act is
lereby added to and made a part Of
Ward One, in said City of Palatka.
Section A. That all of the ordinance
'es Of said City of Palatka and all
avs heretofore passed by the Legis-
ature Of the State of Florida, relat-
ng to and which now, or may here
after constitute it's Charter, shall ap-
)ly to and have the same force and
effect in the territory described in
section | Of this Act, as if such ter
ritory had been part of the City OF
Palatka at the time of the passage
and approval of such laws and ordi-
RANGES.
Section 5. This Act shall take eff
feet upon the raticfation by the affir-
native combined votes of majority
of the votes cast at elections to be
held by the municipal corporations of
he City of Palatka and the town of
Palatka Heights.
The elections provided for in this
Act shall be held on the first Tuesday
IF August A. d. 1913. The officers
md City Council of the City of Pa
atka and the officers and town council
)f the town of Palatka Heights shall
respectively discharge such duties in
Connection with the calling and hold
ng of said elections as are now re-
luired Of them by the laws and ordi-
lances of said Municipalities for
general elections and said electors
shall be governed in all respects by
he laws and ordinances of said Mu-
licipalitics for holding general
elections respectively, except as
otherwise provided herein or that
nay be inconsistent herewith.
TLose who are duly qualified
o vote within the said municipalities
hall be qualified electors at said cleo
tons.
Section 6. That in the case of rat
ficaton Of this act as provided in the
preceding section the property taken
INTO the corporate limits of the CITY
Df Palatka by the terms and provi-
Sions hereof shall not be subject to
taxation for the payment of any part
Of the present bonded Indebtedness of
ghe said City of Palatka, or for the
payment of any bonds that may here
after be issued to fund such indebt
4dness, and any attempt or effort on
the part of the City of Palatka to i'm
pose tax for such purpose on any
of the property taken into its corpo-
rate limits by this act shall be null
and void.
Sectlon I. This act shall take eff
tect Immediately upon its passage and
approval by the Governor.
STATE OF FLORIDA, }
:SS.
Office Secretary of State.
|, H. Clay Crawford Secretary of
State of the State of Florida, do here
by certify that the foregoing is a trCe
and correct copy of "An Act to Ex-
tend the Corp Limits of the CITY
of Palatka, and to Give the Said City
Of Palatka Jurisdiction Over the Ter
ritory Embraced in said Extentlon,"
Laws of Florida, Session 1913, as
shown by the Enrolled Act on file in
this office.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State of Florida, al Tpla-
hasse,. the Capital, this the twenty.
hfth day of June, A. D. 1913.
| (SeaD H. CLAY CRAWFORD,
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