The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-12
ORDINANCE NO. 226

ORDINANCE NO. 226
An ordinance authorizing and providing for |
| the issuance Of Improvement bonds OF the City |
Of Lakeland, Florida in the sum OF Eleven
| Thousand Three hundred Fifty-six Dollars and
| Thirty-nine Cents ISL. 5000.
Whereas the City Commission OF the ely
| Of Lakeland, Florida, under and by virtue OF
| its charter and the amendments thereto, and
| the rights given under the general law OF the
| State Of Florida, determined by resolutions
and ordinances duly passed on December Sth
and January 25th. 1917, to grade, curb ana
pave the following parts Of streets hereinafter
| enumerated, and ordered said work to be done,
and
Whereas the City Commission and nc Com
| missioner Of Public improvement did by prop
| er proceeding contract for and cause to be
constructed such street improvements, and
| Whereas said parts Of streets have been COM
peted and duly accepted by the City Engineer
and Commissioner Of Public improvement, and
certiflcations Of completion and total cost
| thereof have been made by the Commissioner
| Of Public Improvement on the following streets
Missouri avenue. from Main street to Hillcrest
| Drive; South Ingraham avenue from Lime
| street to Palmetto street; and West Orange
Street, from Florida avenue to New York ave-
| nue., and
| Whereas the Commissioner Of Public In
! provement and the City Commission have given
notice to the property owners affected by sucn
| improvement by advertisement in the Lakeland
| Evening Telegram In Its issue Of November 18th
F.! to November Goth, 1918, in compliance with the
| charter Of the City Of Lakeland as amended
| citing the owner or owners or other persons in
teersted in said lots, to appear before the City
! Commission and the Commissioner OF Public
| Improvement on the Goth day Of November
| 1918. at 2 80 p. M to present such complaints
| as they may have il any, against the assess
ment Of such property for such improvement,
| and
Whereas the City Commission did meet on
the said 10Th day Of November, 1918 at 80
| p. M, at the time and place specified In the
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
was shown, nor was any objection or complaint
| interposed by any person or persons against
the certifcation OF the cost for said improve
ment, and
Whereas on the 29th day Of November 1918
the said meeting was thrown open to hear all
legal reasons against the assessments of the
lots and blocks upon said streets aforesaid, and
no objections having been made, the said City
Commission duly passed resolution author
izing and ordering that certificates Of indebt-
edness be issued against the property abuttins
upon said Streets and
Whereas said certificates Of Indebtedness have
been issued against said property as described
for the amounts specified, and that the said
certificates have been recorded in a special
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve
! ments, with description Of the property
against which said certificates are lien, and
Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates to be lien against
said property for the amounts therein specified.
7 and
/ Whereas the said City Commission accepted
said streets and the completion Of the i'm
v provements thereof. and the said certificates OF
5 Indebtedness against the property abutting upon
I said streets, and their issuance was in said
resolution ratified and confirmed, and is now
ratified and confirmed, and the said certificate $
have been deposited In the City Treasury OF
I the City OF Lakeland, and were on said date,
and now are declared lien against the prop
e erty therein mentioned, and
Whereas the total amount of the cost Of
J said work was as follows
s On Missouri avenue. from Main street 10
Hillcrest Drive. Eleven Thousand Nine Hun
n dred Slxty-elght Dollars and Seventy eight
: Cents $l1,96S.7S), and the City of Lakeland's
n one-third proportion thereof was Three Thou
: sand Nine Hundred Eiehty-nlne Dollars ana
d Fifty-nine Cents t$3,9S9.59), and the property
| owners two-thirdS proportion of said cost is
$ Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy mine
. Dollars and Nineteen Cents ($7979l9).
d On South Ingrahm avenue from Lime street
= to Palmetto street, Three Thousand Two Hun
dred Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($3, 902 8O)
$ and the City of Lakeland's ne-thrd proper
Q tion thereof was One Thousand Sixty Seven
$ Dollars and Sixty Cents ($l0676O) and the
8 property owners wO-thirds proportion Of said
q cost is Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty five
2 Dollars and Twenty Cents ($2,1352O)
d On west Orange street, from Florida avenue
- to New York avenue, One Thousand Eight Hun
d dred Sixty. three Dollars Isl ,S6SOO), and tho
Il | City OF Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion there
d Of was Six Hundred Twenty-one Dollars
e ($62lO0), and the property owners two-thirds
J, proportion OF said cost is One Thousand Two
Q Hundred Forty-tw0 Dollars ISL 242O0)
e And that the total amount Of the said cost
: assessed against the said property owners Is
|, Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-six Dol
i lars and Thirty mine Cents ($ll ,S56.39). and
q that the said certificates of Indebtedness SO
e issued as aforesaid, and recorded against the
e said abutting property owners in the said
e Lien Book, amount to the aggregate sum OF
j. Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-six Dol
lars and Thrty-nine Cents ($l1 356.S9), and
that the aggregate amount Of said certificates
s now issued and deposited with the City Treas
d urer is not In excess of the amount that the
said City Is allowed to issue, and that the said
d certificates are lien against each lot or
y tract Of land described in said lien book, and
!, Whereas, also, resolution was duly passed
= ON said 18th day Of November recting that for
d the purpose of paying for said certificates,
e bonds be issued for the purpose of paying two
thirds Of the cost. towit Eleven Thousand
v Three Hundred Fifty six Dollars and Thirty.
: nine Cents t$1l,356.S9l.
d Now, therefore, be 1t ordained by he City
!. commission that all OF said proceedings, to-
II gether with said resolutions, be confirmed and
n ratified, and that bonds, to be known as I'm
T. provement bonds. be issued for the purpose of
d paying said certificates in the aggregate sum
: of Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Fiftysiy
$ Dollars and Thirty mine Cents t$l1 1856 SO, and
J, that said bonds be issued against the said GER
/. tifcates of Indebtedness so deposited 8;
n authorized by the charter of the City OF Lake
: land and by the laws Of the State of Florida
&c which said amount Of said bonds Is not In
excess OF the aggregate amount of the certif-
Is Gates OF Indebtedness so deposited with the
!. City Treasurer.
9, Be 1t further ordained that the said bonds
" shall mature in one nl, two (2l, three tS)
ID four az, five (5) six (6l, seven IT, eight
g (S), nine t9) and ten (l0) years after date
Il and bear interest at the rate Of six (6) Del
d cent per annum, PAYABLE semi annually, anC
'e that each bond shall have attached thereto
pt interest coupons; and that said bonds shall
m bear date as Of the date Of their issue ant
d execution, and shall be for the sum Of F,ve
I'd Hundred Dollars t$50.00l EACH excep
o. one Of said bonds, which shall be for the sun
m II Three Hundred Fifty-six Dollars arc
h Thirty mine Cents (sS56S9), and each bono
" shall have interest coupons attached thereto
1t each coupon representing six t6l per cent upor
IS said bond, PAYABLE semi ANNUALLY, that % nI