The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-28

A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENT
TO CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKE
LAND AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMITS.
SION TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION AN; AND
SUPERVISION OVER STREETS. AVE.
NUES, HIGHWAYS AND ALLEYS, AND
PRESCRIBING AN ADDITIONAL METH
Cd OF COLLECTING TAXES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission
OF the City of Lakeland that the City Char
Ter of the said City Of Lakeland be amended
to contain the following provisions:
Sec l. That the City Commission OF the
City of Lakeland shall exercise genera! ,ur-
sdiction over all streets, avenues, highways
and alleys, and shall have the right to open
or close same, or any portion OF same, and
shall have the right to prescribe ordinances
.orbidding the allowing of accumulation or
trash, or the growing of weeds, In any such
streets, avenues, highways, or alleys. and
prescribing penalties for the violation OF such
ordinances. This shall be in addition to the
powers which the City Commission now mas
ever such streets, avenues, highways and al
Ileys.
! Sec g The Collector Of Taxes shall not
make a sale Of real estate for unpaid taxes
or assessments unless so ordered by the Com
missioners; he shall have the power to issue
distress warrants and alias and pluries dis
tress warrants in the name Of the State and
town; to enforce collection Of taxes on per-
sonal property and privileges; such warrants
may be executed by the Chief OF Police OIL
any Constable or Sheriff. Taxes or assess
rents on real estate shall be and remain q
lien on the property assessed superior to al
other liens or claims, except State and Coun
lty taxes, until the same shall have been paid
Such liens may be enforced as other liens
lAll unpaid taxes and assessments may be co!
llected by suits in law or equity All costs o
collection, including reasonable fees not ex
ceedng ten dollars and ten per cent, FOR col
Election, may be assessed against the propert
land may be collected by suit at law or equity
unless otherwise paid The provisions o
lew relating to the advertisement and sal
Of property for unpaid taxes shall be apple
able to This municipality. If the taxes o
real estate shall not have been paid by tn
first Monday in June next after the tax no
shall come into the hands of the Tax Col
lCctOr he shall at any time thereafter max
from the assessment roll a separate copy
any assessment thereon remaining unpait
] showing the assessment of any tract, lot, 4
i. Iparce OF land, as the same appears on Il
City Tax Assessment Roll of the assessmel
y Of the tract, lot or parcel of land assesst
- thereon, and deliver the same to the CT
Attorney for collection !, which certified col
9 lshall be prma face evidence of the conten
lof the assessment roll and of the leves mat
J. therein in all suits to enforce the payment
a l0' the lien for, such taxes as may appe
on said copies. The City Attorney shall scare
Tor cause to be searched, the Public Records
Polk County, Florida to ascertain tho nam
of all persons owning or having intert
therein, or having direct liens on said lane
and the costs Of such search shall be tax
- as costs, and in the suits brought for the e
forcement Of such liens for taxes, he sh
,e make all persons appearing upon such recor
TO be the owners. or interested in such RI
estate, or having liens thereon, partiesd
l. PENDANT; and whenever service is sought to
,b10 in n Suit defendant nv nubli(
v ton, the notice shall contain a, description
n said lands upon which the tax lien is claim
and the names of any persons, other than
lie names of the owners of said real estate M
ia b. omitted from the list of defendants,
~ no person having any interest in said pre-
t. erty, or any lien thereon apparent upon
face of the records and not brought IL
III court by service of process, by publication
a. otherwise, shall be deprived of his inter
therein. The interest of all persons not
ne parent upon said public records shall be 70
i, closed by such suits without their be
u named as defendants. Upon collection Of S
,e taxes by the Attorney, the City shall be
titled to reasonable fees not exceeding
n dollars for institution Of suit and ten
~ cent of amount OF taxes, and costs. T
u method of collection shall be in addition
,h lal other methods which the City Of La
land may now have.
ne l. H. L. Swatts. do hereby certify that
foregoing resolution and proposed amendm
was placed upon its first reading on the {
c. regular meeting night in January, A. d. IL
and was placed upon its second reading
en- the first regular meeting night in Feb
airy, A. D. 1918, and 1t was approved by
majority of the Board of Commissioners
he said City of Lakeland, Polk County, Flor
at both meetings.
by IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereu
a. placed my hand and official seal on this
y 18th day of February, A D 1918,
IS H. L. SWATTS,
CITY Clerl