The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-09

A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENT
| TO CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKE
LAND AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMITS
SION TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION 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
o. the City of Lakeland that the City Char
ter Of the said City Of Lakeland be amended
to contain the following provisions:
| See l. That the City Commission Of the
City of Lakeland shall exercise general iur-
iSdictiOn 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
4 forbiddng the allowing Of accumulation or
tlash, 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
ipuwers which the City Commission now has
! ever such streets, avenues highways and al
| leys.
| Sec. 2 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 piuries dis
tress warrants in the name of the State and
town; to enforce collection of taxes per-
s0nal property and privileges such warrants
| may be executed by the Chief of Police or
any Constable or Sheriff Taxes or assess
ments on real estate shall be and remain a
| lien on the property assessed superior 70 all
other liens or claims, except State and Coun-
| ~ taxes, until the same shall have been paid.
Such liens may be enforced as other liens.
All unpaid taxes and assessments may be col
lected by suits In law or equity. All costs Of
Icollecti0n, including reasonable fees not ex-
lceeding ten dollars and ten per cent FOR col
/ ma ln met tk,a
and may be collected by suit at law or equity.
unless otherwise paid The provisions Of
ilcw relating ia the advertisement and sale
tot property for unpaid taxes shall be apple
abe To this municipality II the taxes on
real estate shall not have been paid BY the
ihrst Monday in June next after the tax roll
lShall come into the hands Of the Tax Col
hector he shall at any time thereafter make
IRON the assessment roll separate CODY Of
any assessment thereon remaining unpaid
ishowing the assessment Of any tract lot or
parcel OF iani, as the same appears on the
Itlty Tax Assessment Roll Of the assessment
Iu' the tract, lot or parcel of land assessed
thereon, and deliver the same to the city
attorney Ter collection; which certified copy
ishall be prlIa faCie evidence of the contents
lol the assessment roll and c. the leyieS made
llhereih N all suits to enforce the payment Of
10, the lien Tor, such taxes as may appear
on SAID copies The City Attorney shall search
Tor cause to be searched. the Public Records of
foik County, Florida, 10 ascertain the names
tol all persons owning or having interest
tlherein or having direct liens on said lands
'and the costs of such search shall be taxed
as COSTS, ana IN the suits brought for the en-
licrcement OF such liens for taxes he shall
make all persons appearing upon such records
10 be the owners, or interested in such real
leSlate, or having liens thereon parties-de-
liendant and whenever service is sought 20 be
had m sui upon any defendant by publica
llon the notice shall contain description OF
said lands upon which the tax lien is claimed
ana lhe names OF any persons, other than the
frames OF the owners of said real estate NAV
be- omitted from the list of defendants but
mo person having any interest in said prop-
Ietly' or any lien thereon apparent upon the
lace OF the records, and not brought into
court by service OF process BY publication or
otherwise shall be deprived of his interes,
therein The interest Of all persons not an.
parent upon said public records shall he fore
crossed by such suits without their being
named as defendants Upon collection Of said
taxes by the Attorney, the City shall be en-
titled to reasonable fees not exceeding tan
dollars for institution Of suit and fen ner
cent OF amount Of taxes, and costs This
ihethod OF collection shall be In addition IN
an other methods which the CITY Of Lake
land may now have.
l. IL L. Swatts do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution aud proposed amendment
was placed upon its first reading on Tho 1rst
regular meeting night in January. A p IgJS
ana was placed upon its second reading nm
cn the hrst regular meeting night in Febr,,-
airy, a. d. 1918, and it was approved nv a
majority OF the Board Of Commissioners ~
SAD civ Of Lakeisud PoIk County, Florida
! IN WITNESS WHEREOF have bereunto
placed my nand and Official seal on this ,he
ieh DAY Of February, u 1918,
II L. SWATTS
City Clerk