The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-12
H. L. SwATTS. City Clerk,

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 1T RESOLVED by the City Commission
o; the City of Lakeland that the City Char.
ier 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 general iur-
isdiction over all streets, avenues. highways
and alleys, and shall have the right to open
Tor close same or any portion OF same. ana
shall have the right to prescribe ordinances
sorbiddng the allowing OF accumulation OF
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 has
ever such streets, avenues, highways and al
legs.
Sec. @ The Collector Of Taxes shall not
make sale Of real estate for unpaid taxes
or assessments unless 80 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 or
any Constable or Sheriff Taxes or assess
rents on real estate shall be and remain a
lien on the property assessed superior to all
other liens or claims, except State and Coun-
ty taxes until the same shall have been paid
Such liens may be enforced as other liens
All unpaid taxes and assessments may he col
leced by suits in law or equity. All costs OF
collection, including reasonable fees not ex-
ceeding ten dollars and ten per cent, for col
lection may be assessed against the property
and may be collected by suit at law or equity,
unless otherwise paid The provisions of
lew relating to the advertisement and sale
Of property for unpaid taxes shall be apple
able to this municipality. If the taxes on
real estate shall not have been paid by the
first Monday in June next after the tax roll
shall come into the hands Of the Tax Col
lector, he shall at any time thereafter make
from the assessment roll separate copy Of
any assessment thereon remaining unpaid,
showing the assessment OF any tract, lot, or
parcel OF land, as the same appears on the
City Tax Assessment Roll, of the assessment
of the tract lot or parcel of land assessed
thereon, and deliver the same to the City
Attorney for collection; which certified copy
shall be prina facie evidence of the contents
/ OF the assessment roll and of the leves made
therein in all suits to enforce the payment Of,
o, the lien for, such taxes as may appear
on said copies. The City Attorney shall search
or cause to be searched, the Public Records Of
Polk County, Florida, to ascertain the names
OF all persons owning or having interest
therein, or having direct liens on said lands
and the costs of such search shall be taxed
as costs, and in the suits brought for the en-
forcement of such liens for taxes, he shall
make all persons appearing upon such records
TO be the owners or interested in, such real
estate, or having liens thereon, parties de-
PENDANT. and WhpnaVpr gprVipp 10 copuht IN
had in suit upon any defendant by publica-
tion, the notice shall contain a description OF
said lands upon which the tax lien is claimed
and the names of any persons, other than the
names Of the owners of said real estate. may
BE- omitted from the list Of defendants, but
no person having any interest in said prop.
erty. or any lien thereon apparent upon the
face OF the records, and not brought into
court by service Of process, by publication OF
otherwise shall be deprived of his Interest
therein. The interest Of all persons not ap,
parent upon said public records shall be fore.
named as defendants. Upon collection OF sale
taxes by the Attorney, the City shall be en-.
titled to reasonable fees, not exceeding ter
dollars for institution Of suit and ten pei
cent Of amount Of taxes, and costs This
method OF collection shall be in addition tc
all other methods which the City of Lake.
land may now have.
l. H. L. Swatts, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution and proposed amendment
was placed upon its first reading on the frs
regular meeting night in January, A. d. 1918
and was placed upon Its second reading up.
en- the first regular meeting night in Febr,l.
ary. A. D. 1918, and II was approved by a
majority of the Board of Commissioners Of
said City of Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
at both meetings.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereuntc
placed my hand and official seal on this thf
18th day of February D 1918,
Fl. L, SWATTS.