The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-30
ORDINANCE NO. as7

An ordinance authorizing and providing for
the issuance Of Improvement bonds Of he City
Of Lakeland. Florida, In the sum OF Eleven
thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars
and Twenty-one Cents t$Il ,567.2D.
Whereas the City Commission Of the City
OF Lakeland, Florida, under and by virtue OF
Its charter and the amendments thereto, and
the rights given under the general law Of the
Sta.e Of Florida. determined by resolutions
and ordinances duly passed on December 8tL
and January 25th. 1917. to grade. curb and
pave the following parts OF streets hereinafter
enumerated. and ordered said work 10 Le done.
and
whereas the City Comnmission and the Com.
missioner Of Public Improvement did by prop,
or proceeding contract for and cause 70 be
constructed such street Improvements. and
- Whereas said parts Of streets have been com
pleted and duly accepted By the City xnginecr
and Connissioser Of Public Improvement and
Qualifications q completion and total cost
thereof have been made By the Commissioner
Of Public Improvement On the following streets :
East Linz street., from Massachusetts, avenue
to Insrahm avenue; East Orange street. from
Indiana avenue TO Ingraham avenue; and
South Insrahsn, from Orange street. to Lire
Whereas tie Commissiouer Of Public In
provencAt and the City Commission have given
notice 10 the property owners affected BY such
improvement BY advertisement In the Lakeland
Evening Telegram In its issue Of October 18th
to October 22nd. 1918 In compliance With the
citing the owner or owners or other persons In
teersted In said lots, to appear before the City
Commfssion and the Commissioner OF Public
Improvement on the 28th day Of October,
1918, at q 80 p. m. to present such complaints
as they may have, II any, against the assess
ment Of such property for such improvement
and
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the said 26th day OF October, 1918, at 80
D. M, at the time and place specified In the
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
was shown, nor was any objection or complaint
lnterposed by any person or persons against
the certifcation Of the cost for said improve
ment, and
whereas on the 2sth day Of October, 1918
the said meeting was thrown open to hear all
legal reasons against the assessments OF Tue
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 AUDITING
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 special
book known as Lien Book Tor Street Improve.
ments, with a 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,
and
whereas the said City Commission accepted
said streets and the completion Of the i'm
provements thereof, and the said certificates OF
indebtedness against the property AUDITING upon
said streets. and their issuance was In said
resolution ratified and confirmed, and Is now
ratiled and confirmed. and the said certificates
have been deposited In the City Treasury OF
the City Of Lakeland, and were on said date.
and now are declared a lien against the prop
erty therein mentioned, and
Whereas the total amount Of the cost OF
said work was as follows:
On South ngrahm avenue. from Orange
street to Lime street. one Thousand Foui Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars $1.416.00), and the City
Of Lakeland's One-third proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seventy-twO Dollars ($47200),
and the property owners two thirds proportion
of said cost is Nine Hundred Forty-four Dol
lars (S944..00). On East Lime street. from
Massachusetts, to lngrahm avenue. Nine Thou
sand Three Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars and
| Seventeen Cents ($9,37917), and that the City
Of Lakelands One-third proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-six Dot.
lars and Thirty-nine cents t$3, 1880, and
| that the property owners two-thirds propof-
tion Of said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
dred Fifty-two Dollars and Seventy eight Cents
| ($6,252.7S), and the cost Of paving East Orange
street, from Indiana to Ingrahm avenue. was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-fve Dollars
and Sixty-five Cents (s6,555.65), and that thu
City of Lakeland's one-third proportion Of TIL
said cost Is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty five Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents
t$2,l85.22), and that the amount assessed
against the AUDITING property owners is ,Foul
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars ant
Forty-three Cents ($4370.43l, and that Tho
total amount of the said cost, assessed agains
said property woners, is Eleven Thousand Fiy'
Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and Twenty-on'
Cents ($11 .587.21), and that the said certi.
fcates Of Indebtedness. so issued as aforesaid
and recorded against the said AUDITING prop
erty owners in the said Lien Book, amount Il
the aggregate sum OF Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty-on'
Cents ISL, 56721), and that the aggregate
amount Of said certificates now issued and d.,
posted with the City Treasurer Is not In OK.
cess of the amount that the said City Is nj
lowed to issue, and that the said certificates
are a lien against each lot or tract OF LAM
described in said lien book, and
Whereas. also, resolution was duly passet
on the 26th day Of October .recitng that TO
the purpose Of paying for said certificates
thirds Of the cost, t0wit, Eleven Thousand
Five Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and Twenty
one Cents ISL, 567.21).
Now, therefore, be II ordained by the CIT.
Commission that all Of said proceedings. to-
gether with said resolutions, be confirmed AM
ratified. and that bonds, to be known as I'm
proyement bonds, be issued. for the purpose o
paying said certificates, in the aggregate sun
Of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-sevel
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents ($1l,567,20, ant
that said bonds be issued against the said CO.
tIfcates Of Indebtedness so deposited; "a. q
land and by the laws Of the State Of Florida
which said amount Of said bonds is not i
excess Of the aggregate amount OF the certtii
Gates Of Indebtedness so deposited with tn
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that the said bond
four ~, five t5), six t6l, seven ~, elgh
(S), nine (s) and ten (l0) years after dats
, and bear interest at the rate OF six l8) pc
cent per annum, payable semi-annualy, an
) that each bond shall have attached theret
, interest coupons and that said bonds sha
execution, and shall be for the SIN OF Fiy
Hundred Dollars tS5oo.ool eacn excel
one Of said bonds, which shall be 10, the sui
Of Five Hundred Sixty Seven DollEss an
Twenty-one Cents ts567.2I. and each bon
shall have interest coupons attached theret
). each coupon representing six t6l per cent upo
said bond, payable semi-annually: that eae
OF the bonds shall bear certlhcats. du
signed by the City Treasurer. certifying tn
the amounts Of the certificates Of indebtednei
SO deposited. and against which said bonds a :,
J, issued, are at least equal In amount TO u
~ face value Of the bonds being issued Each
y said bonds shall be signed BY the Mayor al
Clerk respectively, and the form Of said Dor
shall be the same as heretofore issued 4
: said Improvement
! Approved this tn. sixth day Of Decembs
= A. D. 1918
a e. G. FLANAGAN, Mayor
I. II. T.. swatts, City Clerk. hereby certi
J. that the above ordinance number sa7 was du
passed by the City Commissioners In adjourn
session December 9Th. 1918.
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