The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-12
ORDINANCE NO. 227

ORDINANCE NO. 227
| 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 ISL, 5672D.
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 ST..
| and January 25th, 1917, to grade, curb and
pave the following parts Of streets hereinafter
enumerated and ordered said work to lie done,
| and
Whereas the City Commission and the 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
| pleted and duly accepted by the City Engneer
and Commissioner Of Public Improvement. and
| certifcatiOns Of completion and total cost
| thereof have been made by the Commissioner
Of Public Improvement on the following streets :
East Lime street, from Massachusetts avenue
| to Ingrahm avenue; East Orange street, from
| Indiana avenue to lngraham avenue; and
South Ingraham, from Orange street to Lime
street, and
Whereas the Commissioner Of Public I'm.
provement and the City Commission have given
notice to the property owners affected by such
improvement by advertisement In the akeland
| Evening Telegram In its issue Of October 18th
to October 22nd, 1918, in compliance with the
4 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 26th day Of October
1918. at 30 D. 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 Goth day Of October, 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 26th day Of October. 1918.
the said meeting was thrown open to hear ali
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 a resolution, author
izing and ordering that certificates OF indebt-
edness be issued against the property abutting
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 for Street Improve
ments with a description Of the property
4 Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates to be a lien against
t said property for the amounts therein specified
| and
Whereas the said City Commission accepted
q | said streets and the completion Of the i'm
provements thereof, and the said certificates Of
$ Indebtedness against the property abutting upoi
q said streets, and their issuance was In sale
resolution ratified and confirmed, and is nov
q ratified and confirmed, and the said certificates
hnu hnnn nd In, t,n tt.y Trn %
n the City Of Lakeland, and were on said date
and now are declared lien against the prop
erty therein mentioned, and
~. Whereas the total amount Of the cost 0
'4asaid work was as follows:
Ia n On South lngrahm avenue, from 0rang
uGeet to Lime street. one Thousand Foui Hur
ran, ed Sixteen Dollars t$1,4l6O0), and the Cit
a QLakelands One-third proportion thereof wa
u thabr Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($47200)
,po. :, the property owners twothlrds proportion
''ery bid cost is Nine Hundred Forty-four Dol
heIne. l($044.OO). On East Lime street, fror
!, Hpfulfchusetts to Ingrahm avenue. Nine Thou
Chat Three Hundred Seventy-nine Dollars an
49,, outeen Cents ($9,37917), and that the Cit
'aIl IN ,kelands 0ne-thrd proportion thereof wa
TO Thousand One Hundred Twenty-six Dol
perfonnd Thirty nine cents ($3, 1850, an
and =, he property owners two-thirds proper
~, tha; said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
Hbersb, fty-two Dollars and Seventy eight Cent
m ApGS), and the cost of paving East 0rang
ne from Indiana to Ingrahm avenue, wa
m. opusand Five Hundred Fifty-five Dollar
"ofeou y-hve Cents t$6,555.65l, and that tn
h'fs' T%s oasaad p'G S1s 9 Gi
assura Five Dollars and Twenty-Five Cent
'Ony 22), and that the amount assesse
e NJ a6utns property owners !, FoS
y, 1ui three Cents (s4,37O.43), and that tn
We r., amount Of the said cost assessed agalns
M ~ t0perty woners is Eleven Thousand Fiv
Nefcy I'd Sixtyseven Dollars and Twenty on
t$1l .567.2l). and that the said certl
J1cates Of indebtedness, so issued as aforesaid
a. and recorded against the said abuttng prop
n erty owners in the said Lien Book amount /
the aggregate sum OF Eleven Thousand Fiv
= Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and Twenty on
Cents t$ll ,5672D and that the aggregat
= amount Of said certificates now issued and d,
II posted with the City Treasurer is not in ex
cess of the amount that the said City is al
y lowed to issue, and that the said certificate
a are lien against each lot or tract Of lam
. described in said lien book, and
I Whereas, also, a resolution was duly passe
on the 26th day Of October reciting that TO
the purpose of paying for said certificates
| bonds be issued for the purpose OF paying two
thirds of the cost, towit Eleven rhousan
o Five Hundred Sixty -seven Dollars and Twenty
one Cents ($ll ,5672D.
n Now, therefore, be IL ordained by the Cit
% Commission that all of said proceedings, to
~ gether with said resolutions, be confirmed an
d ratified, and that bonds, to be known as I'm
provement bonds. be issued, for the purpose Q
paying said certificates, in the aggregate SUI
O. of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seve
o Dollars and Twenty zone Cents 1,567.2l), an
& that said bonds be issued against the said ce.
:, tihcates Of Indebtedness so deposited, a
u authorized by the charter Of the City of Lake
n land and by the laws Of the State Of Florida
which said amount Of said bonds is not /
)r excess of the aggregate amount Of the certtf
=, Gates Of Indebtedness so deposited with til
y City Treasurer.
10 Be. 1t further ordained that the said bond
shall mature in one ~, two t2l, thtee @
Ig (S). nine (9) and ten (l0) years after dat
and bear interest at the rate Of six t6l pc
cent per annum, payable semi annually. an
n that each bond shall have attached theret
:. interest coupons. and that said bonds sha
l. bear date as Of the date Of their issue an
;, execution, and shall be for the sum of Fly
Hundred Dollars ($50.0Ol each, exceI
TO one of said bonds, which shall be for the sui
of Five Hundred Sixty-Seven, Dollars an
le Twenty-one Cents ($5672D, and each bon
a, shall have interest coupons attached there
a. each coupon representing six (6l per cent upo
al said bond, payable semi annually; that eaC
Of the bonds shall bear certificate dul
lie signed by the City Treasurer certifying TIL
"a the amounts Of the certificates Of indebtedness
at so deposited and against which said bonds al