The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-13
OCALA'S CHARTER
Continued from Yesterday

provided, may. after the completing
of any work mentioned above. either
in the construction Or repair of side
walks and pavements and the grad
ing or paving of same; or the con-
struction and repair of streets, and
the grading or paving of same. by
resolution or ordinance, provide for
the issuance of special assessment
certificates against such property for
the cost of such work as is above pro-
vided, and may further, by resolution,
reassess or remake any such assess
ment which may have been hereto
fore or which may be hereafter, made,
and issue new certificates therefor in
all cases where the original assess
ment or certificate may be, either IN
the opinion of the city council, or
may be adjudged or held by any court
to be. irregular or illegal or void,
which said special assessment certif-
cate when SO reassessed or remade
shall date back and become a lien
superior to all other liens upon said
property as of the date of the compile
ton of the work for which the origi-
nal certificate was issued until fully
paid; that such reassessment as is
herein provided for may be made or
remade as many times as the city
council of the city of Ocala may deem
|expedient, and until such assessment
shall have been fully paid and salts
fed; provided, further, that the city
council shall have the right to fix the
rate of interest which any special
assessment certificates issued by said
|city shall bear. and the maturity
thereof.
Sec. IL. That no public utility
which may be now Or hereafter ac-
quired or owned by said city shall be
sold, leased, or the operation thereof
by said.gcity abandoned, nor shall any
franchise whatsoever be granted, un-
less such sale, lease or abandonment
of such public utility, or the granting
of such franchise, shall have been ap-
proved by vote of majority of the
registered voters of said city possess
ing the qualifications as those herein
fixed for voters in bond elections, at
an election for such purpose duly call
ed and held. That nothing herein shall
be. construed to apply to the granting
Iof permit to any telegraph or long
distance telephone company, to ex-
| tend its wires through said city, in
which cases and instances the city
council of the city of Ocala shall have
the right to grant such privilege, sub
ject to such conditions and terms as it
may see fit, without submitting the
same to vote of the people, provided
that no permit so issued shall be for a
period of more than fifteen years, and
any attempt to grant such permit for
la longer period than such term of
years shall be, for all purposes, null
and void. That at the expiration of
the terms of such permit, any and all
such telegraph or long distance tele-
phone company or companies, shall
apply to and secure from the city of
Ocala through it's council a new per-
nit for the further continuance of it's
wires or other means of communica-
ton through the streets of said city.
Sec. Ia. That for the purpose of
attracting and securing manufactur-
/ ing and other business enterprises and
ablishments within the corporate
limits of the city of Ocala, the city
the power by ordinance, to exempt
any such manufacturing or other
business establishment from taxation
by said city for q period of not more
than five years. and may attach such
terms and conditions to such exemp-
ton as it may see fit.
Sec. 15.-That the city council of
the city of Ocala shall have full pow
er, by ordinance, to establish rules,
regulations and fees for the registra-
tion of voters for any election of mu-
nicipal officers, and for the filling of
all vacancies which may occur in the
city or town government, and for such
other municipal elections as may be
authorized by law; to pass ordinances
providing for and regulating the nom
nation of all candidates for office;
and for the conducting and calling of
all elections. The city council shall be
the sole Judge of election, returns and
qualifications of its own members, and
may make such bylaws and regula-
tons for their own guidance and gov
eminent as they may deem expedient,
and to enforce the same by fine or
penalty, also to compel the attendance
of its own members, and the appear
ance before it of any other official of
said city. The city council further
shall have the power to remove, by a
not less than four-fifths vote of such
council, any and all officers of said
city, including its own members, for
any abuse or misuse of power, any
dishonesty, or any other misfeasance,
malfeasance or nonfeasance in Office
by such official; and to provide such
rules and regulations for the conduct
of such removals or as it may see fit;
further, to compel the appearance be-
fore it at any such removals of all
witnesses and the production of all
books or other evidence before it at
such removals; and the president of
the city council may issue compulsory