The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11
II. l.. SWATTS, City Clerk.

TO CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKE
LAND AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMITS
SION TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION AMI
SUPERVISION OVER STREETS, AVE
NUES, HIGHWAYS AND ALLEYS, AM
PRESCRIBING AN ADDITIONAL METH.
Cd OF COLLECTING TAXES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission
o; the City of Lakeland that the City Char
',er of the said City of Lakeland be amended
ito contain the following provisions:
Sec, |. That the City Commission OF the
City Of Lakeland shall exercise general iur.
sdiction over all streets, avenues, highways
and alleys, and shall have the right to open
or close same, or any portion OF same anc
shall have the right to prescribe ordinances
forbidding 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 thu
powers which the City Commission now has
over such streets, avenues, highways and Al
leys
Sec 2. The Collector Of Taxes shall mo-
make a sale of real estate for unpaid taxes
or assessments unless so ordered by the Com
mssoners; he shall have the power to issut
distress warrants and alias and purics dis
tress warrants in the name Of the State anC
/ town; to enforce collection of taxes on per.
sonal property and privileges such warrants
! may be executed by the Chief of Police OIL
any Constable or Sheriff. Taxes or assess
rents on real estate shall be and remain
lien on the property assessed superior to al
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 CO!
lec;ed by suits in law or equity All costs O.
collection including reasonable fees not ex-
ceeding ten dollars and ten per cent for col
lection, may be assessed against the property
land may be collected by suit at law or equity
unless otherwise paid. The provisions Of
lew relating to the advertisement and sale
o. property for unpaid taxes shall be applic-
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 a 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
oity Tax Assessment Roll, of the assessment
of the tract. lot or parcel OF land assessed
thereon, and deliver the same to the City
Attorney fo' collection; which certified copy
shall be pri'ra facie evidence of the contents
OF the assessment roll and of the leyies made
therein in all suits to enforce the payment of
OF the lien for, such taxes as NAV appear
on sald copies. The City Attorney shall search
or cause to be searched the Public Records ~
FOLK County Florida to ascertain the nance
on all persons owning or having interest
thereln, or having direct liens on said lands
ana the costs of such search shall no t,xod
as costs, and in the suits brought for the on
iorcement OF such liens for taxes he sbar
make an persons appearing upon such records
~ ne the owners, or interested in such reaJ
estate, or having liens thereon. parties. de-
iendant; and whenever service is Soucht IN bo
n .,. III SUIT upon any defendant by publica-
.i.i,' lne hotice snail contain description Of
sdiu iands upon which the tax lien Is claimed
ana the names Of any persons. other nan ,hn
n""les OF the owners of said real estate NAV
be omitted from the list of defendants h,,t
no person having any interest in snjI mon
erV' or any lien thereon apparent unon no
Iace OF the records, and not brought into
oHas w service OF process, by publication or
ot.herWise' snail be deprived Of his interss,
therein. The interest Of all persons no, 'i ~.
parent upon said public records shall he fo %p
crossed by such suits without the,r hoin,,
named as defendants Upon collection ~ said
taSes by the Attorney, the CITY shall ho ' on
tltied TO reasonable fees. not exceeding tar
uomars Tor institution Of suit and fen Nor
cent OF amount OF taxes and cos,S Tkio
Method of collection shall he in ,ISi.io, ms rs
al other methods which the CITY os I,to
land may now have i'ahc-
! n. H. Swatts, do hereby certify that tho
r"aegoing resolution and proposed amendment
was placed upon its first reading on ths Az,
regular meeting night in January, A n ,ais
ana was placed upon its second reading mn M
Nv nv 'he nrst regular meeting night in Febrp.
nSior a. u =, lsiS' and it was approved by a
u "a, g5Vrl ny! OF the Board Of Commissioners a,
Sai1 my OF Lakeland Polk County FIor,d ~
at both meetings. 'ou'i''' FLORIDA,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have laramie
i-sbeu my hand and oflcial seal on this The
'''h day OF February, A D 1918. ''''' tue
Fl. L. SwATTS.
City Clerk.