The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-20
ORDINANCE M. az

ORDINANCE No. az
An ordinance authorizing and providing far
the issuance Of Improvement bonds Of he City
q Lakeland, florida, In the sum q Eleven
Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars
and Twenty-one Cents (tll.5s7.2ll.
Whereas the City Commission Of the City
81 Lakeland. Florida, under and BY Virtue Of
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 26th, 1917. to grade, curb and
pave tho following parts Of streets hereinafter
enumerated, and ordered said work to be done.
and
whereas the City Communication and The Com
missioner Of Public Improvement did by prop
or 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 engineer
and Commissioner Of Public Improvement. and
Qualifications 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 lngrahm avenue: East Orange street, from
Indiana avenue to Ingraham avenue; and
South Ingraham, from Orange street to Lime
street, and
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provement and the City Commission have given
notice to the property owners affected BY such
| Improvement by advertisement In the Lakeland
Evening Telegram In Its issue Of October 18th
y October 22nd, 1918, In compliance with the
| 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,
! 1915, at 80 p. m. to present such complaints
| as they may have. II any, against the assess
ment Of such property for such improvement
and
| Whereas the City Commission did meet on
the said 26th day Of October. 1918, at Q 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.
Whereas on the 2sth 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
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
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve
ments, with description OF the property
against which said certificates are a 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
pr0vements 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
ratified 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 lien against the prop
erty therein mentioned. and H5F
Whereas the total amount Of the cost Of
said work was as follows:
On South Ingrahm avenue. from Orange
street to Lime street, one Thousand Fom Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars $1,416.00), and the City
Of Lakelands 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($l72.00),
and the property owners two-thirds proportion
Of said cost Is Nine Hundred Forty-four Dol
lars t$s44..00). On East Lime street. from
Massachusetts to Ingrahm avenue. Nine Thou
sand Three Hundred Seventy nine Dollars anu
Seventeen Cents t$9.S7s17). and that the City
Of Lakelands 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty six Dot
lars and Thirty-nine cents $3,126.Ss). and
that the property owners two-thlrds propot-
ton Of said cost Is Six Thousand Two Hun.
dred Fifty-two Dollars and Seventy eight Cents
ts6,2527S). and the cost Of paving East Orange
street, from Indiana to Ingrahm avenue, was
and Sixty-fve Cents t$6,555.65), and that the
City Of Lakeland's one-third proportion Of til.
said cost is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-fve Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents
t$2,ls5,22), and that the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners is -Four
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
Forty-three Cents tsI,37o.l3), and that the
total amount OF the said cost, assessed against
said property woners, Is Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty -oue
Cents ts1l ,567.2l), and that the said cert.
flcates Of Indebtedness, SO issued as aforesaid.
and recorded against the said abuttnG prop.
erty owners in the said Lien Book, amount &c
the aggregate sum Of Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and rwenty-one
Cents ($1l ,567.2l), and that the aggregate
amount Of said certificates now issued and d.
posted with the City Treasurer Is not In ex-
cess Of the amount that the said City Ia al
lowed to issue, and that the said certificates
are lien against each lot or tract Of land
described In said lien book, and
Whereas, also, resolution was duly passed
on the 26th day Of October, reciting that for
the purpose OF paying for said certificates
bonds be issued for the purpose Of paying two
thirds Of the cost, towit, Eleven Thousand
Pive Hundred Sixty -ssven Dollars and Twenty
Now, therefore, be Il ordained by the City
Commission that all Of said proceedings, to-
gether with said resolutions, be confirmed and
ratified, and that bonds. to be known as I'm
provement bonds. be issued for the purpose Of
paying said certificates, In the aggregate sun
Of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents Il,hsT.2il, and
that said bonds be issued against the said CO..
tiicates Of indebtedness so deposited, IS
authorized by the charter Of the City Of Lake
land and by the laws Of the State Of Florida.
which said amount Of said bonds Is not in
excess Of the aggregate amount OF the certi6-
Gates Of Indebtedness so deposited with the
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that the said bonds
shall mature In one ~, two (2l, three tSl.
four az, Ave t5l. six t6l, seven ~, eight
and bear interest at the rate Of six tsl per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and
that each bond shall have attached thereto
interest coupons. and that said bonds shall
bear date as Of the date Of their issue and
execution, and shan be for the sum Of Five