The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-08
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ORDINANCE NO.. 227
AN ordinance authorizing and providing 20
the issuance Of Improvement bonds OF he Cit!
of Lakeland, Florida, in the sum OF Elevet
Thousand Five Hundred Sxty-seven Dollar
and Twenty-one Cents ($l1.5672D.
Whereas the City Commission of the Ci!
Of Lakeland, Florida, under and by virtue o
Its charter and the amendments thereto, ant
the rights given under the general law OF thu
Sta.e Of Florida, determined by resolutions
and ordinances duly passed on December stl
and January 25th 1917, to grade, curb AMI
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 Gauss TO Ds
constructed such street improvements, ana
Whereas said parts OF streets have Deem com
pleted and duly accepted by the City engineer
and Commissioner Of Public Improvement. ant
Qualifications of completion and total cos
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, IRON
Indiana avenue to Ingraham avenue; anc
South Ingraham, from Orange street TO Mrle
street, and
Whereas the Commissioner Of Public Im-
proyement 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 l5fh
TO 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,
1918, at 2 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 ~
D. M, at the time and place specified in the
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
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 q resolution, author
izing and ordering that certificates Of tndebt-
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
CeTtlQcdteS nave Docu EcCUIucu III opoCiui
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve
ments, with a description Of the property
against which said certificates are a lien. and
Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates to be q 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
against the property abuttlng 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
srty therein mentioned, and
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 Foui Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars ($1,416.00), and the City
Of Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($l7200)
and the property owners two-thirds proportion
Of said cost Is Nine Hundred Forty-four DOL
lars t$944..00). On East Lime street, from
to Ingrahm avenue. Nine Thou
sand Three Hundred Seventy mine Dollars anu
Seventeen Cents ($s,37s.17), and that the City
Of Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-six Dot.
lars and Thirty mine cents ($3,I26.3s), and
that the property owners. tw0-thirds pr0pot-
ton Of said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
dred Fifty-two Dollars and Seventy eight Cents
($6, 252. 78), and the cost Of paving East Orange
street, from Indiana to Ingrahm avenue, was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-fve Dollars
and Sxty-f1v Cents ($6,555.6 5), and that the
City Of Lakeland's one-thlrd proportion Of thr
said cost Is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-fye Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents
($2,lS5.22), and that the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners is -Four
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
F0rty-three Cents ($4,37043), and that the
total amount Of the said cost, assessed against
said property woners, is Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty one
Cents ($11,567.2n, and that the said certl.
fcates OF Indebtedness, so issued as aforesaid
and recorded against the said AUDITING prop
erty owners In the said Lien Book, amount ic
the aggregate sum Of Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty otla
Cents $1l,5672D, 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 Is al
lowed to issue, and that the said certificates
are a 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
Five Hundred Slxty-seven Dollars and Twenty
one Cents t$1l,5672D.
Now, therefore, be II 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 In
provement bonds, be issued, for the purpose Of
paying said certificates, In the aggregate sum
Of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seveE
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents t$1l.567.2I, ant
that said bonds be issued against the said ce. !.
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 certli-
Gates OF indebtedness so deposited with the
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that the said bonds
shall mature in one ~, two t2), three t3,.
tsl, nine (9) and ten tl0) years after date,
and bear interest at the rate Of six t6) 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 shall be for the sum Of Five
Hundred Dollars ts500.00) each except
one of said bonds, which shall be for the sum
Of Five Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars and
Twenty one Cents ($567.2D and each bond
shall have interest coupons attached thereto.
each coupon representing six t6) per cent upon
said bond, payable semi annually; that each
Of the bonds shall bear a certificate, duly
signed by the City Treasurer, certifying that
the amounts Of the certificates Of Indebtedness
so deposited, and against which said bonds are
Issued, are at least equal in amount TO the
face value Of the bonds being issued. Each OF
said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and
Clerk respectively, and the form Of said bond
shall be the same as heretofore issued for
said improvement
Approved this the sixth day Of December
A, D. 1918,
E. C. FLANAGAN, Mayor.
I, II. L. Swatts, City Clerk hereby certify
that the above ordinance number a27 was dulv
passed by the City Commissioners in adjourned
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