The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-01
ORDINANCE NO. ss7

/ the issuance OF Improvement Dohus Vi ng Wv
| Of Lakeland, Florida, in the sum OF Elevef
Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollar
and Twenty-one Cents t$ll ,567.2D.
Whereas the City Commission Of the Ci.!
Of Lakeland Florida, under and by virtue o
its charter and the amendments thereto, AM
the rights given under the general law OF Wy
Sta.e of Florida, determined BY resolution
and ordinances duly passed on December Sti
and January 25th, 1917, to grade, curD an.
enumerated, and ordered said work to be zone
and
whereas the City Communication and the Com
missioner Of Public improvement did by prop
er proceeding contract for and cause to d.
coustructed such street improvements and
whereas said parts Of streets have been com
pleted and duly accepted by the City Engineel
and Connlssioaer Of Public Improvement. anC
Qualifications Of completion and total cos
thereof have boon made by tho Commissioner
Of Publis Improvement on the following suee1
East Line street, from Massachusetts, avenue
to Insrahn avenue; East Orange street, iiO nt
indiana avenue TO Ingraham avenue; anc
South Ingrahan, from Orange street TO Lift
Wherees the Commissioner Of Public I'm.
provenent and the City Commission nave glven
notice to tho property owners affected py sucn
improvement by advertisement In me iske,a n.s
evening Telegram In its issue Of October loIn
70 October 22nd, 1918, In compliance with tns
charter Of the City Of Lakeland as amended
, citing the owner or owners or other persons N
teersted In said lots, to appear before tne City
Commission and the Commissioner OF PUBIC
improvement on the 26th day OF OctopeI,
1915 at Q 80 .. m to present such complaints
az NAV NAV have, IL 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 specineo III lne
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
was shown, nor was any objection or complal"t
| nterposed by any person or persons aga.ns'
| the Qualification OF the cost for said improve
| ment, and 1910
whereas on the 26th day OF October, 1917
| the said meeting was thrown open to hear an
legal reasons against the assessments OF .le
lots and blocks upon said streets aforesaid anu
! no objections having been made the SAID Guy
Commission duly passed resolution, a iusaSt
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 sald
certificates have been recorded IN speclai
hook known as Lien Book for Street Improve
ments, with a description Of the property
against which said certificates are a lien. ana
Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates to be lien against
said property for the amounts therein speclned,
and
Whereas the said City Commission accepted
said streets and the completion OF the i'm.
provements thereof, and the said certificates Of
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 we're on said date,
and now are declared a lien against the prop
erty therein mentioned, and :,
Whereas the total amount OF the cost OF
said work was as follows: L
On South 1ngrahm avenue, from Orange
street to Lime street. one Thousand Fom Hur-
bred Sixteen Dollars t$1,4l6.00) and the City
of Lakeand's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars ($47200),
and the property owners two-thirds proportion
of said cost Is Nine Hundred Forty-four DOL
lars ($944 OO). On East Lime street. from
Massachusetts to Ingrahm avenue, Nine Thou
sand Three Hundred Seventy nine Dollars and
Seventeen Cents ($9,37917), and that the City
Of Lakeand's One-thlrd proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Six Dot.
lars and Thirty mine cents ($3126.39), and
that the property owners two-thrds pr0pot-
tion of said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
bred Flfty-tw Dollars and Seventy eight Cents
($6,2527S) and the cost OF paving East Orange
street, from Indiana to 1ngrahm avenue, was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-fve Dollars
and Sixty-fve Cents ($6, 55565l, and that the
City of Lakeland's one. third proportion Of The
said cost is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty6ve Dollars and Twenty tive Cents
($2,1S522), and that the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners Is -Four
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
Forty-three Cents t$4,37O43), and that the
total amount of the said cost, assessed against
n L. THn,e aY,J Etxya
Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and Twenty-one
Cents $11567.2D, and that the said cert-
ficates OF Indebtedness, so issued as aforesaid,
and recorded against the said abuttne prop
erty owners in the said Lien Book, amount &c
the aggregate sum Of Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty-one
Cents ($11 ,5672D, and that the aggregate
amount Of said certificates now issued and d.
posted with the City Treasurer is not in ex-
cess Of the amount that the said City Is al
lowed to issue. and that the said certificates
are lien against each lot or tract OF land
described in said lien book, and
Whereas, Also resolution was duly passed
on the 26th day Of October reciting that for
the purpose of paying for said certificates.
bonds be issued for the purpose Of paying two
thirds Of the cost, towit, Eleven Thousand
Five Hundred Sxty-seven Dollars and Twenty
one Cents ($ll ,56721).
Now, therefore, be II ordained by the City
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 sum
Of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty seveE
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents ISL ,567.21), amt
that said bonds be issued against the said CO.
tifcates OF Indebtedness so deposited, as
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 certif-
Gates Of Indebtedness so deposited with tho
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that the said bonds
shall mature in one az, two t2), thee f3,.
four ~, five 10y, six (6), seven ~, eight
(S), nine 10y and ten, (l0) years after date,
and bear interest at the rate Of six t6) per
cent per annum, payable seml-annually. and
that each bond shall have attached thereto
interest coupons, and that said bonds shall
execution, and shall be for the sum Of Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each except
one Of said bonds, which shall be for the sum
Of Five Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars and
Twenty-one Cents (s567.21l, and each bond
shall have interest coupons attached thereto.
each coupon representing six (6) 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 10 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
y. c. FLANAGAN, Mayor.
|. H. L. Swatts. City Clerk, hereby certify
that the above ordinance number 2a7 was duly
passed BY the City Commissioners In adjourned
session December 9Th, 1918
slss H. L. swATTs, City Clerk.