The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-07
ORDINANCE NO. sss

ORDINANCE NO. 22e
An ordinance authorizing and providing for
| the issuance OF Improvement bonds OF Inc City
OF Lakeland, Florida in the sum OF Eleven
Thousand Three hundred Flfty-six Dollars ana
| Thirty mine Cents (sll ,S56.S9l.
| Whereas the City Commission OF the C1.y
| Of Lakeland, Florida, under and BY virtue OF
| It's charter and the amendments thereto. ana
| the rights given under the general law OF tne
Slate Of Florida. Determined sssS.u'iS s.h
| and ordinances duly passed on december etn
| and January 25th. 1917. to grade, curb ana
/ nave the following parts Of streets hereinaitr
enumerated, and ordered said work to be DONE
and
whereas the City Communication and ne Com
missioner Of Public Improvement did BY prop.
or proceeding contract for and cause 10 DC
constructed such street improvements. ana
whereas said parts Of streets have been com.
and Commissloner Of Public Improvement. and
csrtlhcations Of completion and total cost
thereof have bcen made by the Commissioner
q Public Improvement on the following streets !:
Missouri avenus, from Main street 70 Hillcrest
Drive; South Ingraham avenue. from Lime
street to Palmetto street; and West Orange
street, from, Florida, avenue to New YORK ave-
nue., and
| . Whereas the Commissioner OF Public In
proyement and the City Commission have siVea
notice to the property owners anected by sucn
Improvement by advertisement In the Lakeland
| Evening Telegram In its issue OF November 18Th
to November 26th, 1918, In compliance with the
charter Of the City Of Lakeland a. 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 29th day OF November
1918, at 2 80 p. m. to present such complaints
as they may have. II any. against tne assess
ment Of such property for such improvement.
and ~
whereas the City Commission aid meet on
the said s9th day Of November. 1918 at 2 30
p. m, at the time and place specified In tho
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
| was shown, nor was any objection or complaint
| interposed by any person or persons against
the certincation Of the cost for said improve
ment, and
| the said meeting was thrown open to hear all
| 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 resolution author
izing and ordering that certificates Of indebt-
edness be issued against the property shutting
upon said streets, and NJ GRASS. 500
Whereas said certificates Of Indebtedness have
been issued against said property as described
for the amounts specified, and that the said
certificates have been recorded In Q special
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve.
ments. with 2 description Of the property
Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates TO be q lien against
said property for the amounts therein specihe,i.
and oa- .r-,f.,. -. .f.rcf ~ 80 ,.,.
Whereas tho said City Commission accepted
said streets and tho completion Of the i'm.
provements thereof. and the said certificates VI
indebtedness against the property sbutting upon
ala ok~n 40 naA hiatt T.
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 go
whereas the total amount of~t the cost Of
said work YVES a. follows:I
On Missouri avenue, from Main street 10
Hlllcrest Drive, Eleven Thousand Nino Hun.
Cents ,lSii, ssS.7s). and the City Of LaKeland's
ono-thIrd proportion thereof was Three Thou
sand Nine Hundred Eiehty-nIne Dollars and
Fifty.nine Cents tt3,sss.5S). and the property
owners tvo-thirdsl proportion Of said cost is
Seven, Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy nine
Dollars and Nineteen Cents t$7.S19.1S). H'f
on. South Ingrahm avenue. from Lime street
to Palmetto street, Three Thousand Two Hun
dred Two Dollars and Eighty Cents t$3,s02S0),
and the City Of Lakelands one-third proper.
tion thereof was One Thousand Sixty Seven
Dollars and Sixty Cents t$l,087. SOL. and the
cost Is Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty Ave
Dollars and Twenty Cents ($2,l35.20). .. f
On West Orange street. from Florida avenue
to New York avenue, One Thousand Eight Hun
dred sixty.three Dollars t$1,s63. o0). and the
City Of Lakeland's One-third proportion there
Of was Six Hundred Twenty-one Dollars
| ($62l.00), and the property owners tw0-thirds
proportion Of said cost is One Thousand Two
Hundred Forty-two Dollars Isl ,242.00)
And that the total amount Of the said cost,
assessed against the said property owners. Is
Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-six Dol
lars and Thirty nine Cents tsil 1855. 3a,. and
that the said certificates Of indebtedness, so
| issued as aforesaid and recorded against the
said abuttlng property owners In the said
Lien Book, amount to the aggregate sum OF
Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty six Dol
lars and Thirty-nine Cents ISL ,358.y9), and
that the aggregate amount Of said certificates
now issued and deposited with the City Treas
urer 10 not In excess Of the amount that the
| said City Is allowed TO Issue. and that the said
certificates are O lien against each lot or
tract OF land described In said lien book, and
whereas, also. a resolution was duly passed
on said ssth day Of November. 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
Three Hundred Flfty-six Dollars and Thirty.
nine Cents Sll.s56.ss). go. IN s.Isf
Now. therefore. be It ordained by The CITY
Commission that all Of said proceedings, to-
gether with said. resolutions, b 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 Three Hundred Fifty-stx
Dollars and Thirty mine Cents 1911 $50. SO, and
that said bonds be Issued against the said GER
tihcates Of indebtedness 50 deposited, "a
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 certln
Gates OF indebtedness so deposited with the
City Treasurer.
Re II further ordained that the said bonds
shall mat..s In one ~ two (e). three (s).
four ~, Ave t5), six (8) seven "a. eight
ts). nine 10y ard ten tl0) years after date.
and bear interest vt the rate Of six (6) Der
cent per annum, PAYABLE semi-annually. and
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 ts50oOo) each, except
one Of said bonds which shall be for the sum
OF Three Hundred Flfty-six Dollars ard
Thirty-nine Cents tss56.S9), and each bord
shall have interest coupons attached thereto.
each coupon representing six t6l per cent upoi,
said bond payable semi annually: that each
OF The bonds shall bear a certificate, duiv
sienou pS inc Clty treasurer, certifying that
the amounts OF the certificates Of Indebtedness
so deposited. and against which said bends are
Issued. are at least equal In amount to the
face value OF the bonds being issued. Each N
| said bonds shall be signed BY the Mayor and
Clerk respectively. and the form OF said boud
shall be the same as heretofore issued FOR
said improvement.
Approved this twenty.ninth day Of November.
y. c. FLANAGAN, Mayor.
!, H. l.. Svatts. City Clerk, hereby certify
that the above ordinance number e20 was th,ly