The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-14
ORDINANCE NO. as7

ORDINANCE No. 1877
| An ordinance authorizing and providing 20
the issuance Of Improvement bonds OF he cit,
| OF Lakeland. Florida, In the sum Of .Elevei
Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-sev Dollar
and Twenty-ons Cents ($ll.567.21).
Whereas the City Commission Of the c.,
| OF Lakeland, Florida, under and by virtue d
It's 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 8tl
and January 25th, 1917, to grade, curb and
pave the following parts Of streets hereinafter
enumerated, and ordered said work to Le done
and
Whereas the City Commission and The Com.
missioner Of Public Improvement did by prop.
er proceeding contract for and Gauss 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
certihcations 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 Lirle
street. and
Whereas the Commissioner Of Public I'm.
provement and the City Commission have given
notice TO the property owners affected by such
Improvement by advertisement In the akela..d
evening Telegram In Its issue Of October 18th
y October 22nd, 1918, in compliance with the
charter Of the City Of Lakeland Is amended,
citing the owner OK 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
fnp arych tsrus
and
Whereas the City Commission did meet on
the said 26th day Of October. 1918, at 2 80
D. 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 certihcation OF the cost for said improve.
ment, and
Whereas on the 2sth day Of October, 1918.
the said meeting was thrown open to hear Mi
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
izlng 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
Tor the amounts specified and that the said
certificates have been recorded In q special
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve.
ments, with a description Of the property
against which said certificates are q lien. and
Whereas on said date said City Commission
declared said certificates to be a 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.
proyements thereof. and the said certificates Of
Indebtedness against the property abuttlng upon
kafr faovv .~na l. -
resolution ratified and confirmed, and Is now
rstlned and confirmed, and the said certificates
nave been deposited In the City Treasury Of
the City OF Lakeland. and were on said date,
and now are declared q lien against the prop
erty therein mentioned, and
Whereas the total amount Of the cost Of
said work was as follows
On South lngrahm avenue, from Orange
street to Lime street, one Thousand Fou, Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars t$I,4l8.00), and the City
OF Lakeland's 0ne-thlrd proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seyenty-two Dollars t$l72.00),
Of said cost is Nine Hundred Forty-four Dol
lars t$944,.00), On East Lime street, from
Massachusetts to Ingrahm avenue Nine Thou.
sand Three Hundred Seventy -nine Dollars ana
Seventeen Cents t$e.s7s.l7), and that the CITY
OF Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-slx Dot.
lars and Thlrty-nine cents ($3,I28Ss), and
that the property owners two-thlrds propot-
tion or said cost IL Six Thousand Two Hun.
dred Fifty-two Dollars and Seventy eight Cents
t$6,252.7S), and the cost Of paving East Orange
street, from Indiana TO Ingrahm avenue, was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-fvs Dollars
and Sixty-ive Cents t$6,55585) and that the
City of Lakeland's one-third proportion Of th
said cost Is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eghty-fve Dollars and Twenty two Cents
ss2. 1922, and that the amount assessed
against the abuttlng property owners is -Four
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
Forty-three Cents ts4,37043I, and that the
total amount Of the said cost. assessed against
said property woners, is Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Slxty-seven Dollars and Twenty one
Cents t$il ,5672n, and that the said cert.
ncates OF Indebtedness, SO issued as aforesaid,
and recorded against the said AUDITING prop
erty owners In the said Lien Book. amount Il
the aggregate sum Of Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty one
Cents (Sll .567.2I, 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,
oonds be issued for the purpose Of paying two.
thirds Of the cost. towit, Eleven Thousand
Five Hundred Sixty-ssyen Dollars and Twenty
one Cents t$ll,56T2ll.
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 I'm.
bonds be issued, for the purpose Of
paving said certificates, In the aggregate sum
u Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty.seyen
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents tsI1,h6T2I1, and
hat said bonds be issued against the said CO..
ilicates Of Indebtedness so deposited, as
by the charter Of the City OF Lake
and 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 certlR- |
,ates OF Indebtedness so deposited with thu |
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that tho said bonds |
hall mature in one ~. two az, thee fSI. /
our tA, five t5l, six t6l. seven (7l, elph, |
49,, nine tsl and ten tl0l years after date, |
md bear interest at the rate OF six te) per |
'ent per annum. payable semi-annually, and /
hat each bond shall have attached thereto +
interest coupons. and that said bonds shall /
tear date as Of the date Of their Issue and /
'xecution, and shall be for the sum OF Five /
Hundred Dollars tS500.oeI each, excent
me Of said bonds, which shall be for the sum I
Il Five Hundred Sixty-Seyen Dollars ana