The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-11
ORDINANCE NO. as7

], ORDINANCE NO. 227
An ordinance authorizing and providing ..
the issuance Of improvement bonds OF he chi
o. LAKELAND, Florida, in the sum Of Eleve
Thousand Five Hundred Sixty seven DollaI
and Twenty-one Cents $11,567.21).
Whereas the City Commission Of the CT
OF Lakeland Florida, under and BY virtue ,
Us charter and the amendments thereto, an
me rights given under tho general law Of til
sa.e Of Florida. determined by resolution
ana ordinances duly passed on December 81
and January 25th, 1917, to grade. curb an
pave the following parts Of streets hereinafte
enumerated, and ordered said work to lie done
| and
| Whereas the City Communication and the Com
missioner Of Public Improvement did by prop
er proceeding contract for and cause TO b
constructed such street improvements, and
| whereas said parts Of streets have been con,
| pleted and duly accepted by the City Engineel
and Commissioner Of Public Improvement. snt
ordinations OF completion and total cos
| thereof have been made by tho Commissioners
OF Public Improvement on the following streets
East Lime street, from Massachusetts, avenue
70 ingrahm avenue; East Orange street, from
Indiana avenue to Tngraham avenue; and
South 1ngraham. from Orange street to Lime
street, and
Whereas the Commissioner Of Public I'm.
proyement and the City Commission have given
notice to the property owners affected by such
Improvement BY advertisement In the akela I'd
Evening Telegram in It's issue Of October 18th
TO October 22nd 1918, in compliance with thu
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
far ,,nh tyupv
end
Whereas the City Commission did meet on
the said 26th day Of October, 1918, at 2 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
lnterposed by any person or persons against
tne certlncation OF the cost for said improve.
ment, and
Whereas on the 26th day Of October. 1915
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 resolution. author-
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
certificates have been recorded In A special
ments, with description OF the property
against which said certificates are q 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
Indebtedness against the property abutting 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
whereas the total amount OF the cost of
said work was as follows:
On South 1ngrahm avenue. from Orange
street to Lime street, one Thousand -Four Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars ($l,4Is.00l, and the CITY
Of Lakeland's One third proportion thereof was
-Four Hundred Seventy-two Dollars t$i72.0O}.
and the property owners two-thirds pr6portion
OF said cost Is Nine Hundred Forty-fou Dol
lars ($944..00). On East Lime street from
MASSACHUSETTS, ,cf to Ingrahm avenue, Nine Thou.
Seventeen Cents t$9.37el7), and that the civ
Of Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty six Dot.
lars and Thirty-nlne cents $3,1263s), and
mat the property owners two-thirds propot-
ton Of said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
dred Fifty Dollars and Seventy-eighi Cents
t$6, 252.7Sl, and the cost Of paving East Orange
street from Indiana TO Tngrahm avenue was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Ftfty-f1ye Dollars
and sixty five Cents ts6,555.65l, and that the
City or Lakeland's one-third proportion OF III.
said cost is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-fve Dollars and Twenty tive Cents
ts2. ls5,22), and that the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners is -Four
Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
Forty three Cents t$4.S70.4s), and that tho
total amount OF the said cost assessed against |
SAID property woners. Is Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty-one
Cents ISL ,56721l. and that the said cert.
hcates OF Indebtedness, so issued as aforesaid, /
and recorded against the said AUDITING pros.
erty owners in the said Lien Book, amount Il
the aggregate sum OF Eleven Thousand Five
hundred sixty seven Dollars and Twenty -oue
Cents tSu,567.2ll. and that the aggregate
amount OF said certificates now issued and d.
posted with the City Treasurer is not In ar
cess OF the amount that the said City Is nj
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 10Th 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
rive hundred Sixty-seVen Dollars and Twenty
one Cents tsll.567.2Il.
Now, therefore, be IL ordained by the CITY
Commission that all Of said proceedings, 10 |
yether with said resolutions, be confirmed and /
ratified, and that bonds. TO be known as In |
bonds, be issued, for the purpose az /
paying said certificates, in the aggregate SUN /
II Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty sever |
Dollars and Twenty-one Cents 1911, 567 2i) ana |
hat said bonds be issued against the said ce. /
tthcates OF indebtedness so deposited Is |
authorized by the charter Of the City Of Lake |
and and by the laws Of the State Of Florida |
which said amount OF said bonds il not in i
'xcess Of the aggregate amount Of the certlf- |
,ates OF Indebtedness so deposited with the /
City Treasurer.
BE it further ordained that the said bonds
hall mature in one (ll, two t2l. thee 81. |
Our t4l. FIVE ISL six t6l. seven ca. eight
49,, nine tal and ten l0l years after date.
Ind bear interest at the rate Of six t5) peT
'ent per annum, payable semi-annuaily, and
hat each bond shall have attached thereto
interest coupons and that said bonds shall
ear date as Of the date Of their issue and /
,xecution. and shall he FOR the sum Of Five
Hundred Dollars ts5se00) each, exceptl
NE Of said bonds which shall be for the sum
II Five Hundred Stxty-Seven Dollars ana