The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-02
ORDINANCE NO. as7

| 49,
Of Lakeland, Florida, in the sum OF Elevel
Z Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollar
and Twenty-ons Cents $ll,50T.2D.
Whereas the City Commission Of the Ci.!
. Of Lakeland. Florida, under and BY virtue Q
its charter and the amendments thereto, AM
; the rights given under the general law OF W
Sta.e Of Florida. determined by resolution y,
and ordinances duly passed on pecemDsr %. o.,
and January 25th, 1917. TO grade, curp AM
pave the following parts Of streets hereinaitc
enumerated. and ordered said work to 10 done
and
whereas the City Commission and the Com
missioner Of Public improvement did by prop
er proceeding contract for and cause 70 On
constructed such street improvements, ana
whereas said parts Of streets have been com
, pleted and duly accepted by the City Engineel
and Connlssioasr Of Public improvement. anc
. Qualifications Of completion and total cos
thereof have been made By the Commissions
Of Public improvement on the ioiiowins s.r rs.
TO Insrahm avenue East Orange street, fron
Indiana avsaus to Ingraham avenue; ano
South Insrahan, from Orange street to Mrie
Whereas the Commissioner Of Public I'm
provenent and the City Commission nave gi.e W.,
notice to the property owners anected py sucn
improvement by advertisement In the LAKELAND
evening Telegram In its issue Of October 18Th
10 October 22nd, 1918, In compliance WIFE, tne
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 Gisy
improvement on the 28th day OF October,
1915. at 2 80 .. 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 :So
p. m, at the time and place speclned IN tne
advertisement aforesaid, and no legal reason
| was shown, nor was any objection or complaint
| interposed by any person or persons against
| the certfcatiOn Of the cost for said improve
ment, and 49,
Whereas on the 26th day Of October, 1913.
the said meeting was thrown open TO hear al
| legal reasons against the assessments OF 1ce
| 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 indeDt-
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
book known as Lien Book for Street Improve
ments, with description OF the property
against which said certificates are lien, and
Whereas on said date said City Commission
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 Ingrahm avenue, from Orange
street to Lime street, one Thousand Foul Hur-
dred Sixteen Dollars 81, 4l6.0O), and the City
Of Lakeland's One third proportion thereof was
Four Hundred Seventy-tw0 Dollars t$472.00),
and the property owners tw0-thirds proportion
Of said cost 10 Nine Hundred Forty-four DOL
lars ($944.O0). On East Lime street, from
Massachusetts, to Ingrahm avenue. Nine Thou
sand Three Hundred Seventy nine Dollars ami
Seventeen Cents ($9,379.17), and that the City
Of Lakeland's 0ne-third proportion thereof was
Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-slx Dot.
lars and Thirty-nine cents ($3, 126.33), and
that the property owners two-thirds propof-
ton Of said cost is Six Thousand Two Hun
dred Fifty-two Dollars and Seventy EIGHT Cents
$6,252.7S), and the cost Of paving East Orange
street. from Indiana to Ingrahm avenue, was
Six Thousand Five Hundred Flfty-fve Dollars
and Sixty-f1ve Cents ($6,555.65), and that the
City Of Lakeland's one-third proportion Of th.
said cost is Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-hve Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents
($2,1S522), and that the amount assessed
against the abutting property owners is -Four
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Dollars and
Forty three Cents ($4.370.43), and that the
total amount Of the said COST assessed against
said property woners, is Eleven Thousand Five
iytu nnII nd V.uap fp
Cents $1l,56721l, 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 &c
the aggregate sum Of Eleven Thousand Five
Hundred Sixty seven Dollars and Twenty one
Cents ISL, 567.2D, 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 Sixty-seven Dollars and Twenty
one Cents t$1l,567,21).
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 Inn
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,5672D, and
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 certlh-
Gates of Indebtedness so deposited with the
City Treasurer.
Be 1t further ordained that the said bonds
shall mature in one ~, two t2), three 49,,
| four (4), five (5), six (6), seven a., eight
| (S) nine ts) and ten. QO) years after date,
| and bear interest at the rate Of six t6) per
cent per annum, payable semi -annualy, 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 t$50O00l each, except
one Of said bonds, which shall be for the sum
Of Five Hundred Slxty.seven Dollars and
| Twenty-one Cents ($5672l), 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 TINT
| 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. 1915
E. C. FLANAGAN. Mayor.
| |, II. a. Swatts. City Clerk, hereby certify
that the above ordinance number 227 was duly
passed by the City Commissioners In auiourned
session December 9Th, 1918
S19S H. u. SwATTS. City Clerk