Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-03-04
.ervlce The sum Of S61 in fees.

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The city clerk reported that only
$54. 26 had been received by him in Feb,
as below: For two dog licenses, $1.76;
street permits, from No. ZIG to No. 222,
inclusive, $40; and for rent from Ruth
Townsend, $3.50.
The city tax collector made twenty
five searches during the month just
past: For Robert Bright, 2; William H.
Bright, 5; William E. Zeller, 2; William
s. Darnell, 2; Jesse D. Ludlam, 1;
Palmer M. Way, 4; Frank L. King, l;
Jonathan Hand, 1; City of Wildwood,
l; Beecher-Kay Realty Company, 1;
and Real Estate and Search Company,
5. The fees received for making these
searches amounted to $3.50.
A resolution was passed declaring it
to be fright and proper that a quit
claim should be given to Israel T.
Woolson, covering any interest which
the city may have by reason of former
unpaid taxes on lots Nos. Is and 16,
block No. So, In Third ward" The
city tax collector certified that there
are ''no unpaid taxes or municipal liens
of record in his office affecting said
lots"
Another resolution was passed to
authorize the execution of a temporary
Improvement note in the sum of 81, 800,
the proceeds of which will be used to
pay bills incurred on account of the
Surface drainage contract. This action
was taken in anticipation of the issu-
ance of surface drainage bonds author
lied under the provisions of ordinance
No. 100, adopted some time ago.
A third resolution read like this: "Be
it resolved, That the plans and specif-
cations of Engineer l.. M. Rice, for the
construction of a city wharf OH Ottens
Harbor or Wildwood Harbor be and
the same are hereby adopted, the cost
of which work Is to be paid out Of
general taxation; and that the clerk be
and he is hereby authorized to adver-
tise for bids for the doing of said work,
under said plans and specifications, and
that said bids shall be received and
opened by the board of commissioners
at city hall on Tuesday, March 10Th, at
two o'clock p. m."
The length of this do k or wharf will
be $50 feet. 1t is proposed to have the
work thereon completed before the
fishing season opens in earnest. The
city acquired possession of five lots
along the harbor, each with a frontage
of thirty feet.
A resolution was now passed award
ing the issue Of SAG, 900 worth Of board
walk bonds to the Marine National
Bank and the Wildwood Title and
Trust Company, original joint bidders
for the whole series of fifty bonds
$3.50, 900 par ~value). The consent of the
two banks to TAXI the remnant of the
original issue was given in writing, and
the price offered was SAG, 200, with &C.
crued interest from January 10Th, 1921.
The last bond Of this issue will mature
in 1885.
Ordinance No. Ill was next taken up
and passed on third and final reading.
After the lapse of ten days it will be-
come a legal enactment. This ordin-
ance authorizes the raising of $3.50, 324.26
by taxation to cover the local budget
appropriations for 1921, amounting to
$271 $685. 6, and the appropriation for
schools in the amount of $61, 955.
At the request of City Treasurer Kay
ordinance No. ia was introduced and
read. 1t will have its third and final
reading March 18th. This new ordin-
ance is intended to raise the sum of
$4,000 by arranging for another issue
OF water bonds, ''in order to increase
the present capacity of the city's water
works, and also to meet the anticipated
requirements OF an additional water
supply to the Inhabitants Of Wildwood