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sara 3, sncn Special Tax School Districts re. rs
ro:si llSNA election after such complaint held -
gsoviued IN Section so of fle Rss;seI x go. =
haun5-.--sh snioraia % revise and change the
e sald Special School Districts TO- as
the-t - posslnle distribute the TERRITORY covered
eh-s equ,ranly and beneficiaIIv Notice ar ss,rs,
se y boundary shall be given IA the same
OF ssci Sat NOTICE OF election for the formation
shall L $3.50 Ak school Districts IS given and
air De given in connection with the neyt sr
fha saeeEion tor the election OF trustees and
IS b15 81 q mIieage, which Last election shall
tr;c4. = le special Lax School District or Dis
49,: - ModIfIed or changed. Provided the nrn-
oT TINS Act shall not anplv Ia am, Sner;al
ing bod district which shall have an outstand-
herewith are hereby renealed. =. ~1-'--'A'
sec. f. This Act shall take effect ,,ro, ne .
age and becoming a law - p-977
pphoVea June IA, Iq2I.
.N -. CHAPTER sss6-1No. r6r).
FAH AT 70 Amend Section 88o Of the Devised
GO statutes Relating to the Payment OF Ii
P,,s;r taxes by Express Companies Doing
- naefed BY the Legislature Of the State of
cs Section That Section $50 Of the Revised
llenefai Statutes OF the State OF Florida he and
40 slhe = hereby amended to read as follows.
taIIs- Express Commands; Report to Comp
c;t:ss Fsnalfy for Failure to Make Report;
49,. anu towns May Impose License: Distri-
9Tn lo or Taxes Collected.-Exnress Companies.
ca sd any express company doing business In this
snaii on the first day OF October ro1s and
H. ulerearter make report under oath to
.ne comptroller of the State of Florida Of the
toti amount OF gross receipts derived from bsi-
wear 5; neiseen points in this State during the
lIel sn9lng tune 3oth, next preceding the first
LAY or October and shall at the same time nav to
sc comptroller sum equal to two per cent tuon
sn 1,,a amount OF such gross receipts, and if
any sucn company shall fail to make such report
ana payment to the Comptroller as herein ,ro-
vIuea' on or before the first dav of November of
any year. the Comptroller SHALL after having given
at East i've QdyS notice aS,o
sentative OF the company located in this State
esunaIe the amount of such gross REGENTS from
sucn information he NAV be able To obtain and
s..l aaa 20 per cent to the amount of such taxes
as a penalty for the failure OF such company to
make report, and shall proceed to collect such
aA' togeiner with all costs and penalties thereon,
me same as delinquent railroad taxes are collect
60 under Sections TSz, z53 and zs4 Provided
tnaT no penalty shall be added if return is made
anu the amount due paid to the COMPTROLLER before
the expiration of the time stated in the notice
REQUIRED to be given by this Section
:. mar any CITY or town in the State of Florida
10 hereby authorized TO impose upon any express
company DONG business in this State, having an
office in such city town, license tax not to
exceed the sum hereinafter mentioned. namely:
IN cIt1es of 10000 inhabitants or more 5000 90.
In cities of less than 10000 and more than re-
GOO inhabitants, Sroo.oo.
In cities of $4,000 and more than RI aoo in.
habtants $500.
In cities and towns of 10000 and more than
5000 inhabitants. $4,000.
In cities and towns OF 5000 and more than
5000 inhabitants, say. so.
In cities and towns of 1000 and more than
1000 inhabitants. $4,000.
In towns and villages OF LOCO and more than
500 Inhabitants ST2. so.
In towns and villages of 500 inhabitants and
than ego. 5000
For the purpose of this Chapter the population
or any city town county shall be held to
be that shown by the last official taken BY
the United States the State of Florida. or that
NAV be taken as provided bv law.
That of the sum paid to the Comptroller as pro-
vided by this Seetion onehalf shall be distributed
BY the said Comptroller among the various coun-
ties OF the State in proportion to the assessed
valuation thereof shown by the assessment of
the previous year. and the remaining one-half
shall Immediately be turned over to the Treasury
of the State of Florida as license money
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in con-
fliet with the same be, and the same are hereby,
Approved May II, 1921.
CHAPTER sss7-fNo. 16a)
AN ACT TO Amend Section aor6 of the Revised
General Statutes of the State of Florida. Reiat-
ing TO the Levy and Collection OF a Tax for the
Maintenance and Support of the State Board of
Health
Be Il Enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Florida:
Section +. That SECTION zorro of the Revised
General Statutes of the State of Florida be. and
the same is hereby amended as to read as fol-
lows:
lected annually uDou the assessabie property of
the State tax of one-quarter of one mill. TO ere
ate special fund for the maintenance and sup
port of the State Board of Health. other than for
maintenance. quarantine. maritime sanitation.
Sec 2 All laws or parts of laws in conflict
herewith. be- and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. !. This Act shall become law imnedi-
atev upon its passage.
Approved May IS, 1927.
CHAPTER Sss2-(No. 1862.
AN ACT to Authorize Any and All Drainage and
Sub-drainage Districts Created Under the Laws
of this State to Acquire by Gilt. Purchase, E5x-
change Donation or Condemnation Lands for
Other General P1r-
poses of the Said Districts.
Be It Enacted by the Legislative of the State of
Florida:
Section I. That any and all drainage and sub
drainage districts created organized under the
Laws of the State Of Florida are hereby author
ized and empowered to acquire by gift, purchase,
exchange donation or condemnation any lands
within or without the said district tor canal r1gnfs
ofwav. or for other general purposes or the said
District and if acquired by condemnation shall be-
1,non filing a petition in the office OF the Clerk
az the Circuit Court of the County wherein the
lands lie which petition shall set forth the foi-
The authority under which the petitioner
claims the right to take property for the use OF
the said district a..
2. description as accurate as may n6 u IAS
property sought to be taken
!, The purpose of the taking, and that the
property is necessary Tor the pnrpo - the
.rT the names places of residence, legal dornI-
Gle and the interest OF all owners and mort
gagees, If the same by diigent search can pc as
That the petitioner has surveyed and located
49,. f;,,ee of rs canal or other works OF the said
district and intends in good faith to construct the
sane over or on the said lands and that the sald
construction has been ordered by the proper au-
thority.
Sec = The petition shall be verified by oath
AZ rl,e petitioner who for the purposes or this Act
ln bs she chairman or any member OF the Board
~ commissioners of Everglades Drainage District
~ the chairman or any member Of the Board OF
Snsrv;sors. or the other official head OF any
Rcrrd ar authority, created by law % manage the
D. 4;v,aee district or stih-dranage district.
To-. shall he annexed an affidavit by the saIrc
fF;ayst tiat tiiIgeut search and inquiry has been
- ~ res;dence legal disabilities and interest
~ tFe owners and mortgages or the property,
- sla+ these as ascertained set forth IN the
s.4sar TIle drawer shall be that the property
g5r-.ied in the petition may be condemned tor
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