The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-06
LOCAL LEGISLATION

City council met in regular session
Tuesday night, with Councilmen Nc
Iver, Goldman, Simmons, Thomas and
Winer present.
r. S. Hall appeared and requested
permission to be allowed to unload a
tank car of oil on siding near his fill
ing station on Osceola street, stating
that it would not be necessary for it
to remain there fd longer period
than two hours at a time. Request
was granted upon motion of Mr..
Thomas.
Request of Presbyterian church for
reduction in excessive water bill
caused by a leak referred to City
Manager Mckenzie to report at next
meeting, upon motion of Mr.. Gold
man.
The following report of the sink
ing fund commission was accepted
and approved, upon motion of Mr..
Goldman, and warrant ordered drawn
as called for therein, all members
voting yea upon roll call:
''The' sinking fund commission of
the city of Ocala met on the morning
of Dec. 21st, 1921, for the purpose of
delivering to (the Commercial Bank
the purchasers, the fifty bonds of the
city of Ocala, in the denomination of
$1,000 each, for street improvement,
dated Oct. 1st, 1920, twenty-five of
which mature in ten years from date
and twenty-five in twenty years from
date, which were sold to them as per
their bid of ninety and one-half of
Aug 4th, 1921, and our acceptance of
same date. -.
"There were present at this meeting
Mr.. John Dozier, chairman, Mr.. E. j.
Crook, secretary-treasurer, Mr.. d. E.
McIver and Mr.. N. P. Davis, the re-
manning member of the commission
being absent from the city. We also
called in consultation Mr.. F. R. Hook
er, city attorney. We now beg to adj
wise that we delivered to the CONNER
cial Bank the above mentioned bonds
and received in lieu thereof duplicate
deposit slip for $45, 5,805.55, which we
are enclosing herewith, $45, $50 being
the purchase price of the bonds and
$555.55 being interest on same from
Oct. 1st, 1921, to date of delivery of
bonds to purchasers.
"We now beg to request that you
have drawn from this fund warrant
Z to the order of the sinking fund COM
mission for $555.55, being the amount
of interest paid by the bank which
should rightfully come into our
hands. In this connection we beg to
advise that we are holding these
bonds as collateral for the above
mentioned deposit, and as each $1,000
is drawn out we are to turn over to
the Commercial Bank one bond, so will
ask that you instruct the city clerk
or whoever draws these funds to no
tify the secretary as each $1,000 is
withdrawn from these funds.
Yours truly
John Dozier, Chairman.
E. J. Crook, Sec Treas.
N. P. Davis,
D. E. McIver,
R. l.. Anderson Jr,
"Sinking Fund Commission"
Report of Mrs C. R. Tydings,
chairman of rest room, and report of
DR.. Watt as health officer read and
accepted.
Current bills were ordered paid.
Payment was ordered made to Bur-
ford, Hall & Smith on contract.
Chief of the fire department re-
quested that the city furnish Globe
waterproof suits and rubber coats for
the firemen. Matter was referred to
head of department of public safety
with power to act.
Pursuant to suggestion of city
manager the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, it appears that there
might be some ambiguity as to the
meaning of the report of the commit
tee appointed in regard to reduction
in lighting rates for large consum-
ers, dated November Is, 1921, there
fore be it
Resolved by the city council of the
city of Ocala, that the following shall