The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-12
Salary Of Officers

this subject.
Salary Of Officers
Section AZ. The City Council
| by ordinance, shall prescribe ths
salary or compensation of all The
elective and appointive officers o
said city.
Payment OF Fines-Sentences
Section 48. Every person con
victed of any offense against the
city laws, shall forthwith pay al
fines and costs imposed agains
rim in United States currency; II
I default he or they shall be com
mitted to the City Prison for the
term prescribed in the judgment
Of the Court, and while thus com
mitted shall work for the city al
such labor as his or her strength
and health will permit.
/ Officers Not To Retain Fees
Section 40. No officer or en-
ployee of said city shall retain
any fees or costs for any service
he may perform, nor shall he re-
ceive any compensation other than
the salary fixed by ordinance ex-
scept as hereinafter prescribed, and
all fines shall be a part of the rev.
enue of the city, and shall be paid
into the City Treasury by the of
ficer receiving same.
Sewers
Section so. The City Council
shall have power to order the con-
struction of sewers on all streets
and the grading and paving all
streets in the City of Key West
and shall, by ordinance, designate
all streets and avenues which are
to, be paved and those which are
to be severed.
Whenever any street, park, al
ley, or other highway shall have
been heretofore or may hereafter
be paved, graded, curbed, laid out,
opened. repaired or otherwise inn
proved by the City of Key West,
except sidewalks, including works
and improvements now in process
of construction, or whenever such
street, park, alley or other high
way shall have been or may here
after be ordered paved, graded,
laid out, opened, repaired or 9TH
erwise improved, except side
walks, or whenever any drain or
sewer shall have been heretofore
or may hereafter be constructed
or repaired in the City of Key
West, the City Council shall, as
Soon as the cost of such improve
inent shall have been certified to
them by the Board of Public
Works, as hereinafter provided,
assess against the AUDITING prop
erty one-half of the cost of such
improvements in proportion to the
frontage of such AUDITING property
on such street, alley, park or high
way so improved; provided, that
when sewer is laid no greater
amount of the cost therefor shall
be assessed against the abutting
property than three fourfhs (A)
of the cost Of laying an eight-inch
s(8} sewer; provided further, the
entire cost of the improvements
Eatsthe intersection of streets shall
be paid by the city except as here
inbefore specified.
Assessments For Improvements
Section 81. All such assess
ments for such = improvements
heretofore made, or which may
hereafter be made, shall constitute
a prior lien to all other liens, ex-
cept taxes and those for construc.
ton or repair of sidewalks, with
which liens they shall have equal
dignity, upon the real estate as.
sessed. The amount of said as.
sessments shall bear interest at the
rate of eight (8) per cent. per an.
mum, and shall be payable in three
CD equal installments, in one az
two CD, and three CD years. But
the owner of the real estate so as.
sessed shall have, the right to pay
said assessment with the maturec
Interest at any time before suit. !
Pave Streets - =
Section So. When at any time
/ the City Council Of the Said cit,
shall decide to pave, grade, curb
lay out, open, repair or otherwise
improve any street, alley or othel
! public highway, or any part there
OF, or to construct or repair an,
sewer, the said City Council shall
pass an ordinance ordering tn,
same done, and thereupon tn,
Board of Public Works shall ad
vertise for bids for making sal,
improvements; said advertise
ment shall contain among othe
things, description of the ma
terial TO be used, width of paw
ing, if the streets is to be paved
and shall designate with reason
able certainty the limits within
which said work is to be don
and the nature thereof in whic
advertisement the right to rejee
any and all bids must be reserV
ed by the city.
In advertising the street paw
ing, the Board of Public Work
may advertise for separate bid
on grading, curbing and pawn