The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
nEsOLrTIOy 40. saa

RESOLUTION 20. 22a
"A REsOLuTIoN DIRECTING
THAT CERTAIN QUESTIONS BE
sI $, s;srrrs re 4 r H2rE Si OF THE a
KEY WEST. FLoRIIiA. vorISG
At THE GENERAL CITY ELEC.
TION ! TO BE HELD IN SAID
CITY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
4, AID. 1947, AND PROVIDING For
THE PRINTING. OF SAID CUES
TIONS on THE BALLOTS USED
IN SAID ELECTION, AND Fur.
PTBLiC ATioN or THIS REs0LU-
TION IN A NEWSPAPER.
Be it resolved by the City Com
mission of The City of Key West,
Florida. as follows:
That the following questions be
submitted to vote of the electors
OF The City of Key West, Florida,
voting at the general city election
to be held In said City on Tuesday.
questions shall he printed on the
ballots used in said election in sub
aantiaIly the following form:
APPROVING CHAPTER 24637) .
LAWS OF FLORIDA)
Shall there be ratified and ap-
proved Chapter 24631. Laws OF
Florida, blouse Bill No. lllS1
isIature of Florida. held in the
year l947, entitled: IAN ACT
Authorizing and Empowering the
City of Key West, Florida, 10
abandon as a Public Park Ger
tain Lands on. Stock Island, In
Monroe County. State of Florida,
acquired for public park pur-
poses; and authorizing ana en-
towering the City Commission OF
said city. acting on behalf of
said CITY to lease or sell such lands
or portions thereof as may be
determined by said City Commits
sim to be for the best interest
of said city: Provided any such
lease or sale is first approved az
a referendum election TO be held
in said city; and providing this
Act shall not become operative
or effective until ratified or an
proved at referendum election TO
be called and held in said City
of Key West, Florida.
The lands referred TO being de-
scribed as follows.
ON the Island of Stock Island. IN
Monroe County, State or Fiorlda'
and is that part of Government Los
Z in Section SO and that part or
Government Lot 2 and that part
of Government Lot in section
IS. In Township 81 South OF
Range 25 East. which are not
now developed as a golf course
CT country club site?
APPROVING SALE OF LAND(
Shall there be accepted and ap,
proved the offer Of Samuel
purchase, In fee simple, from The
City of Key West. Florida, for
the cash consideration .ef
100000, the hereinafter describe
ed land, to-wit:
on the Island of Stock Island;
in Monroe County, Florida. and
more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at the intersection
49, of the Easterly shore of said
Stock Island and the Northeriy
right -of-way line of Railroad
Avenue. as shown on a Plat or
Stock Island, recorded in Plat
Book /, page 50. Monroe County,
Florida, Public Records; thence
along the Northerly right-of-way
line of said Railroad Avenue One
Thousand Five Hundred Fifty
CISCO feet. more or less. to- It's
intersection with a line forming
the Southeasterly boundary OF
land under lease by the Z. .
Government for a Rifle Range,
the said Southeasterly boundary
referred to being line Three
Hundred Fifty (350) feet South
easterly and parallel with the
center line of the Ri Gle Range as
now constructed: thence along
said Southeasterly boundary line
of said L. $. Government prop
ertv in Northeasterly direction,
nf ThOnSAn6
Hundred Eighty U2S0) feet.
more or less, to the shore line;
thence meandering along the
shore line in a Southeasteriy di-
rection One Thousand One Hun
dred Fifty Q15O feet. more or
less TO the point of beginning:
Together with any and all ri
marian rights thereunto belonging
or in anywise appertaiping.
The above description describes
The triangular piece of land bound
I'd on the Northwesterly side by
he property now under lease by
he L. s. Government for a rifle
.abge and bounded on the South
~ the Northerly risht-of-way line
Of Railroad Avenue, and bounded
IN the East by the waters of the
Bay of Florida. Being the same
area used by The City of Key
west, Florida, for garbage and
rash disposal purposes?
COMING FOR CEMETERY .
Shall the coming ordinance of
rhe CITY of Key West, Florida, be
so as to permit the fol-
owing described land to be used as
, cemetery, to-wit:
On the Island of Key West,
Florida. and known on Key
West Realty Co.'S first subdi-
vision of Part of Tract 81 and
Lots /. 2. 3. and 5. map of
which subdivision Is duly record
ed in Plat Book l., page 43.
Monroe County, Florida, Public
Records. as follows:
All of Blocks 81. 80, 80, 81. 3S
and 80. and Lots 2, 3. 1. 5, 6, 3,
Q. 10. IL, 12, - and IA I'm Block
(TRANsFER OF PoINCIANA
PLACE TO NAVY
DO YOU favor the transfer of
war Housing Project. known Of
ficially as Florida Project 1913,
Poinciana Place. containing 210
permanent units), Key West.
Florida. to the Navy?
BE 1T FURTHER RESoLVET
that this resolution he published
one time in The Key West Citizen
a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Key West
Florida. at least ten days prior Il
the day of said election.
Passed and adopted by the CITY
Commission at meeting held thi:
17tE day of October, AID. 19+7.
WILLIAM w. DEMERITT,
~ -' Mayor