448 1911 LAWS OF FLORIDA. for any purpose not already voted upon can be submitted to vote of the people whenever in the judgment of the Town Council it may be considered advisable. Approved May 8, 1911. CHAPTER 6338-(No. 219). AN ACT to Repeal Chapter 6053 of the Laws of Florida Providing for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes for the Town of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and for the Collection of Back Taxes and Tax Sale Certificates of Said City. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Chapter 6053 of the Laws of Florida providing for the assessment and collection of the taxes for the Town of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and for the collection of back taxes and tax sale certificates of said City be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its becoming a law. Approved June 3, 1911. Rate of taxation. CHAPTER 6339-(No. 220). AN ACT to Amend Section Six and Section Nine of An Act Entitled "An Act to Establish the Municipality of Dunedin, and Provide for its Government and Prescribe its Jurisdiction and Powers," the Same Being Chapter 4877 of the Laws of Florida. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section Six of Chapter 4877 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 1st, 1899, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 6. Said corporation shall have no power to levy in any one year a higher rate of taxation than one and one-half per cent. of the assessed value of the taxable property within its limits. 1911 Sec. 2. That Section Nine of Chapter 4877 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 1st, 1899, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: and assess ment of property. Sec. 9. That the said town shall make its own Valuation assessment and valuation of property for taxation, but the values thereof shall not depend upon the values placed thereon for State and county taxation. The Council may by ordinance provide for the time and manner of making the assessment for taxes, and for the tax levy in said town, and the sales for non-payment of taxes shall be made substantially in the same manner, and shall have the same force and effect as sales under the general revenue laws of the State of Florida, and the said town may buy in at such sales all delinquent property. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. Approved May 23, 1911. CHAPTER 6340-(No. 221). AN ACT to Amend Section Eighteen (18), of Chapter 6050, of the Laws of the State of Florida, Being An Act Entitled "An Act to Legalize the Town Government of Dunnellon, Florida; to Fix the Corporate Limits, and to Provide a Common Seal Therefor, and to Grant a Charter to Said Municipality." Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section Eighteen (18), of Chapter 6050 of the Laws of the State of Florida be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 18. The Town Council shall have power to levy Powers of and collect taxes on all property taxable by law for State Council. purposes; to levy and collect occupational license taxes on all privileges, business, trades, occupations and professions which are operated, conducted or engaged in 1911 Powers of within the limits of said town, and the amount of such license tax shall be fixed by ordinance, which amounts of said taxes shall not be dependent upon a general State revenue law. To levy a special assessment for public improvements, street paving, building of sidewalks and improving public property, and shall have the power and authority to levy and assess against property benefited thereby special assessments; to appropriate money and provide for the payment of all debts and expenses of the town; to make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases in the town; to establish hospitals, jails, houses of detention and correction and to make regulations for the government thereof. To make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants and to prevent and remove nuisances; to provide for the cleaning and keeping in good sanitary condition all premises within the limits of the town; to regulate the construction and arrangements of earth closets and privies and to make all reasonable rules and regulations in regard thereto; to provide the town with water by waterworks within or beyond the boundaries by contract or otherwise; to provide for the extinguishment of fires and to organize and establish fire departments; to establish fire limits and to regulate the construction of buildings therein, and to prevent the construction of any building with inflammable material within such limits; to require that brick, stone or concrete be used in the erection of all buildings in such limits. To condemn and order removed, or remove, any wooden building that may endanger the property of others, when the owners of such building refuse to make same safe against fire; to provide for the lighting of the town by contract or otherwise; to make appropriations; to open, alter, abolish, widen, extend, establish, pave, improve and keep in repair streets, alleys and sidewalks; to sell, convey or lease the mining rights in any street or alley abolished or discontinued; to erect, establish, regulate and keep in repair privies, culverts, sewers, and gutters; to grant rights and privileges to and upon the streets, alleys, ways and avenues of the said town for public utilities; to make appropriations for lighting streets and public buildings, and for the erection for all buildings necessary for the use of the town; to license hackney carriages, carts, omnibuses, automobiles, wagons and drays and to fix the rate to be charged for the carriage of persons and property within the town; to regulate the speed for steam engines, 1911 Powers of automobiles, motor-cycles and bicycles within the limits of the town; to prohibit and suppress all gambling houses, bawdy and disorderly houses and obscene pictures and Council. literature; to regulate dance halls, poolrooms and all places of public amusements, and all saloons; to regulate, restrain or prevent the carrying on of manufactories dangerous of causing or producing fires and to regulate the license for the sale of firearms and to suppress the carrying of concealed weapons; to prohibit and regulate the storage of combustible, explosive, or inflammable goods or materials or products of any kind; to provide for and regulate the inspection of beef, pork, flour, meal, and all other provisions, oils, whiskey and other spirits; to regulate the inspection of milk, butter, lard and other provisions; to regulate the vending of meat, poultry, fish, fruits and vegetables; to establish and regulate markets and to require all fresh meats, fish, poultry and vegetables to be sold therein; to impose penalties upon owners, occupants or agents of any house, walk or sidewalk or other structure which may be considered dangerous or detrimental to the citizens, unless after due notice to be fixed by ordinance the same to be removed or repaired; to regulate, tax, license or suppress the keeping and going at large of all animals, including dogs, within the town limits, to im pound the same, and, on default or redemption in pursuance to the ordinance, to sell, kill, or otherwise dispose of the same; to establish pound limits within the town; to regulate weights and measures; to provide for inclosing, improving and regulating public buildings and grounds belonging to the town in or out of the corporate limits; to purchase, lease, receive and hold property real and personal for the use and benefit of the town, and to sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any and all of the corporate property, both real and personal, for the benefit of the said town; to erect, repair, alter and change public buildings and make any and all other improvements necessary for the town; to borrow money and pledge the corporate property as security therefor, for making such improvements as may be necessary for the town; to regulate the anchorage or mooring of vessels, lighters, rafts, boats and all other water craft in front of the streets, and all such property as may be owned or controlled by the town; to pass all ordinances necessary for the health, morals, convenience and safety of the citizens; to secure peace and good order in the town and to carry out the further in 1911 Powers of tent and meaning of this Act and to accomplish the objects of this corporation; to provide for the appointment of a police force; to punish resisting arrest or restraining process and obstructing or opposing the marshal or any police officer of said town; to provide for the arrest of any persons violating any ordinance and for the punishment upon conviction, by fine, forfeitures, penalties, imprisonment with or without labor, but no penalty shall exceed Five Hundred Dollars, and no term of imprisonment shall be for a longer time than three months for the same offense. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as limiting the amount of tax which the Town Council may impose upon the sale of spirituous or vinous or malt liquors; Provided, The said Town Council shall not pass any law, rule or ordinance in conflict with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, or by which its powers and jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired. Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provision of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 3. This Act shall be of full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 24, 1911. CHAPTER 6341-(No. 222). AN Act Enabling the Town of Eustis to Impound Stock of All Kinds. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the Town of Eustis shall have the same authority and right to impound stock of all kinds found running at large in said town the same as cities and towns having over twelve hundred inhabitants, as provided in Section 1105 of the General Statutes of 1906. Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 29, 1911. |