1911 with the provisions of this charter, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 68. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 29, 1911. CHAPTER 6345—(No. 226). AN ACT Declaring the Town of Fort Myers, Lee County, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the Town of Fort Myers, situated in the County of Lee, State of Florida, and having more than six hundred registered voters within its corporate limits, is hereby declared a city. Sec. 2. Said city shall hereafter be known and called "Fort Myers," and shall have in addition to the rights, powers and privileges enjoyed heretofore, all the rights, powers and privileges conferred under the General Statutes of the State of Florida upon cities. Sec. 3. This Act shall not be construed as taking away any of the rights, powers and privileges conferred upon said town heretofore. Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 23, 1911. CHAPTER 6346-(No. 227). N ACT to Amend Section Two of Chapter 5805 of the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Florida of 1907, the Said Act Being An Act Entitled An Act to Abolish the Present Municipal Government of the Town of Fort Pierce, in the County of St. Lucie, and State of Florida, and to Establish, Organize and Constitute a Municipality to be Known, and Designated as the City of Fort Pierce, and to Define its Territorial Boundaries, and to Provide for its Jurisdiction, Powers and Privileges. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section two of Chapter 5805 of the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Florida of 1907 be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. That a municipality to be known and designated as the City of Fort Pierce is hereby established, organized and constituted in the County of St. Lucie and State of Florida, the territorial boundaries of which shall be as follows: Begin on the waters of the Indian River where the section line dividing Sections 10 and 15 of Township 35, south, Range 40, east, intersect the west side of the channel of said river, thence run west to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 9, Township 35 south, Range 40 East, thence north to a point 870 feet north of the northwest corner of the Southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 4, Township 35 south, Range 40 east, thence run east to the channel of the Indian river, then run southeasterly along the said channel of said river to the point of beginning. Approved May 23, 1911. 1911 1911 Ordinance validated. Construction of Act. CHAPTER 6347-(No. 228). AN ACT to Legalize an Ordinance, Entitled, "An O nance Providing for the Issuance of Bonds and the C ation of an Executive Board Under the Provisions An Act of the Legislature of the State of Florida, titled, An Act Extending and Enlarging the Pow of the City of Gainesville, a Municipal Corporati Organized and Existing in Alachua County, Florid and Providing for the Exercise of Those Powers, Pass by the City Council of the City of Gainesville on S tember 4th, 1905, and Approved September 5th, 190 and to Declare and Render Valid the Result of Sa Election as Shown by the Returns Thereof, and Authorize the Sale of Any and All Bonds Heretofo Issued, or Hereafter to be Issued, and Sold Thereunde and to Authorize the Said City of Gainesville to P chase, or Construct, or Contract for the Constructio of a Public Electric Lighting Plant, or Gas Plant, Both, Such Plants for the Use of Said City and its I habitants." Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florid Section 1. That a certain ordinance, entitled "An O dinance providing for the issuance of bonds and the cr ation of an Executive Board under the provisions of A Act of the Legislature of the State of Florida, entitled A Act extending and enlarging the territorial limits and the powers of the City of Gainesville, a municipal corpo ration organized and existing in Alachua County, Florida and providing for the exercise of those powers," passed by the City Council of the City of Gainesville on Septem ber 4th, 1905, and approved September 5th, 1905, be, and the same is hereby, legalized and declared to be valid and binding in every respect. Sec. 2. That the provisions of this Act are and shall be construed as remedial and curative of any defect or want of power upon the part of the municipality of the City of Gainesville to pass, ordain or adopt said ordinance passed September 4th, 1905, or to hold and conduct the said election and declare the result thereof in the manner that the same was held and conducted and the result declared, or to arrive at such result through the votes of those who voted at such election, and that the approval of the issuance of said bonds heretofore issued, or of those hereafter to be issued under the provisions of said ordinance, and the said bonds are hereby legalized and made valid in so far as the Constitution of the State of Florida permits, and the Legislature has power to so legalize and validate the same. Sec. 3. That the result of said election in favor of the issuance of such bonds for the purposes specified in said ordinance is hereby declared as a valid expression of the approval of the amount of such bonds should be used by said city in the construction or acquisition, and operation of an electric light plant to be owned by said city. And that in carrying out the provisions of said ordinance aforesaid, the said City of Gainesville shall have the right and authority to either purchase any electric light plant which might be in operation within the limits of said city, or to build or construct an electric light plant therefor, but nothing in this or any other Statute of this State shall be construed to require said city to purchase such existing plant before availing itself of the power and authority granted herein to build or construct such plant, nor, to require said city in the event it should decide to purchase an existing electric light plant to purchase any gas plant which might at the same time be in operation in said city and be owned or controlled by the same person, persons, firm or corporation. Sec. 4. This Act shall be construed as an enlargement of any powers or authority vested in said city, either through the general laws of the State, or of any special Act of the Legislature with reference to said city. Sec. 5. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or on becoming a law without his signature. Approved June 6, 1911. 1911 Result of election and use of bond money. 1911 Powers of Mayor and Council regarding streets, walks, drainage, etc. CHAPTER 6348-(No. 229). AN ACT to Amend Chapter 5497 of the Laws of Florida, Entitled An Act Extending and Enlarging the Territorial Limits and the Powers of the City of Gainesville, a Municipal Corporation Organized and Existing in Alachua County, Florida, and Providing for the Exercise of Those Powers, as Amended by Chapter 5806, Laws of Florida, Entitled, An Act Amending Sections 1, 2, 4, 8 and 10, of An Act Entitled, An Act Extending and Enlarging the Territorial Limits and the Powers of the City of Gainesville, a Municipal Corporation Organized and Existing in Alachua County, Florida, and Providing for the Exercise of Those Powers, the Same Being Chapter 5497, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1905. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 4 of Chapter 5497, Laws of Florida of A. D. 1905, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 5806, Laws of Florida of A. D. 1907, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Sec. 4. The Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized by ordinance, to regulate, provide for and require the opening, widening, extending and improving of streets, avenues and public places; the construction and maintenance of sidewalks and street pavements; the establishment and maintenance and keeping in order of grass plots and parkways in front of property between the property lines or outer sidewalk lines and the driveways in the center of streets; the drainage and filling in of low places, public or private, dangerous to public health, and the cleaning up and putting into proper condition of places requiring such work to be done to promote the public welfare; and the construction and maintenance of water mains, sewers and drains; and may, by ordinance, provide for the payment of the cost thereof by general taxation or by special assessment of the cost thereof against the property fronting or abutting upon the street, avenue or public place where the same is done, in proportion to frontage of the property fronting thereon, the special assessment |