1911 validity of which has been questioned on the ground that these bonds, together with others previously issued and outstanding, would make the total bonded indebtedness of said city exceed the limit authorized under the general law, be, and the same are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed; and the City Council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to sell said bonds for not less than par and accrued interest, and when sold the said bonds shall be lawful and binding obligations of said city according to their terms and provisions. Sec. 2. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or on its becoming a law without his approval. Approved April 21, 1911. Territorial limits. CHAPTER 6402-(No. 283). AN ACT to Amend Sections 2, 3, 4, 20, 21, and 23 of Chapter 5859 of the Laws of Florida, Approved May 27, 1907, Also to Amend Sections 15, 22, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48 and 49, of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida, Approved June 8th, 1903, and Also to Amend Chapter 6109 of the Laws of Florida, Approved May 29th, 1909, Amending Section 28 of Chapter 4883 of the Laws of Florida, All of Said Acts Relating to the City Charter of the City of Tampa, and Providing for Its Govern ment, Jurisdiction and Duties, and Relating to the Same, and to Abolish the Municipal Government of the Town of East Tampa, and to Extend and Define the Corporate Limits of the City of Tampa. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 5859 of the Laws of Florida, approved May 27th, 1907, relating to the city charter of the City of Tampa, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. That the municipal government of the Town of East Tampa is hereby abolished and that all the inhabi tants comprehended within the following limits, that is to say, beginning at the intersection of the middle of Hillsborough River, and the half section line, running east and west of Section eleven, Township 29, south Range 18, east, and running east on said half section line through Sections eleven and twelve, Township 29 south, Range 18 east, and Sections seven and eight, Township 29 south. Range 19 east, to the center of said Section eight, thence south on the half section line through Sections eight, seventeen, twenty and twenty-nine of Township 29, south Range 19 east, to the south boundary line of said Section twenty-nine; thence west to the intersection of Sections twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two, Township twenty-nine, south, Range nineteen east; thence southwesterly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-six,Township twenty-nine, south, Range nineteen east; thence north on the section line to the northwest corner of said Section thirty-six, thence west to the center of Howard Avenue if continued into Hillsborough Bay; thence north along the center of Howard Avenue to the center of Gray Street; thence east along the center of Gray Street to the tracts of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; thence in a northeasterly direction along the track of said railway to the center of Boulevard Avenue, thence north along the center of Boulevard Avenue to the middle of Hillsborough River; thence northwesterly along the center of Hillsborough River to the point of beginning, shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under and by the name of the City of Tampa, and by that name can hold real estate, personal and mixed property, and dispose of the same for the benefit of the said city, and may purchase, lease, receive and hold property, real and personal, within or beyond the limits of the city to be used for the burial of the dead, for the erection of waterworks and lighting plants, for the establishment of poorhouses, pest-houses, houses of detention and correction, for public parks and promenades, for wharves and docks, and for any public purpose that the Mayor and City Council may deem necessary and proper, and may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such property for the benefit of the city to the same extent as natural persons may; that said city shall have and use a common seal and change it at its pleasure. Ibid. 1911 1911 Property, rights and franchises. Governmental authorities. Wards. All public property, rights and franchises belonging to the territory described above and which has heretofore been a part of the Town of East Tampa, shall hereafter belong to the City of Tampa, which city shall also assume and be liable for all the debts and obligations of the Town of East Tampa; Provided, however, That the real estate or other property within the territory above described which has heretofore been a part of the Town of East Tampa, shall not be liable for nor taxed to pay any existing bonded indebtedness of the City of Tampa. Sec. 2. That Section 3 of Chapter 5859 of the Laws of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. That the government of said city shall be vested in a Mayor, who shall hold office for a period of four years, and shall receive a salary of not less than one hundred dollars per month, and a common council to be called the City Council of the City of Tampa, and the said Mayor and the said Councilmen shall be legal voters of the said city, and elected by the qualified electors thereof; and one of said Councilmen shall be elected from each ward of said city, and the remaining one from the city at large, thus making the whole number of Councilmen as follows: one from the city at large, and one from each ward in the city. The first election under the provisions hereof to be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, 1912. Sec. 3. That Section 4 of Chapter 5859 of the Laws of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4. That said city shall be divided into ten wards to be known and designated as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth wards respectively, which wards shall be laid out and determined by the City Council at least sixty days prior to the next general election; and the said City Council shall have the power to alter or change the boundaries of the wards as they may deem best; Provided, That after the wards are laid out and delineated in said city as prescribed in this section, they shall remain the wards of said city until changed by a two-thirds vote of the City Council. Sec. 4. That Section 15 of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: 1911 Sec. 15. All officers of said city shall, before entering officers. upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe on oath before some person authorized to administer oaths in the said city, that they are entitled to hold the office to which they have been elected or appointed and shall also give bond in such sum as they may be required by the City Council, said bond shall be a surety company bond by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, and to be approved by the City Council. The term of said officers provided by this charter shall be for two years, or until their successors shall have duly qualified, unless herein specially provided for; Provided, That the Mayor and Councilmen from the odd numbered wards shall be elected at the election in 1912 for a term of four years, and every four years thereafter. The Councilmen from the even numbered wards and the Councilman at large, shall be elected at the city election in 1912 for two years, and at the city election in 1914 the City Councilman at large and the Councilmen from the even numbered wards shall be elected for four years and every four years thereafter. Sec. 5. That Section 20 of Chapter 5859 of the Laws of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: powers of Council. Sec. 20. That the City Council shall have the power General to make, establish and ordain for the government of said city, and the officers of said city, such ordinances in writing and such By-Laws not inconsistent with this charter, and the Constitution and laws of the United States as they may deem necessary; Provided, A majority of the City Council shall assent thereto. They shall have the power to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary to define, prevent or abate nuisances, to restrain and punish gambling or other disorderly conduct; to prevent the running at large of cattle, horses, dogs, hogs, sheep, and goats in the streets of the city or in the city limits; to provide for the establishment of waterworks, electric and other lighting plants and all other plants necessary for the city, and to make contracts relating to the same, and may provide for the operation and maintenance of the same, to regulate the speed at which Ibid. 1911 horses and bicycles may be ridden, and horses and vehicles may be driven through the streets; to regulate the speed at which street or other railways shall run in said city limits; to license privileges, businesses, occupations and professions carried on and engaged in within the city limits, and the amounts of such license tax shall be fixed by city ordinances, which amounts of such taxes shall not be dependent upon the general State law. Provided, however, That the privileges or occupational tax which shall be assessed against street railway companies shall be one thousand dollars per annum; against electric light companies, two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; against gas companies, two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; against telephone companies two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; against telegraph companies, two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; against water companies, five hundred dollars per annum; against commercial railroads, two hundred dollars per annum; Provided, That all corporations which are now or may hereafter by the terms of its franchise pay to the city any portion of its earnings as a franchise or a license tax shall have such amount deducted from the license tax provided in this section; Provided, however, that the city shall in the future be prohibited from assessing, levying, collecting or imposing upon any of said named companies or corporations or their property, any future or other tax, burden, assessment, imposition or rental of any kind or character whatsoever, except said privilege taxes and the ad valorem tax on real and personal property, paving, sewerage or sidewalk assessments. The City Council shall have the power by ordinance to require an applicant for license to enable him to sell liquors, wines and beer before any such license shall be issued to him, to first apply to the City Council, setting up the location by street and number of the place at which he proposes to do business, and if the City Council shall, by a majority vote, decline to issue a permit for a license for said business to be carried on at said location, then, in that event, no license shall be issued for such location; Provided, however, That the City Council shall not have the right to interfere with any licenses to be issued to persons to engage in the business of dealing in liquors, wines and beers at such places as liquors, wines and beer are being |