bonds, besides all expense of assessing and collecting the same, which said two per cent. of the principal so raised by taxation and the interest accruing thereon when collected shall be and remain a sinking fund to pay said bonds, and the same may be invested by the City Council as provided by the city charter of the City of Tampa. Be it further enacted, That all terms and conditions to be expressed in said bonds other than those herein expressed shall be fixed by the ordinance of the City of Tampa. And the said City of Tampa is hereby authorized by ordinance to do any and everything necessary and incident to the issue and sale of said bonds, as herein provided. Approved May 17, 1911. 1911 CHAPTER 6404-(No. 285). AN ACT to Authorize the Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Tampa, Florida, to Grade, Curb and Pave Certain Streets, Avenues and Thoroughfares in the City of Tampa, and to Enter into a Contract Therefor, and to Validate and Legalize All Contracts for the Grading, Curbing and Paving of Said Streets, Avenues and Thoroughfares and to Legalize and Validate All Paving Certificates Hereafter Issued by the Said City Against the Property Abutting on Said Streets, Avenues or Thoroughfares for Said Improvements Hereby Authorized. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. The Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Tampa be, and they are hereby, authorized to grade, curb and pave, without advertising for bids therefor, the following streets, avenues and thoroughfares in said city, to-wit: Morgan Street from Water Street, north to Lafayette Street, the width of twenty-six feet; Water Street from Franklin Street, east to Morgan Streets. issue and sell bond bearing interest: 1911 ved June 8th, 1903, be, and the Assessments against any street, alley or highway shall ay hereafter be paved, graded, property ed, repaired or otherwise improved benefited. , except sidewalks, including work w in process of construction, or alley or highway shall have been ordered paved, graded, laid out, therwise improved, except sidewalks, ver or drain shall have been heretoer be constructed or repaired in the City Council shall, as soon as the cost It shall have been certified to them by of Public Works, as hereinafter prost the abutting property two-thirds of provements in proportion to the front property on said street, alley or highProvided, That whenever a sewer is laid he cost thereof shall be assessed against erty than two-thirds of the cost of laysewer; Provided further, That the entire ents at the intersection of streets shall city. Provided further, That whenever ners of all the property abutting on any highway in one or more blocks in said riting to pay the entire cost of grading, ving of said street, alley or highway in ocks, except the cost of such improvements tion of streets, the Board of Commissioners ks of said city may proceed to make such as provided by the charter of said city for improvements; Provided, That there shall gainst the property abutting on each side alley or highway in proportion to the frontstreet, alley or highway, one-half of the he cost of any such improvements; and, ProThat certificates of indebtedness shall be d abutting property as provided in the y, except that said certificates shall be 1 one, two, three, four and five years, stallments with interest as provided Ibid. 1911 Street, the width of fifty-eight feet; Florida Avenue from Water Street, north to Carew Ave., the width of twentysix feet; Carew Ave. from Franklin Street east to Morgan Street the width of twenty-four feet; said paving to be of vitrified brick with granite curbing, and to enter into a contract therefor. Said board is hereby authorized to issue certificates of indebtedness against the abutting property on said streets, avenues or thoroughfares as provided in the charter of the said city, and said certificates of indebtedness, when issued be, and the same are hereby, validated and declared legal and valid. Provided. That the improvements herein specified shall not be made nor any contract therefor entered into by said city unless the necessary money for the payment thereof shall be provided and furnished by E. M. Hendry and A. J. Knight, of Tampa, Florida, the said necessary sum or sums for said improvements to be advanced by the said E. M. Hendry and A. J. Knight to the said city at a rate of interest not to exceed five per cent per annum, and the same to be refunded or repaid by said city to the said E. M. Hendry and A. J. Knight out of the proceeds of the sale of the next bonds thereafter issued by said city for paving, with interest to date of payment at a rate not to exceed five per cent. per annum. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 29, 1911. CHAPTER 6405-(No. 286). "AN ACT to Amend Sections 28 and 30 of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida, Approved June 8th, 1903; Also to Amend Section 2 of Chapter 5860 of the Laws of Florida, Approved June 1st, 1907, All of Said Acts. Relating to the City Charter of the City of Tampa." Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 28 of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 8th, 1903, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: 1911 against "Sec. 28. Whenever any street, alley or highway shall Assessments have heretofore or may hereafter be paved, graded, property curbed, laid out, opened, repaired or otherwise improved benefited. by the City of Tampa, except sidewalks, including work and improvements now in process of construction, or whenever said street, alley or highway shall have been or may hereafter be ordered paved, graded, laid out, opened, repaired or otherwise improved, except sidewalks, or whenever any sewer or drain shall have been heretofore or may hereafter be constructed or repaired in the City of Tampa, the City Council shall, as soon as the cost of such improvement shall have been certified to them by the Commissioners of Public Works, as hereinafter pro vided, assess against the abutting property two-thirds of the cost of said improvements in proportion to the frontage of said abutting property on said street, alley or high way so improved: Provided, That whenever a sewer is laid no less amount of the cost thereof shall be assessed against the abutting property than two-thirds of the cost of laying an eight-inch sewer; Provided further, That the entire cost of improvements at the intersection of streets shall be paid by the city. Provided further, That whenever the owner or owners of all the property abutting on any street, alley or highway in one or more blocks in said city agree in writing to pay the entire cost of grading. curbing and paving of said street, alley or highway in said block or blocks, except the cost of such improvements at the intersection of streets, the Board of Commissioners of Public Works of said city may proceed to make such improvements as provided by the charter of said city for other public improvements; Provided, That there shall be assessed against the property abutting on each side of said street, alley or highway in proportion to the frontage on said street, alley or highway, one-half of the amount of the cost of any such improvements; and, Provided further, That certificates of indebtedness shall be issued against said abutting property as provided in the charter of said city, except that said certificates shall be payable to bearer in one, two, three, four and five years, in equal annual installments with interest as provided in said charter." |