1907. Ordinance regarding sewerage, of election, ed. for the making, construction and operation of a system of waterworks, and for the making, construction and operation of a system of sewerage of the city of Apalachicola, waterworks, providing for the issue of bonds of said city of Apalachibonds, elec- cola for each of said purposes, and providing for the subtion, conduct mission of the question of said ordinance and each quesetc., validat- tion therein contained to an election of the qualified voters of said city then residing therein and owning real estate therein and have paid their taxes for the year last due thereon, and providing for the conduct and management of said election provided for therein," passed by the City Council of the city of Apalachicola on the 2nd day of August, 1905, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Apalachicola, Florida, on the 2nd day of August, 1905, be and the same is hereby declared legal and valid. Special election. Bonds. Sec. 2. That the special election provided for in said Ordinance Number 149, of the City of Apalachicola, Florida, mentioned in Section 1 of this act under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of said ordinance and held in the city of Apalachicola, Florida, on the 12th day of September, A. D. 1905, by the qualified voters of the city of Apalachicola, Florida, under the provisions of the said ordinance, be, and the same is, hereby declared legal and valid. Sec. 3. That the negotiable bonds of the city of Apalachicola, Florida, dated the 1st day of January, A. D. 1906, numbered from one to forty inclusive, in the sum of $1,000.00 each, and issued for the purpose of making, constructing and operating a system of waterworks, payable thirty years from date and drawing interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, as provided in said ordinance, mentioned in Section 1 of this act; and the negotiable bonds of the city of Apalachi cola, Florida, dated the 1st day of January, A. D. 1906, numbered from one to ten inclusive, in the sum of $1,000.00 each, and issued for the purpose of making, constructing ble thirty years from date and drawing interest at the from date, and drawing interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, as provided in the said ordinance mentioned in Section 1 of this act, all of which waterworks and sewerage bonds were issued by the city of Apalachicola under and by virtue of said Ordinance Number 149, and in pursuance of the ratification of said ordinance by more than two-thirds of the qualified voters of the city of Apalachicola, Florida, at the special election held on the 12th day of September, A. D. 1905, for that purpose, who then resided therein and owned real estate therein, and had paid their taxes for the year last due thereon be, and the same are, hereby declared legal and valid; and said bonds shall not be held invalid on account of any irregularity, defect or imperfection whatsoever in the proceedings taken by the city of Apalachicola, or the City Council thereof in the issue of said bonds, and all defects, and all other irregularities in such proceedings, and the election under which the said issues of bonds were authorized, and all subsequent proceedings, resolutions and ordinances under and in pursuance of said Ordinance Number 149, pertaining to the issue of said bonds are hereby cured, validated and authorized. Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its becoming a law without such approval. Approved May 21, 1907. 1907. CHAPTER 5788-(No. 193). AN ACT Extending and Enlarging the Territorial Limits and the Powers of the City of Archer, a Municipal Corporation Organized and Existing in Alachua County, Florida, and Providing for the Exercise of Those Powers. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. The territorial limits and boundaries of the Territorial limits of the municipality existing in Alachua County under the name town of of the city of Archer are hereby changed and extended Archer. and enlarged so as to embrace within the territorial limits and the municipal jurisdiction of said city of Archer all of the territory described as follows, to-wit: Section sixteen (16) and east half of section seventeen, township eleven (11), south of range eighteen (18) east, in said Alachua County. 1907. Sec. 2. The corporate authorities of the city of Archer as now constituted be and are hereby bolished from and Abolishment. after the first Tuesday in June, 1907. Corporate authorities. Proviso. Officers, etc. Sec. 3. The corporate authorities of said city of Aarcher shall be vested in a Mayor, City Council, consisting of five Councilmen, Clerk, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor, Treasurer and Marshal, and such other officers as may be appointed and constituted by ordinance. Provided, however, The offices of Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor may be filled by one persons, and the offices of Marshal and Collector by one person, at the discretion of the City Council. Sec. 4. There shall be elected bythe qualified electors their terms, of said city of Archer, a Mayor, Clerk, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor and Treasurer, annually, on the first Tuesday in June; and five (5) Councilmen on the first Tuesday in June, 1907, the three Councilmen receiving the highest number of votes to hold office for the term o ftwo years, and the two Councilmen, remaining, to hold office for one year, and thereafter Councilmen shall be elected on the first Tuesday in June, annually, to hold office for terms of two years, to fill the vacancies caused or existing by the expiration of the terms of office of Councilmen. Marshal. Limit on tax levy. All acts valid. Impounding stock. Power to ter, etc. Sec. 5. The City Council of the city of Archer shall elect a Marshal to hold office at the pleasure of the City Council. Sec. 6. The total taxes levied upon any property by the city of Archer in any one year shall not exceed one and one-half per cent upon the valuation thereof by the State for taxation. Sec. 7. All acts and doings of the city of Archer, and of the government and officers of the same, done under any law of the State of Florida, are declared valid. Sec. 8. The city of Archer shall have authority and right to impound hogs, cattle, horses and other live stock, running at large within the corporate limits of said city. Sec. 9. The existing charter and charter provisions of amend char- the city of Archer may at any time be amended or abolished and repealed, and an entire new charter and charter provisions or amendments of those existing may be adopted and established, fixing and defining as fully and 1907. completely as could be done by legislative enactment, the Amended charter shall 30 days after Mayor, Coun Such new charter or amendment or change of charter provisions shall take and go into effect thirty days after go into effect the day of the election at which the same shall have election. been approved by the electors, and no contest of such election and no question as to the validity or regularity or sufficiency of the proceeding whereby such charter or amendment or change of charter provisions has been ordained, approved or adopted or put into effect, shall be made or raised collaterally or in any proceeding instituted more than thirty days after such election, otherwise than by quo warranto proceedings instituted by the Attor ney General of the State. The Mayor and the City Coun- Authority of cil of the city, together with the electors thereof, are here- cil and elecby, in the manner above stated, authorized from time to time to exercise the most complete local self-government as to all municipal affairs, and are hereby authorized, in the manner above provided, to alter and amend their municipal charter and to change by increase or by limitation the powers and duties of the municipality and of its officers, to the same extent that such powers and duties could be changed, extended or limited by act of the Legislature; the only limitation upon such power being that the municipality shall not acquire any rights other than those properly pertaining to local municipal govern ments. tors, etc. 1907. Sec. 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved May 2, 1907. Assessments and valuations, etc. Provise. CHAPTER 5789—(No. 194). AN ACT to Amend Section One (1) of Article Eight (8) of Chapter 4297, of the Laws of Florida, Approved May 30th, 1893, Being An Act to Incorporate the City of Bartow, and to Abolish the Present Incorporation of Said City. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section one (1) of Article eight (8) of Chapter 4297 of the Laws of Florida, approved May 30, 1893 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The city shall have the power to make its own assessments of taxes, and fix the valuation of property therefor, but such valuation shall not exceed the actual cash value of the property, Provided, however, Said city for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the estab lishment of manufacturing or other industrial enterprises within its limits, shall have the power by contract to fix the valuation of the property of said manufacturing or industrial establishments for taxation, for fixed periods not to exceed twenty (20) years. For ordinary purposes the rate shall not exceed twelve mills on the dollar. A special tax may be levied, not exceeding eight mills, to create a sinking fund for the payment of the city's bonded indebtedness, or the interest thereon, and for the discharge of any judgment obtained against the city, the payment of which may be compelled by mandamus. Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 7, 1907. |