hereby ratified and confirmed, and declared to be legal and valid. Sec. 3. That the several persons now exercising the duties and functions of the various offices of said town are hereby declared to be the legal officers of said town, and they shall continue to exercise the duties and functions of their respective offices until their successors are legally elected and qualified. Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 7, 1907. 1907. Officers legalized. CHAPTER 5798-(No. 203). AN ACT to Legalize and Confirm the Incorporation of the Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: of the town Section 1. That the organization of the Town of Cy- Organization press in Jackson County, Florida, as a municipal organi- or Cypress zation hereby undertaken to be perfected under the gen- legalized. eral laws of this State, for the incorporation of cities and towns, be, and the same is, hereby ratified and confirmed and the said town of Cypress is hereby declared to be a legally incorporated town with all the powers, privileges, rights and franchises conferred upon such towns by the general laws of this State. etc., legal Sec. 2. That the acts and deeds performed in the or- Acts, deeds, ganization and incorporation of said town are hereby de- ized. clared valid and legal, and all acts and deeds done by and through the Mayor and Town Council and other officers of said town, within the powers conferred upon such towns and officers by the laws of this State, are hereby ratified and confirmed and declared to be legal and valid. Sec. 3. That the several persons now exercising the duties and functions of the various offices of said town are hereby declared to be legal officers of said town and they Officers lealized. 1907. shall continue to exercise the duties and functions of their respective offices until their successors are legally elected and qualified. Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its becoming a law without his approval. Approved May 21, 1907. Town of clared incor- Ordinances, acts, etc., galized. CHAPTER 5799-(No.204). AN ACT Declaring the Town of Dania, in the County of Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the town of Dania in the County of Dade, State of Florida, incorporated under the general law for incorporating towns in this State, is hereby declared to be in all respects a legally incorporated town with all the powers incident thereto under the laws of this State. Sec. 2. That all ordinancesces heretofore passed, and all acts and deeds, heretofore done by and through the Mayor, Town Council, Tax Collector and Assessor or other officers of said town, not in conflict with the laws of this State, are hereby declared legal and valid. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 22, 1907. CHAPTER 5800-(No. 205). AN ACT to Provide for the Issue of Bonds by the Town of DeFuniak Springs for the Construction of a System of Waterworks and Sewerage and a Public School Building, and Providing for the Payment of the Interest on, and the Principal of Such Bonds. Whereas, At an election held in and for the town of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, on Tuesday the 19 day of February, A. D. 1907, pursuant to and under the provisions of Sections 1060, 1061 and 1062 of the General Statutes of Florida, and of Chapter 5465 of the Laws of Florida, it was determined by the voters of the said town possessing the necessary qualifications therein prescribed that bonds of the said town to the amount of twenty thousand dollars be issued for the purpose of constructing a system of waterworks, that bonds to the amount of three thousand dollars be issued for the purpose of constructing a sewerage system, and that bonds to the amount of ten thousand dollars be issued for the purpose of constructing a public school building, for said town, all of said bonds payable in twenty years and bearing five per cent interest; therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1907. issue bonds. Section 1. That the Town Council of the said town of Town of De De Funiak Springs, Florida, be and it is hereby author- Funiak Springs auized to procure and cause to be engraved, issued and sold, thorized to bonds of the said town to the amount of twenty thousand dollars for waterworks, bonds of said town to the amount of three thousand dollars for sewerage, and bonds of said town to the amount of ten thousand dollars for public school building, said bonds to be of such form, denomination and with such interest coupons, as said Town Council may deem expedient bearing interest from date of said bonds at the rate of five per cent per annum, interest payable semi-annually, said bonds redeemable in twenty years from their date. Sec. 2. That the said Town Council shall levy and have Tax levy. collected such spec ailtax upon the taxable property within the corporate limits of the said town of De Funiak 1907. Springs, Florida, as may be necessary to provide funds for the payment of the said interest upon the said bonds as it becomes due, and to create such sinking fund for the ultimate payment and redemption of the said bonds at maturiay as they may deem proper. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage and approval. Approved May 7, 1907. ། Abolishment. Repeal. Effective. CHAPTER 5801-(No. 206). AN ACT to Abolish the Municipality of the Town of Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the municipal corporation of the town of Estero, heeretofore incorporated under the General Laws of the State of Florida, in the County of Lee, is hereby abolished. Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Became a law without the approval of the Governor. CHAPTER 5802-(No. 207). AN ACT to Enable the City of Fernandina, Under and in Accordance with the Provisions of this Act, to Provide for the Paving of Any Street or Part of Street in Said City. To Subject, in Every such Case, the Lots or Parcels of Land, Fronting or Abutting on any Street or Part of Street, so Paved, to a Lien, in Favor of Said City, for a Specified Part of the Cost of the Work and Material; the Amount to be Estimated and Apportioned Among Such Lots, as Hereby Provided; to Authorize the Enforcement and Collection by said City of the Liens, as Apportioned, by Assessment or Otherwise, as Provided; to Provide for the Keeping of a Proper Record of Such Liens and to Limit the Time Within Which Their Validity may be Questioned; and to Authorize said City to Issue Paving Certificates of Indebtedness, Within Certain Limits as Hereby Provided, Based Upon such Liens. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1907. Construction "lot" or Section 1. That the Mayor and City Council of the City Paving. of Fernandina, be and are hereby authorized and empow ered, by ordinance, under and in accordance with the provisions of this act, to provide for the paving of any street or part of street in said city. The provisions of this act shall apply equally to repaving as to paving in the first instance, although paving only be referred to in terms. The word "lot" or "lots," wherever used in any section of this act, shall be construed to mean any lot or lots, pieces of the word or parcels, or other subdivision or subdivisions of land; "lots." and the word "street" wherever used shall be construed to Word mean street or part of street, alley or lane; and the word "street.” "work" shall be construed to include the purchase of all Word things necessary to be purchased and the doing of all "work." things necessary to be done under the ordinance; and the liens hereby created shall carry interest and all cost and expense of publication of notices, and of collection, including reasonable Attorneys or Solicitors fees and commissions and court costs. |