CHAPTER 4652-[No. 138.] AN ACT to Fix the Boundaries of the Town of Live Oak, in Su- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That the boundaries of the town of Live Oak, in Suwannee county, Florida, be and they are hereby fixed as follows, viz: The east half of the east half of section twentytwo, entire section twenty-three, and the west half of section twenty four, all in township two, range thirteen south and east, situate, lying and being in Suwannee county, State of Florida. Authorized to valuation of property. SEC. 2. That the town of Live Oak, in Suwannee county, Florida, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to make its own make its own valuations of property within its corporate limits for the purpose of assessment for municipal purposes. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. Approved May 27, 1897. CHAPTER 4653-[No. 139.] AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That Section 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Carrabelle, Franklin county, Florida, approved May 11th, 1893, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. That all rights, privileges, franchises and pow ers conferred by Title X, of the first division of the Revised Amendment to Statutes of the State of Florida, and laws amendatory thereof act of incorporand supplementary thereto, on cities and towns incorporated ation. under the provisions of said title, be and they are hereby granted to and conferred on the town of Carrabelle. SEC. 2. That Section 4 of said act be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That this ct shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 27, 1897. 1897. Declared legally incorporated. Ordinances heretofore CHAPTER 4654-[No. 140.] AN ACT Declaring the Town of Hawthorn, in the County of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That the town of Hawthorn, in the county of Alachua, 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 ordinances heretofore passed, and all acts and deeds heretofore done by and through the Mayor, Town passed declared Council, Tax Assessor and Collector, or other officer of said legal and valid. 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 31, 1897. Amendment to CHAPTER 4655-[No. 141.] AN ACT to Amend Section 3, of Chapter 4497, of the Laws of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That Section 3, of Chapter 4497, of the Laws of Florida, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of West Tampa, in the county of Hillsborough," approved May 18, 1895, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That the corporate authority of said town shall be vested in a Mayor, Clerk, Marshal, Treasurer, an Assessor and Collector of Taxes, which offices of Assessor and Collector of act of incorpor- Taxes may be held by one and the same person; a Council consisting of seven members, together with such other officers as may from time to time be provided for either by law or by the ordinances of said town. ation SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the time of its approval by the Governor. Approved May 31, 1897. CHAPTER 4656-[No. 142.] AN ACT to Incorporate and Establish a Municipal Government for the Town of Milton, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, Provide for Its Government, Prescribe Its Jurisdiction and Powers, and to Abolish the Present Corporation of Said Town. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1897. Territorial town of Milton. SECTION 1. That the territorial boundaries constituting the municipality known as the town of Milton, in the county of Santa Rosa, State of Florida, shall be as follows, to wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of the southwest quarter boundary of of section thirty-four (34) in township two (2) north of range twenty eight (28) west; thence due west on the half mile section line of said section thirty-four to the section line dividing sections thirty-three and thirty four; thence due south on said line to a point one hundred (100) yards south of the southwest corner of section three (3) in township one (1) north of range twenty-eight west; thence due east and parallel with the south boundary line of said section three until it intersects the stream known as "Till Branch;" thence down said branch to Blackwater river and across said river the distance of one chain due east of said river; thence in a northerly direction with the meanderings of said river at a distance of one chain from the said river to the township line dividing townships one and two north; thence northwest to point of beginning. SEC. 2. That the government and corporate authority of said town shall be vested in a Mayor, a Town Council to consist of seven Aldermen, a Cle k, a Treasurer, a Tax Assessor, a Marshal, a Tax Collector, and such other officers as may be appointed or elected in pursuance of law and the ordinances of said town. The offices of Clerk and Treasurer, or of Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Assessor, or of Marshal and Collector, may be held by one person, as the Town Council may by ordinance prescribe. Government and corporate authority of town. of corporation. SEC 3. That said corporation shall have perpetual succession, shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may purchase, lease, receive and hold property, real, personal General powers and mixed within said town, and inay sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same for the benefit of the town, and may purchase, lease, receive and hold property, real and personal, beyond the limits of the town, to be used for the burial of the dead, for the erection of waterworks, for the establishment of poor houses and houses of detention and correction, for public parks and promenades, and for such other public purposes 1897. Officers to be qualified electors. Election and that the Mayor and Town Council may deem necessary and proper, and may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of said property for the benefit of the town to the same extent that natural persons may do; said town shall have and use a common scal and may change the same at pleasure. SEC. 4. That the Mayor, Aldermen, Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Assessor, Marshal and Tax Collector of said town shall be qualified electors of said town. SEC. 5. That the Mayor shall be elected by the qualified tern of Mayor electors of said town for the term of one year, and shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; he shall have the power to preserve the peace and to enforce good order within the town. His compensation shall be fixed by ordinance and shall not be reduced during his term of office. Powers and compensation of Mayor. General powers of Mayor. Ibid. SEC. 6. That the Mayor shall have jurisdiction for the trial of all offenses against the town ordinances. He shall see that the ordinances of the town are faithfully executed; he shall have power by his warrant to have brought before him any person or persons charged with the violation of town ordinances, and to require the attendance of witnesses for the town and the accused; to administer oaths, to take affidavits and to inquire into the truth or falsity of all charges preferred; to decide upon the guilt or innocence of the accused. and to fix and enforce by penalty the sentence prescribed according to law and the ordinances of the town; to pardon and release persons convicted by him, in term time or otherwise, by mandate in writing to the Marshal or any policeman; to have and exercise all the powers incident and usual to the due enforcement of his jurisdiction. Appeals from the judgment and sentence of the Mayor shall be taken in the time and manner prescribed by law, but all appeal bonds shall be submitted to the Mayor, and if approved by him, said appeal shall operate as a supersedeas. He shall keep a record of his official acts, substantially setting forth the charges preferred against the parties brought before him by warrant or otherwise, and of the judgment rendered in each and every case, and he may require the clerk to make and preserve such record by regular minutes when in his opinion the public good requires it; he may appoint and discharge special policemen and detectives, subject to the approval of the Town Council at their next regular meeting. SEC. 7. That the Mayor shall have general supervision over all town affairs and officers, except Town Councilmen, and may examine into the condition of their offices, the books, records and papers thereof and therein, and the manner of conducting their official business. He shall report to the Town Council all violations or neglect of duty, or any misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, or neglect of duty or improper conduct on the part of any town official that may come to his knowledge. SEC. 8. That every ordinance passed by the Town Council before becoming a law, shall be presented to the Mayor under the certificate and seal of the clerk for approval or disapproval. If the Mayor approve the same he shall sign it and return it to the clerk within five days, but if he shall not approve it he shall return it to the clerk, with his objections in writing, at or before the next regular meeting of the Town Council for reconsideration, and if the Town Council shall pass the ordinance by two-thirds vote of the members present, it shall become a law. If the Mayor shall fail to return any ordinance, or shall return the same unsigned without objections in writing at or before the next regular meeting of the council, after its passage, the ordinance shall become a law. SEC. 9. That the Mayor shall communicate, from time to time, in writing to the Town Council such information and recommend such measures, touching the public service, as he may deem proper. He shall take care that all the laws and ordinances of the town and the orders of the Town Council are duly observed and enforced, and he shall perform such other duties as the ordinances may require. SEC. 10. That the Mayor may be impeached by the Town Council for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, and for drunkenness or habitual intoxication, and he may be Impeachment of Mayor. removed from office upon conviction by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Town Council. Should charges at any time be preferred against the Mayor, they shall be in writing, shall clearly set forth the offense or offenses of which he is accused, and a copy thereof, signed by the President or President pro tempore of the Town Council, attested by the Town Clerk, with the seal of the town attached, shall be served on him by the Marshal, and the council shall proceed without unnecessary delay to investigate the charges and decide them. The Mayor shall have the right to be heard in person or by attorney at such investigation and trial. Death or absence of SEC. 11. That in the event of death or absence of the Mayor from town, or his inability, from sickness or other cause, to discharge the duties of his office, the President of the Town Council, or in his absence or disability, the presi- Mayor. dent pro tempore, shall discharge the duties of the Mayor. |