property for the benefit of the town; said town shall have and use a common seal, and change the same at the pleasure of the Town Council. 1897 General and * Special SEC. 9. That the Town Council shall, by ordinance, prescribe the manner of holding both general and special elections not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and shall elections. provide registration books for persons residing in said town; and said Town Council shall also, by ordinance, prescribe polling places in said town, and any person who shall possess e.ector. the qualifications requisite to an elector at general State elec- Registration tions, and shall have resided in the town six months next books. preceding the election, and shall have been registered in the municipal registration books, as shall be prescribed by ordinance, shall be a qualified elector of said town at any election, Qualified special or general, held in said town, except in case in this. charter otherwise provided; and all elections held in said town of Clear Water shall be conducted and held in accordance with the provisions of the election laws of the State of Florida, but the Town Council shall be substitute for the Board of County Commissioners. SEC. 10. That all ordinances of the town shall be signed by the President of the Council, and approved by the Mayor, or passed over his veto by a two-thirds vote of the council, and shall be published for thirty days in some newspaper published in said town, or posted at three prominent places in said town before taking effect. Conduct of elections. Requirements of ordinances before taking effect. Power of the own town to make its assessments and place its own valuation on property. SEC. 11. The town may make its own assessments of property for taxes, and place its own valuation on the property situated in said town, both real and personal; but the valuation of said property for the purpose of taxation shall not exceed its actual cash value. The total taxes levied upon any property in said town in any one year shall not exceed one per cent. upon the valuation fixed in such assessment; but this provision is not to be so construed as to prevent the said town from levying sufficient taxes to meet the payment of interest on its outstanding bonds, and to provide Limit of for the payment thereof when the same shall become due, or from levying such taxes for special purposes, or from making such special assessments of property as are provided in this charter, or in the general laws of the State of Florida governing cities and towns. SEC. 12. That all ordinances now in force in the town of Clear Water Harbor shall remain in force until repealed or modified by the Town Council to be elected under the provisions of this charter; and that all laws now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted for the government of cities and taxation. Existing ordi a force until repealed. nances remain 1897. Present officers to hold until are elected. towns, except in so far as they may conflict with the provisions of this charter, shall apply to the said municipality or officers thereof; and the officers of the present town of Clear their successors Water Harbor shall hold their respective offices and perform the several functions thereof until their successors, provided for in this act, are elected and qualified. The Town Council shall provide for the payment at as early a date as possible, of all existing indebtedness of the present town of Clear Water Harbor. Title to town property. Acts of Town SEC. 13. That the title to all property, both real, personal and mixed, now belonging to the present town of Clear Water Harbor, including all public school property not owned by the county at large, uncollected taxes, dues, claims, judg ments, decrees and choses in action, shall pass to and be vested in the corporation incorporated by this charter. SEC. 14. That all the acts and transactions of the Town Council and other officers of the town of Clear Water Harbor not in conflict with the Laws of the State of Florida be and they are hereby declared to be legal and valid; and all rights of the said town of Clear Water Harbor acquired under any of said acts or transactions shall be vested in the town of Clear Water created by this charter. SEC. 15. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved June 2, 1897. Amendment. CHAPTER 4659.-[No. 145.] AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Abolish the Present Municipal Government of the City of Sanford, Orange County, Florida, and Organize a City Government for the Same, and Provide its Jurisdiction and Powers. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That Section 5, of Article 9, of Chapter 4312, of the Acts of the Legislature of 1893, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 5. The council shall thereupon at a time to be fixed by ordinance, determine the amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes, and shall fix and determine the rate of taxation for the current year, as is herein further provided. The council is hereby empowered to levy annually such taxes as may be necessary for municipal purposes, not exceeding two per cent. on the assessed valuation of all ! property, real and personal, within the city. Provided, however, That a special tax may be levied, annually, in addition thereto for the payment of interest and principal on the city's bonded indebtedness. SEC. 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed in so far as they effect the city of Sanford. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 8, 1897. 1897.. CHAPTER 4660-[No. 146.] AN ACT to Legalize and Make Valid the Town of Tarpon Springs,, and Acts Done by Said Town and for Other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That all ordinances heretofore passed, and all acts and deeds heretofore done by and through the Mayor, Ordinances Town Council, Tax Assessor and Collector or other officer of declared legal said town, not in conflict with the laws of said State, are hereby declared to be legal and valid. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted that the Town Assessor shall have the power to assess all the property, real and and valid. personal within the town limits, for town purposes at its fair Power of Tow and reasonable valuation, irrespective of the valuation thereof Assessor. by the State for taxation, and the Town Council shall have power to act as a Board of Equalization under such rules and regulations and in such lawful manner as they may adopt. Provisions of i SEC. 3. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to deprive the town of Tarpon Springs of its rights, powers and privileges now allowed by law, under the general incorporation act for cities and towns in this State, but all provisions of general u said general incorporation law, not inconsistent with this act, law to apo shall apply to said town of Tarpon Springs. SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved May 29, 1897. Corporation 1897. CHAPTER 4661-[No. 147.] AN ACT to Legalize the Incorporation of the Town of White Springs, in the County of Hamilton, and to Declare the Incorporation of the Town of White Springs Valid and of Full Force and Effect. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That all of the acts done and performed in the organization and incorporation of the town of White Springs, Acts performed in the county of Hamilton, State of Florida, are declared to be egalized. valid and legal in law and equity and to be considered valid and binding by the laws of the State of Florida. Acts of Aldermen, Mayor, etc., legalized. SEC. 2. That all acts done and performed by the Board of Aldermen, Mayor, Marshal and other officers of said incorporation of the town of White Springs are declared to be of full force and validity, and all assessments and collections of taxes done and performed by the incorporation of the town of White Springs are hereby legalized and declared valid and of full force, virtue and effect and binding in law and equity. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect from and after its approval by the Governor. Approved May 27, 1897. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida be and is hereby agreed to, and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1898, for ratification or rejection. Section 13, of Article XVI, shall be and is amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 13. The sureties upon the official bonds of all State, county and municipal officers shall be residents of, and have sufficient visible property unencumbered within the State, not exempt from sale under legal process, to make good their bonds; and the sureties upon the official bonds of all county and municipal officers shall reside within the county where their principals upon such bonds reside, and shall have sufficient visible and unencumbered property in such county, that is not exempt from sale under legal process to make good their liability on such bonds; Provided, "That any duly organized and responsible guarantee or surety company, either foreign or domestic, lawfully doing business in this State, may become and be acceptéd as surety on all such official bonds." Approved May 27, 1897. Amendment. |