0199 (Taxes)t
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
FOR THE YEAR 1939 FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That / the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
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hereby levies a tax of 2 mills on each dollar valuation
of real and personal property within the corporate limits
of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, for the year 1939, such
taxes shall be assessed and collected in the manner provided
by law, PROVIDED HOWEVER, that no taxes shall be assessed
against homesteads having a valuation of Five Thousand
05,000.00) Dollars and less, and homesteads having a valua.t'-n
of more than $5,000.00 shall not be taxed on the first
$5,000.00, as hereinbefore provided, except as nrovided in
Section 2, of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That Z7 mills of such tax shall be
used for General City purposes and shall be assessed for the
General Fund of said City. That ten (10) mills of such tax
shall be assessed for the payment and satisfaction of that
certain Judgment obtained by Yeoman's Mutual Life Insurance
Company, against the City of Okeechobee, Florida; said Judgment
issued out of the U. 5. District Court of the Southern District
of Florida., a copy of which is recorded in the office of the
Clerk of Circuit Court of Okeechobee County, Florida; that
five (5) mills of such tax shall be used for the payment of
the balance due on that certain judgment of the Pauly Jail
Building Company, a Corporation, which said Judgment is
recorded in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Okee-
chobee County, Florida; that five (5) mills of such tax shall
be used to apply on that certain judgment obtained, and owned,
by Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company, in the Circuit
Court of Okeechobee County, Florida; that fifteen (15) mills
of such tax shall be assessed for the payment and satisfaction
of that certain judgment obtained by E. T. McGaulley, against
the City of Okeechobee, Florida; said Judgment issued out of
the U. S. District Court of the Southern District of Florida,
a copy of which is recorded in the office of the Clerk of
Circuit Court of Okeechobee County, Florida; said levy of
fifteen (15) mills shall be assessed against all homestead
property, regardless of value, within the City of Okeechobee,
Florida.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector
and City Clerk to divide the proceeds received from seid tax
as aforesaid into the funds set out in the preceding section and
keep full and correct account of same as theymay be directed
by the City Council.
Section 4. All Ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the
Mayor.
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
BY
ATTEST: % C / L
City Clerk
President, City Council
The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved by me this
/ day of /- CL.e .rt., , A. D. 1939.
MAYOR