0121 (Providing for the Levy 1927 Taxes )ORDINANCE
AZ ORDINANCE PRO7IDING FOR THE LEVY AND COLLEOTICIT--
OF TAXES FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA, FOR
YEAR 1927.
BE IT ..ORDAINED BY THE 14AYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL •• OF
THE CITY OF OKEECHaSEE, FLORIDA:
Seetionl. That the City of Okeechobee, Florida, hereby .
levy e tax of thirty-seven (37) mills on each dollar valuation
of real and personal property within the corporate limits of
the City of Okeechobee, Florida, subject to taxation on the
first day of January, A. D. 1927. Such tax shall be collected
and assessed in the manner -provided by law.
Section 2. That nine (9) mills of such tax shall be used
for Feneral City purposes; that two and one-quarter (2-1/4)
:Ails of such tax shall be used for fire protection; that two
and one-ouarter (-1e//:1 eIlle of such tax shail be used for the
p ‘is.;Ar
interest and sinki A fund issue of 1920; that one and. one-
euarter (1-1/4) mills of such tax shall be used for the interest
and sinkin rater rorks bond fund issue of 190; thEet to (2)
mills of such tax shall be used for interest and sinkin rater-
seTer time warrant fund issue of 1921; that four (4) mills of
such tax shall be used for the interest and sinkinf bond fund
issue of 1924; that three and one-quarter (3-1/4) mills of such
tax Shall be used for the interest and sinkii-v reter works ex-
tension bond fund issue of 1925; that one (1) mill of such tax
shall be used for interest and sinkinF bond fund issue of 1927;
that six (2) mills of such tax ;hall be used for interest end -
sinking bond fund issue of 1922, and that six (6) mills of such
tax shall be used for the paying of outstanding obligations of
the said. City and shall be deposited in the Special General Fund.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City Tax Collector
and the City Clerk to divide the proceeds received from said
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taxes into various funds, as set out in the proAceaAn. section,
and keep account thereof as may be directed by the City Council.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall he in full force and
effect immeflately upon it-s,passae and aoprovl by the :Mayor,
Read a first time and, by unanimous consent, passed to a
second reading.
Read a second time and, by unanimous consent, passed to a
third and final reading.
Read a third time and passed in open session. of the City
Council, this 18th day of October, A. D. 1927.
(Corporate Seal)
APPROVED by me this
President of City Council.
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dav of October, A. D. 1927.