1943-10-12 Adj. RegularATTEST: ~
Th~ O~t~ Oo~c~l of th~ O~tY of O~echob~o, Flor~d~ ~t ~n ~jo~n~d
eee~on on ~ l~th., day of October, ~9~}, ~t ~:}0 ~. ~. l~th the follol~n~
Ai~ ~ross 0try 01er~ ~ T. W. 0onely, Jr., 0ity Attorney;
President P~o-Tem ~fnsidex ~o~ced t~mt it was in order to fill t~
now ~xizting on the 0ity 0o~cil caused ~y the deat~ of W. R. Page. ~ci~en
no, hated Z. X. Willies to fill ~e vac~cy; there being no other nominations the
said Z. K. Willies ~a declared to be eleet~ to fill s~h v~c~cy ~ the ~ief
of ~olice was instructed to notify the newly elected men, r; Mr. ~illi~s appe~ed
in the 0o~c~l 0h~e~ ~d w~s duly sworn in ~s a 0o~oi~ ~y Judge T. W. 0onely,
~d w~ ~ereupon invited to t~e m sent at th~ 0o~cil table.
The Pre~ident Pro-Tem aniseed that it was in order to elect a ~M~si~nt of
the 0o~cil to fill the vacancy c~used by the death of W. R. Page. Thereupon
0o~cl~ R~ors0n n~lnmt~d S. R. Rmifsnider to be elected President; the~
no ~the~ nomin~tions 0o~cilm~ ~ifsnider w~ decl~ed elected ~ President to fill
th~,~ezpireA'term of the late W. R. Pa~.
0o~cil~ Ra~ersou present~ a memorl~ resolution honoring the late W. R.
~d moved lt~ ~option; ~ou b~l~ duly seco~d by 0o~cilm~ MoM~len, the
memori~ was put to a vote ~d ~imo~ly ~opt~d; there~on upon Motion of 0o~ci~
Roe, aoconde~ by 0o~oi~ Willi~, the 01erk was instructed to piaoe said
on a aep~at, p~e in t~ offici~ records of this meeti~.
The ~olXowing bills were approved ~d ordered p~d when f~da ~e available:
FlorSda Power a Light 0~pany -{}
U. 8.~ollector of Intern~ Reven~~ 90.28
Int~-0o~ty Tel. & Tel.. 0o. ~ ~9.10
E. ~, H~rin~on ~. ~00
H. & W. B. Drew Co ................. ~; 29.31
O. X' Gara~ ~ 1~.
OkeShob~ News ~ ~. OO
~h~fach~=dt B=othe=a ~ 47.15
OkeShobee H~d~e & ~i~u=e 0o. ~ 5.15
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MEa0~IAL
~*AS' °ur imm°rtal Cr'at°r has se~n fit t° ckll
from thai front line of the world battle for h~anity, the
so~ of a ~ist~n~shed c~t~zen a~ off~ci~ of the
of 0keec~obee, Florida, the late Honorable ~ill~ ~.
late Pr~ldent of thls body~ ~d
~AS, the Oity of O~chobee h~ lost a tr~ ~d
one of t~e ~oet d~l~geut, d~endable ~ ~aithful ~rkere
in the s~e of W~ Bonds ~d et~pe~ ~d
~H~8, t~ie body, on b~alf of the:Oity ~ffici~e
~d citieene of the Olty of Ok~chobee, ?lori~, ~11 ever
pro~ly ~onor the memory of o~ late friend ~d ~rker;
~ITY OF 9K~O~E, F~DA, I~ MEETIIG ASSEMBLED, as
FI~T: That the d~epeet ~nd heartfelt e~pathy
. of this ~o~ctl, ~d other officios of the City of Okee-
chobee, la hereby extended to the widOw, ~d other relatives
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of o~ d~parted friend.
8E00MD.' That this memori~ be given to the
~d a cogy thereof be spre~ upon the minutes of this m~ting
~,d a co~y ~der the h~ds of the President ProTein, 01fy
01erk ~ the Oity-~ ae~ affixed be tr~amltted to ~s. pa
. ~ PASSED ~D AsoFTED this l~th day of October, A.
Pree~dent Pro- ~
[ 0itY olerk
.' Th~ foregoing Resolution is hereby ~PR0VED by me
· j this 12t~ day of October, A. D.
The President announced that Councilman Z. K. Williams was appointed to fill all
Oommittee Assignments formerly hold by Councilman Raifsnider.
There beS'ng no further business the Oounctl adjourned as a Oouncil to meet on
the 19th., da~ of October, I. D. 1943 at 7:30 P. M. and thereupon the Council pro-
ceeded to sit as a Beard of Tax Equalizers pursu~at to the following notice which had
boon publiaho~ in tho OkoechoOoe News:
NOTICE '
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the
Oity of Okoochoboe, Florida, will moot in tho Oounoil Chamber
at the Oity Hall at &:30 P. ~. October 12, 19~3, for the pur-
pose of reviewing mud equalizing the Olty Tu Assessment
for tho year 1943, as prepared by the City Tax Assessor.
ANY and ALL PERSON8 having any objections to the va:-
>' ua$ions placed on their property by tho City Tax Assessor, as
shSwn by the Assessment Roll, are hereby notified to file their
objections with tho Oity Clerk or to appear in porson boforo
th$ City Council at said mooting on tho aforesaid date.
S. R. Raifsnidor,
President Pro-Tern Oity Council
Attest: Alma Gross,
City Olerk
Okooohoboo, Florida
V~OOF OF PUBI~!OATIOi
TI~i OKEEGHOBEE
PUlllshed Weekly in Okoochobee,
OK ~EOHOBEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLO~R~DA,
OOUNTY OF
Begore.~t~e undersigned authority personally appeared BRYAaT BOWDE~I who on oath says
that he is Editor of tho Okoochoboo News, a weekly newspaper published at O~oochoboe in
Okeechobee Ooilnty, ~lorida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being
in the matter'of ,The City Council# in tho _ Court, was published in said news-
paper in tho ~ssuoe of Oct. 1 & &, 1943. '
Affiant eurthor says that the said OKEE~SOBEE NEWS is a newspaper published at Okee-
Chobee, in seed Okeechobee County, Florida, each week and has been entered as second
class mail master at the Post Office of Okeechobee, in said County, F±orida, f~r a period
of one year next preceding tho first publication of the attached copy of advertisement;
and affiant f~Lrthor says that ho has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or cor-
poration any ~iscount, rebate, commission or refund for tho purpose of secuxlng this
advertisement for publication in said newspaper.
Signed ,,,Bryant Bqwden ....
8worn to and Subscribed to before mo this 5th day of November, I. D. 194
Roy R. Raulorson, Olerk Circuit Oourt
By Sophronla Pease ,
z oputy clerk.
The following persons appeared before the Council and requested that valuations
be lowered o~ certain properties: K. E. Stello, N~than Zelmenovitz, E. H. Hunt, and
Gilbert Culbr~th. After du~ consideration the Council declined t° lower said v~t.u~.tione.