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not'tax shall' be assessed against Homesteads hav~ng a valuation of $5,000.00 and less
and Homesteads haring a valuation of more than $5,000.00 shall not be tased on the
first .5,OOO~OO, except às hereinafter provided.' '
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, " ,SEOTION~. That 19 mills of such tax shall be used for General Oi ty purposes
, " ,and shall be assess4d for the General fund of said City; That 10 mills shall be
assessed for the payment and satisfaction of that certain Judgment obtained by Yeom s
Ku'tual Life Insuranoe Company against the said City of Okeechobee, Florida, which sa d
Judgment issued out of-the U. S. District Court of theSouthern'Di.ßtrict of Florida,
a,copy of which is recorded in the office of the Oler k of 01rcuitOåurt of Okeechobe
oduaty, lor. That g mills of such tax ahall be used for 'and i~,made pursuant
to an' . v Writ of Mandamus ilssued out of the Oi{Cui t Court of Okeechobee
County, Florida, ~he hday of October, A. D. 1936, on the relation of H...
Rice, Which said Writ of Mandamus requires he City of Okeechob~ to in-
cl~ a s~í1cis~ ~o~ lor t= le~ to p~ off ~d dischar~ the in~bte~ss
.of said Oit y to said Relator, and,the said City shall ,make said assessm"entagai,nst"
all real and personal property, including homesteads, within said City; that -: '
5 mills of such tax shall be used for the payment of balance due on that cerja1n ud
of the Pa1111 Jail Building Company, a corporation, whiÞh said judgment is of record
in the office of the alert of Oircui t Court of Okeechobee Oount,Florida;' Th~t ,...
, mills of such tax shall be used for and.s made pursuant to an Alternative writ
4IÞ of Mandamus issued out of the Circuit-Court of Okeechobee, County, Florida, on the
31st day of August, 1936, øBilh.lte!a5t&aeofrIUre.~urtc~ 1bgeO.8pufi~~'~oUO8påAY
I' _1i;1IJall.ds}\Uio!tRUivitmha, .~.qø.treQfth.nOittso.aOleeèbOb.&d~ott. doiladeoi adcriO'i..
laoeidt8epl.yoOfff and discharge the indq..dness of s al..d Oi ty to said Relator.
SEOTION 3. It shall be the duty of the'Tax Collector and City Clerk to
divide the proceeds received from said tax as aforesaid into the funds set out in th
preceding section and keep full and correct account of same as they may be directed
by the City Council. '
Section 4-. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict hereWith be,
and the same are, hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be 111 full force and effect upon i ts passage
by the City Council and approval by the mayor. . '
Pres ouncil
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The above ordinance is hereby approved by me this day of October
A. D. 1936.
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I v ~~llm~ S1~e~~ m~ ~1on ftM ~he fol1o.1~ di~o~ts be ùlo~d
for the payment of taxes: ~ in November, 3~ in December, ~ in January, l~ in
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4IÞ in February. Motion was duly seconded by Councilman Coleman and passed. .- "
Upon motion the Oouncil adjourned.
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ATTEST: ~
Okeechobee, Florida
November 2,1936
The City Council of the City of Okeechobee met in regular session on the
; above date with the following present: H. H. Hancock, Mayor, Councilmen H.H. Hauler n,
8 T. T. Oolem~, R. R. ~n~et~y, nctor Domer, with Alto ~ford, 01tyOi~~lR. O.
Evans, Chief police, N. .0. Stewart, Fire Ohief, L. O. Tootle, Water Superintendent,
and T. W. Oonely, Jr" City Attorney,. in attendance.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
In the absence of President O. L. Hunt, President Pro tem,Raulerson presided
~ over the meeti l1g.
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Oounci1man Ooleman made ~otion to give T. H. Nix Gasoline and oil business for
the next th1rty d~e. Motion was secon~d ~ Co=cllmM ~n~etary ~ hrr1ed. [J. .
Councilman Domer made motion to rescend his vote on the application for a
building permit presented to 00unci1 on October 5, 1936 by W.O. Mealor. Motion
was duly seconded and carried.
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00unci1maa Singletary made motion that the following names be erased or
stelcken from the City Registration Books and that the City Clerk be authortied
to advertise the list of names in tþe Okeechobee News, which is the local newspaper.
Motion was seconded by Councilman Domer and was carried.
Adams, Tho&as R. Fullard, C. L. Phelps, Banna
Anderson, W. B. Flood, J. A. Price, A1iese ,
Adams, Mae Fletcher, Winnie L. Plank, Edith C. 0
Bird, J. Denham F1001i, Mrs. J .A. Prince, Joannah .
Bird, Belle S. Ginsberg, 01arence Pr!ce", J ~ E.
Bass, Essie Harrington, Mrs. Anna Râf.fsnld~r, Arabella 0,
Bon49, W. H. Hendry, A. E. Turner, L. A.
Brette, C. L. Hall, J. C. Thigpen, W. R.
01ements, O~ D. Harper, S. O. Turner, Blanche
Carter, Lillian Hunt, H. C. Underhill, W. E.
Davis, Dr. C. L. vJennings, B. L. Jr. Upthegrove, Ruby
Dasher, F- E. Lingo, M. J. Walston, Elbert O.
Draudy, Gray ton Legge, Howard C. Watford, Marguerite
DeWitt, W. H. Lingo, Mrs M. J. Walston, tløise
Dasher, Mrs. F. E. Marsh, W. J. Wa11er,'Bessie
¡letcher, R. P. Knick myer, Mrs. Nannie V. Walters, W. L.
FloOd, J. A. pease, J. ~. Sr. .
Upon motion City Coun~il adjourned until November 9th.
President City Council
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; Ok eechobe e, Florida
November 9, 1936
! The City 00unci1 met in adjourned session on the above date with the following
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; present: H. H. Hancock, Mayor, Councilmen H. H. Raulerson, Singletsry and T. T.
: OolemM, nth Alto ~tforq, City Clerk, R. C. Evans, Chief Police, N. O. stewut, a
I Fire Chief, L. O. Tootle, Water Superintendent, and T. W. Conely, Jr., City
Attorney, in attendance. . 0
00unci1man Singletary presented the following resolution and moved its
adoption, and upon being seconded by Oo~cilman Coleman was put to a vote and
unanimously passed and adopted:
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RES OL'U T ION
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WHEREAS, this Council is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations for
the conducting of elections, not inconsistent with thD laws of the, State of Floride,
and whereas th~ Council deems it necessary and to the best interest of said city thet
M aBBeB~erl be plMed on all c~idrleB Beeking election in the Gener~ City EIecHon 0
to be held on the first day of December, 1936.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that all candidates seeking a City office in
said general election be, and they are hereby required to pay a qualification fee
of five dollar. on arbefore the tentþ. day of NovemberJ 1936. Any person who fs.ils to