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Minutes 09-21-26MEETING OF gEPTEi~iBER 21st, 1926. A Regular ~ee$ing of the Boar-d of CommisSioners of the Town of Boynton, Florida, was k%eld.at the Town Hall of the Town of Boynton, Florida on Tuesday e~ening, September 21st, A. D. 1926, at 7:50 P. M. Present: P~. O. Myers,Mayor Harry. ~enson, Vice-Mayor E. L. Winchester, Town Clerk T~e above constituting, the entire Board of .~~~ commissioners of the Town cf Boy~-~ton, Florida. ~in ~$s 0~ the last Hegular Meeting of September ~th, 1~26, w~re rea~ and approved. Idinutes of the Sp. ecia! Meeting of September 8th, 1926, were read and approved. Minutes _of the Special Meeting of September 9th, 1926, were read and approved. Minutes of the Special Meeting of September llth, 1926~ were read and approved. Minutes of~the Special l.leeting of September 17th, 1'926,~ were read and approved P. esolution was.passed ordering the following bills to be paid out of their respective funds:- 'Florida Po;ver & ]~t. Co.' 2 - A.19 Lamps 2 - 75 W. Clear B!ub ! - !00 P. 2.~25 Tamp ! - 25 A 19 Lamp Chamber of .Commerce 210 HibisCus Plants 2.21 157.50 ,er of Commerce _ Shepard 210 Cocoanut Trees ~ -~ 262.50 Hauling ~e~ T~ i'i~ A. C. Sh,par~ · ~ 7! ,Town Hall 'Rent fr~m /15/ 6 to 135.00 John C. Powell. Jr. John C. Powell, Jr. ~ieredith Elec. Co. Meredith E!ec. bo. Lake Worth Herald John Ramsey' B. Dame City Water Co. iRichard Novelty Co. Hauling Muck 'for Tree Planting. 44 days O $5.00 per day. · or Installing Police Zight at Chamber of Com- merce Building For Electrical Supplies furnished for Installation ~f Electric Fire Sirmn For Electrical Supplies furnished for Electrical Insta!lations in Plumbing Station' and Garage Printing 500 Assessment Notices Repairing Bath-houses Blueprints of Tax Bills Drinking Water for Town Hall Table for ~.iardex Cases iiRemington Ty~ewr~i-~r Co'. 1 Spool-o-wire Fastener P. Somerville · Wm. p. Somerville To re-embarse Pett~ Cass for Vouchers N~. ~ to 58 Inc lus iv e 22.50 '4.50 36.14 26.96 16.50 2'.50 Z.00 2.00 6.00 20.00 4.51  o ~':rse for t'he fol- owing tools purchased from RAWLS & FISHER ~ , ? Axes and 2-10" Fi~es 19.00 Upon motion made by Commissioner Bens'on, seconded by ,om~u~SSioner~Winchester, the following Resolution was ~uly t~d: A Resolution providing for the issuance of Street ~ement Bonds ef the Town of Boynton, Florid~ in th~ aggre- of Thee Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars (~50,000.00 ~,vthe Town Co~issio~ of ~o~ of B - ~ ~ ~, , oynt on Florida, by virtue of. Chapter 9298, Laws of ~lorida, Acts of ~¢~53, did on the sixth day of August, A. D. 1926, duly adopt a ~.esolution providing for the improvement of certain streets, boulevards and alleys within said Town; and, ~ Whereas, at the time of the adoption of t'~e afore- said resolution, there was on fil~ with the Town-Clerk of the Tou~u :,£ Boynto!~, Florida, plans and spmcification~ with the estic~ated cost of th~ propos, ed improvmments, which said plans, specifications and e~timate were at th~ time of the adoption o£ t}~e a£o~said rmsoluti:,n and still continue ::t o be, open to the inspection of the public; and, Whermas, s~id resolution stated'~'he nature of th~ propoaed Improvement.';, dmsignated the streets to be improved, what part or portion of the expense thereof was to be paid by special assess~nent, ~md the manner in which said assessments should be made, whmn said Assessments~should be paid, designated ,the lands upon which said special assessments were to be levied and stated th~ total estimatmd cost of such improvements; and, W~ereas, in and by said r~solution adopted on the 'Sixthlda~? of August, A. D. 1926, it was determined by the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton, Florida, to defray the whole of ~the expense of such. improvements by special assessments; and, W~m'reas, upon the adoption of the aforesaid resolu- the Town Commissio.u of the Town :~f Boynton, Florida, did thc same to be published one time in Bo2.~nt ~]% Progress, neWS'paper of general circulation published in said ?o~n of Florida; as provided by 1~; and, Whereas, ut~on the adoption of thru aforesaid r~solu- ~ tion, thm Town Co~mis~ion did cause to bm mad~ an assessment ~oll in'accordanc~ with the method of assessments, provided for in said resol~uion, wr~ich said assessment roll was completed and filmd wit!: the To','n Commission of ~th~ Town of Boynton, Florida on t n~ ~ ''%~ , ~~day ofAugust A. D. !9~6, showing the lots and lands assessed, t,~e amcunt of the assessment against each lot or parcel ~f !and and showing th~ number of annual in- -sta!lm~nts in ~¥hich t~e assessme~t is divided ; an~, ~hm.'eas, upon the complmtion of said assessment ro~!, the Town C~ ~;s .~mm.~ ion c~sed a co~y thereof to b'e published two tim~s success-~v~!y, :~ each week in Boston Progress, a n~wspap~r of [~mra! ,:[rcu!ation published within the Tow~n of Boynton, F!ori~[~,,; an~, Wh~r-~.s, t;h.~ ~own Co~mission did cause to be attached to th~ co~i~s :f said. ass~s,",-~- ~ ,~,~=nt ro,l so published, a notice directed to a!~ p::~[?.~y owlieys interested in said assessments, to th~ e~fect 'hat sai:i Town Co~i.ssion of the Tov'n off Doynton, Flerida, Would on v~ ~th day of Sapt~mber, A. D. 1926, at two O'clock p.. [.i. '.~: t'he T:~wn Ha!! in Boynton, Florida, meet as an Equalizing Boa::-:, 'to ~:ar and cznsi~em any and al! complaints as to Such ass,:~z:,~z~ts, and to adjust and equalize th~ said a~sSmenta on a basis of justice and right, and at ~','kick time ass~sSm~n-~ rc]l tv: ~!d be finally approve d and confirmed thru' To~ Com::~:[ssi_n, ~tting as an Equa!iz atlon B.:ard; and, Nher~?~ sai.~ meeting was du'~ he~d at t~'e time and ~i[ in sa:id notice, and the Town Co.~.~mission did h,ar and consider all comp!ain~s as to said~assessments and did adjust and ,qualize said assessments on a basis of justice and right, and said ass,ssment r~!l was by r, soltuion of th. Down Commission of the To~n of Boynton. Florida. finally approved and confirn, d and ar, now and r,main leg~l and binding Ii,ns 'upon th. property upon which said assessments wer, mad, until paid in accordance with ~aw; and. Wh, r,as. by resolution of the Town Commission of th~ 2own of Boynton. F$orida. duly adopt,d on the sixth day of August A. D. 1926. 15 was provided that Said ass,ssm,nts should b, paid in t,n equal y, arly installments and should bear interest at the rat, of eight per c~nt. (8~j~) p,r annum, payabl, s,mi- annually, with ~ccru,'d intmrest on all der, fred pyaments unless paid within thirty days aft,r assessments shall hay, b,en made and confirm.d; and. Whet,as. said ass,ssments m, re finally approved and confirmed.on th.. 8th day Qf S~ptemb,r. A. D. 1926. and will come due as follows: ~n~-~n~h ~1/10) e~ ~he 8th day of bet. 19~V; on,-tenth ~(1/10) on th, 8th day of September. 1928; One-tenth (1/10) on the 8th day of September. 1929- one-tenth , , (1/10) on the 8th day of 'September. 1930; one-tenth Il/10) on th, 8th day of Sept,mb,r. ~gZ1; one-tenth (1/10) on the 8th day of $mptembe~.. 19~2; one-tencth (1/10) on the 8th day of Sept,mber. 1SZ~; one-t,nth (1/10) on the 8th day of September.' 19Z4; on~-tenth'(1/10) on the 8th day of Septe~nbar. 19Z~. -~t,nth (1/10) on th,~ h day of Septemb.r. 19Z~ and b,ar ~ r,st at th~ rat, of ~ight p.r c.nt. (8~1 p,~ annum, from day of Sm~mb, r. 19~6. payabl, semi-annually. %'~ith int'r.s~ on all d.f. rr.d paym. nts ~s paid wi~htm thirty C30) ~iia~Sessments shall ,~i~. been made and con- firmed; and,. ~ . T Whereas, bY virtue of Chapter 9298, Laws of Florida, Acts of 19£3, this 0ommission is authorized and empowered to mak~ the a'forelaid imProvmments as provided by resolution ,adopted by the Town Commission on the sixth day of August. A. 19£~, and to issue bonds to an amoun~ not exceeding seventy per cent. ~(70~) of ~he proportionate part of the cost of said street improvements to 'be pa~d by special assessments, and that the~ estimated~-co~ of said street improvements Shall ~ msed as a basi~ of c&~culation in determining seventy per cent. (7~) of She proportienate part of the cost of said street improvements, to be paid by s~ecia! asse~s~6.~ts; and, Wherea~, the eXtimated cost of said improvements as shown by resolution of the Town CommiSsion adopted on the sixth day. Of Au~'just, 1926, is Five Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Seven Dol!ar~'and For~y-three Cents ($~04,447.4~), a~d it is desired to issue bonds' as aforesaid in the to~al aggregate amount of Threm Hundred Fifty Thousand Dol!~rs ($J~0,000.00), which do~s ~not exceed seventy p,r cent. (70~) of said estimate, and, ~ Whereas, as a con,tract has been duly let for the installation and Construction of the aforesaid improvements provided for by resol~_~tion of the Town Commis~io~ of the of Boynton; NOW T~UE~FORE BE IT ;~'ESOIVED b~ the Town o~n~ssion the Town of Boy~ton, ~orida; 1. That this Co:~mmisaion does h~reby d~cide to issue bonds of the Town of Boynton, F1 , in the'~al Bonds Issue 19£S~"~,i'.and shall be of ~he denominatio~ of 0n~ Thousand ~)oltars ,15.1~000.00) each, date~ .~the lSt ~ay of OcZober A, D. 1.9E. 6, n~hered from one{l) ~o ~hree hundred' fifty ~-,{~50), both inclusive, ~d ma~uring in n~erical o~r as ~o!lows: Thir~y-five($5) of said bonds agg.regating ~he s~ of Thirty-five Thousand D~!lars ($S5,00.i}.00) ~turi~ on the d~y o,f 0cto.~er., A. D. 1927; ~d thirty-fi~. (~,~,of ~aid. hon~ aggre, gating She s~ of 2hi.rty-fiv~ Tho'us~d ma~uring on t~e ~irst ~y o~ October of eaqh ~a~ ever~ :year ~.hsrmafter ~o ~d including the year 19S~.sal~ be.nde shall bear inZer~st a~ the ra~e of.'six pmr c~n~ ~6%) per ~, pay- able se~ni-a~ally, on the first days of April and October in each year, ~d shall have interest coupons attached; tha~ the b~nds sh~! be signed by ~he ~yor ~d the Clerk of the Town :of Boyn~ on,. Florida, ~der the seal of said Town, and the interes~ coupons~halt be signed by ~he fac-simile Si~a~res of ~he L~ayor and Tawn C'!~rk, and that both principa~ ~d inter~. shall bm payable' in Gold Coin of ~he ~nitmd ~tates of Ammric$~..~: of the present standard-of weight ~d fin~ess, at the Beaboa~'d National Bank of I~ew York in the City of New Yo~rk and ~t~te of New York, or at the office of ~.he Town Treasurer of the To~ Boynt~on, ~'!orida, at the option of the holder. ~ ~..T~t said bonds sha~] be is~t[ed in substantially, ~he f°~.lowing for~: UNITED STATES OF ANE- RIC IWN OF BOYNTON ~ $!000.00 ' KI~'.,V ALE I~EI~ t~Y TP?E~E PP~ESEi[T$, That the Town of Boynyon, a i~unicipa1 COrporation in the '~'Jounty o£ Palm Beach and Stat~ of Florida, hereby acknowledges itsel~ indebted and for value r~ceiyed, promises to pay to bearer on the 1st day of October, A. D.~.19~, the sum mY' One Thousand Dollars I~!000 00) together with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of six per c~nt. (6%) per annum,, payable semi_annua~.!y on the first day~ of April and October in each year, upon presentation~ 'and surr.nder of the annexed interest coupons as the same res'- !!m'pectively. mature; both principal and interest being payable in '~ol.d Coin' of the United States' of America of the present standard of weight and fineness, at the Seaboard National Bank,.of New in th~ City of New York and State of New Yerk, or at the office 'of the Town Treasur~. of said Town, in said Town of 'Florida, at',th~ option of the holder hereof. This bond is o~m of an issue of 'Strmet Improvement Bonds Issue 1926" of the said Town of Boynton Florida, of like date and tenor, i,XC~pt as .to date of maturiti, es, aggregating the sum of Three ~undred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) and is issued for th' purpose of paying the costs of public improvements in Said pursuant to and in strict compliance with the Constitution Statt~t~es of the State of Florida. inc?uding s~m~:mut ot~ers 8918, [,aws of Florida, Acts of !921, and Chapter 9298, of Florida, Acts of 1923, and is iss,~ed pursuant to pro- :, of the Town Commission of the Towne.~ '~oynton, Florida, -0 ~uly had and adopted. It is hereby certified, recited and declRred that all acts,~onditions and things r~quir~d to exist, to happen and to be~p~erformed, preceder~t to and in the issuance of this b~d. exist'.~ have happened, and have been Performed, in due time, · form and manner as required by law; that this bond and the issue of which it forms a p~rt-~, together with all other ~ndebtedness of said Town does not exeeed any debts or other limits prescribed by She ConStitution and ~Laws of said State; that ~he expense of insta!~ing ~he .public improvements has been duly assessed against the property especially benefitted; that said assessments have been duly approved and confirmed; and thi~ bond is issued against Said assessm, nts. The full faith and credit of the Town of Boyn~n, Florida, are h~reby pledged to the punctual payment of the principal and interest of this bond a~ccording to its terms. In Witness 'Whereof, the said Town of Boynton has caused t~.is bond to be signed by its ~Mayor and Town Clerk, and · ealmd with She c0rporatm seal of s~id Tow~, and the interest ~oupons hereto ann~ae.d to ~be signed with the fac-simile aignature of itS.~ayor an.d. its Town Clerk, and this bond to be dated the let d'~y of October, ~A: D. 1926. Town Clerk (Form of ,Coupon) l~arc h SZ0.00 On the let day of October, 19 the Town Of Boynton, ~he County of Palm Beach, Florida', will pay to the bearer Sum~of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) in Gold ~in of the United States of America of ~he present standard of weight 'and fine- ness at the Seaboard National Bann of New York, in the City ~f New York, State of New York, or at the office of the Town Treasurer of the Town, in said Town of Boynton, Florida, at the option of the holder, being six months interest then due on its "St~¢t Improvement Bond Issue 1926". dated October l~t, 1926. Town Clerk 4.~)n the back.of each bond shall be .stamped, written or printed the following: ~' '~ "Validated and c onfir, med by decre~ o~ the Circui~ Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit ~f Florida, in and for Palm Beach 0ounty, on the day of A. D 1926. Circuit curt, Palm Beach ounty, Florida. 5. All sp.cia! assessments levied and imposed in respect of. the improvements afor. said,shall, constitutea fund for th. payment-of the principal and interest of the bonds authorized by ~his resolution, and in the .vent there be a failure' t,o collect and ~eceive the said special assessments in season to pay the principal and interest of Said bonds, the Town of Boynton shall levy'.and collect from all of the taxable property within Said' Town., a tax s~fficient to pay such principal and interest as th. aame respectively become due and. payable. 6. ~kat' the Town Treasurer shall render to the Town ion of said Town, when.ver he may be required to do se, l~atement showing the amount collected on such assess~ents~.~ said ~:$provements are completed, a d,tail~d r.pOrt, of-his trans- "action~ and return with-the same all eancell,d coupons bonds any Othcr'pap~rs relative to the transactions. 8 The~proceeds derived from'th~ salm of said bonds Shall be Pa~d OVer to the ~o~ Tr~asur,r ef the ~own, who Shall ~ay the s~ upon r,so'lution of'th~ Town Co~ission authorim~g $- That all resolutions or parts of r~solutions in ohf2ict h~rewith are h,r6by repealmd. *Adopted by th'e To~ Co~iss ion of th~ Town of Boy.nton, ~lorida, this 2lsd, .~y of S~ptember, A. D. 1926. / where the same i~ deposited, and the disbursements therefrom, and any other informat ion the Town Commission of Said Town may desire. ?. Tha~ the ~own Treasurer shall pay f~om said fund the interest on said bonds as tbs same shal2 become due and payable, upon the surrender of the coupons representing such in~rest, and shall pay off the aforesaid bonds at mat~rity upon~ surrender.o~said bonds and sha~l do such further act in the premises as shall .be necessary ~r advisa~ to properly pro- tect the interest o~ the Town, rendering to .the ~ommis~ion when U16on mo't ion made by Commissioner ~inchester, secor~led by Commissioner Bmnson, the fo!7. wwing ResolUtion was duly carried: BE IT PJESO.IVED, That the Commissioners of the Town of Boynt:.n, Palm Beach County, Florida, consent to the application 'of WA;-,D ~. LII~LEp,, INC., to dr~dg~ fill material from Atlantic Ocean s~award of high watsr line at Briny Br~zms in thm of Boynton, Pa~ Beach County, Florida, accordi~ to plan ~rked FOE PEP~,iIT TO D~DGE ~IZZ I~RIAZ FROM AT~NTIC O~AN SEAWAED OF ~GH WATER LI!~ AT ~TON, PA~I BEACH OOUN~, F~OEIDA. ,~. The following co~unication was received from the Ba~K of Boynt~; s~ttting a bid for the entire Bond Issue ~4, ~Ounting to EightY_five ~h~usand~ Dollars ($85,000.~). ~"To the HOnorable Board of To~ Commissioners, Boynton, Florida. '. Gentlemen: ' ' We ~reby ~ffe~r to purchase your issue of $85,000.00 - Impr°ve~e~nt· B~nds, dated Ju_u~ 1, 1926, in denominations of ,'. $1,000 to be numbered from 1 to 85, both inclusive, maturing · in ~umerical order seventeen bonds on December 1, 1926 to 1930, inclusive, bearing interest at six per cent per annum, both princiapl and interest being payable at.the Nationml Park Bank, New York City, N. Y. and will pay therefor, the sum of $85,000.00 together with acSrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date of delivery. This offer is subject to the approval of Messrs, StOrey, Thorndike, ~a!mer and Dodge, as ~o the legality ~ of the issuance, sale and 'delivery of said bonds. Respectfully sumitted, BAUE OF BOYN'_'0N By ( D. S. Hudson) opinion . _.. oarri.ed ~'t.he:'~.s~t ~l~tainable. upon the.. motion ,Oo~i~s !crier ~inchester. that motion beln~ dui y to accept said offer Md deliver said Bond to the ~ank of Boston, tn accordance with the te~ thereof .County, Plorlda, requiring all person, fi~s ~d co~o~ations. operaglng ~ral~ on.. railroads Wighin ~ ff~o.~ ~imlgs of such ~own.to provide safety devices at'-:oerta~ ~etreet crossin~ therein for the protection of persons Crossi~ Such railroads, gixing ~he ~e wl~hin which Suoh.ord~oe S~ll become effec- tive( ~rovi-~g. the penalty for the *lolatlon thereof; ~d pres- .cribi~, a minimum ~e limit which ~.~. ~.°f. :the sgreeg or'osslngs may be biook~d or which any of' th~ street crossings mya be .~lock~d or obstrucged by grains or cars On~s¢oh P~sc~ibing a'pe~lty for the violation thereof, and requtrt~ Such persfins, fl~s and corPorations ~0 keep gh~ railroad tracks clear of cars Within 'certain distress of certain street -orossings ghereln ~'d , prescrtb~lng and fixing the penalty Tot th~ Viola~ion gh~reo~ r~ceived i~s second an~ final readlng - and was ~u!y adopted. · · OPJ)INANCE AN Oi%DINAIiCE amending Section th~ Town of ]~oynton, Florida. BE I~ O~AI~D ~y the To~ COhesion,rs of th~ Town of Boynton, Palm Beach ~ounty Florida, Shat Section 6 of Ordinance No. 6! be and the same is amended t'o read as follows:_ SECTION 6. The annual license fee for real estate brokers and real estate salesmen within the Town of Boyntnn, Florida, shall be as fol~owsi- l~or each Real Estate Broker $10.00 FQr each Real EState Sal.sman '5.00 AZ~ ORDINANCES or parts of Or~nances in conflict herewith are hereby rep, aled. This Ordinance having been read in full at a Special Eee~ing'of ~he Town Commlssioncrs of the Town of Boynton, ,Florida, held on the llth day of September, A. D. ~926, was ~uly adoPted at a Regular ~ · ~- ~eetmng held on the 21st day of Se'ptemb'er, A. D. 1926, a copy of which was posted at the doer of the Town Hall on the 21 st day of September, A. D. 1926 Received its Town Commissioners, of the Town of. Boynton, Florida. second and final'reading and was duly adopted. There being no further business the meeting adjourned.