Minutes 08-16-27529
REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 16th, 1927.
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners
of the Town of Boynton, P~orida, was held at the Town Hall
of the Town of Boynton, Florida, on Tuesday Evening, August
16th, A. D. 19L~, at 7:30 o'clock p. M.
Present: R. 0. Myers, Mayor
HRrry Benson,Vice-Mayor
E. L. Winchester, Towm~Clenk.
The above constituting the entire Boar~i of Tovm
Commissioners of the Town of Boynton, Florida.
Minutes of the~last Regular Meeting of August
2nd, 1927 were read and approved.
Minutes of a Special Meeting of August 3~d, 1927,
were read and approved.
Minutes of a Special Meeting of August 4th, 1927,
were read and approved.
Einutes of a Special Meeting of August 5th, 1927,
were read and approved.
A Resolution was passed ordering the following bills
t6 be paid out of their respective funds:
W. p. Somerville
Nannie L.Richardson
Lillian Kesse!l
Pa ..... Beach ?Tercantile
Compar. -.
Quick Service Abstract
Company, !nc.,
Salary for week ending
August 6th, 19L~7.
Salary for week ending
August 6th, 192V.
Salary for week ending
August 8th, 1927.
~2 - ,~/8 ~. 5 Galv.~Vch.Bolts.
Title work in connection with
Streat Improvement work covered
by Lien Certifdcates.
60.00
50.00
25 o O0
1.92
53.00
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The Delray News
De!ray Laundry, lnc
For printing of 500
Bond Folders.
Laundrying bedding for
Jail.
Caldwell and Raymond Services rendered in
coDmection with Town of
Boynton,Fla.,Bonds--$1,O00.O00.00.
Proposed.
W. H. Poore
A. R. Cook
Luther Baldwin
Robert Lester
The Boynton Herald
W. P. Somerville
Salary from August 1st to
August 15th, 1927.
Salary from August 1st to
August 15th, 1927.
Salary from August !§t, to
August 15th, 19~.
Salary from August 1st, to
August !Sth, 1927.
'Balance of account due for
printing Tax Sale Lis2.
'Salary for week ending
August 13th, 1927.
Narmie L.Richardson Salary for week ending
August 13th, 1927.
Lillian Kesse!l Salary for week ending
August 13th, 1927.
W. P. Somerville To reimburse Petty Cash for
the following Accounts:
H. R. Farnham Co.
Account Amount
1206 $ 2.23
1212 1.00
1213 1.00
1266 .50
1279 .8!
2 - Syeed Limit Signs repaired,
painted white a~:d lettered. ~7.00
! - Large Corporate Limit
Sign. ~.
Nannie L.Richardson Additional compensation for
working overtime On Special
Assessment Notices.
~ 16.00
3.33
100.00
lO0.00
87.50
62.50
50.00
314.70
60.00
30.00
2 .oo
5.~4
12.78
531
Li!lian Kessell
Josephine E. Smith
H. Clay Crawford
Additional compensation
f~r working overtime on
-Special'~sessment Notices.
Meals for~prisoners for Month
of July and August 192~.
For furnishing certificate in
connection with $500,000.00
Bond Issue.
Kalamazoo Loose Leaf
...... ompa~. Binder for Assessment Notices.
10-Spl Celluloid Tabbed Index
and Postage.
Crane Company
28 - ~"
~. Corporation Coc~s
28 ~ Gaskets.
Express.
,m 12.22
18.65
2.0C
14.15
28.79
The matter of the issuance of negotiable $oupon
bonds of the Town of Boynt0n in the aggregate sum of
$60,000.00 for the purpose within and for said Town, was
taken up and discussed by the Board of Town Co~missioners.
Thereupon Commissioner Harry Ben$on moved that
Ordinance ~85, an Ordinance entitled an Ordinance of the
Town of Boynton, Palm-Beach County, Florida, fixing the
aggregate amount of a proposed'issue of bonds of said Town
in the sum of $60,000.00 to be issued by the Town of Boynton,
Florida; fixing the denomination of said bonds and place of
pa~ent thereof; providing for said bonds to be Coupon Bonds,
fixing the rate of interest thereon; the purpose for which the
~oneys to be derived therefrom shall be expended; fixing the
dat~ Ivhen sa~d bonds
- sa=_! be payable; providing for ~nd
creating a mn~mng F~nd and Znterest Assessment for ~eeting
a~dtdisc~arg~ng the princi~ and interest of said bonds;
prescribing the for~ and ~]enominatior of ~ ~
-- ~a~ bonds; provid'~
for a bo~d of t?~ Tre ~
..... a~ur~, its -mmo~vt, conditions and
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val; providing for a separate account of each bond issue,_~,
showing the nuu~]ber and amo~zn~t of bonds issued, the receipts
therefrom and the disbursements of the proceeds thereof; be
'placed upon its final reading.
Commis~n~ ~ L Winchester seconded such motion
and upon being put to a vote the following Vote was had
tn~. eob:
Co~-missioner R. 0. Myers
Co~-Issioner Harry Benson
Colmissiober E. L. Winchester
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Aye"
Thereupon R. 0. !.'cers, L'ayor, declared such motion
to have beer u~.animous!y carried and ordered such Ordinance
placed upon its second and final reading.
Thereupon the follo';;ing Ordinance ~/85 was placed
upon its ~ reading and read in ~!1 for the ~ir~ time.
~*,~ :~ OF ~n~ TO :, OF BOuillON, PALI~ ~ COUNTY,
=~'~ ............. ~== A~..OUN: OF A PROP~ ED IS~
0Y ~0NDZ OF S~ID TOrN !N T~=C SUrf OF '~60,000.00 TO BE
ISSUED BY THE TO-IN 0Y BOYIiTON, ~O~rD~' FI~NG ~'z' ~'_
lf0IlNATIOI( 0F SAID
.... , .... AFD P~CE OF PAYL~ENT
-RATE OF I~.~R~T THEREON; THE ~POSE F0R '~Tr~
~'-~ D' ~ '":r~-~ S_i~ BONDS S~:~:_~ BE ...... p r~
..... ~= ....... ; Fu~, A BOND 0F ~:':' ~ ....
....... -'- ..... ~ ~'~ Sx~..~_..= ~- .... K~~'~---~ ....
........ ::,o, the Tov:n Uc,~:tlsslo~ of rrm TowK of mm-~
Palm Beach County, Florid , deems it r. ecesca~--, advio,
-,, ~-~u' &lid
to tke b~st ~re ..... ~ ~.
......... ~s of ~.:e se,~ m ,,~
...... o .... of Boynton and the
habi ~,- ~ the ,
~=--~- :~eof to issue 3onds of said to~vn in the
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amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) for the purposes
hereinafter named;
NOW THF~REFORE, BE IT ORDA!~ED by the Town Commission
'of the Town of Boynton, in Palm Beach County, Florida, as
follows:
Section 1. That the Town Commission of the Town of
Boynton, Palm Beach'County, Florida, deems it necessary, ad-
visable and to the best interests of said town and the inhabi-
tants thereof to issue bonds of said town in the total agg?e-
gate amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) for the
purpose of constructing, extending and improving a system of
sewers within and for said term.
Section 2. That said bonds shall each be in the
denomination of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and shall be
numbered from one (1) to sixty (80) bObh inclusive; that
said bonds shall be signed by the Commissioners and counter-
signed by ~e Treasurer of the said Town of Boynton, Pi m
Beach County, Florida; that said bonds shall bear interest
coupons to be signed by the fac-simile signature of the Treas-
urer of the said Town of Boyn~n, Palm Beach County, Florida;
that said bonds shall'bear interest at the rate of 6% per
annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of April and
October of each and every year, commencing on the first day
of April, A. D. 1928, and that the principal and interest of
said bonds shall be payable in Gold Coin of the United States
of ~merica of the present standard of weight and fineness at
the Seaboard Yational Bank in the City of New York, State of
New Ysrk, or at the office of the To,,Tn Treasurer of the Town
of Boynton, Palm Beach County~ ~lorida, at the option of th~
holder thereof.
Section 3. Th~at said bonds shall bear date of
October'l, A. D. 1927 and shall be payable in numerical order
as follows:
Bonds numbered i and 2"in denomination of $1000.00
each, to become due October l, 1932;
Bonds numbered 3 and 4 in denomination of $i000.00
each, to become due October l, 1953;
Bonds numbered $ and 6 in ~emonination of $1000.00
each, to become due October l, 1934;
Bonds numbered 7 and 8 in denomination of $1000.00
each, to become due October l, 1938;
Bonds numbered 9 and l0 in denomination of $1000.00
each, to become due October l, 1936;
Bonds numbered ll, 12 and~13 in denomination of
~$1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1937;
Bonds ntunbered 14~ilS and 16 in demonination of
$1000..00 each, to become due October l, 1938;
Bonds numbered 17, 18 and 19 in denomination of
$1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1939;
Bonds nuubered 20, 21 and 22 in denomination of
$1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1940;
Bonds nttubered 23, 24 and 25 in denomination of
$1000.00 each, to become due October l,~ 1941;
Bonds numbered 26, 27 and 28 in denomination of
$1000.00 e~ch, to become due October 1, 1942;
Bonds numbered 29 30 and 31 in denomination of
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$1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1943;
Bonds numbered 32, 33 and 34 in denomination of
$1000.00 each, to become due OctoBer 1, 1944;
Bonds numbered 35, 36 and 37 in denomination of
$1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1945;
Bonds num. bered 38, 39 and 40 in denomination of
$1000.-00 each, to beoome due October l, 1946;
Bonds numbered 41, 42 and 43 in denomination of
,~ ...... 00 each, to become due October l, 1947;
Bonds-numbered 44, 45 and 46 in denomination of
$1000~00 each, to become due October l, 1948;
Bonds numbered 47, 48 a~d 50 in denomination of
~1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1949;
Bonds numbered 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 in denomination
of $1000.00 each, to become due October l, 1950;
B~nds numbered 56, 57~ 58., 59 and 60 in denomination
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of $1000.00 each, to become due. October l, 1951;
Sectio~ 4. That there Shall be leMied, assessed
and collected in each ~,.e=r~ while said bonds, or any of them,
are outstamding and unpaid, and at the same time and in the
same manner as other~taxes are levied, assessed and collected,
a special tax in addition to all other tax~s levied upon all
the taxable~_o~o~tv~_ ~, both real and personal, '.'.~ithln said town
to realize a s~m sufficient to meet and discharge the in-
terest on said bonds as the same become due and also a
sufficient amount to provide for a SiCcing Fund for the
pa~vment of the principal of said bonds at maturity, that is,
such taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected during
the years specified as fo~o-.~s to-~,it:
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For the year' 1997
For the year 1928
For the year 1929
For the year 1930
For the year 1931
For the year 1932
For the year 1933
For the year 1934
For the year 1935
For the year 1936'
For the year 193V
For the year !938
For the year 1939
For the year 1940
For the year 194!
For the year 1942
For the year 1943
For the year 1944
For the year 1945
For the year 1946
For the year 1947
For the ye---,r I948
For the year 1949
For the year 1950
$3600.00
$3800.00
¢36oo.oo
¢3600.00
856oo.oo
$548o.oo
$5240.00
$512o.oo
$6000.00
85640.00
S546o.oo
~ssso.oo
;~5100.00
$492o~oo
$4740.00
$456o.oo
$4380.00
$4200.00
$4020.00
$4840.00
$56oo.oo
S53oo.oo
Section 5. That the Treasurer of the said To',vn of
Boynton, Palm Beach CotuntT, Florid,;., shall not sigr, a~y of
said bonds until he shall have given a bond payable to the
towm., properly conditioned, with sufficient surety, to be
approved by the Town Commissioners, and in an amoumt e~ual
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to the par value of said bonds, that he will faithfully per-
foEn~the duties of Treasurer with respect thereto.
Section 6. That the Treasurer of the Town of Boynton,
Palm Beach County, Florida, shall keep a separate account
of each bond issue, showing the number and amount of bonds
issued, the receipts therefrom and the ~isbursements of the
proceeds thereof.
Section 7. That the T~wn Commission of t~e Town
of Boynton, Palm Beach County, Florida, hex-eby Dr~scribed
the foEn of said bonds as follows:
UNITED ST~TES OF AMERICA '
$1000.00
STATE OF FLORtDA
COU~I~/ OF PALM BEACH
TOWN OF BOY, TON.
Number
IMPH0 VEMENT BO ND
,~' ISSUE 1927.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the Town of
Boynton, in Palm Beach County, Florida, by its Commission,
acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to the
bearer hereof the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.00)
on the first day of October, A. D. 19__, with interest
thereon at the rate of six per cent. per aD~um, p~yable
semi,annually on the first days of April and October in each
year upon presentation of the annexed interest coupons as
the same become due, both principal and interest being pay-
able in Gold Coin of the United States of Americal, of the
lresent standard of weight and fineness, at the Seaboard
Sational Bank in the City of New York State of New York,
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or at the office of the Town Treasurer of the Town of
Boyn~bn, in Palm Beach County, Florida, at the option of
the holder hereof.
The principal of this bond and interest thereon
are payable from taxes to be assesseS, levied and collected
on all the taxable p~operty wlthiR the boundaries of the
Town of Boynton, Palm Beach County, Florida, and the full
faith and credit of the Town Commission of the Town of
Boynton, Palm Beach County,' Florida, are hereby pledged for
the payment of the principal and interest of this bond.
This bond is one of a series of si~ty (60) bonds
of like date, amount, tenor and effect, except as to maturity,
aggregating sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) issued by
the Town of Boynton, Palm Beach County, Florida, by its
Town Commis~ on, for t'he purpose of constructing, extending
and improving a system of sewers within and for said town.
And this bond is issued under and in strict com-
pliance with the r. rovisions of the Constitution of the State
of Florid{, and the Statutes of said State, including among
others, Chapter 8918, Laws of Florida, Special Acts of 1921,
and pursuant to an ordinance of the Townof Boynton, Palm
Beach County, ~'lorida, duly adopted.
It is hereby ~-~-
c~z~ed, recited and declared th~
all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist,
happen and be performed, precedent to a~d in the issuance
of this bond, have eNisted, have happened and have been per-
formed in regular and due time, form and manner as required
by law; that the amount of this bond, together with all other
~dness of the Totem of Bo~w-nton, Palm Beach County, Flo~ida,
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does exceed any limits prescribed by the Constitution or
Statutes of the State of Florida, and that before the
issuance of this bond, provision has been made by ordinance
of the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton, Palm Beach
County, Florida, to assess annually a tax upon the real
and personal property wlthin~ said Town of BoYnton, to
realize a sum sufficient to pay the interest on this bond
as it may become due and to create a Sinking Fund for the
payment of the principal hereof at maturity. ~
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theTo?nn of Boynton, in Palm
Beach County, Florida, by its Town Commission has caused
this bond to be issued by each Oommissioner, and the seal
of said town to be affixed hereto, countersigned by the
Treasurer of said town, and has cuased the interest coupons
hereto attached to be signed with the fac-simile signature
of its Treasurer, and this bond to be dated the lst.day of
October, A. D. 1927.
M~emb~r Town ~o~ssion OF
Town of Bo~nton,~orida.
on of
Town of Boynton,Fl'orlda.
~,~ember Tov, m Co~mis~-~n of
Tow~ of Bo~mton, Florida.
Countersigned:
~reasurer of Tov~ of Boymton,
Florida.
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That there shall be attached to each bond, coupons
for interest thereon for Thirty Dollars ($30.00) each, being
payable semi-annually on the first days of April and October
of eachyear, which shall be in the following fo~m, to-wit:
~O.
$30.00
April
On the first day of October, 19 ........ , the Town
Conumisslon of the Town of Boynton, Palm Beach County,
Florida, for and on behalf of said to~rn promises ~0~pay to
the bearer Thirty Dollars ($30.00) in Gold C0tn.~of the
United States of America of the present'~s
tankard/of weight
and fineness at the'Seaboard National Bank in the City of
New York, State of New York, or at the office of the
Treasurer of the To~ of Boynton, Palm Beach Co~ty, Florida,
at the option of the holder hereof, being six months interest
then due on its bond dated October 1, st A. D. ~927, payable
from taXes ~o be assessed, levied and collected upon all
the taxable property within the boundaries of said Town of
Boynton, Palm Beach County, Florida.
No.
Section 8.
endorsement:
Treasurer of the Town of-
Boynton, Florida.
Said bonds shall bear the follo~ring
"Validated and confirmed by decree of the Circuit
Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of the Stata of
Florida in and for Pal~ B~
~.~L Count~ rendered the da~
0~
' ~ _, ^. D. 19 .
'Clerk of Circuit Court of the -
Fifteenth Judicia! Circuit of F~a
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Section 9. That when said bonds shall have been
executed as hereinbefore provided and the proper certificate
of their validation entered on the back thereof by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court rendering the decree of validation and
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confirmation and the same shall have been sold, said bonds
shall be, by the Treasurer of the said town, delivered to
the purchaser or purchasers of the purchase price agreed
upon, to the duly elected, qualified and acting Treasurer of
the said to~m, who shall give. to said purchaser receipt for
the purchase money, which said receipt shall be to the pur-
chaser or purchasers shall not be required to see to the
application of the same.
Section 10. That~ll ordinances, resolutions or
orders or parts of ordinances, resolutions or orders,incon_
sistent or in conflict herewith be, and the same hereby are,
rescinded and repealed, and the ordinance herein contained
shall be into effect ten (10) days after the passage and
adoption hereof.
of
Attest:
This ordinance passed and. adopted this _day
A. D. 1927.
Co~m,zssione~s of the
of Bo~mton, Palm BeacL
County, Florida.
tw~ s~o~e and foregoing Or~:~anc~ ~.~
s declared duly adopted.
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Upon motion made by Commissioner Winchester,
seconded by Commissioner Benson and duly carried, the
f~llow!ng resolution was adopted:
~F~REAS, it has been found unnecessary for the
Town of Boynton to use that property which was quit'-c~aimed
to the Town of Boynton by Carl M. Jensen on the 8th day
~f November A. D. 1~28, Which property is described as
follows:
All of the West eighteen (18') feet of Lots
eight (8) nine (9) ten (10) and eleven (ll)
of Parker Estates, Section 28, T~wnship 48
South, Range 45 East, according to Plat there-
of on file and of record in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County,
Florida,
and,
~EREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable
that the Town of Boynton quit-claim the above mentioned
property back to Mr. Carl M. Jensen.
~HEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Clerk is
hereby instructed and authorized to execute a quit-claim
deed for the above property and deliver same to Mr. Carl
~f. Jensen.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned.