Minutes 02-25-32SPECIAL ~ETING OF FEBRUARY 25~ 1932
A Special Meeting of the Board of To~m
was held at the ToWn Hall, Town of
Thursday Afternoon, Februarff 25,
Present:
Commissioners
Boynton, Florida, on
1932 at 8 o~clock P. M.
H. T. Holloway, ~a¥or
F~ank Nutting, Vice Msyor
J. P. Bowen, Tov~ Clerk
The above constituting the entire Board of Town
~ommmssioners of the Town of Boynton, Florida.
Town ~ ~
A~orney, J. H. Adams was also present.
~ia¥or Holloway stated tr~ the Meet~.~g had been
c~lled for the p~pose of considering application for
tax ~djustments and to transact any other business
that might come before the Commission.
the matter of the Corr~ission approving his bill rom
Attorney Fee in connection ~th the foreclosing of
Assessme~t~ ~ Liens on Lots in Beverly Hills . After a
lengthy discussion, Co~ission Bowen made a motion that
the following resolution be adoptad:
A RESOLUTION FOR ~i~ M~0R ~D BOARD
OF TOWN CO~ZSSiC~RS OF ~E TO~ O~
BOYNTON, PAlM BEACH COUh~, ~ORIDA,
A~HORiZZNG ~ND DZRECTING THE PAYmeNT
OF ~RTAIN ATTO~M~S F~S TO BE PAID
PARTLY ~ TAX~S.~
~nE~AS, Tha To~ Co~missioners of the To~ of
Boynton, Florida, at a regular meeting thereof held on
O ~
the 6th ~f c~ober, 1~i, did employ Shelby Buford as its
solicitor ~ud atto~ey to foreclose certain special
assessment liens held by the said Town of Boynton aEainst
certain lots an'd parcels of land in Beverly Hills, an
addition to said Tova~. of Boynton.
~ER~S, FURTI~ER, The comi0ensatio~ fixed as Attorney's
fees for his services was agreed ~dpon at ten percent of the
amount of principa! and interest of said assessments so fore-
closed upon and cost~ and which said sum was agreed to be
paid and accepted in payment of such taxes and assessments
as such attorney might designate.
~EREAS~ Fb~TH~, The Circuit Court of Palm Beach
County, Florida, by its Final Decree in said foreclosure
dated January ll, l~Z~, ordered the sale of the said ~ro-
perties for ~aid assessments, which said sales have been
made. And further, said decree set the fees of the' said
attorney at Two Thouss_ud 0ne Hundred Ttzree and ~l/100 J~
(~2,103.21) Dollars, for which the Town of 'Boynton is in
receipt of a bill therefor.
N0~,, T~REFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED That upon the payment
in cash by the said Shelby Buford of that portion of taxes
levied for bond services, the Tax Collector is authorized
and Lustructed to issue, to Shelby Buford, tax receipts
upon such property as the said Shelby Buford might designate
within the Town of Boynt~a to the extent of TwO Thousand One
Hundred Three and 21/lO0 ..... ($2,1~3.21) Dollars.
BE IT FURTB~R RESOLVED, That at such time as there is
s~fficient monies in the general treasury of the To~.m of
Boynton to pay the interest and sinking fund, sach ~m~o~unts
as were levied for bond service, as shown by the tax levies
on such-prol~erties as might be designated lry the said Shelby
suit,
Buford, then and in that event, the Tax Collector shall
issue said Tax Receiots w~t_~out~ ~, requiring the said Shelby
Buford to pay tb~t portion levied for interest and sim~king
fund in cash, s~ud thereafter transfer from the general
treasury such s~mounts as might be needed to pay said
interest s~ud sinking fund 2ccount, such sums as levied
for that purpose, as is represented by the tax receints
issued hereunder.
It being the purpose and intent of this resolution
to require the payment in cash of that portion levied for
bond service until and at such time as there might be
sufficient monies in the general treasury available for
the pa~uent of such respective amounts levied for bond
service or interest and sinking fund.
PROVIDED A~.gz-S Tb~ said Shelby Buford shsJ_l de-
liver to said Town, n~ster's deed, deeding the property
described in said deoree, to the Town of Boynton, before
any adjustments or payments are made hereunder.
This motion was seconded by Com~issioner Nutting
and unanimously carried.
' Co~,~aissioner Holloway made a motion tb~t the
following Resolution be adopted:
~. RESOLUTION BY THE MAYOR ~.ND BO~RD 0~ TOV~N
CO~ISSION~LRS 0P THE TOWN OF BOY~0N, .-~ORIDA,
IN REGU~R SPECIAL SESSION. SZTTING~
~AKING ~HDJUST~f~NTS OF DELiNQDE~NT TA~[ES AND
CERTIFICATES 0~'~ED BY SAID
NO~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLi~ED BY THE AUTHORITY
AFORESAID, in regalar special session sitting, that all
delinquent taxes and tax sales certificates held by tt~
Town of Boynton for the year 1939 and prior thereto may
be adjusted on the basis of the -~ax levy for said Tov~n
for the year 1929, waiving al! interest s~nd penalties
accrued thereon~ and the Tax Gollector in and for the
Town of Boynton, Florida, is hereby authorized and
directed to accept, in full, payment of all such said
delinquencies, basing each year~s calculation on thee
basis of the ua× levy for said Town for the year 19~9.
This motion was seconded by Commissioner Bowen,
and unanimously carriedo
Uo~muis sion _Holloway'made a- motion that t he
following Resolution be adopted:
A RE~0LUTI0~ BY THE ~&&YOR AND BOARD OF T0~
C0~ISSIONERS OF THE T0~¥N OF BOYNTON, ~0RZDA,
IN REGL~,AR SPECIAL SESSION SITTING, DiRECT-~G
T~E ACCEPTANCE OF BONDS IN PAYL~ENT FOR SPECIAL
ASS ESSY[E~S o
N0'~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the authority afore-
said thaz bonds of the To~m~ of Boynvon~ together with all
pas~ due coupons Which are thereto attached, shall be re-
ceived a~ par in payment of special assessment liens held
by the Town of Boynton, which were heretofore levied or
assessed by the Tovrn of Boynton; the same zo be accepted
for assessments which are due or ~o become due, provided
always that no assessment lien, not owned by the Tovm of
Boynton, s!as!i be settled or paid for to the Town in bonds,
provided always that all coupons not due be attached or
accompanying said bonds.
This mot!on was seconded by Cormmissioner Bowen and
duly carried.
The Tax Collector stated that he had sent out Tax ~
Statements for 1931 tax to the tax-payers who had written
in during November and requested them and t~t he had
senv out a letter ~th their bills explaining the reason
for the delay in sending out the bills and that if they
cared to pay the tax as assessed for the year 1931 on
sixteen (16) mill basis and if they remitted promptly
that he would bring the matter be&~re the CommissiOn
for the authority to allow them the 4~ discount.
Commissioner Hollm~ay made a motion that the Tax
Collector be instructed to allow the 4% to these tax-
payers -~ao remitted in a reasonable length of time.
This motion was seconded by Commissioner Bowen
and duly carried.
There being no further business, the meeting