Minutes 04-17-34P~EGULAR ~%~ETING OF APRTL IV~ 19~4.
A Regular Heating of the Boal~i oF Town Cemmissione~s oF the
Tmvn of Beynton, F~orzda~ was held at the Town Hal! on T~esday
evening, Apr_l
Present:
The above constituting the
the Town of Boynton~ Florld~
Ho Do Stevens~
V~m. -~enzel,
Jo P. Bowen,
To,mn Clerk.
entime Bo~r~ of Town Co~m~issione~
The Einutes of the Regular ~eet~Lug held April 3~ A~Do 1934
were read and approved upon motzo~ made by Co~'&~sione~ Bowe~
~eoonded by Co~missiene~ ~sn~ei m~ u~animous!y
~n ~otion ~de by C~ssiono~ Bowen~ socond~d by
Co~ss~one~ ~n~e! ~d mn~8iy ca~iod~ ~he follow~g
incid~n~ to the ~epair~ r¢~.de on Cen~al* Avent~e~ we~e ap~rovod~
~m ~o~uts to be app~med on water bills and/or taxes.~
W, J. Daly ................................
Cora Baldwin
Roxy W~
Robert Wells
B. J. P~ioe, Truck and Driver
Seth Futrel!~ T~ck and Driver .... - ........
J. C~ Shaw, T~.ck and Driver
C~.r!es SteDh~ns
Jim B~jant ................................
P. J. J~ckson
James Taylor .............................
Ed. Terry
Sylvanu~ Smith
~, Deal .... j ..........
125;00
7,20
4,80
%,80
4,80
32,00
5V.O0
40,00
33.60
19.20
V.20
~.~0
4,80
8.!0
4,80
4,80
9~0
~I,00
3.00
6.00
7°20
2,40
Early ?olla~d
Robert Bolden.~ .................. ll.70
Ja~s Coleb~ook ................. 59.~0
Jo!n% Eille~ ..................... llo~0
JoD_u ~aad~ews .................... 22,50
T. A. ~th ..................... 33~5
~e~be~t Dean ...................
Hu~L~e~s ..................... 11.70
Jo~ ~illi~s ...................
Walte~ Nille~ ...................
Ed. ~eeks .......................
0~dir~nce No,
141 entitled'~
"A~I ORDINANCE REGUI~TiNG THE PROD~JCTION~
TF~&._YSPORTATION~ H~2~DLINC-, STORAGE AND
SAZE OF FOODS AhrD D_~TJGS IN THE TOV~ OF
B0!~TON~ F!DR!DA~ A~YD PROVIDiI~G PENAL~
TIES FOR iTS VIOiATIONS.",
was elated on it's second and final reaming. Cor~sszone~ Bowen
moved that 0_.~dinance No. !il be passed ~ud adopt%d which was
second by Co~issioner ~snzel and u~on being
p~o to a vote,
the following vote was had thereon:-
Co~_.~ssione~ Bowen~ ~A~w
Thereupon, Con~ssxoner Stevens~ as ?A~myo~ p~es~d~ng~
dec.Tm~ed Or, in, ce No~ 141 to have been du~ ~ssed ~d adopted.
The ballot box containing the ballots of the General
Election held ~onday~ the 9u_ day of Ap~il~ A.D. 1954, for the
election of an snou_mbeD_t to the off-ce of Town Clerk~ fo~
of tD~e$ years~ %~.s opened ~ud the ~epomt of the Election Board
%~s mead~ which is as.follows~
STATE OF FLORID.&
COUh?/ OF P~!~ BEECH
TOWN OF BO-W~:_~TON
To the Honorable Mayor and Co~Lm~ssmoners of ~J~.e Town
cz nBoyn ~on~ Florida: -
We~ the undersi~ued Inspectors and Clerk of the Election
~ ~93_~ for the purpose of
held on the 9t~h day of Apr_l, A~D," ~
electing a~ sncun~ent to the office of Town C~erk, for a period
of tD~ee (S) y~a~s, do hereby certify that at such election the
total n%uuber of votes
of which:-
cast were 146
~ P. BOW~N Received
Stella ~cKay Received
A V Peterson Received
James Col~bPoo~ Received
~un~ce }~gn~son Received
~u~a. Received
J A Baker Received
~ A Weaver Received
J B ~e~edz~ Received
R C HiEgins ResSmved
There were spoiled ballots
Total
such Inspectors a_ud C!erk~ dom~ke the foregoing as
our return to you of the ~esu!ts of such e!ection, ar~ we do
declare the s?oove and foregoing, to be the result of such e~eutzon,~ ~ '
(Si~med)
(Si~ed)
(Signed)
(Signed)
The Com~ssion accepted
the
E~.~a ~acKay Inspector
~. H. P_a~tin~ !nsoector
Est?]~.a H, ~cF~,y~ Inspector
Frances Stitts.~ . Clerk.
ret~n of the General Election
as submitted by tke Election Board,
Upon ~otion n~de by Co:~missione~ !,genzei, seconded by
Connr~ssioner Stevens and d~ly car_~ied, J. P~ B0'ffEIY was declared.
~e-elected TOW~ C~RK of the To~ off.Bo~ton, Flomida~ fo~ a
of t~ee yea~s, upon his t~g the Oath of 0fffice.
The ballot box oo~a~ ~h~ ballots of tb_e Special Election
held on Eonday, the 9th ~y of April, ~.D. 1934, ~s opened ~
the lo.owing mepomts ~de by ~e Election Board were ~ead:
STATE 0F FLOR~A )
COL~ 0F PA~ B~CH )
(
T07~%7 0F B0~TON )
0F B~NTON~ FLOR~A:-
Vfe, ~ ~de~sign~d Inspectors and Cl~mk of ~e Sp~clal
E!ectio~held on the 9th day of Ap~it~ A.D. I954~ fora the p~pose
of decld~g the question %vD~oh ~s submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of the To%tm of~Bo~ton~ Flo~ida~ ~ao
Fmeeholde~s ~ssidi~ ~u said To%~ as to ~eth~m or not the said
To~ of Boynton sr~ll issu~ its ~m~d~g or ~ef~d~g bends i~the
total s~ of $_85,000.00~ ~ '
p_edg~g the full ~az~ ao~ c. edz~ of
said. Tov~ fora the pain. ut th~meoF~ such b~s to be dated the
1st day of April~ A. D. 1934~ ~ to ~t~ thim~ {30) yes. rs
the date thereof, to be subject to redemption at the option of the
To~ at prom a~ accrued intemest, on ~y internist pa~ent date
prior to ~t~i~, on or gten April let, A.D. 1937, and ~all
be~ interest at the ~te of tD~e~ (3) per cent. per mun~ for the
f~st fiv~ (5) years from the date the~eof~ fo~ (4) per cent. per
a~na~m For the second five (5) years From ~e date themeof~ Five
(5) pen cent. per ar~u~ fora the third five (5) yea~s f~om the date
thereof, and. six (8) per cent~ pe_~ s~a~n fo~ the ~e~oining
fifteen (la) yea_~ said interest being payable se~-~uual~ on
the f~st day of 0ctobe~ and on the fi~t ~y of April of ~ach
y~ such bonds to be issued fo~ the following p~poses:
(a) Bonds in the total s~ of $1~l~00.OO fo~
p~pose of ~nd~g or refunding, payiug and discharg~ its
portion of the pr~cipal and interest aocrued ~. to aoo~e
prio~ to ~.p~il lst~ 1~$~ as ovid~nced and ~pres~nted by
that certaLu judgement p~oc~ed by the ~ite Constr~ction
Colony, a co~po~ation, aga~ast the To~ of Boynton~
~icipal oorpo~ation~ ~de~ date of Novembe~ 29th~ 19~
th~ United States District Co~t ~ ~ud fo~ the Southern
Dist~iot of Flo~i~ ~ Division~ be Cause No. l~80-
~Civil~ in the sum of $SA9:799,i~ together with costs
the s~ of $1~.~I~ in addition to accrued interest and
~teme~ to accpac prior,to ApPil 1st, l~S~.
(b) Bonds in the total su~ of $~700,00 rom the
purpose of ~2~d~g or msfunding, paying ar~ disc~rgi~ its
portion of the obligation of th~ ~-~m of Boston, Flo~ida~
as evidenced by Improvement Ce~tificate~ of !~btedness
issued by th~ To~%~_ of Boston, Flomi~, uaade~ date of ~ay
1st, 1~8~ which c~rtificates wer~ issued by Resolution of
the T~ Cor~Is~ion of ~e said T~ of Boston for the
purpos~ of pay~ the cost of certain stmeet
~u said Town and whioh c~mtificates were
ten (lO) ~qual ~mstal~ents from the 1st day of ~Iay, 19~8~
togsthe~ with inte~st at ~e mate of sight (8)
(6)
do hereby ret~ to y~ar Honorable Body the ~esuits~of such
election includir~g the ballots, stubs, poll book, tal!y~sheets~
(Si~ed) w_m~ MacKay ~ Inspector
~S~gned) ?~. w. Partin ~ Znspector
(Sic_ed) Estella H. ~eKay, Inspectom
(Signed) Frances Stitts ~ .... Clerk.
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNT¥ OF PAi~.'~ BEACH ) ss,
T0~W._~ OF BOYNTON )
TO the Honorable i~ayor ar~l Con~Jmissioners of~the Town
of Boynton, Florida:-
We, the undersigned Inspectors and Clerk of the Special
Election he~_d on th~ 9th day of &p_ al, A.D, 1934~ for the p~pose
of deciding ~he question which was submmt~e~' ~' ~ ~ to a vote of
qualified electors of the Town of ooy~.ton, Florida, who
Freeholders re~zdmng mn said Town, as to whether o~ not the mid
Tov~ of Boynton shall issue its fundi_ug ~r refnnding bonds in the
total st~. of $!85~000.00, ~
p_edgam~g the full f~ith and credit of
said Tmon fo~ the payment thereof, such bonds to be dated the
1st day of -.prml, A.D. 1934, and to n~-~e thmrty (30) yea~s from
the date thereof, to be subject to reds~.kotmon at the option of the
Tovaa, at par a~ud accr~aed interest, on any interest-payment date
prior to _m~t~ity, on or after April 1st, A.D. 193V, and shall
bea~ interest at the rate of three (3) per cent. per ar~,~ for the
first five (5) yea~s f~om tame date thereof, four (4) pe~ cent. per
scs~uum for the second five (5) years from the date th~eof, five
(5) per cent, pc? s_r~m for the third five (5) years from the date
thereof, and six (6) per cent, per ann-~m for the re~ining
f-Lfteen (15) yes~s~ said interest being payable semi-arnaually on
t~ first day of 0ctobe~ and on the first day of April of each
year, such bonds to be issued for the following purposes:
(a) Bor~is ~u the total s-mm of $151~300,00 for the
p~pose of £unding or rez~unding, payir~ and discharging its
portion of the principal and_ interest accrued and to accrue
prior to April lst~ 1934~ as evidenced and represented by
ths. t certain judgement prooz~ed by the ~Wnite Const~ucticn
Company, a compo~ation, against the To~ of Boynton~
~mioipal co~po~ation~ ~dem date of Nove~e~ 29th, 19B9~
~ United States District Cou~t ~ ~d ~r the Southe~
~District of Flo~ida~ Mi~i Division, being Cause No, 1380~
~-Civil, in tb~ sum of ~4~V99,15~ togethe~ with costs
the s~mm o~.~15,51~ ~addition to accrued inter,st smd
interest ~o accrue prior to ~p~i! !st, 1934,
(b) Bonds in the total s~i of $33,V00,00 fo~ the
purpose of ~r~ing or ~efzuuding~ ~ay~g and discharging its
pomtion of the obligation off the Town ~ Boynton~ F!omida,
as evidenced by !m~rove:~nt Certificates of Indebtedness
issued by the To~ of Bo~_ton~ Florida, onader date of ~iay
1st, ~928~ which certificates were issued by R~solution of
the~To~.:~C0~ssio~ of the said Term of Bo~ton for the
pumpose of pay~g the cost of certain street impmovsments
in said Toe, and which certificates were ~.de ~.yable
ten (10) ~qual ~al instalments from the let day of
1928~ together with ~te~e~ at the rate of ei~at (8) per
Do hereby tertiary that at such election the total n%uufoe: of
of which, question
FOR B 0hq)S
47 AGAINST BOLDS
ar~i of v~aich qusst_,on
~ SP0!LW~ BALLOTS
{b) ~eceived:-
30 FOR B0h~DS
AGAINST
2 SPOILED BALLOTS
'.~nd we, such Inspectors and. C!e~k~ do make ~me forsgoing as oui
retu_~n to you of the results of such election~, and we do declare
the above ~md £orsgoi~ to be the result
- (Szgned~ ,~. H. Pa~tin~
(Si~ued) ~s~l±a ~. ~oKa~__z
The Cor~s slone~s
of suo~electiono
Ir~pector
Inspector
Inspector
Clerk.
canvassed the ballots and upon reoo-~ut of
same the following was declared to be the result
Total number of votes cast were 8_~ ~
of which question (a) received:-
36 FOR BONDS
47 AGAINST B0hrDS
and of %vhich question
SPOiLW_F~D BALLOTS
(b) received:-
SO FOR BO~TD- S
~ SPOILVJ7 B~a~0TS
The following iette~ was read:-
POOR & C 0Y~VAh~
$20 WaLuut St.
C Inc i~una t i
~gr. H. Do Stevens,
Boynton, Florida.
Dear Sip:-
April 13~ 1934
i am in receipt of advise that the election held on
April 9 failed to carry funding the present outstauding judgement
and certificates of indebtedness° I ~eg~t to lea~ of this situ-
a~zon. As ~he judge~nt stands as entered by ~he ~o~ =t b~a~s ~u
~e~est at 8~,.~y _mnd~ this judgement into bonds for the ~med-
mate p~esenv v~e interest mate would be 3~ - a say_rig ~o one
suggest and insist tb~t y~ do two things:
~ecezvmng a~y ru~ne~ bonds om coupons ~f the T~
oF Bo~t~ an pa~ent of any taxes o~ ~pecia! assess-
~. ment;~liens~ accepting cash only~
2, Institute foreclosure suits at once to foreclose
delinquent special assessment liens on p~ope~ty
centrally located. ~
in carrying out ou.~ reco~.~endations and suggestions it
is z~ opinion that you will be do~ug the to~wn the most good~ look~
ing fox. yard to placing yourselves on a better financial bmsis. I
t~st that you will c~ out thes~ ~eco~ations p~ompt~,
will be pleased to ~oeive y~ advice a~te~ y~ ~.v~ had
meeting on the th~ ~esday of the month, in,this cas~ .&pmil
Yours very t~ly~
B0~ITON B01~DH01DERS~ PROTECTIVE C0~{iTTEE
hep:am
copy_ to ?~ ?g. _P. Some_vmtle> *
!¥~r George To Clark
Upon motion made by Commissioner Stevens, s~conded by
Co_~missionsr ~ienze! and unan~;mously carried~ the Tax Collector was
instructed to discontinue the acceptance of Bonds ara/or past due
coupons of the Town of Boynton in the pa~nnent of taxes and./or
specla~ assessments,
-r~smuch as fo~eclos'~e suits a~$ being Lustituted ag=~nst
p~operties centmally located it was deemed unneeessa_~y to take
any ~them action in regards to the suggsstion offs_em i~
Y~o Peers letter.
Upon mot~n nRde by Co~aissionem Stevens~ seconded by
Co~.~m~ss_ons~ Menzel and ~%anzmously c~.._ zed~ the Clerk was
i~S ur~cEe~
Beach:
to write the following letter to the Town of Boynton
Bo~at on~ Florida,
&pril ~9th- 1934,
To,u% o:F Boynton Beach~
Boynton Beach~ Fla.
Gentlemen: -
Since the T~ oF Boynton Beach was c~ated, ~mious
semvices ~ve be~n menaced s~i6 To~ th~ expense of which has
been born~ '~ the Town of
~voic~s cove~ir~ these various s$~vices have b*en sent the
To~ of Bo~ton B~ach on n~erous occasions.
To date t~ only pa~ent that has been~ade to the To~ of
Boynton by the Tc~ of Bo~ton Beach ~s the s-~ of Fifty Dollars
(~50,00) ~nich relo~esents a partial pa~ant for ser~oes rendered
in collecting trash an~ garbage,
D~mple opport~m~i~ has been affomded the Town of Bo~ton
Beach ton~seoua~s the necessary fv~.s with which to liquidate the
accords, ts ~ing the Tom~ of B~nton as represented by the enclosed
invoices~ pa~nt of which is de~.nded forthwith.
TOV~q,T OF BOWL~TON,
By
Co.w~ission~m ~lenzel suggesged t_he.t du~ to lack of funds,
the Ssa~itary T~J. ek discontinue the hauling of tmash
lo, them advi~Jd to haul garbage only. This m~ttem w~as _~eF~mred
to the Vice->g~ayom in charge of the Sa~itary Depamtment
Theme being no fu_~them business the meetz~ adjourned.
V-oe ~_a ~j et~
Town Clerk.