O#993O
ORD!EANCE NO. 99
AN 0RDINA!{CE PROHIBITING PROFITEERING
~VITHiN THE TOVJ~N OF BOYi~TON, iN PALM BEACH
COUNTY, FLOP~DA, AND PROVID~[G PUNISH~[ENT
FOR AI~Y P~SON, FIR~[ OR CORPORATION GUILTY
OF ANY VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE BY FINE
OR I~[PRIS0~!ENT OR BOTH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TOW C0~[~[iSSIONERS
OF THE T0~7[ OF BOY~ITON, iN PAL~[ BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA:~
'~TtiEREAS, the present situation in the Town of
Boynton, in Palm Beach County, Florida, demands from
our citizens as a whole the utmost cooperation in
every respect, and
Yg~MEPG{AS, it must be presumed that there will be
some cases where this cooperation is lacking and measures
must be taken to enforce the same for the general public
welfare~
THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF T0!~ C01~-
I~{ISSi0NERS OF THE T0~ OF BOE~TON, IN PAL~Y£ BEACH COUNTY,
FLORIDA; AS FOLL0%?S:
Section 1. %mat from and after the passage of this
Ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
firm or corporation to charge for any goods, wares, mer-
chandise, labor or rent a price greater than was charged
for similar commodities, services or tenancy in the Tovm
of Boynton, in Palm Beach County, State of Florida>at
noon on the Fourteenth day of 2eptember, .A.D., 1928.
Section 2. PROFITEERING~ it shall be considered
profiteeming for any person, persons, firm or corpora-
tion to sell any wares, merchandise, goods or effect,
including food stuffs~ at a price greater than the
price Offered for sale on Firday, September l~th, 19~8.
Section 3. RENTS: It shall be considered profi~..
teering for any person, persons, firm or corporation to
charge a rental between now and the First day of J~nuary,
A. D., 19~9, higher than the rental being charged on
the Fourteenth day of September, A. D., 19~8o
Section 4. LABOR: No person shall charge more
than the regular price for labor per day which was the
rate of pay on the Fourteenth day of September, A. D.,
19~8. No person shall charge extra for overtime.
Section 8. BUILDII~G ~ATERIALS: No person, persons,
firm or corporation shall charge more than the regular
price for building material of any character or descrip-
tion that was charged on the Fourteenth day of September,
A. D.~ 19~8.
Section ~. Any person, persons, fir~ or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall,
upon conviction be fined not more than Five ~undred
Dollars (~$~0~.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding Thirty
Days (30 days) or both such fine and imprisonment to be
impsoed under the discretion of the Court.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BT T?~ BOARD OF TOV~N
CO~ISSiONERS OF THE T0~?~TN OF BO~_7~TON, IN PAL~ BEACH
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the passage and adoption of the
above and foregoing Ordinance is urgent and is essential
to the immediate preservation of the public peace of
such Totem of Boynton, in Palm Beach County, Florida, and
that an emergency does exist for the immediate passage
and adoption of such Ordinance.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF T0~J~
C0~NIS~ 0NERS OF TWE TOV~ OF BOYNTON, IN PALM BEACH
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the abova and foregoing Ordinance,
being an Emergency Ordinance, be, and the same hereby is,
passed and adooted on this the 18th day of September~
A. D., 19~8, being a Regular ~eeting of the Board of
Town Commissioners of the Town of Boynton, i,n Palm Beach
County, Florida, and being the Neeting at which the
same was introduced, and further that such Ordinance
shalli~.become effective immediately.
R. O. Myers (Signed)
Mayor
Harry Benson
Vice ~ayor
(Signed)
Town