Minutes 05-04-37?~GUI~ }~EETING OF mY ~, !93V. '
A Reguls_~ Meeting of the Board of _~ovm Co~nissione~s
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of the Town of Boynton, Florida, was held a% the Town Hall
on Tuesday evening~ May ~th, 1937 at V:ZO o:slook P. M.
No Mo Weems$ Vice-Mayor
A V Pe~e~son, T~,~ Clo~k
~_e above consti~at~g the enti~ Bo~ of To~ C~-
~ssion~s oF the T~n of B~ton~ Flo~idA.
The A~utes of the Ro~a!a~ Aeet~g of AD~I! ~0, 193~
were Pead a~ approved.
Upon motion made by Con~uissione~ Weems, seconded by
Co~ssione~ Petemson and duly ear,led, the followinM bills
were approved fo~ payment:
Flomida Powe~ & Light Company
Paul Mercer 9.25
Auady~ s Garage 21.V8
Palm Beach Mercantile Co 21.01
O~dinance No. 158 entitled,
~AN 0PdDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BOXNT~N,
PALM BEAC~ COUNTY, FLORIDA~ AMEND-
iNG ~CTION 3, ~ ORDINANCE NO,
OF THE T~..¥N OF BOYNTON~ FLORiDA.;
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wzas placed on ~t s £i~st reading,
Messes. J.J. Williams s~d Geo. Seegitz advised the
Conm~ssion_ that as a majority oF a Co~.ittee appo_nted~ at
a Mass l~eet~_ug to work out a pls~ Fo~ an amendment to the
Town Cha~te~ they had decided to let the matte~ d~op, in-
asmuch as a petition in oppos~ition to any change o~ amend-
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merit to ~he T~ Oha~te~ had been oi~emlated a~d f~md to
bear the si~tm~e~ of mo~e t~ a ~Jo~i~ ef ~he qual~ie~
voters ~ the
The following petition~ zi~ed by m~e t~n a ~jori~
of the ~!ified voters of t~ To~ of Boynton. ~s ~esented:
"Beard of To~ Co~izsione~s,
_T~n of B~nton.
~e. the ~de~si~ed, cem~is~g m~e ~ BO percent ef ~e
Registe~d Vete~s of $~ T~ of B~tem, Florida, ~igo~s~
~c~as~ the m~e~ ef C~ssie~e~s ef sa~ T~. ~e ~esent
C~te~ beimg ear,ely satisfacto~ te us ~ we ~ve mo ~es~e
te $~e mp the valuable t~e .f the Etate ~gis~t~e no~ a~
mseIess expose to the t~paye~s ef ~e Te~ of B~to~:"
~e~eupon. C~ssi~e~ Pete~son ~e ~ metiem that t~
foll~mg Resolutiom be passe~ ~ adopted, ~ich mo~ien was
sec~ed ~ C~ssieme~ Neems ~ ~ous~ c~ie~:
RES GLUT I 0 N
~REAS, at a Special Meeting of ~e B~d of T~ C~-
missieme~s of the To~ of B~tom. Fl~ida. held on the ltth day of
April. A. D. 19~V. the fo!~ow~ug RESOLUTION was pmssed ~d adepted:-
"~E~&S~ the Charte~ of th~ Town ~ B~ton~ in Pa~ Beach
County. Florida. embraced in C~p~e~ 8R18, of ~e Laws of Flo~i~,
Special Acts of l~21. in ~he op~io~ of the Town C~ssion ef said
To~ has beene ~de~te fo~ ~e ne~ds of said ~ioiDality;
~S. ~ the option ~ the T~ Co~issten ef said
To~ it is deemed necess~. ~i~$ ~d advi~ble ~ t. ~e best
~te~ests ~f ~e T~ of Bey~, its ~abit~ts. cit~e~s and
payers, that oe~ta~ seoti~s of ~e s~d Ch~e~ of the T~ of
B~ton be ~ended to p~ide fe~ a Tow~ C~issiom of five ~mbe~s.
~stead ef t~ee as now p~vided for. prescribt~ the te~ of office
ef the members of the Towm C~mmissien, their jurisdictiea, pewers
a~ t~ ~e~ ~ which they shall ~e ~e~ed ~ elected;
vide fo~ the eleetiom of two c~issteme~s; to prescribe the ti~
fo~ the held'i~ ef_gene~al e!eetiens ~ said ~i~pality; to p~s-
eribe the qualif~eatio~ of veters at such ge~ral elections;
p~evide ~rSher ~d a~di$tonal powe~s fe~ maid m~ipali~; $~ pro-
vi~e for a N~icipaI Ge~ for sai~ Te~ ~eside~ ever ~ a
Dal Ju~e ~o ~e appoinSed Dy the To~ Oo~issiom, ~steaA of the
~yor~s Court presided ove~ ~ the Mayer as now provided fo~; to pro-
vide for ~ election f~ the ratificatieA er ~eJee~i~ of sueh ~end-
merits ~ the qmatified voters who ~e freeholde~s in said To~; and
to repeal al! ether laws o~ Da~s ef law~ Pela~ $0 ~
said To~ ~ co~ict with s~eh ~en~ents;
N0~ ~E~0~ BE ~ ~0LV~ ~ ~E T0~ C0~ISSt0N 0~ TEE
T0~ 0F B0~0N, ~ PALN B~ ~0~ ~0RIDA;
1. ~t a s~cial act $o be entitled:
"AN A~ TO ~D 8E~I0~ ~, 6 A~ 8 OF ARTI~E 1;
SE~ION 1, $~ ~ICLE III; SECTIONS 1 ~, ~ ~ ~
0F ~TI~E ~; ~ SE~ION I 0F ARTI~ V 0F T~
~TER 0FT~ TO~ 0FB0~0N, ~ PA~ B~
CO~, ~0R~A, ~C~ IN ~T~ 8918, 0~ ~E
~ 0F ~0R~A, ~EC~ A~S 0F 1921, ~E
BErG ~ ~ ~TITL~ "~ A~ T0 ~0LISH ~
P~S~%T ~I0~ GOV~T 0F T~ T0~ 0F BOY~0N,
IN PA~ B~ COU~, ~0RIDA; T0 CR~ ~
~T~LI~ A ~ ~I~I~ T0 ~ ~0~ AS ~
TOW~ OF B0~0N, IN P~M B~ C0~, ~RIDA;
T0 ~G~ AND V~IDATE THE 0~IN~C~ 0P ~D
T0~ 0F ~0N, A~ 0~IC~ A~S TH~;
~2~ F~ ~ PROV~E ~S T~ITOR~ LIN~S,
~ISDI~ION ~ P0~S, AND Ti~ ~!SDICTION
~ PO~S 0F ~S 0F~S;" T0 P~V~E ~R A
TOV~ CO~ISSION 0F ~i~E ~BW~S, ~IR T~ OF
OFFICE, ~ISDICTION, P0~S AI~ ~ ~R IN
~I~ TH~ ~L BE N05~AT~ ~D ~ECTED;
PROV~ING FOR T~ ~.~ION 0F T~ C0~ISSI0~;
PR~CRIBING ~ T~ FOR ~E HOLD~G 0F G~
~CTIONS IN SA~ ~IC~I~; PRESORIB~G TEE
~U~IFIC~IONS 0F VOTE~ AT SU~ GENE~ ~.~CTI0~;
TO PROVIDE 2~GRTEER AND ADDITION~?. P0~V~LRS FOR SAID
MUN!Gt~ALITY; TO PROV~E F0R A ~IC~
PR~G ~S ~DI~ION ~ PO~S; PROV~G
~OR T~ ~T~A~ON 0R RE~ION 0~ ~ ~TS
~IO~; ~ TO ~ ~,V. 0~ ~ 0R P~S
0F ~ ~T~G T0 0R ~ING ~A~ T0~ IN C0~iCT
~T~8 A~."
De prepare~ ~d ~b~tted te t~ Leg~la~e of t~ StaSe oF Fle~ida
at its 19~ sessiom for pass~e.
2. ~t n.tiee of intention to a~ly to the ~gistat~e
~ State of FI~rida at its l~V sess!~ for t~ ~ssage of the
special act as set forth ~ Section 1, hereof, be published ~ the
Pa~ Be~ch Times, o~ ~st Pa~ Beach, ~orida, one t~e as provided
by the Constitutien ~d La~s ef the State of Fl~ida, netwithst~-
~ the fact that t~re s~ll be a referend~ attached to sa~
special act.
~. ~t a copy of t~s Eesot~tie~ be sent ~ said speola!
act to the Representatives frem Palm Beach Ce~, ~rid~, as ~ll
as the ~ate Senator rep~esent~ P~m ~aeh cowry, ~orid~, ~g-
l~ them to pass said special act.
~- ~ ~. P. Somerville, a resident, ~itimen ~d t~-p~ye~s
of the To~ of Be~ton, ~orida, be ~d ~ hereby is appointed a
Deputy To~ Clerk of the To~ of Boston, Florida, for the p~pose
of t~e~it~ said special act ~d t~ s~e when completed
to Tal!aD~ssee, ~orida, and presen6~i~ s~e to the Representatives
~d State Sector rep~esenti~ P~m Beach Co~ty, Florida, to
duce ~r pass~ge by the Legislat~e of Florida ~t its I~V session;
~d t~t ~. p. Somerville be paid a reason~le co~ensation For
such sePviees as well as his
Approved:
N.~.~eems, (~ed)
J.P. Bewen, (Signed-~ amd,
· HEEEAS, on April B2, I~T, a ~ss Meeti~ was duly held
at the Sel~oel Au~tori~ in the To~ oF Boynt~n, Fleri~, at
which were present appr~x~tely 128 perse~; ~d,
~, aeeor~i~ ~o report of the Recor~ See~et~
ef ~id ~ass ~eeti~, general disapproval ~s exDressed resDecti~
the D~oposed c~ter ~en~ent mow pendi~ before the ~o~ida
State Legislatures
~E~, in respense to motions ~uly made ~d seconded,
said proposed amen~ent, seetien ~ secti.n as presented, was
eve~whe!m~gly ~e Jetted;
~, a petition
~rter of the Town o~ Boyntom h~s been c~oulated and been d~ly
si~ed by a ~j~rlty .f
~, the Ce~ission of ~he To~ of ~ton, ~ eo~sider-
atio~ of the Foregoi~ faots ~d ~fo~atien, ~e now desirous
of resc~d~g ~d ~mll~ the said Resoiutlem w~ch was Dassed
~ the Co~ssien of the To~ of Beaten on the ~th day of April,
~. D~ I~V.
T~R~0~ BE IT B~MOLVED by the Boa~d of To~ Co~ssioners
eF ~e To~ of Bo~ton, Florida, that the said Resolutie~ w~ch
was ~ssed on the l~th day of April, ~. D. I~V, ~d ~ich is
here~befo~e ~lly set fo~h, be a~d the s~e is he~e~ rescinded,
~ulled ~d held for ~au~t.-
BE IT ~Rm. HER~EES0~.VED that ce~ified oepies of
~0L~t0N be forthwith f~ded $o the HenoEble Emssell O.
Me~ew and the He~o~ab!e Paul E~d~ ~d t~ H~e~able Jo~
Be~o~, EepPesentatives ~d Senato~ ~espeetively ~ the
ef P~m Beach, State of Fle~ida, ~th the ~eq~st that t~
with~aw Eeuse Bi~ Ne. $~, w~ch is a Bit! D~evi~
~er~ent ef the ~rter oF the To~ of Boston,
Upen mo~ion ~e by ~e~issiene~ Pete~son, see~de~
C~issi~ner ~eems and ~ously c~ied the fellewi~
No. 1S7, entitled:
0RD~ N0..
"~ 0~ 0F ~ T0%~ 0F BOY~ON,
P~ ~ CO~, ~A,
0~E~OE N0. 126 E~ "~ 0~INAN~
0F THE T0~E 0F B0~0N, P~ B~
C0b~, ~0R~A, PROVIDING ~S
~L~.!0NS FOR ~ GOV~NN~ 0F T~
T0~ COEISSION OF SA~ T0~ "~
~EI~NG T~RON "~ 14""; ..AND ~-
~G ~L 0~IN~C~ 0R P~TS~ 0P 0RGE~S
was placed on its first ~eadi~.
It ~s ~tually agmeed to ~eok the eld club b~l~
i~ediately ~d to use ~y material salv~ed ~ the eonst~ction
of ~he new ~eadi~ room in ~e new P~k at Co~. Pa~etto Stmee~
~d 0ee~ Avenue.
Theme bei~ no f,~t~ business the meeti~ a~jo~ned.
~vo~ Viee-~yo~ To~ Cle~k~