Minutes 08-02-32REGTJLA~ R lf~EETING OF AUGUST 2~ 1932.
Regular Meeting of the Board of Town CommisSioners of
the Totem of Boynton~ Florida~ was held at the Term Hall on
Tuesday evening~ A~ugust 28 1932 at 7:30 otelock P.M.
Present:
H. D. Stevens~ Mayor
Frank Nutting, Vice Eayor
~. P. Bowen, To~m~ Clerk.
The above constituting the entire Board of Town
Co~issioAers of the Term of Boynton, Florida.
The ~inutes of the Regular ~eeting b_eld July 19, 1932
were read ~ud approved upon Eot,on ~de by Co~usnissioner
Nutting, seconded by Commissioner Bowen sm_d duly carried.
The K~uutes of the Special Neeting held July ~8~ i93~
were read and approved upon Eob,on made by Oo~uissioner
Nutting~ seconded by Commissioner Bowen and duly ca, tied.
A Resolution to pay claims was adopted~
Upon Eot,on made by Comz~issioner Nutting, seconded by
Co~missioner Bowen and duly
were approved for papunent:
carried~
the following bills
Brennan and Plastridge
So~. Bell Telephone Co
Crarze Co
Em~maouth Plum~ing Supply Co
Standard 0il Co
F~quha~ ~achinery Co
Halsey and Grill,th
Claude Ross
De!r~v Electric Co
Ball Supply Co
~uttings Filling Station
Jaok Williams
~dyts Gs~rage
Florida Power ~ud Lig~ Co
FredE Fe~o~ Clerk Circuit Ct
Y~stin Supply Co~
72.24
!2;!0
5,10
12.90
1.68
V.6V
!.35
!.00
2,t0
36.12
27,58
~0o53
2V3.53
4.50
36.80
$529oVi
After 8a~ exami~aation of the Registration Book o£ the
Town of Boynton, Cormnissioner Stevens made a motion that
the follow-2~ug names be erased f¢om said Registration Book
by reason of having removed from the Town of Boynton~om otherwise
N0o 1
Albert A Atwater
4 w~u~ily D_A~eater
23 Frederick D Bird
~ Marion E Bird
disqualified:
52
53
97
329
131
124
157
149
229
232
319
26V
397
268
250
254
2V8
269
E J Davis
E O I>~nbam
FrarS{ N Funk
J W Hodges
Joseph E Jones
E~ua A ~uauth
Walte_~ N Knauth
A~es P
Wa~d B ~Iills~
Far. is C Swindall
Sa~el L Sw~udall
Jose~ U~er
Ed W T~ite
F~a~ L
N~ll V ~ite
motion was seconded by Com~Assioner
Commissioner Nutting made a Eotion t~t the Following
Resolution be adopted~
P~SOLUT I0N:
~F~S Torah_ of Boynton Refunding Bond No, Forty seven
(~V) Series B, issue of October l~ l~B8 ~s been r~deemsd
~ud this amo'~t applied on taxes owing the Tov~ by
Boynvon Nurseries ~ Inc.
NO~, T~FORE BE IT EESOLV~ t~t the Treasurer be
~d he is hereby inst~cted to cancel said Town of Boo. ton
Ref~ding Bond No Forty 8even (~) Series B, issu* of
October l~ 19B8 and paste s~s in bond book~
This I~otion was seconded by Commissioner Bowen ~ud upon
b~ir~ ~t to a vot~ the following vot~ was ~d ths~son~
Co~is sion~r Stevens ~E~
Co~iss loner Nut ti~
Co~mqis s~ioner Bowen
Commissioner Nutting made a l~{otion that the followi~
Resolution be passed ~d adopted:
P~ S 0LL~ 10N
Vg~S there is a chemical tar~ of fifteen gallons
capacity w=nich ~s been discarded by the Fire Deps~tment,
?fB~REJ. S If~. H, T. Holloway is desirous of buying
this
N0~ TH~REFORE BE ~ ~SOLV~ by the Board of Tov~
Commissioners of the To~ of Boynton~ Flortda~ t~t the To~;um sell
said t~ to ~, H. T. Holloway for the sum of Five Dollars (5.00
The above ~fotion was seconded by Co~ssionsr Bowen
being put to a vote, the following vote was ~.d thereon:
Con~uiss loner Stevens ~VE~
Co~n~is sione r Nutting
Co~mmis sioner Bowen ~AYE~
Cor~_issioner Nutt~ made a ~otion t~t th~ following
Resolution be passed ~d adopted~
A ~SOLUTION BI- T~ GOV~RNING A~EORITT 0F T>~
TOV~ 0F BOYNTON, P~ BEACH COD~TT. FLORID~
DEC.RING T~ 0PTiON~ INTEh~IOE~ DEgi~ AND
~ECTION 0F SAID E~iCIP~ITY T0 PROCE~ ~D~
T~ PROVISIONS 0F $P~PT~ !~088 G~
OF ~ORIDA PASSED ~ T~ ~GIS~TURE 0F T~
STATE 0F ~0RIDE l~Sl~ T0 T0 F0~CLOSE TI~
0F ~h~ g}~ ~ T~ ~D/0R T~ C~T~ICATES
AND/OR SPEC~_L AS~SS~NTS NOW ~XISTiNG
0R i~,D A~/0R 0W~ ~ THE ~A~ T0'~N 0F
BOi~TON UPON ~INDS DOCAT~ WITHIN T~ CORPORB~E
LIEITS 0F SAID TOWN~ INCLUDING iNTEREST? PEN~ITi~
ATTORN~S F~S AND COSTS.
BE iT RESOLV~ by the To~ of Boynton~ by
t~ough its governing authority~ to-wit: its Co~mission~
i~ session assembied~ that said Town in the m~me of the Town
desires to proceed, ~d does hereby elect to proceed under
Chapter 15038~ General Laws of Florida~ Acts of the Florida
LeEisiat-~e~ 193!~ bei~ ~N ACT ~TING TO THE
OF T~S &I~/0R SP~Z~ ASSESSmeNTS A~D iNTEREST ~D PEN~TIES
T~0N L~IPOSED BY ~Y iNOORP0~ Ci~Z 0R T0~N IN TB~ STATE
0F ~0P~D&~ PROVIDING & SUPP~NT~, ~DITION~ 0PTiONAL~ ~D
~TERNATi~ ~THOD 0F ENFORCING SUCH T~ LI~ A~ME./0R SPECIAL
.~SSESS~NTS ~2~D INTEP~T ~ND P~TI~ THE~0N BY SUiT
O~NCE~ IN THE N~TURE 0F Y~ PROC~DING iN R~ AGAINST TY~
UPON ~f~HICH SUCH T~ES ~D/0R SPECi~ ~SSESSi~!~TS CONSTITUTE
L~NS: A~ P~SCRIBiEG THE P~CTICE~ P~.DiNG~ AND PROC~
iN SUCH SHITS A~D ~HORIZiNG THE ALLOV~CE OF ~ASONABLE
ATTORNEY~S F~S TH~REiNw~ to foreclose the lien mud/or liens
of any ~ad all taxes~ tax oertifioates~ ~d/or special assess-
ments heretofore ~posed by said Town of B~nton upon real
estate locat~d therein by suit in c~noe~, inciudim_g interest,
penalties~ attorney's fees and costs~ which said tax oertifioat~
am.~/or tax oertifi~at~s~ and/or taxes~ and/or speeia! assess-
._-
me~t or special assessments fall within all or ~y
t~e~ c!assifi~atioms desig~t~d by No. I~ 2~ and $ in Section
~ii of said Cl~pter
BE IT FD~T~R R~OLI~ t~t this rssolution
passed ~d adopted and omdered placed of record upon
minutes of the said To~;~ of Boynton pu~sus~t to s~d In
plianc~ with the provisioms of S~ction VIil of said CD, pier
150~8~ General Laws of Fio~ida~ passed by the Legislate8
I~$1~ ~ad shall b~ construed as th~ formal action of
gov~srning 8~%%ko~ity of said Town of Bo~/~ton provided fo~
The ~ ove l~otion was s~cond~d by Co~mv_issioner St~v~ns and
bei~ pu~ to a vots~ the following vote was b~d
Co~iss ichor Stevens
Co~mis s loner Nutting
Co~issions~ Bowsn OPP~
m The following form of notice was presented by ~. Eevzman
i~l~!~ w~ich is to be sent to owners of property on
foreclosur~ proceedings are to be Instituted:
You ~s hereby notified t~t it is the intention of
the Tov~n of Bo~nton, Pa~ Beth County, F~or~da, to fils a
oh~cs~y against the ~ract of ~an~ wh_ch !coated ~n Palm
Co~dmty~ ~lorida~ and mcr8 p~r~_c~a~- d~soribed as ¢ol~o~vs~ to~wl~l
Lot~_~u~- of Boynton Heights~ a sub-division of
the-Tow~ of ~on~ Florida~ according to the revised plat
in plat book lO, P~¢e 8~ recorded in the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Coux~t~- aud for P~m Beach Co~,~y~ Florida~
~r the p~pose of ~olme~mr~ the taxes and/or t~
~dz'or special assessment liens ¢~ich ars in the ~o~t
~ f of
k-om are hereby warmed that unless ~m~
~.-,~ said taxes
including ~tsr~st and pe~Ity, on or before the day of
A~D. 195~, s~d bm~ mn chanc~ will bo filed on o~
after said abov~ last n~ed day,
· ~ms notice ~d warning is be mng sent you by
'1 last '~
r~gistsred ~m_ to your ~o~ ad~sss~ m_~ co~liance ~th
~d p~suant to Chapter 18058~ Laws of Florida l~$1~ as the
holder of
Dated ~d signed t~ day of Augmst, A.D. l~,
Nemean T. Miller
Attyo for To~ of Boynton.
Address: ~09-I1 Guara~ty Bldg.
West Palm Beach~ Fla.
......... o r~.de a motion tD~.t the following
Resolution be passed ~_d adopted~
~ ~SOLUTION BY THE T0?~ OF BOt~TON, PALM BEACH
COUNTY~ FLORIDA~ D20~HOR_rZiNG AND ~POll~RI~G T~
~YOR 0F SAID T0~ T0 SiGN ~YD ~Y E~JTE~ FOR
FOR AND 0N BEP~F OF THE T0~ 0F BOYNTON, ~N AGRE~NT
0F-E~PLO~i~T ~ITH N~%~N T, ~ILLER~ ATTORN~ UPON
THE T~iS AND ~ND~IONS CONT&iNED IN TP~T CERTAIN
CONTR~CT, AN 0RiGINA~
SIGN~ BY SAID M~L~: D~D AUTHORIZING ~ID ~IP0~R!NG
T?~E C~{ 0P SAiD T0?~ T0 ATTEST SA~ CONT~CT
Ai~D T0 ~FiX THE CORP0~E
SA~ C0hlRskCT ~Y OBLIGATION 0P SA~ TOWN 0P B0~{TON.
BE iT RESOLVED BY THE C0}~DfISSION~RS 0F THE ~nw}~
.~ ~.,~ ~l OP
BOYNTON~ PAi~T~! B~CH COD~TY~ FLORIDA, THAT THE Mayor of said
totem be and he is hereby authorized~ empowersd~ and directed
to sign and fu~y execute for ar~_ on behalf of the To~ of
that certain contract of employment -' ~
)vlt~ Nev~ms~ T.
lil] and-
BE IT FURTP~,R RESOLVED tb~t the Clerk of said Town be
and he is hereby auhtorized s~d empowered to attest s~id con-
tract ~r~d to~ affix tb~ corpo~ate.seai thereto~ and-
BE ~ ~JRT~ ~SOLVED t~t ~ oriEi~l copy of such
oontraot is attached hersto~ ~de a par~ ~rsof~ ~rk~d
~hibit ~A~ ~md is si~u~d by said Newm~ T. ~ller~ and
BE ~ ~ET~R R~OLVED that when said oontract is so
signed and so attested bybthe said ~ayor ~d the said
~d the offici~ seal is alfred thereto~ that the s~e shall
~en become ~ud be a v~id~ subsisting obligation ~d cont~aot
of the Tow~ of Boynton~ a municipal corporation -~der the
laws of the State of Florida~
The sleeve motion ~as seceded by Comr~ssioner B~en
being put to a vote~ the followinE vote was ~d thereon:
Co~m~is sione r Stevens
Co~issione r Nut t ir~ ~Ak~~
Being duly au~orized and ~mpowersd by the foregoing
R~soiution, the~ foilowi~ contract of empio~_ent was made
between Town of Boynton~ Florida~ and Ne~u T, ~iller~
iT iS ~EBY &GRE~ by ~d ~twe~n the ~To~ of
Boynton~ a municipal corporation duly organized ~ud existio~
~_d~r ~d by virtue of the Laws of the State of Florida, to
be h~r~in ~ter ~o~ a~ad r~ferrsd to as party of the first
p~t~ a~=d N~L~N T~ ~I~R, attorney~at-iaw a~Itted to
practice in all the courts of t~ State of Florida~ of W~st
P~m B~aoh~ PaLm B~aoh Coun~y~ F!orida~ to be hereinafter
k~ov~m and referred to as party of the second part~ that
~ ~ ~ ~ the
~s desire of
to coil by foreclosure ~_~.~
all %ax
party of the ~' -~
.~r~ part
smd/o
soeoial
i~eretoffore imposed~ extended~ or omitted by said Town of
Boynton upom real estate located there.. ~
W~ it is neeessa~ for said ~rty of th~ fi:~st
par2 to engage mad employ m~ ~ttorney to give notice~ bring
suits~ ~ad othemwffss hamdle and prosecute actions to tke end
of raaki:~ such coilections~
T~vO~ the party of the f~s~ p~t ~meby ~ by
these presents enga~s and employs Ee~a~ ~. ~ille~ pamty of
the second part hemein~ to give such mottce and/or notices~
to take such act$on~ to do such tb~ngs~ m~d to brin~ such
suit a~d//om suits~ ali as may be ~ecessary~ propem~ ~_d ex-
pedient for the fomeelosume mad collectio~ or colleotion
without foreciosu~e~ of amy ~d al! t~es~ z~m certificates~
~d/om special assessments heretofore imposed~ extended~
omitted by said Tovm off Boston upom meal estate lo~ated
~HiBiT ~A~ , ~
Said party of the first ~rt promises ~d agrees:
I~ To p~ all cierk~s costs ~d e~rges~ m~d shemiff~s
coszs and ch~ges~ for all newspaper publicatioms~ and postage~
and any and all othem legiti~r~te ~d proper expemses co.coted
with the coilectio~s ~eim pmovided for~ om vdmish may grow o~t
tkemsof~ including the se~c~ng of ~eco~ds for the purpose
of securing the proper descriptions of propert/~ the names ~d
addresses of the o%~ems of said p~opemty, lien holders, mort-
gage hoiders~ saad the ~cunt of taxes due~ whethe~ the ssme
were Imposed~ extended, or o~tted~ with Intemesv ~d penalties
~-- To pay to the party of the second pa~t as a fee for
his services to be rendered b~rein, the sum of ~25,00 for the
filing of each Bill of ~omplaint~ and in addition thereto to
pay an a~ount equ~ to ten percent, of the ~o~t of r~oney
collected on t~es~ including tax~s imposed, ext~nded~
omitted, ~/or t~ csrtificatss~ and/or asssss~n~s~ and
penalties, and interest: PROVID~ HO~-~R that if the party
of the first pa~t is the succes~u.1 bidder ~d buys ~ all or any
portion of the ~operty ~oreoiosed upon~ or if pa~ty of the
first part accepts any bond~ coupon, certificate or other
obligation ow~g by the p~ty of the first part to ~y~ person,
psrsons~ firm or co~poration in lieu of cash~ or If any judg~
merit n~ exists or shall be obtained s.Es. inst said Town in
Court~ ~ither State or Pederal~ and credit is given on said
judgement for aaid t~ss, t~x certifioates~ and/or asssssments~
or any part th~of~ tb~n such p~chase of said property by
party of ~e first p~t, or such aoc~pt~ce of ~y bond~ coupon~
certificate, or other obligation in lieu of cash or such
credit given on any s~ch judgement s~ll b* cDnstrued as a
collection here~smder~ ~d the party of the second part s~.ll
be entitled to the compensation t~reon~ as herein provided,
the smme as if the same b~d been collected ih cash.
PROViD~ FU~i~R that this contract shall be so construed
that the psmty of the second part sb~ll become and be
entitled to said ~aount of ten ~rcer~t. upon ~y col~ ction
so m~de~ if ~do at any time after the ~.i!ing of a
notice or notices to record title holders, mortgage ~!ders~
or lien hoiders~ as is provided for in Section iV of Chapter
15038~ General Laws of Flori~ Legislature of 1931.
TS_e party of the first part ~urther agrees to pay
all the costs and expenses herein provided for to be paid
p~omptly and where th~ s~ be~o~ du~ ~d payabi~ ~d hereby
ag~sss to~ ~d does ad~alo~ on said aocount the s~ of
Four >I~drsd Do!i~s (~OO~O0)~ a ~s~Ipt whereof is hereby
ao~owlsdged by party of t~ s~oo~d
Th~ pa~ty of the first p~t f~th~r agrees to pay
th~ attorley~s fe~s h~rein pro~ided at such tim~
times as oo1~ ctio~s as her~i~osfor~ dssig~atled ~s mad~ ~d
agrees ~rthsr to furnish par~y of the secomd pact with
oo~ds~ oo~iesof r~oords~ ~ld if assessments~ ~d~or p~mit
partybof the ssoomd part at ~uy time d~i~g ar~
hom~ of ~ly business day to iisp~ct i~d take copies of said
re~ords~ so that h~ party of tb~ s~oond part~ i~y b~v~ ~
may be die him~ ~d whether he is b~ir~ paid promptly ~d im fui]
~ty of ~he second ~rt promis~s ~md agrees to
accept the emplo~ce~ herein provided for~ upon the terms
~d conditions laerein set o~t ~d to forth~rith ~ive such
notioss~ take such aotion~ amd prosecute such actiol o~
actions vigorously ~d without de!~ ~ ~d to at ail times
keep a tru~ ~ompisv$~ a~d aoo~ate aoo~imt of all moires
redeived ~_ ali expemditures made~ pald~ ~d laid
covering t~ costs ~d expenses herein_before designated and
referred tc~ a~d to f,~nish the s~.e from time to tLme to
party of the firsv part.
~ IS ifIUTU~LY UR~w~STOOD AdfD AGRE~ between the
p~ties b~reto that p~ty of t?~ second part sb~ll receive
only the compensation b_erein provided for~ but that the
said party of the second part shall i~ve a lien and/or liens
upon all money or otb_er thing of value ~ud upon all ~roperty
puroh~.sed by said party of time first part for the purpose of
securing to ~m, the said party of the second part~ the fees
herein agreed to be' Daid by party of the first part.
Dated and si~uaed in duplicate this tYze 2nde day o~
August ~.~,D~ t952~
T0~ OF BOYNT0~
BY H D Stevens~
~ayor.
Attest~
J P Bowen
To~r~ Clerk.
Witness$
A V Petsrson.
Com~missioner Bowen stated that he ~d conferred with
Y~. H. R~ Farnb~m in regard to the Casino~ mad Er, Farn~ham
agrees to m~me ali ~nor repairs as he has done b~retofore
Fifteen Doll~rs ($15~00) per month.
Upon .on laade by Cormmissioner Nutting~ seconded by
Cormuissioner Stevens ~ad duly ca~ied~ Mr. H, R~ Farr£~m was
e~ployed as Cust&dian of the Casino at fifteen dollars (~15.00)
per month beginnir~ August first 1932o
i discussion was b~d in reference to delinquent water biits~
Upon [etlon n~de by Comissioner Nutting~ seconded by
Co~m~ssioner Stevens and duly c~ried~ E. H. Partin~ ~ater Super
was instructed to issue a ten days notice upon all delinquent
water aeeounts~
There being no ~mrther regular~ousiness before the Board~
the meeting was adjourned and the Co~Issioners i~mmediately
went into session as a Board of Eqt~a!ization to he~ complaints
on the 1932 T~ Assessment Roll in accordance with section 14~
off 0rdi~nce No, 104~ of the Towm of Boynton~ and also in
accordance with the to
NOTICE TO T~P~Z_ZERS
AND
~ OTHERS INTF~RESTED iN PROPERTY LOCATED %~TTHIN
THE T0%q~ OF BOYNTON, PAL~ BE3~CH C01YNTY, FLORIDA°
YOU are hereby notified t?~t the Board of Town Commissioners
of t~ Town of Boynton, Pa~-a Beach County, Florida~ will sit as
Board of Equalization to Dear complaints on the 1952 Tax
&ssessment on Tuesday sv~nir~ August ~,~ I~ at
in th~ To~ Hal% of the Town of Bo~ton~ Florida, and will adjou~
from day to day if necessa~
Ail T~paye~s ~md others interested in ~o~ty'iooated withi~
the To~ of Bo~ton~ in P~m Beach County,
hereby ordered to appear at the above mentioned time ~ place
to make complaint or in cass of faille to appear, said
assessments will be considered as final~
Dated at Boynton~ Fla.
July 8th 1952~
J, Po
Tov~n Clerk of the
Of Boynton, ~
The ~yor called the ~leeti~ to order as a Board of
Equalization, there being present the ~ayor, Vice Mayor, and
Town Cierk~ constituting the entire Board of Town Cor~issioner~.
The following compl~im~s were b~ard and considered:
~. R. F. Williamson entered a complaint against
the assessment on Lot 2 Block 3, Lake Boynton Estates~ Plat
Er.Lewerenz ensured a complaint against the assessment
on Lots V & 8 Block 6, Boynton Heights°
Mrs. &, ~aus entered a oompiaint against the assessment
on Lot 20 Block i~ Boynton Place,
Mr. C. 0,. Miller entered complaint on the assessed
valuation for i932 on all properties he is core, acted with~ and
in addition: To the properties of the Fram~ W, gustin Estate
without examination of the record.
There being no further verbal complaints on ~nd, and owim~
to the lateness of the hour, the Meeting recessed until Tuesday
evening, &ugust t6~ 1932 at V~30 o~clock
Vice
Town Clerk