03-A vBE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Town Council hereby
find and declare the necessity of forthwith constructing a
seawall and hereby approve the construction thereof in accor-
dance with and as contemplated by the plans and specifications
now on file with the Town Clerk and hereby provide, by this
ordinance, for the payment of the costs and expenses of such
construction of said seawall.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying and defray-
ing the costs and expenses of such construction of said seawall,
the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Atlnatic Beach, a mu-
nicipal corporation established and existing in Duval County,
Florida, acting in their corporate capacity, under the provisions
of Chapter 16311, Number 86, of the Laws of Florida, hereby pro-
vide for by ordinance the issuance and sale of seawall bonds,
125 in number and numbered consecutively from 1 to 125 both
inclusive, to be known as "Town of Atlantic Beach Seawall 3onds,
Issue of 1933", each bond being of the denomination of ONE
1 THOUSAND DOLLARS (1,000.00) each, bearing interest at the rate
not more than
of/__six per cent. per annum, Payable semi-annually and also
include the number of bond and when each matures.
SECTION 3. That the said bonds so issued under the
provisions of this ordinance and the provisions of the legisla-
tive act as aforesaid, shall not be made to mature at a date later
than t$:'enty years from the date of the issuance of said bonds.
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SECTION 4. Special assessments for the improvements
herein authorized shall be payable by the owners of property
abutting upon said improvements, and the principal and interest
of such special assessment shall be determined and pro-rated
according to the frontage of the respective properties specially
benefited by the said improvement. The portion of the cost to
be borne by the Town of Atlantic Beach shall be paid from ad
valorem tax to be levied against all the taxable property in the
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municipality. Said ad valorem tax shall not exceed in cost an
amount greater than the limit set forth in the legislative act
providing for this ordinance.
SECTION 5. For the ourpose of this ordinance, in order
to clarify who is a qualified elector under the charter of said
town and the provisions of the legislative act upon which this
ordinance is promulgated, a qualified elector is defined in the
legislative act and in this ordinance as being one who has re-
sided in the said town for thirty (30) days during the calendar
year in which an election is held, and in accordance with this
act shall register and shall be a free holder and shall be
qu =lified as set forth by said act of Legislature.
SECTION 6. Tilor the purpose of this ordinance no
person participating in this election shall be required to pay
poll taxes.
SECTION 7. The Town Council is hereby authorized to
II incur and pay such reqsonable expenses as may be necessary in
the preparation and sale of the said bonds; and is hereby author-
ized to incur and pay such reasonable expenses as may be neces-
sary in the calling, holding, conducting and canvassing of the
election hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 8. An election is hereby called to be held on
the 8th day of August A. D. 1933, to determine whether or not
the issuance of said bonds, as hereinprovided for shall be at that
time approved by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified
electors of the Town of Atlantic Beach, who are qualified to vote
under the laws of the State of Florida and the To 'm of Atlantic
Beach, and who are freeholders. Notice of this election shall be
given by publishing this ordinance in a newspaper published in
Daval County, once each week for four successive weeksvior to
said election.
SECTION 9. The Town Council shall have pr pared and
furnish all necessary blanks and ballots and shall make all other
necessary preparations for said election, and shall pay all the
expenses of said election out of the general fund of the Town
treasury. The ballots to be used in said election shall be in
substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL BOND ELECTION.
AUGUST 8th 1933.
Directions to Voter: Make a cross mark (X) before the
word "FOR" or before the word "AGAINST" as you approve or dis-
approve of the bonds proposed to be issued.
FOR approval or the issuance of the Fg.XXISMC/XXXIAX
Seawall Bonds, issue or 1933 in the sum of One
Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, proposed to be
issued.
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AGAINST approval of the issuance of the MMIIMAXAXIMO5X
Seawall Bonds, issue of 1933, in the sum of One Hundred
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, proposed to be issued.
Each cross mark on said ballots in front of the word
FOR" shall constitute a vote by the elector making such cross
mark in favor of the proposition to issue, as provided for in and
by this ordinance. Each cross mark on said ballots in front of
the fore "AGAINST" shall constitute a vote by the elector making
such cross mark against the proposition to issue, as provided for
in and by this ordinance.
The Town Council shall, as soon as practicable, canvass
and declare from the said returns of the inspectors and clerks of
election, the results of said election, and their certificate shal
be recorded among the records of the proceedings of the Town Council.
Passed by the Town Council this 26th day of June
A. D. 1933.
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APPROVED: I G L-, L
Pre -ident of Town Council' . I/
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