The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1933, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT Proposed New Charter For City Of Key West (Fourth Installment) 2 PTT year, for expenditure under the Section, 28. That all moneysjdirection of the Board of Pub- assessed and collected for intern-|lic Works, and the amounts so al improvements by the city coun-! levied shall be collected and car- cil, or arising from the sale of f bonds or otherwise for said pub-|Public Works, and it shall not be lic municipal improvements, shall) diverted from said board or be be placed to the credit of said|used by the Mayor and City Coun- board, in the hands of the desig-|cil for any other purpose, but nated city depository, which shall| the same shall remain as a sep- give a good and sufficient bond;arate fund in the hands of the with approved securities or inj City Depository. some approved surety company, in! Section 33. It shall be the du- a sufficient amount to at all times!ty of the Board of Public Works protect said funds; said fund toto see that the streets and side- (Continued From Yesterday) ried to the credit of the Board of| THE KEY WEST CITIZeW “TODAY'S Horoscope |MUCH TALK IN CONGRESS OVER pathies and perhaps some unsatis- SPEEDING WORK multitude of friends, attracted by; proTEST HEARD ALL ALONG | she jovial, social nature, and they A comparatively quiet position in life is the lot of this person, un- less supported by other good as- jpects, but there are ready sym- ever ready to share the good things of life. Alltogether, it is aj DEBATE ON MANY TOPICS {stvong, desirable existence. OF GREAT IMPORTANCE cost of such improvements in} proportion to the frontage of such} j abutting property on such street,! day a eon alley, park or highway so im-| WASHINGTON, June 15.— proved; provided, that when ® House members who had been et tk be mea eee ae puking their eyes in something ah a coe ce oe al oe 8S" akin to amazement at the appar- sessed against the abutting prop-| ont change in the way their lead- orhy than three-fourths _ of the! ers were dealing with them are cost of laying an eight-inch sew-) face to face ith realities once will be very unselfish comrades, LINE RELATIVE TO LIMITED} er; provided further, the entire; more. be paid out by said depository on the order of said board of com- missioners, copies of bills of ex- penditures being filed with the city clerk and the warrants to be countersigned by the city clerk and the money so placed to the credit of said board shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which it was so appro- priated. Section 29. The board of pub- lie works shall organize by elect- ing their own president, and shall be empowered to appoint their own clerk, and may employ a civil engineer, street commissioner, and such other employees, officials, and assistants, as may be found necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and shall fix their compensation. A major- ity of the board shall be author- ized to transact business, then shall provide the time of their meetings, shall make rules for their own government and adopt their own seal. All their con- tracts shall be made in the name of the city, shall be signed by the president of the board and at- tested by their clerk. No con- tract shall be made by the board with any member thereof, and no member shall be interested di- rectly or indirectly in any con- tract in any way or share in the profits; and any improvements which shall involve the expendi- ture of more than three hundred dollars shall only be let or made after advertisement thereof, and shall be let to the lowest bidder walks are kept free from obstruc- tions and that the same be kept in good condition. They shall be cost of improvements at the in-| For several weeks the cry had tersection of streets shall be paid! boon loud and insistent on capi- by the city, except as hereinaf-) +5) hil that this thing of ,rail- quire all street car companies Op-| ter specified. erating in said city: to keep the! “Section 89. All such assess: | space between their tracks and|/ments for such improvements} for eighteen inches on each side] heretofore madesvor which way thereof, paved with such mater-| hereafter be made, shall consti-! ials as they may direct, and shall/ tute a prior lien to all other liens, require said tracks to be so kept except taxes and those for con- that they shall not be above the! struction or repair of sidewalks pete oats bree te: with which liens they shall have, If any street car company op-| equal dignity, upon the real estate | eration in said city after having) assessed. The amount of said been ordered by the said board,’ assessments shall bear interest at| ele pail se comply with the re-| the rate of eight per cent per an-| quirements of this section within num and shall be payable in three | such time as may be designated} equal installments, in one, two by the said board, the Board of|and three years. But the own- Public Works shall contract for] ey of the real estate so assessed the paving of the space between) shall have the right to pay said the tracks and for eighteen inch-| assessment with the matured in- es on each side thereof, and shall/ terest at any time before suit. pay for the same when such work} Section 40. When at any time is completed. The city shall) the City Council of the said city have a lien upon the property of] shall decide to pave, grade, curb, roading legislation through the house with debate limited to a minimum and with the power of amendment denied should be stop- ; ped. In some 15 different instances, the “rebels” explained, during the special session, the democratic leaders had resorted to such tac- tics. On many oc ons they had been prepared to do the same thing, but found it unnecessary. The mere fact that the house knew the leaders could do it, perhaps, kept the issue from being forced. But the s is ontent be- came more ominous. Word got around that the democratic lead- ership was in for a licking if they tried such a course again. Easing Up a Bit- A sort of a rump caucus on how, may be enforced in any court of| improve any street, alley or other competent jurisdiction in this} public highway or any part there- said-street car company which|jay out, open, repair or otherwise! the veterans were being handled under the economy act was held. At another time the house mem- istate in the manner and form pre-/ of, or to construct or repair any | bers got together to discuss the yseribed for enforcing liens for) sewer, the said City Council shall! anti-trust provisions in certain street paving against abutting pass an ordinance ordering the| legislation. And then Postmaster- Ow Bere of real estate. ‘ : _.| same done, and thereupon making Section 34, The City Council} said improvements; said adver- General Farley came up and held a little meeting in which he dis- shall have the power to provide} tisement shall contain among|cussed patronage with them. market houses in the City of Key] other things a description of the West for the sale of perishable} material to be used, width of pav- foods and provide by ordinance} ing if the street is to be paved, for the control and government) and shall designate with reason- of same. able certainty the limits within therefor, upon such terms and se-| salary of compensation of all elec.) and all bids must be reserved by eured by such bond as the board) tive and appointive officers of said, the city. may require, The members of said board jaw, ing, the Board of Public Wor shall not be entitled to any com- pensation whatever for their ser- vices. Section 30. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public Works to take charge of and sell| all bonds that may be issued by the city of Key West for the pur- pose of public improvements, and after such sale turn over the pro- ceeds to the city depository. They shall receive all money appro- priated to pay interest in the bonds or ‘create a sinking fund for the payment of bonds issued for public improvements and shall have full authority and power to invest said sinking fund either in bonds of the city, United States Government, State or County Bonds. Section 31. The Board of Public Works, on or before the 12th day of June in each year, prepare and submit to the City Council an itimized statmeent or estimate of the amount necessary and advisable, in their opinion, to spend in the execution of the du- ties entrusted to them, for the en- suing year, giving in detail the plan of construction and repairs and estimates of expenditures, ete., proposed by them with the estimated cost of each improve- ment, specifying the character of the improvement, and the amount required for the streets, sewers, public buildings, waterwork: lighting plant, ete. All p ments of money expended by the board of public works from the levy for such improvements shall be made upon warrants drawn and regularly countersigned, the ne as other payments from the City Depository and all vouchers there- for shall remain on file in the city Clerk’s office. And shall at the first meeting of the city council in January of or as soon thereafter a port to the city co ing, a full and detailed statemen’ of the transactions of said board, showing, among other things, the amounts of money received by or placed to the credit: of said board, and the sources from which the same was received, as well as the expenlitures of said board and the purposes for which said expenditures were made The said board of public works shall keep a complete record of their proceeding: > Section 32. It shalt be the du-} ty of the City Council in their an- nual levy of taxes to make such levy as the budget made b: Board of Public Works for years shown shall be nece to be not less than three mills nor more than five (5) mills on the assessed valuat city unless otherwise regulated by} In advertising the street pav- may advertise for separate bids on grading, curbing and paving and enter into separate contracts Fines and Forfeitures Section 36. Every person con- victed of any offense against the} shores, leity laws, shall pay forthwith all] yer ue eaid Board has 2 bee Jof the above mentioned improv oh they shall be committed to the, nents, as soon as the said ir Ser ae aa ae Ga courtil provements have been completed 8 fd noriteatts della: thes eoacuittbed obiall be ixe. under the terms of said contract quired to work for the city at such labor as his or her strength and health will permit, Section 37. No officer or em- ployee of said city shall retain any fees or costs for any ser-- vice he may perform, nor shall he receive any /compensation other jthan the salary fixed by ordi- nance except as hereinafter pre- other ges z ¥ SIREN tes public highway in propo: scribed, and shall be paid into} tion to the frontage on said street,| the City Depository by the officer alley or highway, the amount ee ree j hereinbefore specified; provided, Improvements that in any street where there Section 38. The City Council} may be a street or other rai shall have power to order the con-|road track or tracks the amount! ‘ by the board of public works, the} entire cost of said improvements} shall be certified to the City} Council, whereupon the said City} Council at any regular or cial meeting called for that pur- pose, shall be assessed against | the property abutting on each side of said street, alley, or Salaries which said work is to be done and} Section 35. The City Council|the nature thereof, in which ad-/ by ordinance shall prescribe the|Vertisement the right to reject any; and the same have been accepted} There were indications that the leadership saw these signs and heeded them. The administration’s farm cred- it bill was in the offing. Out it came onto the floor—one of the most important measures of the President’s legislative program— without a special rule limiting de- ibate and shutting off amend- ments. It was passed in one day s|and the only change smade were | those approved by the commit- ‘tee in charge of it. Then came the President’s all- important railroad legislation and it went to the floor in the same manner. Amendments could be offered under the five-minutes debate rule. Short-lived Jubilation | Smiles and enthusiasm — over what they thought was a triumph have disappeared now. President Roosevelt’s ultimatum that either they had to stick by him on the economy act with respect to the reducticn of payment to veterans or raise millions in new taxes changed things. Furthermore there are indica- tions that other important me: sages may go up from the White House before congre s adjourn- ed, That may cause more trouble. Will the leadership again find it necessary to make a move to clamp down with an iron Shand when and if the emergency arises? sruction of sewers on all streets and the grading and paving of West, and shall, by ordinance, nate all streets and avenues which are to be sewered. Whenever any street, park, al- ley, or other highway shall have been heretofore or may hereaf- ter be paved, graded, curbed, laid out, opened, repaired, or other- wise improved by the City of Key West, except sidewalks, in- cluding works and improvements. now in process of construction, or whenever such street, park, alley, or may hereafter be ordered pav- ed, graded, laid out, opened, re- cept sidewalks, or whenever any drain or sewer shall have been heretofore or may hereafter be cil shall, as soon as the cost of such improvement shall have Board of Public Works as herein- jafter provided, assess against the jabutting property one-half of the Zo YOUR @ = VACATION THIS YEAR IN | | all streets in the City’ of Key} which are to be paved and those}ing before the assessment shall] or other highway shall have been: paired or otherwise improved, ex-| constructed or repaired in the! ~| City of Key West, the City Coun-; been certified to them by the! of value of the grading or pav- oe = + ing which is herein provided for the said railway company to con-|| Key West’s First Funeral Home struct shall be deducted from the!] Key West's First Ambulance total amount of cost of the pav-! 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