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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1915-12-02 MinutesREGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL T IURSDAY DECEMBER 24 19/.54 0A r rEU,_'4 n: 0. HEFTY 7 30 P.M. Members present: C. Hefty, F. G. Erfert, F. H. Wharton, H. G..Rt1atoA, 0. F. Filer, E. 0. Romfh, L. T. Higi1eyman APPOINTMENTS OF THE MAYOR G. L. CHANDLER AB POLIOEMAN The olerk read a letter from Mayor Hendereon, under date Deo. 2, 1915, advising that he had appointed G. L. Chandler as polioeman and asked that oounoil oonfirm the " appointment. C ainoilman Romfh stated that he opposed the appointment, as he thought a4r. Chandler hot-headed, quick-tempered and such that he could not vote to confirm the appointment; furthermore, that the polioe foroe pay -roll is now at the limit and moved that the app intrnent be rejected. Motion seconded by Counoilman Highleyman. Counoilman Wharton: I recommended Mr. Chandler to the Mayor; I have known him41. long time, worked with him and been associated with him intimately for the last fifteen years, and do not consider him hot-headed and believe he would make an efficraent police offioer, I would like to nee the appointment be turned down and as a substitute motion, move that the appointment be oonfirmed. Mr. Romfh: I made a motion to rejeot the appointment and it was seconded and would like a roll om•ll on that,- yes to rejeot and no to confirm the appointment. Counoilman Erfert: I would like to say a word,- of course the Mayor is the head of the government, but has tne polioe commissioner been oonsulted? Chairman: I think it is entirely with the Mayor. Mr. Erfert: The oustom was, when I was polioe oommissioner, for the mayor, oommissioner and chief to get together and avoid these •ambarrasements Councilman Filer: I think like ar. Erfert does, that in a way the commissioner should be consulted and would rahter not vote at all. Chairman: mr. Erfert, when you were commsiseioner, was he a patrolman under you? Mr. Erfert: Yes, sir, and he resigned voluntarily. Chairman: I think it would be wise to hold this matter up; the police oommissioner has not been oonaulted and we want to work in harmony. The chief de not here and he could probably give us some information. We don't want to do the man an injustice. Moved by H. G. Ralston, seconded by F. H. Wharton, that the appointment be held up until the police commissioner ani the mayor get together. motion oarried. 1r. Romfh withdrew his motion. RESIGNATION OF PATROLMAN J. H. NEPPER "alarm, Fir.. Deo . 2, 1915 the 'z:onorabie 'aayor mnd of the City GONAc.11, diami, Fla. Ureetirgs: You will kindly ac;ept this my resignation as police officer of your• city to take effect at once. Yours respectfully, J. H. Nepper" Moves by F. H. Wharton, seconded by F. G. Erfert, that the resignation of J. H. Nepper be accepted. .notion carried. APPOI ZTENTS OF THT,' :.iAYOR R. H. STARLING PRO.1OTED TO R;UNDSMAN "Miami, Florida, Dec 2, 1915. Hon. City Council, Gentle:Len : i have appointed ,,. H. Starling as ro indeman to ta:,e the place of J. H. ,Nepper, who resigned, an. ask your approval of same. P: A. Henderson, 3aayor . " Tne stat•uent was made tnat :4r. Starling has been on the force for sometime. ;,love.. by L. Romfh, seconded by L. T. Highleyman, th.t the appointment of the mayor oe conz irraea. RAPJeT OF C1r•z ENGINEER IN RE PAVING IN FRONT OF MRS. FLANAGAN'S PROPERTY ON MIAMI AVENUE "riiaml, Nov. 36, 1915. To tne City Council As instructed by you, I have investigates the paving on Miami Avenue and I am convincer by my investigation that no paving was done in front of Mrs. Flanagan's property and that therefore she should be relieved of any assessment now (landing on the books against her for paving on this street. Respectfully, B. H. Klyoe, ulty Enginee r,, ,doves by E. C. Romfh, seconded by F. G. Erfer' that oity attorney to draw proper resolution X .d e ; +prra¢v c rit:... , •- cr Jf3wwkl :xti4Ja;i xvim amarr krrxi.4a:,a: c.1::4sr 4, a 1 eating of council Thursday►' Deoember 2b.1915: SUGGESTION OF CHAMBER OF'COMMERCE THAT.PUBLIC DOCK FOR YACHTS DE' PROVIDED "AND ,.THAfi PUBLIC CHAUFFEURS BE REQUIRED TO STAND AN EXAMINATION. The clerk read a oommunioation from the chamber of oommeroe under date teo. 2,1915,, stating that the board of directors of the Chamber had passed a resolutiOn requesting that a publio dook be provided at some convenient point for visiting yaohtemen; aloe that an ordinanoe be passed requiring public cohauff euxs to stand an examination On motion of E. C. Romfh, seconded by F. G. Erfert, the matter of a look was referred t the committeeman on parks and docks and examination of chauffeurs to the committeeman on police. Motion oarried. DESTRUCTOR PLANT OPERATION DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1915 Engineer Klyoe reported under date Deo. 2, 191b, that from Nov. loth to 30th, 380 loads of wet rubbish and 114 dry loads, or 494 loads, and 4340 cans of garbage had been consumed; and 27 loads of old iron, etc,. hauled to the dump, 18 cords of wood being used; the cost per ton for fuel being about 120 and the total oost per ton 620 Moved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by r. G. Erfert that the report be reoeived and filed. Motion Carried. PETITION FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS ALONG LAWRENCE DRIVE BETWEEN 7th and 12th Streets. The olerk read a petition signed by M. T. Swift and about fifteen others requesting that the c•ty install electric lights along Lawrence Drive between 7th and 12th Streets. moved by C. F. Filer, seconded by E. C. Romfh that the petition be reoeuved and referred to the street co-mitteeman with power to act. Motion carried. PErirION TO PAVE NM AVENUE C AS AT PRESENT PLATTED NORTH OF FIRST STREET AND WITHOUT TAKING OUT THE EI,41T FOOT JOG IN AVENUE; 0 BEGIN,ING NEPR BAY STREET. •ihe clerk read the following petition: We, the undersigned property owners, learning that there is going to be an effort made to have Avenue C widened 8 ft on the west sidw of Baia street from the alley next north of Dann St. running thence north to WadL.ell St.. We hereby remonstrate and protest against Said action for the following reasons, to wit: - We have made our plans and improvements on our lots aocording to the line of the street as it is marked on the plat, ana it would be unfair now to ohange it. Tnere is no public necessity for this ohange of the street line for the reason that the street is not narrowed by the jog of 8 ft. on the west side as there are the same n of feet taken off the east side of the street, making the street uniform width, and iultnez the jog oan be rounaea at alley so as not to be unsightly or inoonven'ienoe the publio. It % ill be a waste of money ios the city to make this change as these will bt nothing accomplished, for the above stated reasons. John Aplington, William Waliaoe, A. Vasile, Mrs. Maud Chase, M. T. Cann, J. F. Blanton, Eugene Porter, H. 'I'. Hamilton, B. F. Hodsdon. councilman Romrn: is trim question before council. Mouncilman Wharton: It is now througn this petition, and other interested parties. I dia not know this condition existed until we started the permanent paving on 0 north to Wad.xli St. Just this sloe of Bay Street there is an abrupt offset of 8 ft; it would be very unsightly and I would think a great detriment to the property and there should be some way to get the jog out. The street simply sets over eight Beet on eaoh side. Romfh: Have you seen any property owners to know what they want done1' r. Wharton: No, sir. moved by E. C. Romfh, seconded that the matter be referred to the street ' committeeman. {r. Wharton: Right now is the best time. We have got to go ahead with the pavineg as the contract has been let. mr. Romfh: What are your recommendationsr nor. Wharton: I was holding it up until we oan get a oity attorney and get legal advioe on it. mr. Highleyman: I suggest we take up the matter of electing a city attorney now. chairman: That would do no good as he would not be with us. :.1r. Wharton: No houses or property would be damaged at all as all the houses set baok as though the street went straignt through and if I owned property I would want it set baok, and for the aonvenienoe of the public it should be set baok and if there is an way to do it 1 recomir.ena that we go ahead in front of Hamiltonis store and take eight feet to Bay Street, then we can out a small oorner off Mr. (Aarena property and straighten out that angle, but that would still leave a ellght curve in the street car. Romfh: You want to take off eight fee on the west side and the city attorney to brin condemnation proceedings if we can not buy it•r Tar. Wharton: That street has been open to the public ever sinoe Miami wed ()related and I would recommend that we go ahead and pave it; there are nq,houses that would interfere. The sidewalks are set baok 8 ft and leave that 8 ft open to the publio and it axwg.yw has been. 5i ber Sid a Moved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by H.U.Ralston that the matter and city attorney with power to aot. Motion oa. x� •_.i. •4'X ,L` $ �� � y.:' , ` . � �� . ' tea;. ° t# �'?� if �,,,r r kr#�, +r .ti•• •.nyj A210 II Regular meeting of council, December 2, 191b, oontinued SUIT OF J. B. SCALES AGAINST MAJOR SCHOFIELD, BOARD OF HEALTH INSPECTOR, REWEST OF SCHOFIELD WORT COUNUIL PAY HIS AT'POkNEY'S FEE "lelami, Fla. Deo. 2, 1910. lion. City 00un011, Alarm, Fla. Gentlemen: According to the minutes of a meeting of your honorable body, you have gone on recora as being furor or paying a reasonable attorney1s fee should I be euocessful in defending the suit for libel which mr. J. B. Scales has brought against me. If the complainant wine the suit I shall be oompelled to pay all costs in addition to the amount which the court may decide to fix as damages sustained by the complainant.. At the time the statements oontained in my report were mad:. I was entirely in an official capacity under the specisic direction or the heaitn officer. There was nothing of a personal nature entering into it whatsoever so far as 1 was oonoerned. The circumstances surrounding the case and the oonditions under which the inspection was • maue placed me in a most trying position ana 1 feel that the city council ehoula take up this oase and deftnd it for me. At the last meeting of the board of health, Dr. Ba0000k expressed himself as being strongly in favor of the council so doing. mr. Highleyman could not change his attitude on account or tne position wnlon the council took at a previous meeting. In a oonversaation with Dr. Jackson to day, he assured me that he wisnea to go on • recora as being strongly in favor of the council taking up this case and defending it. 1 sincerely hope without fu.tner explanation tnat your nonoraole body will see fit to do so. Very reepectfully, Signed) Major Schoxicla." Councilman Ralston: I feel rocner strongly in tnis matter ana 1 move that council defend this suit aoair.st the a::iry inspector wnetner he wins or not. Uouncilman !•tozuin: 1 am opposea to closing the gates where it is a personal suit against an individual. If er Scnoriela shCula lose the oase and the records oonvinoe council that we should pay his attorney,e fee, 1 enoulu favor paying it, but 1 donut want to go.on recora that we will,pay wnetner he was within or without gis jurisidotion ads an officer ana will sta:.naion tn. action taken at last meeting. Councilman Highleyrnan: While Dr Schofield states tnat 1 (mule not change my attitude on account or previous action of council, he did not say that 1 also stated that as a broaa principle i thou„nt it was a mistake for tnis city to go on record as defending oases that might come up witn any city employee wnetner right or wrong, it would leave us open to possible expenses in future tnat we mignt not want to incur. 1 am free to say tnat it Lr Scnoiielu, in tne exercise or his duties, remainea within the rulings of the Board of Health ana tee ordinances of this city ana cols suit is brought on aeeount of that, I think it wo•a13 be only right or `,i9 to book him, brat neat ,'.rzla to ue J ;t_.liasi by the eviienoe and I am against the broad principle of defending any oases that one of the city employee% might get tnto. s Councilman Ralston: I wish I oould agree with the two gentlemen who have just spoken. Of course they are sincere in their views, but whether they understand nthe matter as well as I do - 1 hope they do not, as I am going to make a statement which will possibly let in a little more light. As council well knows, for two years the. Board of Health has fought for clean milk in Miami and it has not been easy or pleasant. • :.:any tines it would have been more pleasant to lie down and quit. The fight has gone on anal the infant death rate has been cut in half and it is due entirely to the efforts male by the Board for clean milk, and teas suit is solely the outgrowth of teat fight. This attitude on our part oertainly is not just to the milk inspector; the city is very fortunate in having such a trained man, a man of large private praotice, his inoome from that being three or four times what he gets from the oity.He has been animated solely by pride in his work, which speaks for itself. The old methods of milking- cows into ad. buoket, with dirty hands, dirty clothes and we have not core to a point where miaml boasts of the purest milk in the South and the death • rate of the babies out 50;, tnrough his efforts. We have watched him for two years; he has been patient, labored with the dairymen, arguea with them, educated them and When• e.ee failed has brought then; into court, but not until all else failed and to him primarily, Miami owes its pure milk. This man who brought the suit has had' his permit revoked,for refusing to comply with the milk ordinance, five or six times by the 'Board, - he simply would nit comply; and this same man has been before the polioe oourt twioe and fined both times on the showing made by the milk inspector. At the last trial exports _testified for both sides. The B and has been in court before, both the circuit court and the polioe court, and all the result of the fight for pure milk, the same as is being ca .fed on all over the South. The Board has consistently won its suits ana now the man who has had his permit revoked five times, and oonvioted twioe in police oourt, brings suit against our inspeotor. With these faote and the faithfm1 service he has rendered tnis oity, and the milk analyses, all speak for themselves and the further fact that the man was sent to that dairy, by the her_lth officer, under th or..inancee you have passed, and was doing what you made the ordinances say he must do. He came back and reported the condition of the dairy to the Board of Health and it was solely on that report this suit was based. It is not claimed he went into the streets and libeled this dairyman, or wrote about him to the newspapers, he simply reported as he found oonlitions in the dairy, which has been twice oonvioted of uncleanliness. It to not charged in the bill that he did anything except what the ordinances say he must do Now, Mr. Chairman, acting only within the law, and beoause you made the law he was acting, it not being charged that he went at all outside his public duty, with the faot that the inspector has shown enthusiasm and energy, does this oounoi2 want to go on record as saying that "If you win we will pay the lawyers' fees and if you don't we wont? Do you ohooae to say that to the man who has given Miami Olean milk and out the babios!... death rate? 1 have a baby, one year old, very delicate, and the dairy inspector ma,k.a$ . it possible to get the milk to sustain it. I feel very strongly in the matter and tnink council should back the inspector to the limit. or. Highley;nan: 1 think :r Schofield has done his duty and that is what AvMr 11l44:_ employ of tne city should do. He is paid the compensation he agreed to 130.-.:.x..4 oreait for what he has done, but so far as going to the extent of dein .sa?Ma,'"' • .a s« wnemswpw..w,r.ww..nw.o.w .".....r..++.1.,,~.. ** +rw...VM*tr Y 's>�.4c @ ;Y3^ �x•, ; ��""+"C ', f * =i 3 , Tp...+:ai'ra rta =3e}ya a, ,.e. � . J:';-.l:'r' Nam ism tea- MMIE- low AMW :ate ar..�..a .s `S r eleee- mguler meeting of oounoil.Thursday DeoeMber 2,"1915.', be wrong, I oan not agree. Are we going to establish a precedent io that at any tiMe in future that any gran in public servioe through agme law suit he may incur ( I QOn't'eay• he is to blame'and passed a resolution of moral support)e'but it means rth.establiohea preo dent that any time a oity employee gets into a lawsuit we have to -bank him up and poaai " ieei to spend money for something done outside of an offioial sot. If Dr Sohofield aoted in q a000rdanoe with the ordinances, there is no reason why.the verdiot should be against him and we have gone on reoord that we will pay it in that oase. If he did wrong and it is proven that he went outside his offioial oapaoity . . Mr. Ralston: That is not even charged in the bill. Mr. Highleyman: The prinoipal is, that we are putting ourselves on record that we Will fight any case in whioh a pity employee gets and I consider it a bad precedent. Chairman Hefty: I would like to go on recordright now as baoking up every oity offioial who enforces an ordinance this oounoil passes and I think if the man has done his d ty and followed out the ordinanoee whioh we passed, we are bound to stand by him. I think it .e a good precedent to establish._ We don't expect to lay ourselvea.open.to lawsuits but wher a man has carried out the ordinances I think it is our duty to stand behind him. e mr. Ralston: When this oounoil lets down on the milk fight and matohes dollars against babies it is time to quit. Mr. Romfh: I am not going to try and be judge and jury. I know something of the suit and am going to vote against changing our former action. You van eteer.the oity any way you like but I am not going to let the bars down and defend a man if he is wrong. mr. Filer: I agree with you Mr. President that the pity should.stand behind its employees but there may be facts to show this inepeotor was wrong, sometimes they exoeed their duties and powers. It is all right to keep within the law bit sometimes we all make mistakes. Have you aeon the bill of oompelint( Chairman: mr. Releton has repeated what it was. mr. Ralston: Mr. Rose went over the bill very carefully and has stated that it is not charged that Schofield did anything outside of his offioial capacity whatsoever, and with that before counoili4how oan it be throwing down the bars, eepeoially when this same man has been oonvioted twioe. mr. Filer: If the evidence shows that he was within his offioial capacity and loses the . suit, I will vote to pay his expenses. I don't know whether he was right or wrong, but if he has kept within the law and loses the suit I will vote to reimburse him. Ir. Romfh: Mr. Highleyman: That is exactly it. Mr. Filer: While the jury may be of other opinion, if I have the opinion that he was right , I will vote to reimburse him. mr. Erfert: With all the facts Mr. Ralston has stated and what Mr. Rose has said, there is no ohange for him to lose, I don't see how he could lose. cur. Romfh: 1 don't see either, and we still have the right to review the oase. How did Sealee get the report? Wee it made publio°t mr. Ralston: I don't know. mr. Romfh: I do know. Mr. Ralston: Let us go into this. Dr Schofield is here and late hear from him. Dr. How aid Scale's get your report? Dr. Schofield: It was given him by the Health Officer. It was e. private report. dr. Ralston: Has my statement here been correct, that there is nothing in the suit of a personal nature charging you in your official oapaoity made a report that libeled Soales? Dr. Schofield: It was entirely offioial. The libel is based on oerta.in statements whioh were more or less etatements Mr. Soales made. I can give you the exaot statements and the cireumetenoes under which the inspection was made. Mr. Romfh: Tell us all about it, how you came to make this report. Dr. S. In the first plaoe, 1 want everyone to distinctly understand that I have no personal grievance against anyone interested in the milk business, whether an offioial' of tne Board of dealth or a milk produoer. When this milk business was first broughtto my attention three yeera ago 1 has an interview witn Dr Jackson and told him what I thought I could do and he .aid twat 1 was the man he was looking for. He said there was somedoubt and I said if the Board ie organized I will do what I oan, gladly, without oomoeneation se far as i can. When it came to the time I drew up the orainanoes and the rules and regulations on the production and hendiing of the milk, and the food law. I say this not from ego_ out from fact. I drew up every rule and regulation passed oy council; the State Health officer says they are good and he recom.,.ended them to St Augustine a short time ago. From time to time it has been neoessary to ohange these things. The Dr. here quoted from Section 3 of tne Milk Ordinance., stating that was neoessary because the Wilk men were in business before the ordinances went into effeot. When the Scales oase oame up this is what happened,- they violate,a the ordinance and their permit was revoked, they immediately appliee for another permit and went on selling milk, just "playing horse" with the Board. rear. Romfh: Who let therr Dr. S. The Health Officer is the man in power, I act entirely under his direction. I eww our system was being completely underminded and that they were taking advantage Of this section of our ordinance and 1 recommended that the Board make that impossible...in this way: The last provision in that ordinance says that the Board shall have power to. adopt rules and regulations and enforce the provisions of this ordinance and I proposed that they adopt a resolution that in the case of revocation of a permit for .oause, the dairyman, whose permit has been revoked shall not make application for permit again until he makes the statement that the objectionable conditions have been removed and the dairy inepeotor shall make report to the health officer setting forth the fact that they hav0 boon remove44 after whioh time the application shall be reoeived and not before andafterthe application has been accepted the permit shall be .issued in the regular manner, whioh mean0 that. the inspector shall make another inspection and acting eh that the health officer ehall.•or shall not issue the permit. The Soales permit was revoked and we had a lawsuit and boat them• tewee rr...g.w 'AL • :4 Jaa 1� I Regular meeting of oounoil Thursday December 8, 1915; They made another application to sell and that applioat on wars received and the health officer called me on the 'p4one and sayd. "go to Scales and Ma ke'ihereotioal", they hare' made application and I have aooepted it." I said "that is ittpossible" and trild;him to refuse to aooept the application as the rule of the Board says you oan not. Wellphe' says, "you go and make the inspection" I let that drift along and they were selli1g milk not under a permit. Mr. Romfh: Is the milk still impure? Dr. S. They were sel.ing milk without proper author.ty. I made one inspeotionrand Scoles met me and said "What are you doing hereto and I told him that I oame to make an inepeotion under the direction of the health offioer and he sayd "You had beetter be moving" and I sayd "I am not going to move" and he says "Any one who tells damn lies like you do had ought not to oome on a man's place", ana I said "If I go baok and tell the Board of Health you called me a damn.liar and I tell them 1 saw you milking a oow in dirty clothes, I am a damn liar again am I" and he didn't say axything. I looked around the pen and stood leaning against a poet and there was no-one present. There was a negro raking leaves on the outside and present Mrs. Scales passed and went toward the house and oame back. She had two aprons, one on and one she threw to Mr. Scales, and he milked one cow and she another. He fin,shed milking and went to the dairy house and says "Don't you come in here", and right then and there, if he had a permit, it was technically revoked, but he had no permit. ,I then prooeeded to lake the inepeotion, Raying, "there is no use making trouble, I will make the inspection under the Board of Health", so I went into the milk house and he was peuring milk into a oontainer and it was not being handled properly, there was no ioe. I asked him whit he didn'.t use ice, and he says "Ah, to hell with the Board." Mr. Romfh: He seems to be away with it. Dr. S. Soon after are. Soales oame up and I left There are the oiroumstanoes surrounding this case. I was between the devil,and the deep sea. I was compelled to make the inspection contrary to the rules and I did; if I had refused to make the inepeotion .1, would have been guilty of insubordination. gar. Ralston: What has that to do with the inspection? That is what the libel suit was based on. Dr.' S. It is based on what 1 said in the report whioh was private property of the Board of Health and when Mr. Heffernan asked for a copy it was given to him. mr. Ralston: The suit is based wholly on that report ana what you have said here? Dr. S. Yee, sir, ana tat is the afctual facts in the case. ar.tt.omfh. 1 still believe Dr Sohofield can trust to the dieoretion of this counoil. Mr. Ralston: I will move, a any one will second my motion, that council stand behind the dairy inspector, win or lose. You have the facts. before you. ar. Wharton: He is being sued for a oertain amount of damages? ar. tialeto": Yes, sir. That has nothing to do with it, we are talking about the attorney's fees. mr. Wharton: Al.:. I know iswi,at I have heard here to night ana I am satisfied that the city ought to stand behind its officers. If this liebl suit is based solely on *hat report that was male and the report was made in an offioal capacity, I don't see where tnere is any cha.noe to lose and I don't see where there is any reason for council going on record in fighting the suit in his behalf. I don't see where any bad precedent is being estabiished. If he is sued for performing his duty and by direction of the orainanoe of the city, I thick he ought to be proteoted. Mr. Romfh: We are offering to do that. „ar. Ralston: if he wins. mr. Romfn: We reserve the right to review the vase. Mr. Filer: We can express our sentiments here. I will go on record if he loses on what has been said here. rdr. Wharton: I can hot help but feel we second Mr. Ralston's motion. Chairman 'lefty: 1 Dr. Schofield but law three or four Mr. Wharton: 1 xas Health should back proper for than to ought to stand behind him and I am going to would like to say one more word. I am not very 4011 acquainted with 1 would rather take his word than that of a man who has violated the times. going to suggest that it seems to me a matter in which the Board of their officer up ratner than tnia council. Why would it not be • do so? ar. Ralston: The Board oan't appropriate money. The two doctors, members of the Board, have asked council to do that ine motion was here put by the chairman as follows: mooed by n. G. Ralston, seconded by F. H. Wharton that council baok Dr. $ohofield for his attorney's fees in this case, win or lose. On roll oall the vote was as follows: Highleyman, No; Romfh, No; Filer, No; Ralston, Yes; Wharton, yes; Erfert, No; Hefty, yes. motion lost. 1r pan fi li Regular meeting of oounoil Thursday Deoember 2, 1915, oontinued. MIAMI HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS BOND FOR $100,000. OF THE CITY OF MIAMI RUNNING TO THE U. S. GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE OF PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SMALLER TURNING BASIN. the olerk read the following letter from Major Ladue: "Jaoksonviiie, Nov. 26, 1815. "The Honorable, The Mayor, City of Miami, miami, Florida Dear Sir: - Referring to letter of October 6, from the pity clerk of Miami transmitting oopy of resolution No. 887-A, with a000mpanying papers, I am instructed by the Seoretary of War to advise you that the oonetruotion of a turning basin in a000rdanoe-with the revised plan adopted by the city council on Oot 5, 1915 ae set forth in its resolution of that date, will be aoepted by the War De artment.as satiefaotory for the present on the understanding that the basin will ultimately be enlarged to the dimensions originals planned, whenever in the judgment of tne.De artment, suoh enlargement becomes necessary for the oommerolal neea of the harbor and that the surety bond to be furnished by the oity will be exeoutea as at present drawn to oover the ultimate oomplotion of the entire plan. bond in duplicate was sent to the city on September 1E, 1815 for exeoution. Viease have this bona properly executed by the city of Miami as principal with adequate surety and return both copies to thie office. very respectfully, W. B. Ladu:a Major, Corps of Engineers." tar. Raleton: The bond required is #100,000. and I moved, seconded by L. T. Highleyman, that the Finanoe Committeeman be authorized to negotiate th; bond and that the mayor and proper city officials be authorized to execute the bond on behalf of the olty of Miami. notion carriea. REQUEST OF H. B. WYETH FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT DOCK AND WALL IN BAY BISCAYNE NEAR FOOi OF 9th STHET "Jaoxeonville, Fla. Nov. 2b, 191b. i'he honorable Mayor, alexia Florida. Dear Sir: - Inclosed herewith are two drawings showing the proposer location and type of constriction of sea -wail and dons for which :ar. R. b. Ayetn has applied to this office for permit to construct. It is requester t_is.ti you wlia &.avast if the city wishes to present any opposition to the execution of the proposed work oz it yov1 consider same would interfere with navigation. Aa mr. Wyeth desires to commence constriction at the earliest possible date, is requested that you will give the natter your immediate attention. very respectfully, W. B. Ladue, Major, Corps of Engineers" 'rhe drawings incioae.1 with :.;a,jor Ladue•s letter were examines by council and after some discussion the city clerkwas instructed to advise major Ladue that there Is no objection on tne part of the city of Miami to the constriction by ;ur. Wyeth of the dock and sea-wall as indioa.te.: on tne print. • PETITION OF CITIZENS FOR THE OPE:dins OF ELEVEIviH STREET ACROSS THE F. E. C. TRACKS ins cleat read petitions signed by several opened over tne F E C main line, which had tne hy. Lompany witin fifteen moncns from hundred citizens requesting that llth $t be been promised by General Manager Riddle of April 16, 1914 L;ounellaan Hom1'n: the time was ext.nded by ordinance and 1 will ask the clerk to secure tne or..ina.nce and read tact portion relating to 11tn St. The olerk secured vrllnance !vo. 153; which was aprrcved by tne mayor on Sept.;uber 17, 1914, and by its terms .ne opening of lltn St. was fixes for a. date fifteen months after the approval of urllnance Igo. 153 :•ir. halaton: I tnink we should refer the matter to Mr. Wharton, as *ell as tne question o±enin` 4tn Street, and 1 offer tact ae a motion. ar. Er:ert: 1 aeconi t,�at motion. ine motion was unanimously oa,Lrled. SEG:tEaATIOr ORDI,:ANCF PETirIO!I 07 CITIZENS TO FIX THl•. NORTH B UNDARY LINE OF THE PhOPOSt CULOHt!.^ EiSrhICT. ine clerks read a peticion dated 1,ov. 24, 1915, signed by approximately 125,• requesting that tne nortnern boundary line of colored to:n be fixed as follows: Commence at 0olumb Avenue, on Johnson Jt, thence wait to the city limits along the south side of Johnson St. ar. homfn: 1 tnink gist an ;ar. Hals.on: 1 aortic beii court, co.:,.itzee met aver come an1 COunCll tnou"-nt 1 went tne nortn line e:?tdol cnairm7o.n of the ;O:t•..,1ttee Nag seconded by i ouncll.,.an chid be referred to the committee. eve there 19 nee,i for tnat; tnese people had their day in 1 times, and it was maae plain in the papers. They did not ..eat to le...ve tAe nortn line open; however, if 12o people ishea, ratnern than create friction about tne ordlnanoe, as i 'A11� reoo,n..,ena tnakt line now. i offer that as a motion. It Filer and passed unanimously. a a Regular meeting of council December 2, 1915, FENDERS ON CARS OF THE MIAM1 TRACTION COMPANY Tee clerk read a oommunioation from J. E. Farazhar, dated ivov. 28, 194b, oaJ.ling attention to the fact that the street cafes recently placed ih operation by the rllaYtti ' il•aoclon Co. are not equipped with fenders, and on motion duly made and carriedthe matter was referees to the street committeemen. PROPOSED C aA`:Gx I:; H t:' i':i01i OF '{A:3I:,1, idr. Si'rtF wT9 OF efIAMI • Judge J. E. Wolfs, representinG tne Hivereiae improvement Assn. aauleeeed council, seating teat et a recent meetinc or tne Aseoolation it resoinaea its former action enaoreing the plan of tne ivortn meari Aean. and requested that the present street names be continued and if any ohaant;es are desired, that such changes be confined to that etrtion of tine city north of First Street.ee a•:.1eo mentioned the matter of improvin;_ lath Street ae fer wet a,a Avenue U ana tne construction of sanitary sewers. J EQU lST F,1.. Ap PPOFHiAi IOr, TO DEFRAY EYPE_ SFS OF A CEc SUS OF THr C1T1 BY U. S. BURtAU ,r. F. . eieck,:,an, representing~ tide' iiivereiee Aesn. re:;ueeteu that oouncil appropreaxte .SU) to defray tne expenses of a census of the city to be taken by tna eovernar.ent Bureau. c ectior, t*ker on eit;;er req,:eat. . it.y En_lneer Kiyee atetea that oils for the sewer on west ldtn Street to 'J anu reaching t!i= oaeebali eark are to be receive, on Decemoer 22nd, but that he did not think the 15th St mein sewer woui.l be completes before Laren ist, and as the ld�h Street sewer • Acuiu necessarily connect with the lEtn Street sewer, it might be well to consider constructing a spptic tank to take u.re of tne baaeueii park, the probable cost of the tank oeine el50. er, enerton askew if the sewer v,ou_L.. oe neoease.ry wire a ueptio tank'. r. H,:nieyman tnou--ht tat city shou..a uo eoaalething at once; that liami has been at no expense in ee.urine the Boston =aaebell team and et e meeting sometime ago, of the old ccuncil it went on record ee being: in favor of the sewer, and made the following motion: SEWER FACILI'i i5 S FOR -HE EASE*BALL PARK :oven by L. Llechieyman, ze:ended by e.s. Lrfert, teat inaerr:uch as we are not going to oe able to ;et the sewer in tilt tne city, at its expense, ere.,t a septlo tank to take core of the aewera;e cf tee oa=e ball park, if it is neces6ery. eotion oarriea. incr. Klyce: it will ta:_e but e abort time to build the tank and it might be put off until we see whether the sewer can ue oonstructe,.. in pa.vins- on l2tn St. ~oee cut tc Av-nue U ana contract Liss been l'et, but 1 think it wcu..0 ee weel not to dotn.t wore until the sewer is constructed, whth can be done in three or four weet.a. I .,:r. filf7hleymen. In , ega.rd to changing, the names or the streets, ar. Klyoe and the couuuisttee have that in h,nd but the en•Mineer has been very busy a .nu has not been able to Live the zn tter neces:;ary attention. tne committee will rep.:rt in a short time. ,in regard to tne expropriation of 300 for a. census of the city, i move that be referred to tee publicity committee. r. .4ai..ri:: The rt:ci1c1 ty fund is ext;:uatec ,^u 1 rzlgt: t mention tnet the ,appropriation for tne band is also exhausted. :.ir. riaieton: Yes, sir, tine epprooria;,tion for the band is exghausted and 1 have the last bill for ;;260. i notified the benua.aster some d_ya ago and the concerts will be uieccntinued. Of ccuree there is only .5,000 in the publicity funa and thet.will not cover everything and tne citizens should understand tat some thine will have to be financed possibly by public subscription. As chairman of the band committee I think the band should be ta,,en cure of out of the pub..icity fund and other matters taken care by aucecription. However, council has appropr1. tea the money for other worthy objects and the publicity funs ie now exnawusted, The bananas:er was notified before Dec. 1. n riSET WID NINi1 Or D EXT. ,m t' r• �i SIOPJ FPOM SAD_ LL STR ]✓T NORTH ,.,r. E. Stahl or tne .sorts: Alarm Assn. sta.tea t,.aat the plan for the widening of Avenue 1i , from Waddell St. wee dlecueeed about six montne ago, the Association having taken the natter up a:.nu council nau eofoineee a committee consisting of 4.esers. Ralston, Conrad and rller, who aid all they could, but council haw changed since then anU developements in that i section are prce rea ir.g, so rapidly augIeetee that a new committee be appointed. That the Association hike gotten several people lined up aa.ne some have signed to give the land Ineceeeary to make tee street 70 ft. wide but others have refused and condemnation suite p rooaoly be necesee.ry. ieee when Inc matter first came up the finance committeeman jot council intimatee teat tnz wlaeninr. ot the street could be brought about if the cost .wowed not exceed 0500. Teat he, Stern, ens ..ar. Kelly, of the Association, went over the ,metter en.i :ne_le an eatieete ot tee d rnages : roperty owners would sustain ana thought it !could be done for leas tn:.n 0,000. That the teas eo. is about to begin the -erection of a ;concrete fence around its property on tne present street line, which is.only 50 ft wide; test he and ._r. Kelly saw vr. Vaneourt, of the uas Co., who had previously said he was v,i.L11n.~ to rave 10 ft. if otilers would ene when the fence was discussed he -expressed a wi111reneeeto co back 10 ft. anu not erect the fence on the present street line, all he w: Y_ed was tt,at one ci tneir otnail tanks be moved at the expense of the city. That just beyond the ,.:ana plant Inc Pun Ap 0la Co. is erecting a large building and they want back u0 ft. to aliow for wietninr_ the street and expresses a wil,ingness to give what was necessaary. .nr. Stahl also mentioned several people, including himself, who are willing to set their lines back ena „lose, with -ne steteuent tnat the matter is now in such shape Aseccie' ion need.a tne as ,ist.:nce of the council. He also thanked the other imerovei rat Ssscciaa.tions for e tenuinE Inc ,north kiami people the privilege of renaming ti,e etrtets in their section or the city, !...r. J. e. boas aadAres,ed council on the subject or renaming the streets and thought it wou.0 be difficult to work out t e chances sa.tiefaaotorily It tne ci ,y ce.n secure « 70 ft boulevard for a mile and a half at an expen"e'^ of 0,000 441 we will never make a better investment. These peopele have done the wc*4 it now seems to 'oe a ee' .er for tide city attorney toaget needs where be oaan, aiana. eOndO)xt;4t! etiere he can not • 1 Regular Meeting of council Thursday Deoember 2, 1915. STREET LIGHTS FOR AVENUE D EXTENSION iar. 8tani: About a month ago a petition was filed for lights along Avenue D extension to St James Park The committeeman ordered the lights put in and the poles are on the gr but they can not be put up nor the lights had until the street had been made its permanen width, ae the engineer oan not give the light oompany the street line. Mr. Aomrh: You spoke about $3,000. I don't out would like to hear it. remember hearing a report from the oommittee chairman: Don't you think it woula be well for a committee to find out bow the matter ate and report on the cost). irtr. Homrh: Yes, get the individual,property owners to say what they want and someone who is familiar with values to say what it is worth. The Gas Company state it will cost about 43,000 to move their tank. I just mention that as it will be well for the committee to see what the dollar proposition .s. 1 would be glad to do anything we can it we know what it will cost. mr. Stahl: The people between Waadel and Johnson St. will not lose any ground as there i a ten foot alley back of those lots and we proposed that the pity vacate the alley and give it to t e lots in front, so that the man who has a vaoant lot will be benefitted; beyond Johnson to Larayetta St the same alley extends on the west side; most of that pro is vacant. zr. Rpmfh: Mr. Stahl might get the property owners to sign up. i,ir. Stahl: Some are signed up. One of the property owners we presumed would be damaged 4L50. and we ma,.ie tnat as an estimate but he signed up without asking anything. mr. Hignelymmn: Meat do you intena to do in case or a mortgage. You woula have to get a release of tne mortgage on the strip; you could not convey a ten foot strip if it was covereu by mortgage. iar. Stah, It is safe to assume that the man who owns the property will proteot that. The man who loses the money does it for the interest mr. Highieyn.an: I would like to se the street ma.:e 70 ft wide and'if it is feasible it a fine idea, but we shoulu know what we will be up against. I believe the Association cg take this in hard better than the ease council and get it in shape for us to Work on her und d P� erty r.:r. Stahl We are perre.,tly willir. to,lend all the assistance possible and I menture to ay tne North Side Aaen. has done more for the benefit of the community than all the others combined, and gladly so, but feel we are entitled to assistanoe on a proposition of so ma h interest to tne city. .:r. Hignleyr,:4n: i thine it Rouee be better to get it in share anu as one of council I will ue gee. to to anyenine that 1 c.:,.n to help; it is a big proposition. :..r. Stahl: i dedicetee _ strip 20 ft wide and 1100 ft long and asked nothing. (He i:,entioned e numeer of others who had made dedications) +r. tta.ston stated tn; _ .,or..e have done a ,,;re;:t „le:sl of work on the matter and to vi: C . ;..il dnUu". L- _ �t e:.iT., tr e move. ...r. r;omzn: etatea tsar he ::ouia not devote the time necessary and it would be necessary do a great de.:.. of work and the owners of the ian.i :.re entitled to is fair price. .,roved by H. •_r. I tie on 3econaea by u. r.rrert that councilmen Wharton and Highleyman be apr.olnted m committee to inveati_•4te and report. .lotion carried. E.ng:neer xlyce sth.tea that the has Co. have askeu him to give them the lines to morrow wlilOn Lie vould have to do a.nu tnour_nt possibly council woula desire to ask , that they ,;ler bui..iln` tne wail. r. Stahl: .,r. Van Court told me he would defer that until the street matter is settled. SALARY ORrINA,'CES FIXIru SAID-°Y OF CITE' ENLi1NEERANr CITY AUL'1'iOR oour.cilma.n 1'. h. Wharton introduced the following ordinance: OPn1NA0, CG: no. 202 OR:.INANCFFIXI C(.; :'HE SALARY 0THE C1TY ENUINhER OF THE CITY OF :"IA:LI,FLORIDA, AT 25O0. PE"i A?`NNUM PAYABLE IN EQUAL MONTHLY i `3'rALENTS eloved by C. File,,, seconded by L. C. Romfh, that Ordinance No. 202 be given first rea an.). rza., in full. ;otion carried. ine ordinance was reaa in full. :cloyed by rea.din` and COUNC1 0..A moved by L. reading and moved by e. and read by • ing F. Filer, seconded by L. T. Highleymmn, that ordinanoe.No. 202 be given second read oy title only. ..:orlon carried. The ordinance was read by title only. . C. Homsn introduced the following: Ordinance: OR '1NANCF: NO. 201 A'. OPT1ANCF FIXING THE SALARY OF :HE CITY AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF H1AUI,FLOPIr'A, AT 41800. per annum PAYABLE IN EQUAL :10:TFLY INSALeYNTS T. Hignleyman, seconded by C. Y. Filer, that Urainanee no. 201 be given firs read in full .lotion carried. The ordinance was read in full. F. File:, seconded F. Li. Erfert that ordinance No. 201 be given second rerdi title only .lotion curried. The ordinance was read by title only. MOM A210 Regular meeting of council Thursday Deo. 2, 1915. FINAL OPINION ON "$'76,000 REVENUE BONDS The clerk read final opinion of Caldwell, Masslion & Reed as follows: "New York, Nov.16, 1915 Mayor and City Counoii, Miami, Florida. uentlemen: We have examined oertified oopies of the legal proceedings and ota eviaence submittea to us, relative to the issuance and sale of City of Miami, Florida, hevenue Bonds of 1915 $76,000. 5ijo uoneieting of 76 bonus of 41,000. eaoh numbered 1 to 76 both inclusive. Dated September 1, 1915, maturing September 1, 1916 issued under Section 30 of the charter of the city enacted in 1915, for the purpose of antioipatin_ the collection of revenues aooruing to its general, repairs and internal improvements, hospital and lighting oity funds. We have also examined an executed bond (bond No. 46). we are of the opinion tnat such proceedings and evid.noe show•lawrul autnority for the iseuanoe and sale of said bonds, and that they constitute the valiu ana bonding obligations of said oity of Miami. xeepectrully yours, Calav el.►, Massllcb & Reed." ,.fovea by E. C. Homfn, seconded by C F Filer that the opinion be reoeivea ana spread on the minutes. Motion carried. : r. Rou,fh atatea that the looak banks, whion bought them from the city at par, had reeold tne bonds at a premium of 4350•and chic sum had been turned over to the city clerk, as the banke did not desire to make any profit off the oity,s revenue bonds. RESOLUi'lON PROVIDI0 FOR TI-rE ISSUE OF 442,000. IMPhOVEMENTS BONDS TO PAY THE COST OF CONiTRUCTION OF PEP:1ANEN'r 7AVINU ON A'/ENUE C FROM loth to WADDELL STREET ANL AVENUE D FR0: MIAMI RIVEN TO 20th STREET AN n THE STORM SEWERS Councilman E. 0 Homfn introduced Resolution No. 936 as follows: Ahereae, by Resolution i�o. 901 tne city council of the city of miaami, Florida, oraereu the improvement of Avenue C from the south property line.of loth St to the south property line of Na. ell Street by grading and paving with asphaltic oonorete and the construction of concrete curb and gutter; and V;hereae, by Resolution No. 902, said city council ordered the improvement of Avenue D from the south property line of 20th St to the 4iami River, by grading and paving with .a©phaitic conorete ana the construction of concrete curb and gutter; and Whereae, by Resolution i o. 905 said alty aounali ordered the improvement of Avenue D iron ..:.0tn Street to mia„n1 r;lver by the ,. onat1•uatlon of storm sewer, designating said' improvement as storm ewer district No. 3, witn a description of the property specially benefit .ed thereby; and tiereae, said re.,oiutione .aforesaid were passed ana adopted on Ootober 7, 1915; and Vnereaaa, in accordance witn the charter, the city engineer filed with the city clerk of eaia city his estimates of the cost of Baia improvement with an estimate of the cosi, of inciaentai expenses; and v,nereae, after .rue notice pursuant to the city charter said resolutions aforeaid were duly confirmed at a meeting of the city council held on 0otober 14, 1915; and v.nereaas, a.fta;r due advertise,aent in accordrne with the charter contract for said improvements was duly let, the successful contractor duly entering into contract with tne city and filin-r the required bond therefor, tne contract prices for the 'said improvements cein,Ethe sum of 438,912.15 and the estimated cost of incidental expenses being the sum of 43,666.48; and +',nereaas, to pay a portion of the coat of said improvements, and the cost of inoidentatil expenses, as provided for in Section 26 of the city charter, the oity council of the city of Miami, Floriaa, has decidea to issue bonds in the sum of 442,000. 'here:oie, Be it Resolveu, By the City Council of the City of Miami, Floriaa: Section 1: That for the purpose of paging the cost of said improvements, and the cost of incilencal expenses, there shall be issued the negotiable coupon bonds of said city of ii.rni in the aggregate amount of 442,000 said bonus to be denominated Series D ana to consist of forty two bon-s of $1,000 eaoh, numbered from 143 to .3.84, botn inclusive, which said bonds shall bear date January 1, 1916 and oarry interest ,t the rate of five and one half per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on , the fir=_t day of July and January of each year, such interest to be eviaenoed by coupons attache.. to said bonae; both prinoupaal and interest to be payable in gold coin of tne United States of the present standard of weight and fineness, at the United. States .co tg4ve ana Trust Company, in the city of New York, and shall mature ana be payable as follows: Five of sal, bonds, numbered 143 to 147, both inolusive, shall mature ana be payaole within two years from date thereof. Five of said bonus, numbered 14b to 152, both inclusive, shall mature and be pay.DJ.e witnin three years from date thereof. Five of said bonus, numbered 153 to 157, both inclusive „_shall mature and be.:paya itnir. four years from date thereof C4xY'e+'.ii5g.:'a^"iyriF'hK+P4T4n1,4f'4titNciW7a'.l 1.4111/4 .ar:Ms 1 Five of said bonds, numbered 158 to 162, both inolusive, shall mature and bb PlOalipt,. :t. five years from date thereof. Five of said bonds, numbered 163 to,167, both inclusive, shall mature and be payabl wit six years from date thereof. Five of said,bonas, numbered 167 to 172, both inolusive, shall mature and be payable wit seven years f om date thereon., rive of said bonus, numbered free 173 to 177, both inclusive, shall mature and be payabl within eight years from date thereof. rive of said bonds, numbered 178 to 182, both inclusive, shall mature and be payable within nine years from date thereof. two of said bonds, numbered 183 to 184, both inclusive, shall mature and be payable with ter, years from date thereof. Seotion 2. Said bongs snail be signed by the mayor and oity olerk, attested by the oity auultor and sealed with the corporate seal, anu the ooupons atcaonea thereto shall be signed by the city olerk, whose signatures upon such coupons may be faosimilies of the original. Section 3. That for the payment of the prino pal anu interest, or said bonds as the same fall due, there is hereby created a special separate fund to•beknown as Improvement Fund No. 4, into which snail be placed all tne accrued interest. received upon ears bonaa betw the date they begin to., raw interest and the date of 'their deliverer; ana into which ena.l also be placed the r inuipa:l and interest of all assessments for such improvements, and the said fund shall be used• for nn other purpose than for the payment or the principal anu interest of Baia bonds until all thereof shall have been redeemed and paid. Seotion 4. This resolution shall be in rorce anu efteet on aria after its passage anu approval by the mayor. Passea and adopted this 2nd day of December, 191b. A_Leet: President Citiy uouno.,l W. ri. ,Moore, o1Ly l%lerk. Approved this ;anu day of i!ecemoer, 191b, Caspar Hefty P. A. Henaeraon, :mayor, Miami, Florian. moved by C. F. Filer, secon.:ea by F. ti. Yndrton, tnat MesoluLion r,o. 936 be a.aoptea as read. un roll call voted yes. ELECTION OF CITY A'rTOHNEY lvir. Hignleymaln: i tnink we snoula now take up tne matter of electing a city attorney ana I nominate iar. t^'. W. Cason, whom 1 consider a man of energy, ability anu great integrity, and i move tn.lt he be elected as city attorney. inc motion was eecon..eu by Councilman 1. Li. Ralston. There being no other nominations, the chairman called tor a roll call vote, anu the e_ection of ar. Cason was unanimous. BAY Ft:O°, i ,TTIT E'LPLOY:.F T Ov COSFL 7O9`:a? AeT1ON .4ove,i by .a. hoaiu .,3eonued oy r. u. i rtert, ttia.t the forLer action of aaouneil er::ployir.E,, t7,2 city attorney in the .Gaay Front suit be ana the same is hereby reeeiraea. on roll call all voLea yes. mooed: by C. Ho tn, eeconLied by H. U. Ralston, that the Chairman' appoint a committee of three to brim oa:x re om.,.enaa.tions as to an attorney or attorneys to prosecute the rGy Front Suit, the committee to confer witn attorneys and report to council. motion c:a.i'lleu. Cairmatn appointed Councilmen. Wharton, Romfh anu Ralston. rF qUE'S'i OF F E C H0'i H L '20:.1PA! Y THA i' CilY CLu AiN UP ROYAL PALM PARK .ur. :c..laton stated tn.t the hotel oo. had requested that the Park be cleanea up, especia arour » the bin.: st,Ina and re ;uestea peltiseion to employ labor to rake up the trash and have tne sanitary warjons remove it. Peruia ,ion grancea. 1*? ir.t, SAY 10 L?'ulr OF PIL1Nt; NEnE'D FOH THE CITYS DOCKS .r, italston etatei tnt tti . ';overnnient has a boring- machine in Jacxsonville anu that .ua.jol Ladue has ne would be :'la., to loan it to the city of Miami, the city to pay tr n vportai.Lion cna,r- fs to ant from ,uiami; tnou:n the cost could be oolleotea fro the contra tore, one company having oitereu to advance tut enLile coat and aexea •-er:..ieeion to nave tnt as cnine snip_ ea ,sown ana pay the charges out or the aooK bond fund. Permia-;Ion s-ra.nter). PAY:-tuLt's -:'J_.: c.: OF OVLM� 4 H inc clerk real the ';ovemoer montnly roils of tne several oity departments ana on moGlon duly : ¢.e Qanl ca: l lea the a..:;:e were approved ana ordered paid when properly authorized cy tne co::.::.it eer.,en in cr.,.r,-e of _ne various departments. SQ'UAi i.n5 01: .'-i .'1 i r' SAY F:-.), 1 P oPEr:Y BETWEEN BAY and SECOND STREETS .,fir. Rdistcn stated that there are a nur:oer of nouse boats, small houses ana buildings on th.: -ro_,t . ,,,r , t y ;; it is deg ira1 thay they be oowpelled to move at once as the engineers are now ranr.ing the lines for the Harbor improvements and desire removal notices served by the :,:a.yor. ;and s .britt.l.i the following memo. from engineer Randolph :bon.aa.inin;, 4 list of the a.luattere: IGeorge H. Leister, house boat, just north of sewer outlet; A. L. Baker, shed, in:front of Leieters house boat, L. E. Smelter, house boat "Chief" No. 115, Goo. M. Williams, houseboat, .to. 113; :dil,er of and Bunn, house boat No. 107; Lawrenoe Whitney, house boat; Dunn, jof ,;idler and Dunn, Shed No. 103 and pier; G. E. Barnes, houseboat "Mist". All boats liana other encumbrances should also be removed from the cove in front Of this property. Signed !S.W.Randolph) In ac::ordanoe with t,ie re-lueet, the mayor --.aas instructed to serve written QUioe on, the ••lentioned, in the following form; in en ly ti 44, A210 Regular ri eeting December 2, 1915 "Notioe is hereby given to all persons occupying any pest of the property in the city of Miami, Florida, east of the Boulevard, between the ohter line Of 2rsd 9t and the north line of Bay Street, to vacate said property and remove therefrom any improvements they may have placed thereon and without further notioe. The property described, including the riparian rights and submerged lands in front thereof, is the property of the city by virtue of deeds of oonveyanoe and grants from the state of Florida. Harbor and dook work is about to be begun by the oity and failure to promptly remove any improvements retards the harbor and ook work. (Signed) P. A. Henderon, mayor." Served a true copy of the foregoing notice on this 7th day of Deo. AD 1915. A cosy of tree notice w43 served on tne parties mentioned by Policeman R.H.Starling on Deo. 7, 1915. The clerk rend a letter dated :4ia<m1, Nov. 30th, 1915 and signed by E. T. Field, addressed to councilman Raleton in which &r. .ieid stated he would offer some sugestions for harbor improvements, and on motion the letter was received and fileu. BIT,r,S INCJReJ'.D IN ENTERTAINING Ft DIllas Hotel, Snell and Stewart, N. Harder, Aia!Li Floral Cc. Ara. J. D. i..oKinney, ._ors. Aninraon, Aid Societies, Printing o .rde and programs, Hotel .oCrory, THE STATE 3UITDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION .$21.00 12.50 1.50 1.00 15.86 4.00 28.00 26.75 30.00 140.01 The bilis were real by the clerk and on motion .:uly made and carried, the auditor was inetr cted to draw voucher in favor of .ire. J. 1. Conklin when funds are available, •iieburee.nent to be ;herrel to Publicity find. BILLS OF A. J. POSE FOB SE71 'I"Ec I" CO'?' ECT10" T ITH ;76, 000 REVENUE BONDS 470,000 000 and 21, 000 IMPROVE = BONES. Thse• bi.r. a were pre cnted and read by the clerk and on motion of L. U. eumfh, seconded by L. T. Hienleyman, the same were ordered paid and the auditor instructed to ur..w voucher. ntDF_.PTIO'' OF I1PFO1 F—F7. 307 ISSTJrr S7?TE:f2 R 1, 1915 Councillen E. C. Rornfh intro .ucee tine followin•: resolution: .= 'OL'JT L0N NO. 938 Whereas, on September 1, 1914, the city of .,iiarai issued bonds in the Burn of ,„10;,26e.35 in payment of a portion improvements, said bonds maturing at various times from with an option of prior redemption; and Whereau, the liens asainet abuttin_ property upon being paid by the property holder,; and Whart;as, desiring to exersise the option of prior hand: i4oW, Therefore, Ee it Heaoivea, By tne city council of the city That the finance committeeman be ad he is hereby instructed and the pureha.sers or holders of said bonds on or before January 1, will on or before .1arch 1, 1916, take up and pay for all or any outeta.nding. Passed and adopted this which its six percent improvement of tiie cost of street September 1, 1915 to 1924, said bonds were issued are redemption, second day of Deoemoer, 1915. and the funds being in of i ni : authorized to notify 1916, that the city part of said bonds Caspar Hefty, Attest: President City Counoil city Clerk. .}loved by r:. c. Held on, seconded oy F. e. Erfert that Resolution No. 938 be adopted es read. 0n roll call all voted yes. RETURN OF CHECKS DEPOSITED BY CONTRACTOr F. G. PROUDFOOT AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTORS 30HD FOR CONST Ju r 10 : OF IMPROVEMYNT3 OF PAVING AVENUE C FROM loth to WADT:ELL AND AVFi. UE D FROM MIAi4I RIVER TO TW e C1E PH STREET AND CONSTRUCTION OF STORM SEWERS '.:ovel y Z. U. Romfh, seconded by C. F. Filer that the bond of F. G. Proudfoot for <5,378 for t..e improvement of Avenue 0 and Avenue D and 46,988.94 for the .u.provements in Stork Sewer Districts 1, 2 and 3 ana the house conneotions, executed on Dec. 2, 1915, be an.i the same are hereby approved and that the cheeks of the contra.tor accompanying his bide be returned t.o him. Motion oarried. • } Y'W.i.��SVbl1,GI.{:a ...4.PP eWAt,0411!1,041'. Ne7), :ATV F Yrr `!K ryk^: Ftk 7M g tf r it , . r� .t;7er w b a a') VAre,s,'1 rP ,i ae Regular meeting of eounoil Deoember 8, 1915 DESIGNATING CITY DEPOSITORY BANKS AND DIRECTING THE DIVISION OF DEPOSITS MADE BY THE CITY AMONG THE BANKS Councilman E. C. Romfh introduced the following resolution: Resolution No. 938-A Whereae, the oity oounoil is auth rized by the oity oounoil to a esignate by Resolution one or more banks on trust companies, whether state or nat onal, doing busine in the oity of Miami, as the depositories of the oity's funds: Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By the City Council of the city of Miami,Florid Seotion 1: That the following named banks and Trust Companies in the oity of Miami, to wit: The First National Bank of Miami, Florida, Bank of Bay Biscayne, Southern Bank and Trust Company, Miami Rank & Trust Company and Miami Savings Bank, are hereby.designated as the city depositories of the oity of Miami of all funds of the city derived from the sale of bonds or other obligations of the oity which have been or shall hereafter be issued and sold by the oity, and of ali other funds of the city of whatsoever kind or nature. Section 2: That the oity auditor shall determine the distribution of all such city funds among said several depositories equitably to be based upon the oapital and surplus of said depositories and the city olerk and collector shall pay over to said depositories all funds Doming into his hands, or collected by himuon behalf of eaid city as determined by the auditor on the basis hereinbefore set forth. Section 3. That each of said depositories shall give bond to be approved by the city council, Conditioned upon the safe keeping of the city funds and the faithful performance of ita duties as city depotitory. Passed and adopted this 2nd day of December, 1915. Caspar Hefty. Attest: w. B. Moore President City Council City Clz. k, ;Moved by C. F. Filer, \seconded by F. H. Wharton that Resolution No. 938A be adopted as read. Cn ro,)11 call all voted yea. :loved by F. E. Wharton, ae onmed ivy H. Rolston, that council adjourn until 7 30 PM :onday Dee.o, 1915. ;notion carried Attest: President City Council City Clerk. 1. '`" 4 wsY.tt i`.'r.Y%.ta'Satat4 ...•saz s