HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-00211RESOLUTION NO. 211.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR 0? FINANCE
TO PAY THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO
THE P. & 0. STEAMSHIP COMPANY OUT O? THE GEN22AL
FUND SURPLUS.
WHEREAS, under a previous contract with the Waldeck -Deal Dr idging
Company the said Company was to dredge the channel from the municipal
docks to the P. & 0. Steamship Docks, but this contract vas abandoned
because of a receivership of the Waldeck -Deal Dredging Company in the '
fall of 1920 at the opening of the season, and
WHEREAS, the P. & 0. Steamships were then en route to Miami and
upon learning of these conditions stated that unless the channel could
be opened immediately they would not run into Miami that year, and
WHEREAS, in view of the fact that an agreement had not been reach- -
ed with the bondsmen in the Waldeck -Deal contract and the City Council
were not in position to enter into a formal contract for the immediate
dredging of the channel they agreed to reimburse the P. & 0. Steamship
Company if they would have this work done at their own expense, and
WHEREAS, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars (2500) was paid
for the benefit of the City for the dredging of the channel and in
equity and good conscience the City of Miami should repay said sum of
money so expended, and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance has investigated the matter and
finds from such investigation that the work was done and the expense in-
curred; row, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission of the City of Miami that the sum
of twenty-five hundred dollars (42500) is hereby appropriated out of the
GENERA: FUID SURPLUS for the purpose of raying the said P. & 0. Steamship
Company the said sum of money, for the said work, and the Director of
Finance is authorized to pay the said sum of money to the P. & 0. Steam-
ship Comranj, for the said work.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of May, A. D. 1922.
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