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COUNCIL CHAMBER
May 28th, 1934.
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The Council net in regular session at 7:30 P. M. wlth the
Mayor and all members of the Councll present.
The mlnutes of the meeting held May 14th were read and
approved.
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A comnunication from Ernest & Er~st, speclal1sts IJ!.l,the
preparation of date.. for municlpalltles considering use of tlie
Wllco:x: Bill in reducing and refunding their bonded Indebtedness,
was read and ordered filed for fUture reference.
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A le tter was read from the Flrest one Service Stores reO:
questing p9 rmiss ion to lay pipe line under certain City streets
and alleys, and it was moved by Mr. Johnston that a specialper~,
mi t be granted the Flrestcne Service Stores, Inc., to use thE! ".
streets and alleys of the Clty of Delray Beach for the purpose
of constrootlng a plpe line from the F.E.C. Ry. slding at the
Southwest corner of' Block Elghty-Si:x: to its servlce station,tb.n
Lots 2 and 3 In Blook n7, in the City of Delray Beach, F10I'.lda.
That this permlt is given under the expressed oond1tlon,
that should the City need the use of t bat portion of the stre.ets
and alleys used by the Firestone Servlce Stores for sald pipe
line, that the Firestone Servioe Stores will remove said pitt.,
line upon given sl:x:ty days notice of the intentlon of the Clty
to use sald streets or alleys for pu~lio purposes.
That said Firestone Service Stores or its agents or
employees shaU use all necessary precautions In orosslng paved
streets or paved aUeys and shall not destroy the streets in
crosslng same but shall drill under the streets or alleys.
Tha t the Flrest me Servio e Stores shall first obtain a
permit fran the State Road Departnent before drilling or cross-
ing the Federal Highway I and
That the Flrestone Service Stores shan deposit wi,th. the
Blty Clerk a bond In the amount of $250.00 to guaranteeth,ec'\f'aith-."'"
fUl performance of tlB condi tions of this speclal permit: The
motion was 'seoonded by Mr. Gracey and unanlmously carried..
The amended water ordinance, submitted by petlti~h for
Inl tlative of ordinances at last COUIlC il Jl8etingwas1',.~rned illQ
the Council and the Clerk's cert1flcate thereto~;t'!<aC~~,lt;',k.,~eacl
11'.1. full. Mr. Johnston moved that tl:ie ordinlnce be~~~' 'Ell'/an
filed. Mr. Gracey se c on, de d the motion whlch,carr:l:'El~i:t"
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Upon motion duly made, secon dad and carrled the issuance
by the bullding Inspector of the followlng permits was approved:
No. 212
No. 214
No. 217
S. Major, colored toWn
Ocean Clty Lumber Co., W. 38' of Lot 10, Block 84
Joe Reynolds, COlDred Town
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the bullding
Inspector was authorized to grant addltional bullding perm:bts-'as~-'
follows:
No. 219
No. 22ll
Raydell Corporation
L. A. Wagner"
Lot 7 Be Et of Lot 8 $5,000
. Vista Del Mar sit>
st Ocean Beach Lot l4 Be
N. 15.5' of Ocean Beach Lot
15 $350. 00
Lot In VlstaDel Mar $5;000
Lot 6 Bloc k 100 $600.00
No. 220
No . 222
Raydell Coxporatlon
Standard Oil Co.
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The grantl ng of Permlt No. 223 to Johnny B. Samuels for
removal of house frc:m Lot 26, Block 40, to Block 35, colored
town, was debated, atter which Mr. Foote made the fOll.owmg
motion: That no permit be granted for the removal of a bUilding,
from any lot wlthin the clty until a pro rated proportlon of ".C
dellnqumt improvement lien installments be pald 'on sald' prop-
erty; as well as all taxes assessed agalnst the bul+dlng.. Mr.
Johnston seconded the motlDn whlch carr18d unanimously. It was
then moved by Mr. Gracey, seconded by Mr. Foote and unanlmously
carrled that the Samuels permlt be granted subject to above
requirements. '
Mr. Byrd s~ated that Mr. Alley had agreed to communicate
wlth the Palm Beach Cempany's Jl'ew York offlce with referenoe to-
payment of an old Town of Delray Beach bond, and to advlse Mr.
Byrd as soon as he had a reply from sald offlee.
,Mr. Diggans reported the F.E.R.A. oftloe had advlsed that
communities 'where projects had been resumed must bear the cost
for superviSion of same; that on the strength of thls adv,lcehe
had ordered a check for $35.00 pe.ld to Mr. Link out of the City
Treasury for last week's superTislon. Thereupon Mr. Gracey
moved that thls payment to Mr. Llnk be approved and that the City,
pay for superVision of the Beach Project until the next meeting
of the Council, provided the F.E.R.A. at all tlmes provided
sufficlent labor to warran t sllch supervlslon.
Mr. Foote seconded the mot 1 en and on roll call thevl)tel"...,......,;,~
was as follows: Mr. Dlggans yes, Mr. Hl1l yes, Mr. Gracey yes,'
Mr. Johnston passed, Mr. Foote ~ s. .
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The Clerk havlng advised that she had had no replles from
the varlous Palm Beach officials regarding 1he guaranty/ bond "
demanded by the Ccunc il for the bl'O ken sl dewalk adjacelltto.!>ok,
1itt:r'erles, the President delegated the Mayor, Mr. JOhnstorijili~l",,'.'
~heaity At~omey to 1ntervlewthese aU1cials persoJlally.1"
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Council Chamber - May 28th, 1934.
The matter of fee charges for poliee warrants was again
brough t up and the Chai nnan of the Ordinance Comm1 ttee, wl th the
help of the City Attorney, the Mayor and Chlef of Pollce was
authorlzed to have ordinance drawn coverlng this requirement :for
presentation at next Council rreetlng.
Mr. Johns ton reported that Mr. Link and helpers had
f1nlshed the temporary sidewalk survey as outlined at previous
Council meeting. A llRrker had reen placed directly East of each
telephone pole and one at each property line.
The followlng code of rules presented by Mr. Johnston for
regulation of the Clty Clerk's offlce was upon motion duly llRde,
seconded and unanlmously carried, ordered adopted:
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RULES AND BEGULA.TIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF THE CITY
BLERK'S OFFICE, effectlve June 1st, l~B:t1; ~
1. No persons other than Clty employees in offlcial capac-
Itles shall be permltted Inside the Clty Clerk's office.
2. Locks or catches shall re applled to all doors leadlng
into Clerk's offlce and they shall be kept fastened 80 as to
prevent the entrance of any persons other than those allowed by
the Clerk or thelr asslstant.
3. The City Clerk or their asslstants shall not be perml tted
to furnlsh any Inforrnation of any nature to any outlsders other
than that portlon necessary to tre rendering or payrrent of bills,
all other int' ormation pertaln:ing to bank balances, bonds etc.
shall apply dlrect to the Ci ty Council or the Clty Attorney s.tat...,
ing reasons for desirlng such informa t lon, and permlsslon must be .
obtalned In this nanner before any City employees ,shall give In",
fonnatlon of such nature to the general publlc.
4. Under no conslderaticn mall any employees of the Clty
Clerk's offlce or any other employee of the Clty, loan or be
allowed to be taken from the :files or offices of the Clty ant'
papers belonging or records of the Clty wlthout flrst obtainlng
written permisslon from elther the City Councilor the Clty
Attorney.
5. No City equlpment of any nature, especlally transients,
levels, maps eto. shall be loaned to individuals without wrltten
permlssion of the Chairman of the partioular departJl8nts to. which.
the equipment might belong, and the Oi ty Clerk shall require tl1e
written request for the loan at' such equlpment in addl tion to a
recelpt from the partles so seeking the loan.
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6. Startlng June 1st, 1934 the hours of the City employees
employees In the City Clerk's offioe shall be ,rom 8:30 A. M. to
4:00 P. M., said employees shall remaln untll five P. M.for the
purpose of completing their,day's transactions wlthout:ilf;errup;tlan
wi th the exceptlon of Saturdays on wb1c h day the ir time shall ter-
minate at l2:00 noon.
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~e~ectfully submltted,
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W. J. JohnSon COmTTEE.
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The Mayor stressed the necessity of the immediate
adoptlon of an ordinanoe to regulate the licensing and Impound-
ing of dogs and the Chairman of the Ordinance Committee agreed
to confer with the Mayor and Chief of Polioe the following day
for the purpose of drawing up an adequate dog ordinance.
The Finanoe Committee was authorized to consult with
Mr. Carrington regardlng mortgage whloh she holds on thelo"tr'
recently purohased frOll her by the City, to ascertaln what
settlement she would aooept on same, and report at the next
meeting.
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The Clty Attorney was Instructed to dlctate a letter to
Mr. John W. Hall, advising hlm that the Clty books showed he had
exceeded hls bond oredit allowanoe by $89.90 and requesting that
he take care of the l!B tter by deposl ting wi th the Clerk further
bond credlt In that amount or the necessary cash, .iz. $13.49
to take care of this deficit.
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There was some deb ate as to the advisabill ty of oancell-
ing bonds turned into the Clty fur taxes or carrylng tl1em as
assets of the Ci ty of Delray Beach. Mr. Byrd urged the neoesslty
of a. striot accountlng of all bonds in the City's possession and
it was ordered tha t the City Attorney, the 01 ty Audi tor and the
Flnance Comml ttee get together and make a thorough check of the!
bond situation, wlth a view to settlng up a proper system of
book-keeplng on same.
The necessl ty of taklng steps for the colle otlon of
personal tax was dlscussed, and Mr. Johnston moved that the
Mayor be ordered to proceed to collect personal P<<0perty tax;
that a reasonable time in thejudgmant of the Mayor be allOWed
for payment, after whlch legal steps be taken to enforce '
oollection. Mr. Foote seconded the motion and on roll oall the
vote was as follows: Mr. Diggans yes, Mr. Hill yes, Mr. Gracfey
yes, Mr. Johnston yes, Mr.. Foote ;;e s. . .
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The Finance Committee was'authorlzed to inspeot the
personal tax roll wi th a vlew to correotlng or elimlnating any
Incorreot assessments on the 1934 roll. The City Attorney
stated that a personal assessment roll should Include all in-
dlvlduals and not be an assessment agalnst business houees only.
In connection with thls, Mr. Byrd agreed to look up the law on
personal taxes to asoertaln just how much exemptlon is allowed
on home propertles.
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Mr. Byrd reported he had flIed an answer to the Hall !.
:na:::~s sult and the case was now pending on petltlon and :,,;,'[
Mr. Johnston mQved tl'l. eadc>pt1on ot a resolu\i.iQii .,~",,,;,
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Cpmpany grantlngthe use ofa'icertaiX1 :protiQBo:f' the 1'Ollo:w,~$,
desoribed props rty 1'0 r e ]8)1'111'10 1:\.g:Q:t;"p9las>and line iii: liIam6;;,,">i '.
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Council Chamber - llay 28th, 1.934.
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being the South flve feet (5')
Ocean Beach Lot Flfteen (15).
which carrled unanimously.
of the South Flfty Feet (50') of
Mr. Foote seconded the motlon
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On motion of Mr. Foote, secohded by Mr. Hl11 al]:.b:1:1:ts-.........-
O. K. 'd by the Flnance Commlttee, viz. Numbers twenty-flve to
forty-slx, were ordered pald.
The meetlng adjoUrned.
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