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Ord 108-33 AN EI~EEGENCY 0RDINANC~ AMENDING "AN ORDINANCE BY THE CItY COUNCIL OF ~HE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PRESCRIBING THAT CERTAIN TAXES LE¥IED SHALL BE PAID IN CASH, A~D PRESGRIBI~(~ THAT CERTAIN OTH~ TAXES CAN BE PAID IN BONDS OF SAID CITY" A~D FOR OTHER PURPO SE S. WHEREAS, the above ordinance, soue~at to be amendes hereby, was heretofore passed by +de au+,hority aforesai~, a~ ~EAS, ~T~R, certain protests a~ obJec~i~s have been made to ~e aforesaid ordinance which ~s necessi~'ated caused the po~pon~en~ a~ d~lay of o~ra~ion ~hereof; W~AS, ~TH~, said delay in the o~ration of ordinance is now seriously impairing ~he collection of the past due ~nd current %axes of said City; W~AS. ~RT~R, +~e i~ediate collection ~f the ~es of said m~iolpality Is neoessa~ to ~e effiolen~ opera~le~ ~d maintenance of ~id City a~ said postponement a~ ~el~ the op~atiun of said or&in~ce has caused and created the existence of an ~er~enoy, which said emergency is ~eol~ed exist by ~he autho~ty aforesaid. NOW, T~~E, BE IT O~AINED By the authority afore- said ths~ said o~inance be ~e~ed ~y striKl~ ~1 of the of said ordin~ce, leaving o~y the cap,ion and focal ~hereto, ~d inserting in lieu ~hereof ~he follo~: BE I~ 0~AIN~ By ,]~e Ol~y Co~oil of +~e Oi~y of Deiray Beach, Florida, in regular mdJourned session sit,in, on and after the passage of ~his o~l~nce ~he'T~ Collector of said City is authorized and directed ~o accep~ t~ ps, ends,as follows: The t~es levied for the fisc~ year 195E- l~J shall first be paid in lawf~ mo~y of the United States and all o~he~ delinquent t~es on p~perty loc~ed In ~he foyer.City of Delray due and owing said m~Aicipall~y for ~he fiscal ~ars 1950r 19~1 and 19~1 - 19Z2 may be paid in bonds issue~ by the former City,of Delray; all of which bonds can be accepted only on a flat basis with all past due coupons attached which have not heretofore been paid in cash by said City. Provided always tha~ should the past due interest coupons, which have not been paid cash by said City, be not owned by +~he party or parties tenderin~ a bond or bonds for payment of delinquencies hereunder, then and in that event, said party so tendering a bond or bonds hereunder may tender therewith other past due coupons or the principal of a bond equal in amount to +,he past due and unpaid coupons on the respective bon~ or bonds so ter~Xered on a flat basis for pa~ment of taxes. IT BEING THE PURPOSE AND INTENT Of this ordinance tha~ only the principal of bonds can be used for the payment of ~elinquent taxes hereunder, and, further, that +~he past due unpaid coupons on ~he respec+~lve bonds so tendered shall be turned in to said City for cancella*~ion, for which said amount of past due interest coupons no credit whatsoever, in any manner, shall be 6iron. Or, in lieu thereof, for cancellation, other past due coupons or bond principal in a like amou~t shall be surrendered a~ cancelled without credit ~herefor. BE IT FURTHER ORDAI~ED That no bonds of the former of Delray can be accepted in payment for delinquent taxes due owing on property in the former Town of Delray Beach. · ALL ORDINANCES or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED By the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, after declaring the existence of an emergency, as an emergency amendment which shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. ADOPTED By the authority aforesaid on this the ~ay of December, A. D. 19ZJ. -~age 2- Councilmen of City of Delray Beach,Florida.: At tested: ~ ~r~. -Page $-