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AN ORDINANCE LEVYING TAXES OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE FOR THE YEAR 1939
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~. heretofore and under date of Septem-
ber 29, 1930, The Brown-Crummer Investment Company ob-
tained a final. judgment against the City of Ocoee in the
sum of $lZ,812.52, together with oosts in the sum of
$20.00, in a oause styled The Brown-Crummer Investment
Company vs. City of Ocoee, 1n the United States District
Court for the Southern Distriot of Florida, No. 2475-T-
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WBEREAS, a mandamus proceeding was instituted
to enforce the said judgment and resulted in the issuanoe
of a peremptory writ of mandamus under date of January
19, 1932, in a oause styled United States of Amerioa, ex
rel., The Brown-Crummer Investment Company vs. City of
Oooee, et al., in the United States Distriot Court for the
Southern District of Florida, No. 2794-T-Civil, wherein and
whereby the City of Oooee, and its offioials, were peremp-
torily oommanded to levy a tax of seven (7) mills on the
taxable property of said City of Oooee, as the boundaries
of said City of Oooee were fixed by Chapter 10,951, La~
of Florida, Acts of 1925, for the fisoal year 1931-1932,
and to levy on said property an additional tax of seven
(7) mills per year for eaoh and every year thereafter until
the proceeds thereof would-prOduce a sum sufficient to pay
the said judgment and interest that should acorue thereon;
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WErnREAS, heretofore and under date of April
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11, 19~8, W. J. Meredith, L. F. Rodgers and James G.
Martin obtained a final judgment against the City of
Oooee, in the sum of $107,256.01, together ~ith costs
in the sum of $19.40, in a cause styled W. J. Meredith,
L. F. Rodgers and James G. Martin vs. City of Ocoee, in
the United States District Court for the Southern Distriot
of Florida, No. 207-0rlando-Civilj and
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WErnREAS, under date of Ootober 6, 19~9, a final
order was entered in the United States District Court,
Southern District of Florida, relative to complianoe with
peramptory writs theretofore issued by said Court in the
cases of
United States of Amerioa, ex reI., The
Brown~Crummer Investment Company vs. City
of Ocoee, et al., #2794-T-Civil, and
United States of Amerlca~ ex reI., W. J.
Meredith,'L. F; Rodgers and James G. Martin
vs. City of Oooee, et al., #207-0rlando-Civil,
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WErnREAS, said final order requires the action
herein taken relative to the tax levies of the City of
Ocoee for the year 19~9,
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF TEE CITY OF OCOEE, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a tax of three (3) mills for the
year 19~9 is hereby levied, imposed and assessed upon eaoh
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One Dollar ($1.00) of all taxable real and personal
property lying and being within the corporate limits
of said City of Ocoee, for operating purposes or the
said City of Ocoee.
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Section 2. That pursuant to and in conformity
with the final order entered under date of October 6th,
1939, relative to compliance with peremptory writs there-
tofore issued in the District Court of the United States, .
Southern District of Florida, in the cases of
United States of America, ex reI., The
Brown~Crummer Investment CQmpany vs. City
of Ocoee, et al., #2794-T-vivil, and
United States of America, ex reI., W. d.
Meredith, 'L. F. Rodgers and dames G. Martin
vs. City of Ocoee, et al., #207-0rlando-Civil,
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a special tax of nineteen (19) mills for the year 1939 is
hereby levied, imposed and assessed upon each One Dollar
($1.00) of all taxable real and personal property subject
to taxation for said purpose by the City of Ocoee, that is
to say, all properties, inCluding homesteads, within the
said City of Oooee as the boundaries of said City of Ocoee
were fixed by Chapter 10,951, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1925.
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Section 3. That the said speoial tax of nineteen
(19) mills and all proceedS of said special tax are hereby
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appropriated, allocated and "ear-marked" SOlely for the spe-
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oific purpose of complying with the said order of the District
Court of the United States, Southern District of Florida,
dated October 6, 1939, as aforesaid, in the following manner,
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Said prooeeds shall be applied first to the
payment of the remaining balanoe due upon the
said judgment of The Brown-Crummer Investment
Company, together with oosts, and the interest
thereon, until the same shall have been paid
in full; and thereafter the said proceeds shall
be applied~o the payment of the said judgment
of W. J. Meredith, L. F. Rodgers and James G.
Martin until the said judgment, together with
costs, and the interest thereon, shall have
been paid in full; "costs" being hereby in-
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tended to mean costs of the action resulting
in the judgment and costs in the mandamus pro-
ceedings to ~nforce the same.
Section 4. That all ordinances, resolutions
and other actions heretofore taken b:v t'he City Council
of the City of Ocoee, in conf~ict with this ordinance, are
hereby repealed, in so far as they are in conflict with
the provisions hereof.
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Section 5. That this ordinance shall take effect
innnediately.
The unders~gned President of the City Council
of the City of Ocoee and the undersigned City Clerk of
the City of Ocoee do hereby certify that the above and
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foregoing ordinance was passed and adopted by ~e
C1 ty Council of the C_ of Ocoee, on the /1 ~day
of p~ ' - <~''''. , A. D. 1939.
Pres~~Cil of
the City of Ocbee.
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CityC1erk of the City of Oeoee.
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Approved this ,#" -= day of
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