1907 Boundary line of extended corporate limits. CHAPTER 5857-(No. 262), AN ACT to Extend the Corporate Limits of the City of Whereas, On or about the first day of August A. D. 1905, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That the corporate limits of the City of Tampa be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to include the following adjacent territory, not now included within the corperate limits of the City of Tampa, to-wit: "All that territory comprehended within the following limits, that is to say, bounded by a line beginning where the section lines diving sections 7, 8, 18 and 17, of Township 29 south of Range 19 east, intersect, thence run south to the track of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, thence in a southwesterly direction along the track of said railway to the section line dividing Sections 13 and 24 of Township 29 south of range 18 east, thence west along said section line to the eastern boundary line of the old town of Tampa, that is to say, the eastern boundary line of the 160 acres granted by Congress to Hillsborough County, Florida, thence in a southerly direction along said town and grant lines to the line of the late Fort Brooke military reservation, the same being the southwest corner of the town of Fort Brooke, thence due east to eastern boundary line of Government lot 13, Section 19, Township 29 south, Range 19 east, thence northerly along eastern boundary line of said lot 13, also along eastern boundary of Government lot 12, of said same section, township and range, thence northerly and northeasterly along the eastern and southern boundary lines of Government lot 16, of Section 18, Township 29 south, Range 19 east, and continue in a northeasterly direction to a point where the southern boundary line of said Government lot 16 if extended in a straight line will intersect the center of Twelfth Street of a subdivision known as Lesley's subdivision of East Tampa of Government lots 10, 11 and 15 of Section 18, Township 29, south of range 19 east, thence north to the south boundary of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway right of way, thence northeasterly along said right of way to center of Fourth Avenue of said Lesley's subdivision of East Tampa, thence due east along the center of Fourth Avenue to eastern boundary line of northwest quarter of southwest quarter of Section 17, Township 29 south, Range 19 east, thence due north to center of Michigan Avenue, thence west along center of Michigan Avenue, being the dividing line of Sections 8 and 17, to point of beginning." 1907 town of Ft. Sec. 2. All public property, rights and franchises theretofore belonging to the territory described in the preceding section as a part of the town of Fort Brooke, shall here- Part of the after belong to the city of Tampa, which shall also assume Brooke. and be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the said town of Fort Brooke; Provided, however, that the Proviso real estate or other property within the territory above described shall not be liable for nor taxed to pay any existing bonded indebtedness of the city of Tampa. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 17, 1907. 1907 Contracts, etc., for internal municipal improvement validated. CHAPTER 5858-(No. 253). AN ACT to Legalize and Validate all Contracts for Grading, Paving, Curbing and Sewers Made and Entered Into by the City of Tampa Through the Board of Commissioners of Public Works of the Said City, and All Ordinances, Resolutions, Acts and Things Passed or Done, Either by the City Council or the Commissioners of Public Works of the City of Tampa in the Matter of Paving, Grading, Curbing, Sewering, Sidewalks or Other Internal Municipal Improvements, and All Assessments for Such Improvements, Heretofore Made or Which May Hereafter Be Made Under Any Contracts Heretofore Made and Entered Into by the City of Tampa as Well as for the Cost of Work Done by the City of Tampa Itself, Including Work Now in Process of Construction; and to Legalize and Make Valid all Certificates of Indebtedness for the Amount so Assessed Against the Abutting Property, Which Have Already Been Issued or Which May Be Issued by the City of Tampa in the Matter of Costs of any Grading, Paving, Sewering, Sidewalks, or any Other Internal Municipal Improvements Already Done or Which May Hereafter Be Done Under Any Existing Contracts Heretofore Entered Into by the City of Tampa, Including Work Now in Process of Construction. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That all contracts made and entered into by the City of Tampa for grading, paving, curbing and sewers through the Board of Commissioners of Public Works of said city, and all ordinances, resolutions, acts and things passed or done, either by the City Council or Commissioners of Public Works of the city of Tampa, in the matter of grading, paving, curbing, sewering, sidewalks or other internal municipal improvements and all assessments against the abutting property for such improvements heretofore made or which hereafter be made under any contract entered into by the city of Tampa, or for the 1907 ternal mu provement cost of any work done by the city of Tampa itself, including work now in process of construction, be and the same contracts, are hereby declared legal and valid; and that all certifi- etc., for incates of indebtedness for the amount so assessed against nicipal imthe abutting property for any paving, grading, curbing, validated. sewering, sidewalks or other internal municipal improvements which have already been issued or which may be issued by the city of Tampa for improvements already done or which may hereafter be done under any existing contract entered into by the city of Tampa, including work now in process of construction, be, and the same are hereby declared legal and valid; and the said certificates of indebtedness shall not be held invalid on account of any irregularities, defects or imperfections in the proceedings taken by the city of Tampa in the issuing of the said certificates of indebtedness, and all defects or other irregularities in such proceedings are hereby cured; and the issuing of the said certificates of indebtedness so provided under the charter of the city of Tampa, its ordinances, resolutions and contracts, are hereby authorized and permitted. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor, or upon its becoming a law without such approval. May 22, 1907. 1907 1 CHAPTER 5859-(No. 264). AN ACT to Amend Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24, 36, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 60 and 62 of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida, Approved June 8th A. D. 1903, Entitled "An Act to Amend Chapter 4883 of the Laws of Florida, Approved May 29, 1899, Being the City Charter of the City of Tampa, and Providing for its Government, Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties, and Relating to the Same," and to Confirm and Continue Grants, and to Make Valid and Binding Upon the City of Tampa Grants Made by the County Commissioners of Hillsborough County and the Town of Fort Brooke, as to Territory Described in this Act and as to Territory That May Hereafter be Acquired by the City of Tampa, and to Abolish the Municipal Government of the Town of Fort Brooke, and to Define the Corporate Limits of the City of Tampa. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 5363 of the Laws of Florida, approved June 8th, 1903, being the city charter of the City of Tampa, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. That the municipal government of the town of Fort Brooke is hereby abolished, and that all inhabitants comprehended within the following limits, that is to say, bounded by a line beginning at a point on Hillsborough Bay where the section lines dividing Sections 29 and 30. and 29 and 32, Township 29 south of Range 19 east, would intersect if continued into said bay, running thence westwardly and including Depot Key, to the southwest corner of Section 36, Township 29, Range 18, thence north along the line dividing Sections 35 and 36, 25 and 26, 23 and 24, 13 and 14, Township 29, Range 18, to the northwest corner of Section 13 in said township and range, thence east along Michigan Avenue, on the section lines dividing Sections 12 and 13, Township 29, Range 18, and Sections 7 and 18, Township 29, Range 19, to the northeast corner of Section 18, Township 29, Range 19; thence sonth along the section line dividing Sections 17 and 18, Township 29. |