Resolution 3835 _ _
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RESOLUTION NO. 3K35
A RESOLUTION EMPLOYING ATTORNEY TO
FORECLOSE CERTAIN TAX CERTIFICATES
HELD BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO BE
SELECTED BY THE CITY CLERK, TOGETHER
WITH ALL SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER
CLAIMS AND DEMANDS HELD BY THE CITY
AGAINST THE LANDS COVERED BY THE TAX
CERTIFICATES SO SELECTED AND PROVIDING
FOR COMPENSATION TO BE PAID SAID ATTORNEY,
AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES INCIDENT-
' AL TO THE FORECLOSURE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach holds numerous Tax Certi-
ficates for delinquent City taxes, and
WHEREAS, against the lands covered by such Certificates, or
a greater part thereof, the City holds other claims and demands in
the nature of taxes, Tax Certificates, and/or special assessments
or installments thereof, and
WHEREAS, the City has elected to foreclose all of its Tax
Certificates for the year 1933 and prior years, and other claims
and demands against the lands covered by said Tax Certificates,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
SECTION 1: That the City Clerk is hereby directed and in-
structed to select such number of Tax Certificates from those owned
and held by the City of Miami Beach, as, in his judgment, it may be
expedient and convenient to foreclose in one action, and to deliver
them over to the Attorney hereinafter named together with all other
evidences of indebtedness held by the City of Miami Beach against
j the lands covered by the Tax Certificates so to be selected, together
with all pertinent information necessary to determine the total in-
debtedness owing to the City of Miami Beach on account of each parcel
of land covered by said Certificates.
SECTION 2: That Ben Shepard, Attorney at Law, be, and he is,
hereby employed for the purpose of foreclosing the Tax Certificates
1 hereinabove referred to, together with all other demands and claims
held by the City, against the lands covered by said Tax Certificates,
on behalf of the City of Miami Beach.
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SECTION 3: That said Attorney in return for his services in
foreclosing the Tax Certificates and other claims and demands above
referred to shall be paid the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars (e25.00)
for the filing of the Bill of Complaint on behalf of the City, plus
Ten per cent (10%) of the amount found to be due to the City in the
foreclosure proceedings. And in the event any of the Tax Certificates
and/or claims and demands hereinabove referred to shall be redeemed
or paid, after notice of intention to file suit has been given by said
Attorney and prior to the filing of a Bill of Complaint, said Attorney
shall receive Five per cent (5%) of such redemptions or collections.
SECTION 4: That the City Manager and the City Clerk be, and
they are, hereby instructed to advance from time to time to said
Attorney such sums as will be necessary to pay the actual expenses
of said foreclosure suit, including Court costs, title searches,
advertising costs, Master' s fees, and also, including any other proper
expense, which in the judgment of the City Manager is necessary as an
incident to said suit.
SECTION 5: That any and all resolutions in conflict with the
above and foregoing are hereby rescinded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of January, A. D. , 1937.
resident of City Council
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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