Resolution 4835 RESOLUTION NO. 4835
A RESOLUTION EMPLOYING ATTORNEY TO
FORECLOSE CERTAIN TAX CERTIFICATES
HELD BY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO
BE SELECTED BY THE CITY CLERK, TO-
GETHER 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 PAY-
MENT OF EXPENSES INCIDENTAL 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 assess-
ments or installments thereof, and
WHEREAS, the City has elected to foreclose all of its Tax
Certificates for taxes for the year 1936 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 the lands covered by the Tax Certificates
so to be selected, together with all pertinent information neces-
sary to determine the total indebtedness 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 Certi-
ficates 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.
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 ( 25.00)
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 Certifi-
cates 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 Com-
plaint, said Attorney shall receive Five per cent (5%) of such re-
demptions 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 3rd day of April, A. D. , 1940.
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