Resolution 7182 RESOLUTIOI: i 0. 7182
WHEREAS, on the 19th day of _`:pril, 1950, the City Council
voted to enter into a contract with Michie City Publications
Company for the codification of City Ordinances and Charter, b
bound in loose-leaf form for a fee of $5,800.00, this price to
include two hundred copies of said code, and
WHEREAS, a contract has been prepared and approved by the
City Attorney, a copy of which contract is attached hereto,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised of the terms and
conditions of said contract and deems it to be to the best interests
of the City that such contract be entered into,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVF'.�) by the City Council of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, that the Mayor and the City Clerk be and
they are hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on he-
half of the City, the above described contract for codification
of the City Ordinances and Charter.
Passed and Adopted this 3rd day of May, A. D. 1950.
blIAL4A )C
Mayor
Attest: 7
City Clerk
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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THIS AGREEMENT , made and entered into this 3rd day of May, A. D. ,
1950 by and between MICHIE CITY PUBLICATIONS COMPANY, a corporation duly
organized, created and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, party of the first part, and CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, a municipal
corporation in the State of Florida, party of the second Part,
WITNESSETH: That, in consideration of the sums of money hereinafter
agreed to be Paid to the party of the first part by the party of the
second part, the said )Michie City Publications Company, party of the
first part, agrees to and with the said City of Miami Beach, Florida,
party of the second part, and its successors and assigns, that it will
do the following work andrender and perform the following services in
connection with the preparation of the new Code of Ordinances for Miami
Beach, Florida, viz:
1. Codify the Ordinances of a general and permanent nature, excluding
Franchises, Bond Issues and the Technical Codes, namely, the
Building, Plumbing and Electrical Codes.
2. The City Charter shall be brought to date bycodifying g y� g In proper
( places the amendatory provisions.
3. Revise and edit the Ordinances where, in the opinion of the Editors,
this is needed, to the end that the Ordinances as carried in the
new manuscript will meet modern and present-day conditions. It is
understood and agreed that all Ordinances wherein changes are made or
suggested will be submitted to the City Attorney, together with recom-
mendations and suggestions of the Editors, and the City Attorney shall
be free to accept wholly or in part any or all of the recommendations
so submitted.
4. The Editors shall prepare accurate catchlines to the individual
sections of the Ordinances as carried in the new manuscript.
5. The codification of the Ordinances shall include the handling of
amendatory provisions and new Ordinances passed as of May 1, 1950,
but it is understood that the City Attorney may cause to be forwarded to.11
the Company' s ')ffices copies of any new or amendatory provisions that
may be passed subsequent to the date of May 1, 1950, and such subsequent
Ordinances shall be incorporated in the new manuscript at no extra cost
to the City, such subsequently passed Ordinances to be incorporated up
to the point where the editorial work will have progressed to the extent
that no additional material can be incorporated without materially upsetting
the work that has then been done.
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6. Check the Ordinances against the corresponding Laws of the state
of Florida to the end of eliminating conflicts and inconsistencies.
7. Check the Ordinances against the decisions of the Supreme Court
of Florida to the end of insuring validity and constitutionality.
8. Preparation of a frontal analysis to each individual chapter of
the Code manuscript.
9. Editorial footnotes and cross references shall be prepared and
carried in appropriate places to the end that related sections in
the manuscript shall be tied together and to the end also that the new
Code manuscript will be keyed to the State Laws.
10. A complete and comprehensive general index will be prepared for
the entire Code.
11. Upon the completion of the editorial work and the assembling of
the Code manuscript, the Supervising Editor shall bring the manu-
script to the City of Miami Beach for conferences with the City Attorney.
At such conferences the Supervising Editor will review the manuscript
with the Attorney, making known the changes that have been made by the
Company' s Editors and the reasons therefor. At the same time editorial
recommendations and suggestions assembled by the Editorial Staff shall
be submitted for the consideration of the City Attorney.
12. The City Attorney or other proper City officials will be free to
make any and all desired changes and Alterations in the Code manu-
script, and the Company' s Editors will be charged with the duty of
carrying out any changes so requested, thus putting the manuscript in
final shape ready for typesetting and printing.
Following the completion of theeditorial work and the approval of
the Code manuscript by the City Attorney, Michie City Publications Company
will print and bind the Code in the following manner:
1. Print the text of the Ordinances in ten-point roman type, with bold-
face catchlines.
2. Print the frontal analyses and the general index in eight-point type,
with main headings in boldface type.
3. The Code will be printed on Cumberland English Finish book paper,
or its equal.
4. Two hundred (200) copies of the completed Code shall be printed for
delivery to the City. Each of the two hundred (200) copies shall
be put in a loose-leaf folder similar to and comparable in quality
to the black leatherette ring folder in which a copy of the Meridian,
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Mississippi, City Code was placed, and sent to the Honorable Walter
C. Kovner for inspection by him and the City officials.
5. The Company will cause the Code to be copyrighted in its name but
it is hereby agreed that the City of Miami Reach shall have the
exclusive right to selland distribute the Code within the city
limits of the City of Miami Beach. Michie City Publications Company
deserves the right to distribute copies of the Code outside the
limits of Dade County, Florida.
The City of Miami Beach, Florida, contracts and agrees as follows:
1. The manuscript as compiled by the City Attorney, which manuscript
was displayed to the President of Michie City Publications Company
at a conference in January, 1950, shall be delivered to Michie City
Publications Company to be used as the Company' s Editors see fit in the
preparation of the new Official Code manuscript; provided, however ,
that it is specifically affirmed by the City of Miami Beach and it is
specifically understood and agreed by the said Company that the City
does not warrant or represent the said manuscript to be accurate in
form, substance, editorial content or in any manner whatsoever, and the
said manuscript is not to be accepted and regarded by the Company' s
Editors as constituting and consisting of accurately typed copies of
the Ordinances of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, nor any part or
portion thereof, but that said manuscript is delivered to the Company
for whatever assistance it may be, if any, to the said Company.
2. The City of Miami Beach shall furnish Michie City Publications
Company with mimeographed or typewritten copies of Ordinances of
a general and permanent nature, for use by the Editors in preparing arid
building the Code manuscript.
3. To pay Michie City Publications Company for all work herein
contracted for, the sum of fifty-eight hundred ($5,800.00) dollars,
said sum to be due and payable as follows: Fifteen hundred ($1500.00)
dollars to be paid Michie City Publications Company upon the completion
of the work of assembling copies of all Ordinances of a general and
permanent nature and the classification of such material according to
subject matter. When this phase of the work is completed , the Company' s
President shall notify the Miami Beach City Attorney, in writing, and
the first instalment, namely, fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars shall
then be due and payable; the second instalment of two thousand ($2000.00)
dollars shall be due and payable upon the delivery of the new Code
manuscript, exclusive of the general index, and the inspection and
approval of same by the City Attorney; the third and final payment,
namely, twenty-three hundred ($2300.00) dollars shall be due and payable
upon the completion of all work herein contracted for and the delivery
of the two hundred (200) loose-leaf bound copies of the Completed Code.
4. To pay the delivery charges of the shipment of the two hundred
(200) loose-leaf copies of the Code from Charlottesville, Virginia,
to Miami Beach, Florida.
' IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said Michie City Publications Company,
party of the first part, has caused this agreement to be executed in
its name by its President and attested by its Secretary, and its corporate
seal to be attached, all by order of its Board of Directors duly given,
andthe said City of Miami Beach, Florida, party of the second part,
has likewise caused this agreement to be executed in its name by its
Mayor and attested by its City Clerk and its corporate seal to be
attached, all by order of its City Council, this the day and year first
above written.
MICHIE CITY PUBLICATIONS COMPANY
By
ATTEST: President
Secretary
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
By
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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