Ordinance 558 .000
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ORDINANCE NO. 558
AN ORDINANCE ASSESSING AND IMPOSING ON
EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY, CORPORATION OR
OTHER INSUROR NOW ENGAGED IN OR CARRYING
ON, OR WHO SHALL HEREAFTER ENGAGE IN OR
CARRY ON, THE BUSINESS OF INSURING PROP-
ERTY AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE OR
TORNADO, AN EXCISE TAX IN ADDITION TO ANY
LICENSE OR EXCISE TAX NOW LEVIED, AMOUNT-
ING TO ONE (1%) PER CENT OF THE GROSS
AMOUNT OF RECEIPTS OF PREMIUMS FROM POLICY
HOLDERS ON ALL PREMIUMS COLLECTED ON FIRE
AND TORNADO INSURANCE POLICIES COVERING
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AND AP-
PROPRIATING THE MONEYS DERIVED FROM SUCH
TAX TO THE FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUND.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH , FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: There is hereby assessed and imposed on every insurance
company, corporation or other insurer now engaged in or
carrying on, or who shall hereafter engage in or carry on, the bus-
iness of insuring property against loss or damage by fire or tornado,
an excise or license tax amounting to one (1%) per cent of the gross
amount of receipts of premiums from policy holders on all premiums
colleted on fire and tornado insurance policies covering property
within the corporate limits of the City of Miami Beach, Florida.
SECTION 2: All money derived from the taxes imposed by this ordinance
is hereby appropriated to the Firemen' s Relief and Pension
Fund of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, which shall be administered
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 19,112 , Laws of Florida,
Acts of 1939, providing for the Creation and Administration of a Firemen' s
Relief and Pension Fund in certain Cities and Towns.
SECTION 3: The license tax herein assessed and imposed shall be in
addition to all other license taxes now levied by the City
of Miami Beach, Florida.
SECTION 4: The excise or license tax herein provided for shall be
payable and collected in the manner provided for by
Chapter 19,112, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1939, providing for the
Creation and Administration of A Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund in
certain Cities and Towns.
SECTION 5. This adinance shall become effective August 1st, A. D. , 1939.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of August, A. D. , 1939.
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1st Reading - July 2gth, 1939.
2nd Reading - July 28th, 1939.
3rd Reading - August 7th, 1939.
Posted - August gth, 1939. "-�
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STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF DADE )
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance
No. 558, entitled "AN ORDINANCE ASSESSING AND IMPOSING ON EVERY
INSURANCE COMPANY, CORPORATION OR OTHER INSUROR NOW ENGAGED IN
OR CARRYING ON, OR WHO SHALL HEREAFTER ENGAGE IN OR CARRY ON,
THE BUSINESS OF INSURING PROPERTY AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE
OR TORNADO, AN EXCISE TAX IN ADDITION TO ANY LICENSE OR EXCISE
TAX NOW LEVIED, AMOUNTING TO ONE (1%) PER CENT OF THE GROSS AMOUNT
OF RECEIPTS OF PREMIUMS FROM POLICY HOLDERS ON ALL PREMIUMS COL-
LECTED ON FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE POLICIES COVERING PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
AND APPROPRIATING THE MONEYS DERIVED FROM SUCH TAX TO THE FIRE-
MEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUND," having been passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has
been posted by me in three conspicuous places in the City of
Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of the City Hall in
said City on the 8th day of August, A. D. , 1939, and that said
ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days
in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter of the
said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beam , Florida,
on this the 12th day of September, A. , 1939.
City Clerk 7
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