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CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
1928

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INDEX TO REVISED

CHARTER

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

ADVERTISEMENT:
When required in purchase of supplies, 31.
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY;
To be appointed by the Mayor, 35-a
His duties, 35-a.
AUDITS:
Annual required, 32-a.

BOARI

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DS:
The several, 3
Power to create additional, 16.
D OF REPRESENTATIVES:
- Vested with all powers of City Commission,2
. Mayor to attend meetings of, 7 (6)
.To adopt annual budget, 7 (8)'
Power to pass ordinances over Mayor's veto,B
Power to confirm appointment of certain of-
ficers, 9
. Created, 11
. Number of members, 11
.Term of office, 11
*Salary, 11
-Districts, number, boundaries, 12
Districts, Power to change boundaries, 12
All powers vested in unless otherwise pr4
vided, 13
Organization, 14
STo elect a President and President pro te&,
14
Vacancy in membership, how filled, 15
Power by ordinance to create additional
fices, boards, etc., 16
Qualifications of members of, 17
SJudge of election and qualification of
own members, 18
Power to investigate departments and
fices, 19 r

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter

Assume duties of office, when, 20
All meetings public, 20
To act only by ordinance or resolution, 1
Authorized to adopt by-laws and rul<
procedure, 20
Power to summons witnesses, 20
Power to punish for contempt, 20
Power to prescribe bonds of officers, 24
To appoint Library and Civil Service Bo,
45, 47
Members of, elected at first election hol<
fice until when, 54
To select inspectors and clerks at election;
To cause election ballots to be printed, 57
Members may be recalled, 58
With Mayor to designate depositories, 7(
Not to receive any benefit or profit out of
contract, 72, 78.
BONDS:
> Of Mayor, 4
All officers may be required to give, 24
Requirements as to voting, 56
Funds raised by not to be diverted, 71.
BUILDINGS:
Under control of Mayor, 7 (4)
Insurance upon, 7 (4)
Under Department of Public Works 27 (i)
BUDGET:
To be prepared by Mayor, 7 (8)
To be adopted by Park Board, 49
To be adopted by Board of Public Recreati
50.
BUILDING CODE:
To be administered by Department of Pul
Works, 29
Inspector, head of, 29.
S, CABINET:
Of Mayor, 10.
CHIEF OF POLICE:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
i Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Police Department, 27 (c)
His duties, 36.

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Fire Department, 27 (d)
His duties, 37.
CHIEF OF SANITATION:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Sanitary Department, 27 (f)
His duties, 39.
CITY ATTORNEY:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Legal Department, 27 (a)
His duties, etc., 35
Trustee of Sinking Fund, 44
Member Board of Tax Equalization, 51.
CITY CLERK:
To be elected, his term and salary, 22
His duties, 22
To sign all ordinances, 68.
CIVIL SERVICE:
Board created, duties, etc., 47
Requirements, etc., 48.
CITY COMMISSION:
Abolished, 2.
CITY DEPOSITORIES:
Designation, etc., 70.
CITY ENGINEER:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
// Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Engineering Department, 27 (h)
His duties, 41.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Health Department, 27 (e)
His duties, 38.
CITY MANAGER:
All powers of former vested in Mayor, 7 (10)d
CITY TREASURER:
Office may be combined with that of Ta

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

Collector, 3
AppOinted by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
To attest all vouchers, 70.
COMPTROLLER:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Department of Revenue, Finance
and Audits, 27 (b)
His duties prescribed, 32
Trustee of Pension Funds, 43
Trustee of Sinking Funds, 44
Member Board of Tax Equalization, 51
To sign all vouchers, 70.
CONTEMPT:
Power of Board of Representatives to punish
for, 20.
CONTRACTS:
To be negotiated by Mayor, 7 (4)
To be let to lowest responsible bidder, 7 (4)
Mayor to enforce, 7 (5)
None to be let in excess of funds, 71.
DEEDS:
To be signed by Mayor, 7 (4).
DEPARTMENTS:
All under supervision and control of Mayor,
7 (3)
Additional may be created, 7 (3)
Enumerated, 25
Funds to be set apart to the several,,26
The Legal, 27 (a)
Revenue, Finance and Audits, 27 (b)
Police, 27 (c)
Fire, 27 (d)
Health, 27 (e)
Sanitation, 27 (f)
Water, 27 (g)
Engineering, 27 (h)
Public Works, 27 (i).
DEFINITION OF WORDS:
In Revised Charter, 80.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT:
Abolished and made a bureau in Department

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"i

of Public Works, 28.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (h)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (h).

EXAMINER OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD:
Provision for, 47.

ELECTIONS:
First election under Revised Charter, 53
General municipal, 55
Laws regulating, 57 (c)
Revised Charter to be submitted to, 78
Form of ballot at-such election, 79.

FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (d)
/ Affairs cognizable by, 27 (d).

GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY:
Carried on by whom, 3.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (e)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (e).
HOSPITAL BOARD:
Created, its duties and powers, 46.
INITIATIVE:
Procedure for, 62, 63, 64, 65.
INSURANCE: A
Upon buildings, 7 (4).
LAWS AND ORDINANCES:
Enforced by Mayor, 7 (1).
LEGAL DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (a)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (a).

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

LIBRARY BOARD:
Created, its duties, etc., 45.
MAYOR:
His term of office, salary, bond, etc., 4
To represent city and be its administrative
head, 5 and 7
Vacancy in the office, how filled, 6
Duties prescribed:
To see laws and ordinances enforced, 7 (1)
To appoint and remove, fix compensation of
all officers and employees, with certain
exceptions, 7 (2)
To exercise, control and direct supervision
over all departments, 7 (3)
To have general charge and supervision of
all buildings and city property, to keep.
same insured, etc., 7 (4)
To negotiate all contracts for improvements,
7 (4)
To enforce provisions of public utilities fran-
chises and other contracts, 7 (5)
To attend meetings of the Board of Repre-
senatives, 7 (6)
To recommend ordinances and resolutions for
adoption, 7 (7)
To prepare an annual budget for submission
to the Board, 7 (8)
To perform all duties required by charter or
ordinances, 7 (9)
To have all powers of former City Manager,
7 (10)
Veto power of, 8
To appoint officers, heads of departments, 9
His Cabinet, 10
To let all contracts for purchase of supplies,
31
To require an annual audit, 82 (a)
Trustee of Pension Funds, 43
Trustee of Sinking Funds, 44
Appoints Hospital Board, 46, Park Board, 49,
Public Recreation Board, 50, Appraisal
Board, 52
Appoints Superintendent of Hospital, 46
Appoints Superintendent of Parks, 49
Member of Board of Tax Equalization, 51
Elected at first election, holds office until

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

when, 54
May be recalled, 58
To sign all ordinances, 68
With board to designate depositories,
To prescribe form of vouchers, 70
To countersign all vouchers, 70.
MUNICIPAL JUDGE:
To be elected, and term of office and
21
Duties, 21
Power to issue search warrants, 21
Recall of, 58.

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salary

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OFFICERS:
General provision as to, 3
Appointive, 9
Suspension and removal of by Mayor, 9
Power of appointment in Mayor, 7 (2)
Compensation of where not provided in Char
ter fixed by Mayor, 7 (2)
Civil Service requirements as to appointment
7 (2)
Duties prescribed by ordinance, 9
Nomination of, 57 (a)
Not to be interested in contracts, 72
Not to accept favors from Public Service Coa
portions, 72
Not to receive and benefit or profit out of anJ
contract, 73.
ORDINANCES:
Publication required, 8
Compilation and codification, 8
Mayor to recommend passage, 7 (7)
Initiative, procedure, 62, 63, 64, 65
Referendum, procedure, 66, 67
Recordation, 68
Not in conflict with Revised Charte
adopted, 68
Requirements as to the title and subject mat
ter, 69
Requirements as to passage, 69
Printing and publication of, 69.

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"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

PARKS:
Under Chap. 5546, Laws 1905, and Chap.
5860, Laws 1907, not affected, 13.
PARK BOARD:
Created, its duties, 49.
PLUMBING DEPARTMENT:
Abolished and made a bureau in Department
of Public Works, 28.
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (c)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (c).
POWERS:
As vested in city not repealed, 1
All vested in Board of Representatives,. un-
less otherwise provided, 13
Under existing charter and certain specific
charter provisions enacted, 74
None now vested in city under constitution
and law, repealed, 75.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF
REPRESENTATIVES:
To be member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
To be elected by Board, 14
To act as Mayor when, 14
Member of Board of Equalization, 51.
PROPERTY:
Personal to be disposed of by Mayor, 7 (4).
PUBLIC RECREATION BOARD:
Created, its duties, etc., 50.
PUBLIC UTILITIES:
Power over vested in Mayor, 7 (4)
Under jurisdiction of Department of Public
Works, 27 (i).
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:
Created, 25 (i)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (i).
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT:
Abolished, 31.
PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES:
Rules regulating, 31.

"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

RECALL:
Who may be, 58
Proceedure for, 58, 59, 60, 61.
REFERENDUM:
Procedure for, 66, 67.
REVISED CHARTER:
To include all powers under existing charter
74
Not to repeal any powers now vested undo
constitution and laws, 75
To become effective when, 76
To be submitted to electors, 78
Form of ballot for submission, 79
Definition of Ivords used in, 80.
RESIDENCE:
Required of all officers and members d6
Boards, 3, 4, 9.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS:
Creation and number, 12
Boundaries of, 12
Change of boundaries, 12.
REVENUE, FINANCE, AUDITS,
DEPARTMENT OF:
Created, 25 (b)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (b).
SANITATION, DEPARTMENT OF.:
Created, 25 (f)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (f).
SAVING CLAUSE: 77.
SINKING FUNDS:
Trustees and duties, 44.
STREETS:
Under jurisdiction of Engineering Departb-
ment, 27 (h).
SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY HOSPITAL:
Office created, 46.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS:
Office created, 49.
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"References are to Sections in the Revised Charter"

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Board of Public Works, 27 (i)
His duties, 42.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
DEPARTMENT:
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
Head of Water Works Department, 27 (g)
His duties, 40.
TAXATION:
Funds raised by not to be diverted, 71.
TAX ASSESSOR:
To be elected, term of office and salary, 23
His duties, 23
May be recalled, 58.
TAX COLLECTOR:
Elected at first election, holds office until
when, 54
Appointed by Mayor, 9
Member of Mayor's Cabinet, 10
His duties, 23
Custodian of notes, bonds, etc., 34
Member Board of Tax Equalization, 51.
TAX COMMISSION:
Abolished, 30.
TAX EQUALIZATION, BOARD OF:
Created, its duties, etc., 51.
TRUSTEES OF PENSION FUNDS, 43.
WATER DEPARTMENT:
Created, 25 (g)
Affairs cognizable by, 27 (g).
WHARVES AND DOCKS:
Under jurisdiction of Department of Public
Works, 27 (i).

TAMPA:
The Charter Board of the City of Tampa repo
-that pursuant to law it has revised the Charter of t
City of Tampa and herewith reports the said Chart
as revised by it and being in words and figures as fo
lows:.
SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the City of Tamp'
Florida, as its limits now are or as the same may her.
after be established, shall continue to be a body polit
and corporate under the name of the City of TampR,
and as such shall have perpetual succession and sha
have all the powers and authority which under the
existing charter and amendment thereto, and the
Constitution and laws of the State of Florida it now
has, and nothing herein shall be construed as in any
wise repealing or abridging the exercise of any power
conferred upon the City of Tampa, its officers orl
boards by general or special laws now in force unless
such law shall be in conflict with the provisions of this
revised charter.
SEC. 2. The City Commission of the City of Tampas
is hereby abolished, and all the powers vested in ot]
duties performed by said City Commission, save andl
except as herein otherwise provided shall vest in and
be performed by the Board of Representatives, as'
herein created, and all Boards and offices of the City
not herein provided for are hereby abolished.
SEC. 3. The Government of the City of Tampa
shall be carried on by the following named officers and
boards: a Mayor, a' Board of Representatives, a City
Clerk, a Tax Assessor, a Municipal Judge, a Tax Col-
lector, a City Treasurer (which office may by ordi'-
nance be combined with that of Tax Collector), a Cit
Attorney, a Comptroller, a Chief of Police, a Chief of
the Fire Department, a City Health Officer, a Chief of
Sanitation, a Superintendent of the Water Depart-
ment, a City Engineer, a Superintendent of the De-
partment of Public Works, a Library Board, a Hospital
Board, a Civil Service Board, a Park Board, a Board
of Public Recreation, a Board of Tax Equalization, aj
Board of Appraisers and such other officers and or
boards as may be created by ordinance of the City not
inconsistent with the charter of said City, and all of
said officers and members of boards shall be residents
and electors of the City of Tampa and shall perform,
such duties and receive such compensation as may bet
prescribed by the City Charter or ordinances of thew

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City, not inconsistent with said charter.
The Mayor SEC. 4. The Mayorshall hold office for a period of
four years and shall be elected from the City at large.
He shall receive a salary of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) per annum, payable monthly, and hA
must have been for a period of at least two years im-
mediately prior to his election and during his term-of
office shall continue to be a resident of the City of
Tampa. He shall have all the qualifications of an
elector of said City. He shall devote his entire time
and attention to the duties of his office and he shall
not hold any other public office except that of notary
public or a member of the State militia during his term
of office. He shall give a surety bond before entering
into the performance of his duties in the sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties and to faithfully
account for all moneys that may come into his hands
as such officer. Upon conviction of a felony or other
infamous crime he shall forfeit his office.
Dnties of the SEC. 5. The Mayor shall represent the City upon
Maayor-general all public occasions where such representation may be
right and proper, and shall have cognizance of the re-
lation of the City to the Government of the United
States, States of the Union, the County and other
Municipalities. He shall keep the Board of Represent-
atives from time to time advised as to all matters af-
rhe Mayor ad. fecting the general welfare of the City. He shall be
ninistratie head the administrative head of the Municipal Government
df the city
government subject to the control of the Board of Representatives
as herein provided., During the temporary absence or
disability of the Mayor the President of the Board of
Representatives shall execute the duties of the office.
Nothing in this provision shall be construed as pro-
hibiting the Board of Representatives from calling into
consultation the heads of departments and other offi-
cers and employees of the City whenever in the judg-
ment of said Board it may be necessary, but said
Board of Representatives and no member thereof shall
directly interfere with the conduct of any department
or officer in the discharge of his duty save and except
as herein provided.
nhe President of SEC. 6. In the event of the removal by recall, resig-
he Boa of ep nation, permanent disability or death of the Mayor,
nayor pro tem the President of the Board of Representatives shall be
the Mayor until the next general municipal election, if
such vacancy shall occur less than six months prior to
the next general municipal election, if not a special
election shall be called by the Board of Representatives

to fill such vacancy, in which event the office shall 1
filled by election, but only for the unexpired term, qi
until such election the vacancy shall be filled by t
President of the Board of Representatives.
SEC. 7. The Mayor shall be responsible to the
pie of the City of Tampa, through its Board of Rep
sentatives, for the proper administration of all affd
of the City,, and to that end his powers are, and ti4
shall be:
(1) To see that the laws and ordinances are e
forced.
(2) Except as herein otherwise specifically
vided, to appoint and to remove and fix the comp
station of all officers and employees of the City,
employment and compensation of whom is not oth
wise provided for herein, all such appointments tol
made upon merit and fitness alone, and in accord
with the Civil Service requirements as nearly as
sible.
(3) To exercise control and direct supervise
over all departments and divisions of the Municip
Government- under this Revised Charter, 4j
which may hereafter be created by the Board of Ri
resentatives, including public utilities owned by
City.
(4) He shall have general charge and supervi's
of all buildings, structures and property of the l
appertaining to any department of the City, and of
City Hall, and he shall keep such buildings or otw
structures of the City insured against loss by fire.
otherwise, in such manner and amount as the Board
Representatives may direct. He shall negotiate '4
contracts between public utilities corporations and u
City and upon the approval thereof by the Board 4
Representatives shall execute the same on behalf i
the City. He shall negotiate all contracts for pul
improvements that may be ordered made by the B*
of Representatives and upon approval thereof by
Board shall execute the same on behalf of the City.
such contracts shall be let to the lowest response
bidder, and all other things being equal prefer
shall be given to local resident bidders. He shall
all deeds, leases or other agreements relating to
real property of the city, provided same shall
been first approved or authorized by the Board
Representatives. He shall by and with the consent
the Board of Representatives, dispose of all pe
property of the City that shall have become wor

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law

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or that has been replaced, and upon sale thereof shall
execute bills of sale therefore to the purchasers.
To enforce .(5) To. see that all terms and conditions imposed
franchise in favor of the City or its inhabitants, in any public
utilities franchise are faithfully kept and performed,
and upon knowledge of any violation thereof to call
the same to the attention of the City Attorney, whose
duty it is hereby made to give such notice as is re-
quired by law, and to take such legal steps as may be
necessary to enforce the same in case of emergency, or
where such notice does not bring about a correction
of such violation; he shall also see that all contracts
and agreements with the City are faithfully kept nd
performed, and shall cause legal proceedings ti be
commenced and prosecuted in the ,name of the City
against all persons and corporations failing to fulfill
their contracts or agreements, either in whole or in
part.
To attend meet- (6) He may, and when so requested shall, attend
of Retires noi all meetings of the Board of Representatives, and
when so requested, all meetings of Committees of said
Board. He shall furnish said Board and such Com-
mittees, when so requested, such information, data and
advice relating to the administration of the City's af-
fairs as may be reasonably requested; and he shall
have the privilege of the floor at all such meetings.
To recommend (7) To recommend to the Board of Representa-
ordinance tives for adoption such ordinances or resolutions as
he may deem necessary or expedient in the interests
of the City.
To submit an (8) To keep the Board of Representatives fully
annual budget advised as to the financial condition and needs of the
City, and to submit for its consideration and adoption
-an annual budget.
(9) To perform such other duties as may be pre-
scribed under this Charter Revision, or as may be re-
quired of him by Ordinance of the Board of Repre-
sentatives.
Mayor vested (10) In general, but not in limitation of any
with all powers powers herein given, he shall perform all the duties
of city manager and shall have all the powers as vested in the City
Manager under the existing charter, except as may
herein be otherwise specifically provided.
veto rower SEC. 8. All ordinances passed by the Board of
in Mayor Representatives shall be submitted within twenty-four
hours to the Mayor, or person acting as such, for his
approval. If approved, he shall sign the same, when

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it shall become a law. If disapproved, he shall ret
the same with his objections in writing to the Bo
of Representatives at its next regular meeting,
shall cause the same to be entered in full upon the
ord of its proceedings and proceed to consider
Mayor's objections and to act upon the same. If up
consideration the Board of Representatives shall pq
the same by a two-thirds vote of the entire membi
ship of the Board of Representatives, which vote sh
be entered upon the record, the ordinance shall th
become a law, the Mayor's objection to the contra
notwithstanding. Any ordinance which shall not
returned to the Board of Representatives at the ne
regular meeting of said Board after its passage sh#
become a law in like manner as if signed by the Mayt
or person acting as such. No ordinance shall take
feet until it has been published as required by l41
unless publication thereof shall be unnecessary by la1
provided that nothing herein contained shall preveo
the Board of Representatives, with the approval of th
Mayor, from at any time compiling or codifying t*
ordinances of the City of Tampa and publishing th
same in an appropriate volume or volumes which shil
become the laws of the City of Tamla upon their ado4
tion without any other publication.
SEC. 9. There shall be appointed'by the Mayor, b
and with the consent of a majority of the Board
Representatives, a Tax Collector, a City Treasurer,
Comptroller, a City Attorney, a Chief of Police, a Chi
of the Fire Department, a Chief of Sanitation, a Ci
Health Officer, a Superintendent of the Water Depa
ment, a City Engineer, a Superintendent of Pub
Works, and such other officers as heads of depa
ments as may be created by ordinance of the City n
inconsistent with the Charter of said City, and all
said officers shall be and during their term of offi
shall remain residents and electors of the City of Ta
pa, and shall perform such duties and receive su
compensation as may now or hereafter be prescribe
by the charter or by the ordinances of the City no
inconsistent with said charter. Any of the foregoi
officers appointed by the Mayor, by and with the coi
sent of a majority of'the Board of Representativi

ing of the Board of Representatives after such suspel
sion the Mayor shall submit to the Board of Repr
-entatives in writing the cause of such suspension
whereupon the Board of Representatives, upon d
notice given to the suspended officer, shall inquire in

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Officers appointed
by the Mayor
with consent of
the Board of
Representatives

Residence re-
quired of
officers

Removal of
officers

the cause of such suspension. If a majority of the
Board of Representatives shall sustain the charge pre-
ferred by the Mayor the officer shall be disinissed.
The Mayor shall have the right to appoint some person
to perform the duties of any suspended officer until
the said Board of Representatives shall have passed
upon such suspension. If said suspension is.sustained
by the Board of Representatives the Mayor shall at
once appoint a successor to said office, which appoint-
ment shall be with the consent of a majority of the
Board of Representatives.
The Mayor's SEC. 10. The President of the Board of Represen-
crbinet tatives, the Tax Collector, the City Treasurer, the
Comptroller, the City Attorney, the Chief of Police,
the Chief of the Fire Department, the Chief of Sani-
tation, the City Health Officer, the Superintendent of
the Water Department, the City Engineer, and the
Superintendent of Public Works and other department
heads shall constitute the Cabinet of the Mayor, and
as a Cabinet shall hold meetings at the call of the
Its duties Mayor, and it shall be the duty of each of said officers
to attend said meetings, and to advise and consult with
the Mayor upon all matters affecting the welfare of
the City relating to their several departments.
The Board of SEC. 11. There is hereby created a Board of Rep-
epresentative resentatives, composed of Twelve Representatives to
be elected, one from each Representative District of
the City, as herein designated, by the electors of the
district, each to hold office for a period of four years;
provided, that the Representatives from the odd num-
bered districts elected at the first election held here-
under shall hold office for a term of two years, and
thereafter for a term of four years. Each Representa-
tive, except the President of the Board of Representa-
tives, shall receive a salary of Six Hundred Dollars per
year, payable monthly, and the President of the Board
of Representatives shall receive a salary of Nine Hun-
dred Dollars per year, payable monthly.
Th reprsenta- SEC. 12. The City of Tampa shall be divided into
tie districts twelve districts to be known and designated as the
First, Second,, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Represen-
tative Districts, respectively; that the following shall
constitute the boundaries of the several Representative
Districts, to-wit:
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 1.
Beginning at the intersection of Nebraska and

Frances Avenues and from thence running West
Frances Avenue to the center of the intersection
Frances and Central Avenues; thence running So
to the intersection of Ross and Central Avenu
thence running West to the intersection of Ross a
Florida Avenues; from thence running South on FI
ida Avenue to the intersection of Polk Street
Florida Avenue, thence -westerly along the A. C.
Railway to the center of the Channel of the Hills
ough River; thence southeasterly following the C
nel of the Hillsborough River and the Main S
Channel, to the intersection of the Main Ship Chan
and Sparkman Chahhel; thence in a northerly dire
tion following the Sparkman Channel and theY
Estuary Channel to a point on Section Line runni
between Sections 18 and 19, Twp. 29 S., R. 19 Et
thence West on said Section Line on Elliott Street a
on Twiggs Street to intersection of Twiggs and N
braska Avenue, thence North on Nebraska Avenue
point of beginning.
This includes all of Voting Precincts Nos. 1, 2, 9
and 10.
'REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 2.
Beginning at a point in the centre of the Channl
of the Hillsborough River at the A. C. L. Railroad
Bridge, thence running in a Westerly and Southerl
direction following the railroad to a point where Gray
Street if projected east would cross the A. C. L. Rai4
road; thence West to the intersection of Gray StreA
and Willow Avenue, thence South to the City Limit
thence East on the City Limit line to the Northea*
corner of Section 36, Twp. 29 S., R. 18 E. ThenO
running South oA Section Line to the Southwest coi
ner of Section 36, Twp. 29 S., R. 18 E. Thence Ea*
to the S. E.'corner of Section 36, Twp. 29 S., R. 18
Thence Northeasterly along City limits to the cent
of the Main Ship Channel; thence northwesterly alone
the centre of Main Ship Channel and along the Channd!
of the Hillsbozough River to the point of beginning.
This includes all of Voting Precincts Nos. 3 and 4|
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 3.
Beginning at the intersection of Willow Avenue
and Gray Street and thence running West to the interim
section of Gray and Armenia Avenue; thence Norto
along Armenia Avenue to the intersection of Cypres
Street; thence West on Cypress to the intersection of
Lincoln Avenue, thence South on Lincoln Avenue toe
the intersection of Grand Central Avenue, thence East

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on 'Grand,,Cemtral to the intersection of Howard Ave-
nue, thenceide South to the. Section Line running be-
tween'Sections 26 and 35,.Twp. 29, S., R. 18 E;, thence
East along said Section Line to a point where Willow
Avenue would cross same if projected South. Thence
North to point of beginning.
This embraces all of Voting Precincts Nos. 4, 6
and 23.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 4.
Beginning at a point in the centre of the Hillsbor-
ough River where the Half-Section Line running East
and West through Section 11, Twp. 29 S., R. 18 E.
crosses same; thence West to the intersection of Tam-
pa Bay Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue; thence South
on Lincoln Avenue to the intersection of Cypress.
Street; thence East on Cypress Street to the intersec-
tion of Armenia Avenue, thence South on Armenia
Avenue to the intersection of Gray Street, thence East
to the centre of the A, C. L. Right-of-Way, thence
Northeasterly to a point where the said A. C. L. Right-
of-Way intercepts the centre line of North Boulevard.
Thence North on North Boulevard to the centre of the,
Hillsborough River; thence in a Northwesterly direc-
tion along the centre of said River to the point of be-
ginning.
This comprises all of Voting Precinct No. 26.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 5.
Beginning at the intersection of Central Avenue
and Michigan Avenue, thence running Westerly on
Michigan Avenue to the centre of the Hillsborough
River; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the
centre of the Hillsborough River to a point where
North Boulevard if extended North would intercept
same; thence South along the centre of North Boule-
vard to a point where the same crosses the A. C L.
Right-of-Way; thence Easterly following the main line
of the A. C. L. Right-of-Way to the intersection of
Florida Avenue; thence Northerly along the centre line
of Florida Avenue to the intersection of Ross Avenue;
.thence East on Ross Avenue to the intersection of Cen-
tral Avenue; then north to point of beginning.
This comprises all of Voting Precincts Nos. 7, 8
and 17.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 6.
Beginning at the intersection of 15th Street and
26th Avenue, thence run West to the Hillsborough
River; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the
said River to Michigan Avenue; thence East on

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Michigan Avenue to the intersection of 15th Stre
thence North on 15th Street to point of beginning.
This embraces all of Votilg Precincts Nos. 16 a
18. :
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT' f
Beginning at the intersection "ro 15th Street ad
Michigan Avenue and from thence W& thing West
the intersection of Central Avenue;' tfence South
Central Avenue to the intersection of Frances Avenuo
thence East on Frances Avenue to the intersection
Nebraska Avenue; thence South on Nebraska Aven
to Twiggs Street; thence Easterly along Twiggs Str
to the Section Line dividing Sections 18 and 19, Twp
29 S., R. 19 E.; thence East on said Section Line to
point in the centre of the Estuary Channel; then
Southerly along the centre of the Ybor Estuary Cha
nel and the Sparkman Channel and Main Ship Chann
to the present City Limits; thence in a Northeaste
direction along said City Limits to a point due Sou
of the centre of 30th Street; thence North to the sai
centre of 30th Street, and North along 30th Street
intersection of 4th Avenue; thence West to the inte
section of 15th Street; thence North along 15th Stre
to point of beginning.
This includes all of Voting Precincts Nos. 12, 1i
and 19.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 8.
Beginning at the intersection of 40th Street and 4
Buffalo Avenue and thence running West on Buffal4
Avenue to the intersection of 15th Street; thence Sout4i
on 15th Street to intersection of 26th Avenue; thence
East on 26th Avenue to intersection of 30th Street
thence South to the City Limits; thence in a North.
easterly direction along said line of the City Limits td
40th Street if projected South, thence due North to the i
point of beginning.
This includes all of Voting Precincts Nos. 20 and
24.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. No. 9.
Beginning at the intersection .of 30th Street and
26th Avenue; thence running West on 26th Avenue
to the intersection of 15th Street, then South on 15thi
Street to intersection of 4th Avenue; thence East on
4th Avenue to intersection of 30th Street; thence
North on 30th Street to point of beginning.
This includes Voting Precincts Nos. 11, 13 and 14.i
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 10.
Beginning at the intersection of Osborne Avenue-

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and 15th Street; thence running West on Osborne
Avenue to the East bank of the iillsborough River;
thence in a Southwesterly direction along said Hills-
borough River bank to the intersection of 26th Avenue,
thence East along the said 26th Avenue to the inter-
section of 15th Street; thence North along 15th Street
to point of beginning.
This includes all of Voting Precinct No. 21.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 11.
Beginning at the intersection of 15th Street and
Hanna Avenue, thence running West on Hanna
Avenue to the East Bank of illsborough River;
thence Southerly along said bank of Hillsborough
River to the intersection of Osborne Avenue; thence
East on Osborne Avenue to 15th Street; thence North
on 15th Street to point of beginning.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT No. 12.
Beginning at a point on the South bank of Hills-
borough River where the centre of 15th Street if pro-
jected crosses the same, and from thence running in a
Westerly and Southerly direction along the said bank
of Hillsborough River to the centre of Hanna Avenue;
thence East on Hanna Avenue to the intersection of
15th Street; thence North on 15th Street and a pro-
jection thereof to point of beginning.
This embraces all of Voting Precinct No. 25.
That the Representative Districts as laid out and
delineated above shall constitute the Representative
Districts of the City; and the Board of Representatives
Bondri of may by a two-thirds vote of said Board have the power
Districts by ordinance to alter or change the boundaries of the
Representative Districts as some may become neces-
sary in order to give representation to new territory,
or to maintain relative equality in representation.
SEC. 13. All the powers of the city, except as herein
the .ard' 'n otherwise provided, are vested in the Board of Repre-
Repreentatives sentatives; and except as otherwise prescribed by this
Revised Charter and the laws of this State the Board
of Representatives shall have the power to determine
by ordinance, unless otherwise provided herein, by
whom or in what manner the powers granted by this
Revised Charter shall be exercised; Provided that the
provisions of this Revised Charter shall not be con-
strued to change or alter the management, control or
supervision of property acquired by the City of Tampa
for a city park or for park purposes under the pro-
visions of Chapter 5546, Laws of Florida 1905, as
amended by Chapter 5860, Laws of Florida 1907,' ex-

cept that said property with the buildings there
shall pass under the jurisdiction, dominion and contr
of the Board of Representatives herein created, anf
subject to the limitations prescribed by said Acts.
SEC. 14. The Board of Representatives shall imm
diately after its organization proceed to elect one of th
representatives as President, who shall preside over
meetings of the Board of Representatives, and th
shall also elect from the representatives a president pr
tem who shall act as President of the Board of Re
resentatives during the absence or disqualification
the President. During the absence or disqualificati
of the Mayor the President of the Board shall di
charge the duties of the Mayor and while so acting
shall not have the right to act as a member of, or t
preside over meetings of the Board of Representativel
In case the Mayor shall be absent from the city (unr
less upon official business of the city) or labor under
disability, for more than ten successive days, th
acting Mayor shall receive the Mayor's salary during
such time as he may act, but in case the office of Mayo
becomes vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, th
President of the Board of Representatives shall dis
charge the duties of the Mayor until a successor fo
the unepired term is elected as herein provided.
SEC. 15. If any vacancy occurs in the membership
of the. Board of Representatives, and such vacancy
shall occur more than six months prior to the date fixe
for the holding of the next general municipal election
the Mayor shall within five (5) days thereafter call
special election within the district wherein sai
vacancy occurs to elect a representative to. fill thi
office for the unexpired term.
SEC. 16. Save and except the permanent officer
boards and departments herein specifically mention
and provided for, the Board of Representatives sha
have the power by ordinance to establish, create, con*
bine or abolish offices, boards or departments whel
in its opinion the proper administration of the business
of the city so requires, and to fix the powers, term oi
office, compensation, and qualifications of such ofr
ficers, boards and departments so created, or the mem
bers thereof and to prescribe the duties thereof an
such rules and regulations for the performance an4
discharge of such duties as may be deemed necessarily
expedient or proper.
SEc. 17. Each member of the Board of Representi
atives for at least two years immediately prior to his
election, shall have been and during his term of office

The President of
the Board of
Repreentative

Vacancy in the
Board of Rep-
resentativs

Power in Board
of Repreenta-
tives to create
offices, etc.

Qualifications of
members of the
Board of Repre-
sentatives

shall continue to be a resident of .the City of Tampa;
and shall have all qualifications of an elector therein
and for 4t least three months immediately prior to his
election shall have been and during his term of office
shall continue to be a resident of the district from
which he is elected. No representative shall hold any
other public office or employment except that of a
notary public or a member of the State Militia during
his incumbency as a member of the Board of Repre-
sentatives. /
The Boardof Rep- SEC. 18. The Board of Representatives shall be the
resentatives judge of the election and qualifications of its own
actions of it members, subject to review by the courts. Any member
members of the Board of Representatives who shall have been
convicted of a felony or infamous crime while in office
shall thereby forfeit his office.
SEC. 19. The Board of Representatives or any
investigation special committee appointed by it for that purpose
may without notice investigate the affairs of any de-
partment or the conduct of any officer or employee,
and said Board or Committee shall have the same
power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books and papers and other evidence,
and to summon witnesses as is conferred upon the
Municipal Judge, and the power to punish for contempt
conferred upon the latter.
SEC, 20. On the first Tuesday after the first elec-
Time of taking tion, under this Revised Charter, and thereafter after
office by Board
of Representatives each regular municipal election, the Board of Repre-
sentatives shall meet at the usual place for holding
meetings, in the City Hall, at which time the newly
elected representatives shall assume the duties of their
offices. The meetings of the Board of Representatives
A meetings and .all sessions of the committees of the said Board
be public shall be public, and said Board shall act only by ordi-
nance or resolution, and said Board is hereby author-
ized to make such by-laws and regulations, and adopt
Power to adopt such rules of procedure for their own guidance and
rules of procedure government as they may deem expedient, and to en-
force the same by fine or penalty, and to compel the
attendance of its members. It shall have the same
power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books and papers and other evidence, and
to summon witnesses as is' conferred on the Municipal
Power to punish Judge, and the power to punish for contempt conferred
for contempt upon the latter.
he Mu SEC. 21. There shall be elected by the qualified elec-
J~ un~"gie a tors of the City of Tampa a Municipal Judge, who shall
hold office for a term of four (4) years, and such

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Judge shall be paid as compensation for his services t
sum of $3600.00 per year payable in monthly ins
ments of $300.00 each and shall be a practicing a
torney residing in said City. It shall be the duty
said Judge to hold daily terms of court in such pla
as may be provided by the Board of Representativ
for the trial of all persons charged with the violati
of any of the ordinances of the City, which trial sh
be without jury, and upon conviction of such person
persons to impose upon him or them such penalty a&
may be provided by such ordinance, and a sworn or
verified complaint shall not be necessary to give th~
Municipal Judge jurisdiction of offenses triable i
that court, but the accused may be tried upon tlh
offense as docketed provided such docket eitry is suf-
ficient to put the accused upon notice of the offense
with which he is charged. He shall have the power til
summons witnesses, issue warrants for arrest upod
affidavit duly filed, to administer oaths, issue search
warrants upon affidavit or other evidence as required
by existing statutes, and to do all other acts necessary
for the performance of his duty. He shall also have
power to punish for contempt of court by a fine not
exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or imprisa
onment not exceeding thirty days, or both. The costs
of prosecution in such court shall be the same as a)-
lowed in Criminal Courts of Record. In case of the
absence, sickness or disqualification of the Municipal
Judge, the Mayor shall appoint some practicing attori
ney residing in the City of Tampa to hold daily term
of court, who shall have all the powers and perforrl
all the duties of said Municipal Judge during his sick
ness, absence or disqualification.
SEC. 22. There shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the City of Tampa a City Clerk, who shall
hold office for four years. He shall be the Clerk of the
Board of Representatives, and shall also act as Ex-Offi|
cio Clerk of the Municipal Court. The Clerk shall giv4
such bond as the Board of Representatives may fix, and
shall perform all the duties now or hereafter imposed
upon him by law or ordinance not inconsistent with|
the provisions of this Revised Charter. The City Clerk
shall be paid as compensation for his services the sun"
of $3,600.00 per year, payable in monthly installments
of $300.00 each.
SSEC. 23. There shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the City of Tampa a Tax Assessor of the
City. of Tampa, whose duty shall be to assess the taxes
of the City of Tampa under.the provisions of the char-l

,The City Clerk

he Tax
uso'r

ter of the City of Tampa, and the ordinances of said
City not inconsistent with said charter. He shall hold
office for a term of four years or until his successor is
elected and qualified. The Tax Apsessor shall be paid
as compensation for his services the sum of $3,900.00
per year, payable in monthly installments of $325.00
each.
Bonds SEC. 24. All officers and employees of the City
required save as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall give
bond with a surety company authorized to transact
business in the State of Florida, as surety, in such
amount and upon such conditions as may now or may
hereafter be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of
the Board of Representatives.
The Deprt- .SEC. 25. The affairs of the City of Tampa shall be
ments distributed among the following departments:
(a) Legal Department.
(b) Department of Revenue, Finance and Audits.
(C) Police Department.
(d) Fire Department.
(e) Department of Health.
(f) Department of Sanitation.
(g) Water Department.
(h) Engineering Department.
(i) Department of Public Works(
Fnds to be SEC. 26. The Board of Representatives shall.by
apportioned ordinance set apart to the use of the several depart-.
ments of the City government herein created such
funds out of existing appropriations of the general
funds of the City as in its opinion shall properly ap-
pertain to the affairs and operation of said depart-
ments.
SEC. 27. The affairs cognizable by each depart-
ment shall be as follows:
ne leg (a) Legal Department. This department shall
department shall have cognizance of all matters appertaining to the
office of City Attorney. The City Attorney \shall be
the head of this department.
The department (b) Department of Revenue, Finance and Audits.
of revenue, etc This department shall have cognizance of all financial
matters of the city, including the offices of City Treas-
urer, Tax Assessor and Tax Collectbr. The Comptroller
shall be the head of this department.
The police (c) Police Department. This department shall
department have cognizance of all matters relating to the Police
Department. The Chief of Police shall be the head of
said department.

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(d) Fire Department. This department a
have cognizance of all matters relating to the Fire
apartment. The Chief of the Fire Department shall
the head of this department..
(e) Department of Health. This departme
shall have cognizance of all matters appertaining
the health of the City. The City Health Officer s
be the head of this department.
(f) Department of Sanitation. This department
shall have cognizance of all matters relating to sanity
tion, including the gathering and disposing of garba
and trash. The Chief of Sanitation shall be the hea
of this department.
(g) Water Department. This department shall
have cognizance of all matters relating to the munici
pal water works. The Superintendent of the Watet
Department shall be the head of this department.
(h) Engineering Department. This department
shall have cognizance of all matters relating to the cor',
struction, maintenance or repair of streets and alley#
of the City (except where the .same may constitute 4
part of any dock, wharf slip, quay or bridge), of al
work done on, in or under said streets, and of all sew-
ers, pipes, conduits, tunnels and other installations
placed under the streets, and all tracks, poles and othe*
installations placed on or above the same. The Citi
Engineer shall be the head of this department.
(i) Depaminent of Public Works. This depart
ment shall have cognizance of all buildings and struck
tures belonging to or used by the City, all wharves
docks, slips, bridges, quays and other waterfront prop
erty belonging to or under the control of the City, al
public service corporations, all public parks and othe4
matters not assigned to any one of the other depart
ments or boards by this charter revision or by ordi-
nance. The Superintendent of Public Works shall be
the head of this department.
SEC. 28. The Plumbing Department and the Elec-
trical Department, or sub-department, are hereby abol4
ished and same shall hereafter constitute and become
each a bureau of the Department of Public Works. The
inspector or head of each bureau shall be appointed by
the Mayor and hold office at his pleasure.
SiC. 29. The administration and enforcement of
the Building Code of tle City of Tampa as the same,
now exists or may hereafter be ch~agd.. byiordinancel
shall be under thp Departmeit .f:P*blicoWorksk .and
same shall be-administered ~y iabureau of said'deiar
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0

The fire
department

The department
of health

The department
of sanitation

The water
department

The engineering
department

The department
tf public works

'lumbing and
trical depart-

Ode

e buldhin

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mission

ment known as the Building Bureau. The Building In-
spector shall be the head of said bureau and-he shall be
appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the
Mayor.
SEC. 30. The Tax Commission of the City of Tam-
pa is hereby abolished.

Tax com
abolished
The Pur
Department
abolished

chasing SEC. 31. The Purchasing Department of the,,City
ent of Tampa is hereby abolished. All purchases of sup-
plies and property used by the several departments of
the City and contracts for printing shall be made as
follows: Requisition for said supplies and property
and printing shall be made by the several departments
upon the Mayor, and all contracts for said supplies and
printing shall then be let and made by the Mayor, pro-
vided however that all contracts or agreements made
for the purchase of supplies and property or printing
requiring the expenditure of money in excess of
$300.00 shall be first approved by the Board of Repre-
sentatives, but in any case if an amount in excess of
$300.00 be involved opportunity for competitive bid-
ding shall be given after due advertisement thereof as
may be prescribed by the Board of Representatives,
provided that in the purchase of supplies and property
used by the several departments of the City, and con-
tracts for printing, same shall be let to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder therefore, and all other things being
equal, preference shall be given local dealers; and pro-
vided further that the Board of Representatives may
hereafter by ordinance create a Purchasing Depart-
ment with an executive head thereof to be appointed
by the Mayor, by and with the consent of a majority
of the, Board of Representatives, which department
shall in accordance with the terms and provisions of
said ordinance purchase all supplies and property used
by the several departments of the City and let con-
tracts therefore, as well as to let all contracts for .print-
ing.
ptroHer SEC. 32. The Comptroller shall issue all warrants
for payments of money by the City, except as other-
wise herein provided. He shall keep an accurate ac-
count of all taxes and assessments; of all moneys due
to and of receipts and disbursements by the municipal-
ity; of its assets and liabilities and of all appropria-
tions made by the Board of Representatives. He shall
keep available at all times for inspection of the Mayor,
Board of Representatives, and heads of departments
inventories 1of 4,! property of the city, real and per-
sona,,',whi'h.lh61 6be', ised monthly. At the end of
h'fiscar year, arid d'teiierH required by the Mayor

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The Com

or the Board of Representatives, he shall audit all a
counts in which the municipality is interested. He
prescribe the form of reports to be rendered to
department'and he may require daily reports to
niade to him by other departments, if he deems
necessary. In addition to such duties the Comptroll
sffll perform such other duties as are now or m
hereafter be required of him by ordinance of the City
(a) The books, records and reports of the Com Annu. audits
troller, and of all officers and employees who recei required
and disburse public funds, and the books, records a
reports of such other officers, employees and depa
ments as the Mayor. may direct, shall be examined an
audited by a certified public accountant, appointed
the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Repr
sentatives, at least once a year and oftener if t
Mayor or Board of Representatives so desire, and t
report of such examination and audit shall be pu
lished in a newspaper of general circulation publish
in the City of Tampa under the direction of the May
and the Board of Representatives. Failure of t
Mayor or the Board of Representatives to cause t
audit to be made as herein provided shall be ground
for recall of said officers.
SEC. 33. City Tax Collector. The City Tax Co' The city Ta
lector shall collect all taxes and assessments due thi Collector
Cit,' save as herein otherwise provided, and shall ad
conmt for same in such manner and make such report
as may from time to time be prescribed by this Revise
Charter or by ordinance not inconsistent therewith.
SEC. 34. City Treasurer. The City Treasurer sha The city
receive all taxes and other revenues and moneys which reasurer
it is his duty to collect from persons owing the same
the city or which it is the duty of other officers of the.
City to collect ard turn. over to him. He shall keel
books of account showing all receipts and disbursed
ments of. his office. All funds of the City collected by
him shall be deposited in such bank or banks as tht
Mayor and Board of Representatives may direct, t j
the credit of the City of Tanopa. He shall render such
accounts and make such reports as may be required of
him by ordinance of the City. He shall be the custo;
dian of bonds, notes, choses in action and other lik4
assets of the City.
SEC. 35. The City Attorney shall be a practicing city
attorney residing in the City of Tampa, and an electo attorney
therein. It shall be his duty to take the managements
charge and control of all the legal business of the City
and to be, in regard to all municipal affairs the legal

adviser of the Mayor, the Board of Representatives
and Committees thereof, and of a4 the several depart-
ments, officers and boards of the City Government,
and when required he shall furnish written or verbal
opinions to them upon any subject in which the City is
interested. He shall collect all delinquent taxes upon
realty. He shall draft all bonds, deeds, obligations,
contracts, leases, covenants,. agreements and either
legal instruments of whatever nature, which may be
required of him by ordinance or order of the Mayor or
Board of Representatives or which by law, usage, or
agreement, the City is to be at the expense of drawing.
It shall be his duty to commence and prosecute all ac-
tions and suits to be brought by the Citybefore any
tribunal in this State, and also to appear, advocate and
defend the rights and interests of the City, or any offi-
cer of the City, in any suit or prosecution for any act
in the discharge of his official duties wherein any es-
tate, right, privilege, ordinance or act of the City Gov-
ernment may be brought into question, and he shall
perform all other duties that may be imposed upon
him by charter or ordinance.
The Aistant (a) The Assistant City Attorney. There shall be
City Attorney an Assistant City Attorney, to be appointed by the
Mayor upon the nomination of the City Attorney, who
shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor. He shall
be a practicing attorney residing in the City of Tampa
and an elector therein. It shall be his duty to collect
delinquent personal taxes due the City; to attend the
sessions of the Municipal Court of the City of Tampa,
when requested by the City Attorney, Mayor or the
Judge of said Court, and to represent the City of
Tampa in proceedings and prosecutions pending before
said Court; he shall represent the City of Tampa in all
matters relating to appeals and writs of error from
judgments of the Municipal Court of said City; he
shall make reports when requested by the Mayor or
City Attorney of the cases disposed of by him in the
Municipal Court. He shall pay into the treasury of
the City of Tampa all moneys collected by him each
day from any source whatever during the preceding
day on behalf of the City of Tampa, and shall make
report thereof to the Comptroller each day. He shall
assist the City Attorney in the compilation and revi-
sion of the City Code, and perform such other duties
as he may be directed to perform by the Mayor or the
City Attorney, or ordinance of their City.
The Chief o SEC. 36. The Chief of Police. The Chief of Police
Police shall have the general charge of the Police force, under

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the control and supervision of the Mayor, and he sh
have charge and control of all property of the City
Tampa in any way connected with the Police De
ment, and shall be responsible to the City of Tam
for the safekeeping and preservation of the same.
shall be his duty to preserve the peace and to epfo
all ordinances of the City. He shall from time to ti
by and with the advice and consent of the Mayor, p
scribe rulesand regulations for the orderly and ef
cient conduct of his department, and he shall perfo
such other duties as are now or which may hereaf
be prescribed by ordinance of the City, not inconsiste
with the provisions hereof.
SEC. 87. The Chief of the Fire Department. Tl
Chief of the Fire Department shall have the gene
charge of the fire force of the City, under the control
and supervision of the Mayor; he shall have char
and control of all property of the City of Tampa in a
way connected with the Fire Department and he
be responsible to the City of Tampa for the safekee
ing and preservation of the same. He shall from tin
to time formulate and submit to the Mayor for alI
proval such rules and regulations as shall in his opinion;
be necessary for the orderly and efficient government
of his department. He shall perform such other duties
as are now or may hereafter be required of him by
ordinance of the City, not inconsistent with the provi-l
sions hereof.
SEc. 38. The City Health Officer. The City Healt*i
Officer shall be a physician authorized to engage in tht
practice of medicine under the laws of the State ot
Florida. He shall be a resident of the City of Tampi
and a qualified elector thereof. He shall have generaI
charge, under the control and supervision of thi
Mayor, of the health force of the city and of the ad..
ministration of the Health Code of the City as now i*
force as as the same may be hereafter amended. Hq
shall be required to devote his entire time and attention*
to the service of the City. He shall perform such othet
duties as are now or may hereafter be required of him:
by ordinance of the City not inconsistent with the proq
visions hereof.
SEC. 39. The Chief of Sanitation. The Chief o
Sanitation shall have the general charge of the sanim
tary force of the City, under the control and super
vision of the Mayor. It shall be his duty to attend t4
the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, rubbish
and street cleaning, to see that the streets, alleys an
other public ways of the City are kept clean of filth

SThe Chief of the
Fire Deparentt

The City
Health Officer

he Chief of
sanitation

and rubbish, garbage and other unsanitary matter; to
have complete charge -and control of and :over all in-
cinerators, plants and other facilities used for the pur-
pose:-of destroying and disposing, of garbage; refuse,
rubbish and other unsanitary matter; to. see: that all
ordinances now in existence or which may be hereafter
passed, not inconsistent herewith, in reference to the
sanitation of the-'City shall be faithfully carried out,
and shall perform 'such other duties as are now or may
hereafter be required of him by ordinance of the City,
not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
The Super- SEC. 40. The Superintendent 9f the Water Depart-
intendent of the ment. The Superintendent of the Water Department
Water Department shall have the general charge and supervision of the
City Water Works, under the control and supervision
of the Mayor;-he shall-have general charge and control
of all property of the City of Tampa in any way con-
nected with the Water Department and he shall be re-
sponsible to the City of Tampa for the safekeeping and
preservation of the same, and he shall perform such
other duties as are now or may hereafter be required
of him by ordinances of the City, not inconsistentwith
the provisions hereof.
The City SEC. 41. The City Engiiieer. The City Engineer
Engineer shall be a licensed civil engineer. He shall have gen-
bral charge and supervision of the engineering force of
the City, under the control and supervision of the
Mayor; he shall have charge and control of all property
of the City of Tampa in any way connected with the
Engineering Department and he shall be responsible
to the City of Tampa for the safe keeping and preser-
vation of the same.- He shall have charge of all work
done on, in or under any of the streets and alleys-of
the City, whether in the nature of construction, main-
tenance or repairs. He shall perform such other duties
as are now or may hereafter be required of him by
ordinance of the City, not inconsistent with the pro-
visions hereof.
The Super- SEC. '42. The Superintendent of Public Works.
intendent of The Superintendent of Public Works shall have charge
Public Works and supervision of the Department of Public Works
of the City, under the control and supervision of the
Mayor; he shall have charge and control of all prop-
erty of the City of Tampa in any way connected with
the Department of Public Works and he shall be re-
sponsible to the City of Tampa for the safe keeping
and preservation of the same. He shall from time t6
time formulate and submit to the Mayor for approval
such rules and regulations as shall in his opinion be

necessary for the orderly and efficient government
his department. He shall perform such other duti
as are now or may hereafter be required of him
ordinance of the City, not inconsistent with the p
visions hereof..
SEC. 43. The Mayor, Comptroller and City T
Collector shall be the Trustees of the Pension Fund f<
the members of the Fire Department and of the Poli
Department of the City of Tampa apd shall constitu
the board for the administration of said funds as p
vided by Chapter 7717 and by Chapter 11761 Laws
Florida, and they are hereby designated as Trust
for any other pension fund which may hereafter
created for the benefit of any other department of t
City.
SEC. 44. The Mayor, the Comptroller and the Citg,
Attorney are hereby created trustees of all sinking
funds; and all bonds forming part of any sinking Pur
shall be deposited by them in a safety deposit vault
the City, to which access can be had only by at lea
two of said trustees, one of which shall be the Com
troller; and said trustees are hereby authorized an
empowered to invest all such funds in United State
State or County bonds, or in bonds of the City
Tampa, including revenue bonds; and bonds of t*
City of Tampa shall be purchased in preference
other bonds so long as they yield not less than 41/2 p
cent. per annum. And it is hereby made the duty
said trustees, in December and June of each year,
count said bonds in the presence of the President
the Board of Representatives and the President a
Cashier of one of the banks of the City of Tampa.
SEC. 45. There shall be a Library Board of fiv
Directors, as provided for in Chapter 6199, Laws'o
Florida, approved June 5, 1911, who shall have th
management, control and supervision of the Municipal
or Carnegie Library, said Library Board of five Direc
tors shall be elected by the Board of Representatives
and nothing herein contained shall in any way affectl
or interfere with the management, control and supew.;
vision of said Municipal or Carnegie Library save aj
herein expressly provided. The present members
said Library Board shall hold office until their su i
cessors are appointed and qualified.
SEC. 46. There shall be a Hospital Board to
composed of five members to be known as Director
who shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with th
consent of the Board of Representatives, and who sha
hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor. The prese

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Trustees of
pension funds

Trustees of
sinking funds

The 'Library
Board

The Hospital
Board

Directors of said board are to be such until their suc-
cessors are appointed and qualified. Said board shall
have jurisdiction, subject to the approval and supervi-
sion of the Mayor, over the operation (save as to fiscal
management) of all hospitals of the City and all prop-
erty used in connection therewith. There shall be ap-
pointed by the Mayor, upon recommendation of the
Hospital Board, a Superintendent for each of the City
Hospitals, whose duty it shall be to have the general
charge and supervision thereof, subject to the direc-
tion of the Hospital Board, in all matters other than
Fiscal ones relating to said hospital. The duties of said
Superintendent and of all officers of the City and of
the Hospital Board in connection with the fiscal man-
agement of said hospitals shall be prescribed by or-
dinance, except that he shall make a daily report and
remit to the City Treasurer all moneys that he shall
receive, collect or recover or which shall come into his
hands from any source in connection with his opera-
tion of the said hospital, and he shall further submit
to the Mayor, the Board of Representatives, the Hos-
pital Board and to the Comptroller, monthly itemized
and detailed reports and statements of all of his do-
ings and activities in connection with the administra-
tion of his office. The salary of said Superintendent
shall be fixed by the, Mayor, and he shall hold office at
the pleasure of the Mayor. All hospitals of the City
shall be organized and operated upon what is known
as a staff basis, according to such minimum standards
of some recognized medical, surgical or hospital asso-
ciation as may be prescribed by ordinance. Said Hos-
pital Board shall from time to time as requested by the
Mayor, make report to him of its operation of said
hospital for his approval.
The cil service SEc. 47. The Board of Representatives shall ap-
Bad point three electors of the City as a Civil Service
Board, to be appointed to serve for six years and until
their successors have been appointed and qualified.
The present members of the Civil Service Board shall
continue to discharge the duties of their office until
the appointment and qualification of their successor
or successors. The members of said board shall not
hold any further offices. Any vacancy shall be filled
by the Board of Representatives for the unexpired
term. Immediately after its organization the board
shall elect a Chairman and shall employ a Chief Ex-
aminer, who shall also act as Secretary, and said board
may employ such other subordinates as may by ap-
propriation be provided for. The Board of Represen.

tatives shall fix the compensation of the members
the Civil Service Board and of the Chief Examiner
the employees of said board.
SEC. 48. All employees of the City of Tampa oth Dutie of Civil
than the heads of departments, and heads of bureau Service Boad
shall be as nearly as practicable selected by come
tive examination to be held by and under the direct
of the Civil Service Board herein provided for, and t
said Civil Service Board shall cause to be prepa
uniform rules and tests for the several departme
of the City and shall cause examinations to be h
from time to time as necessity therefore shall ap
to them. In the selection of employees said Ci.
Service Board shall give preference among qualifi
applicants to residents of the City of Tampa. No e
ployees of the City of Tampa selected upon competiti
examination as aforesaid shall be discharged from
employment except upon charges preferred again
him by the Mayor and filed with said board, and th
only upon a majority vote of the board. Provide
however, that employees of the City of Tampa qu
fied merely as workmen or laborers may be employ
and discharged by the Mayor or the several heads
departments. The expense of the Civil Service Boa
shall be annually made into a budget estimate to
presented to the Board of Representatives for its ai
proval by the Mayor. The board shall from time
time as requested by the Board of Representativ
make its report to said board of the conduct of its at
fairs for its approval.
SEC. 49. There shall be a Park Board to be coni The Park
posed of five (5) members, to be appointed by thi BOad
Mayor, by and with the approval of the Board of Rel
resentatives of the City of Tampa, to hold office at the
pleasure of the Mayor. The present members of saia
board are to remain in office until their successors are
appointed and qualified. Said board shall have charge
of the adoption and carrying into effect of plans fotI
the beautification, improvement, care and developI
ment of parkways lying between the sidewalk area and
the street curbing on the several streets of the City of
Tampa, and for like purposes shall have charge of suck
parks and cemeteries owned and controlled by the City
of Tampa as may be designated by the Board of Rep.
resentatives. All plans, contracts and work of said
Park Board shall be executed by a Park Superintendent
to be appointed by the Mayor on the recommendatioO
of the Park Board. The salary of the Park Superin+
tendent shall be fixed by the Mayor. The Park Board

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in the conduct of its work shall be furnished by the
Mayor with a reasonable number of laborers and such
implements, plants, trees and other necessary supplies
as may be proper in the conduct of said work. The
expense of the foregoing shall be annually made into a
budget estimate to be presented to the Board of Rep-
resentatives for its approval by the Mayor. A)l acts
and orders of said Park Board shall be subject to the
approval of the Mayor and said board shall from time
to time as requested by the Mayor make its report to
the Mayor of the conduct of said board for its ap-
proval.
The Board of SEC. 50. There shall be a Board of Public Recrea-
Public tion established in accordance with the provisions of
creation Chapter 10100, Laws of Florida, 1925, which said
board shall consist of five members to be appointed
by the Mayor as provided in Section 4 of said Act.
Said Board of Public Recreation shall establish and
conduct a supervised recreation system and in so'doing
may employ the necessary officers and acquire the
necessary equipment in accordance with a budget as
to salaries and all other expenditures which shall be
submitted to and approved by the Mayor and the
Board of Representatives, provided the board shall
submit annually and at such other times as may be re-
quired by the Mayor a report of its administration.
All moneys appropriated to the use of said board shall
be deposited with the City Treasurer and be with-
drawn upon warrant or voucher as other funds are
paid out by the City. The Board of Representatives
shall from year to year levy a tax of not less than
one-half mill and not exceeding one mill for public
recreation. The present members of the Board of
Public Recreation shall constitute said board until
their successors shall have been appointed and quali-
fied.
SEC. 51. A Board of Tax Equalization, of five
Tax Equalization members," is hereby created, to be composed of the
Mayor, the President of the Board of Representatives,
the City Comptroller, the City Tax Collector and the
City Attorney. It shall be the duty of said board after
completion of the assessment roll to meet with the
Tax Assessor on or before the first Monday in June
of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, at
the office of said board, for the purpose of reviewing
said assessment roll, of hearing complaints and
equalizing assessments and said board shall continue
such review for ten days or as ,long as may be neces-
sary for that purpose, and due notice of said meeting

shall be given by the Board of Tax Equalization by pu
location in a newspaper published in the City of Tam
at least two weeks before said board shall meet in s
sion for the purpose of hearing complaints and recei
ing testimony as to the value of any property as fix
and assessed by the assessing officer, and for the pu
pose of equalizing assessments and hearing all person
who may consider themselves aggrieved, and sa
Board of Tax Equalization in equalizing said asses
ment may increase or reduce the value of any proper
as fixed by the assessing officer and may raise
lower the entire assessment, ,and upon complaint
any person considering himself aggrieved may hea
testimony and raise or lower the value fixed by tl
Tax Assessor on his personal property or any partic*
lar piece of real estate; provided, however, that shouk
the board increase any value fixed by the Assessor, due
notice thereof shall be given to the owner or agent
the property by the United States mail or by public
tion in a newspaper published in said City for at least
ten days before the board will be in session, to heai
any reason why the valuation fixed by the board shall
be changed, and meeting of the board for said purpose
shall be held accordingly.
SEC. 52. There is hereby created a Board of Ap- ;Te Board of
praisers, to be composed of seven members to be apIAppraiers
pointed by the Mayor by and with the approval of the
Board of Representatives, to hold office at the pleasure;
of the Mayor. It shall be the duty of said board to fur-
nish whenever required, to the Mayor, the Board ofI
Representatives, or to any other board, department*
officer or head of department, a fair and equitable apK
praisement of the value of any property in the City of
Tampa, whether owned by the City or by any other!
person, and of the value of any building, structure or
other improvement erected or maintained thereon, and
all reports, appraisements and other records of sai
board shall be. preserved as a part of the records of
the City in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be
open to the same inspection by the public as other pub+
lic records. The members of said board shall serve
without compensation. The Mayor, by and with thq
consent of the Board of Representatives, shall have thq
power to appoint a secretary of said Board of Apprais,
ers, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Mayor,
and who shall perform such duties as may be pre
scribed by the Board of Appraisers.
SEC. 53. The-first election under the provisions o tt election
this Revised Charter, if adopted, shall be held forty-i der Revied'
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five days after the date set for the holding of an elec-
tion for its adoption (the day of such election to be
excluded in counting such days and said election to be
held on the forty-fifth day following such date),
provided that if such day shall be a Sunday or a
National or State Holiday that such election shall be
held on the day following. At such first election the
regular registration books of the City as now inl use
shall be used, and the City Clerk shall keep said regis-
tration books open at his office in the City Hall for
registration of voters for said election each secular
day for not less than six hours for teh successive days
after the adoption of this Revised Charter. After said
ten day period said registration books for each voting
precinct shall be placed at some convenient place in
each voting precinct in the City of Tampa, in charge
of a competent registration officer, who shall be ap-
pointed by the City Clerk and who shall keep said
books open from nine o'clock A. M. to twelve o'clock M.
and from two o'clock P. M. to five o'clock P. M. each
secular day for a period of twenty successive days,
and public notice shall be given by the City Clerk of
the various places where said registration books are
kept in said precincts and full opportunity given to the
voters of the City of Tampa to register thereon. Said
registration books shall, following said twenty day
period that same are open in the several precincts, be
kept open for not less than six. hours daily on each
secular day at the office of the City Clerk for the
registration. of voters, for a period of ten successive
days, registration of voters to end five days before the
date of the first election hereunder. Any person
qualified to vote in municipal elections as provided in
this Revised Charter shall be a qualified elector at said
first election. Inspectors and Clerks of said first elec-
tion shall be selected by the present City Commission;
there shall be one Clerk and three Inspectors for each
voting place; they shall be sworn and have full charge
of the polling places and of all ballot boxes. The elec-
tion districts of the City as now existing shall be the
election districts of said first election. The City Com-
mission shall cause to be printed on the ballots to be
used in said first election, the name of any candidate
for an elective office under the provisions of this Re-
vised Charter who has been put in nomination by any
convention, mass meeting or other assembly or any
political party or faction in the City, certified and filed
with said Commission not more than 40 nor less than
15 days prior to the date of said first election. Said

certificate shall contain the name of each person nomi
nated and the office for which he was nominated an1
shall be signed by the presiding officer or secretary o
such mass meeting or other assembly, and be dul1
acknowledged by said officer or secretary before a
officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment
The said City Commission shall also cause to be printed#
upon said ballots the name of any qualified electot
who has been requested to be a candidate for an elec
tive office by a written petition signed by at least
twenty-five qualified electors, when such petition has
been filed with said Commission for not more than 406
nor less than 15 days prior to said first election, and1
any person so nominated shall notify the City Com|
mission in writing not less than 15 days before the|
election that he will accept the nomination specified
by certificate of nomination or request of electorsi
otherwise his name shall not be placed upon the ballot
The City Commission shall on the tenth day beforoI
said first election certify a list of the candidates so0
nominated for office at such election and whose nameti
are entitled to appear upon the ballot, as being the list!
of candidates nominated as required by this Revisedi
Charter, together with the names of the offices to b*'
filled at said election and shall cause the same to be
published, together with notice calling for a first eleco
tion under the provisions of this Revised Charter, foj
three successive days before said election, in a news.
paper published in the City of Tampa, which said
notice shall contain the time when said election will be
held, together with the designation of polling places iqZ
the City. After said first election the City Commis|
sion shall meet as a canvassing board, inspect, the re
turns and declare the result thereof, and in said first
election the City Clerk then incumbent shall perforni
the duties of City Clerk and Supervisor of Registratio4i
as now provided by ordinance of the City of Tampa.|
Except as otherwise provided herein said first election
shall be conducted in the manner as provided by th&
general and special laws of the State of Florida apr
plicable to the City of Tampa, and the ordinances ot
said City passed in pursuance thereof and not in
conflict herewith,
SEC. 54. Those officers elected at the first election
held under this Revised Charter for a term of twd
years shall hold office until the general municipal elec
tion in the year 1929, or until their successors ar
elected and qualified, and those officers elected at saiF
first election for a term of four years shall hold office

until the general municipal election of the year' 1931,
or until their successors are elected and qualified.
General SEC. 55. A general municipal election shall be held
elections every two years on the first Tuesday in November of
the odd numbered years. Any person who shall pos-
sess the qualifications required of an elector in general
State elections and shall have resided in the City three
months next preceding the election and shall have
registered in the municipal registration books as pre-
scribed by-the special and general laws of the State of
Florida applicable to the City of Tampa, and the ordi-
nances of the City of Tampa enacted in pursuance
thereof, shall be a qualified elector of said City at any
election, general or special, held therein, save as other-
wise herein provided; provided, however, that in all
bonding elections the same shall be held under the
same qualifications as to electors as now provided by
the present charter of the City of Tampa; provided,
however, that it shall not be necessary or required of
any person entitled to vote in any City election held in
the City of Tampa, that such person shall have paid
any poll tax.
Bond SEC. 56. No bonds shall hereafter be issued by the
elections City of Tampa for any purpose unless the issuance
thereof has been authorized by the electors of the City
of Tampa qualified to vote at bonding elections at an
election held for that purpose in which more than
twenty-five per centum of qualified electors shall ac-
tually vote in favor of the issuance of bonds. Prior
to such election provision shall be made for the sepa-
rate registration of electors qualified to vote at such
elections, and the percentage voting shall be deter-
mined by reference to such special registration; pro-
viding that nothing contained herein shall effect the
sale of permanent improvement bonds of $119,000.00
heretofore authorized by the City Commission of the
City of Tampa.
Insectors SEC. 57. The Inspectors and Clerks of any election
and clerk shall be selected by the Board of Representatives;
there shall be one Clerk and three Inspectors for each
voting place; they shall be sworn and have full charge
of the polling places and of all ballots and ballot boxes.
Election precincts or districts shall be preserved as
they now exist; provided, however, that the Board of
changes in Representatives may, by ordinance, alter or change
prec"incr of the bounds of existing precincts or increase or reduce
the number of precincts.
Ballot. (a) Said Board of Representatives shall cause to

be printed on the ballots to be used in said City thi
name of any candidate for an elective office under th
provisions of this Revised Charter who has been p
in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass mee
ing, primary election or other assembly, or any p4
litical party or faction in said City, and certified an
filed with them not more than sixty nor less thai
twenty days prior to the date of the election; said cei
tificate shall contain the name of each person nomi-
nated and the office for which he was nominated, and
shall be signed by the presiding officer or secretary o1
such caucus, mass meeting, or other assembly; or by
the canvassing board of the primary election and bi
duly acknowledged by one or more, before an officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments; the said
Board of Representatives shall also cause to be printed
upon said ballots the name of any qualified elector who
has been requested to be a candidate for an elective

office by written petition, signed by at least twenty
five qualified electors, in any election to fill such of-
fice, when such petition has been filed with said boa
for not more than sixty nor less than twenty da
prior to the election. Any person so nominated shat
notify the Board of Representatives in writing, not lea
than twenty days before the election, that he will ao
cept the nomination specified by certificate of nominal
tion or request of electors, otherwise his name shall
not be placed upon the ballot.
(b) The Board of Representatives shall, on the
tenth day before the election, certify a list of the cani
didates so nominated for office at such election, and
whose names are entitled to appear on the ballot, as
being the list of candidates nominated as required by
this Revised Charter, together with the names of the
offices to be filled at said election, and shall cause thNot!e of
same to be published, together with notice calling for
an election under the provisions of this Revised Char;
ter, for three successive days before said election, in al
newspaper published in the City of Tampa, which said
notice shall contain the time when said election will be
held, together with the designation of polling places
in said City.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, all elec-
tions-general, special, or for any other purpose, shall
be conducted in the manner provided by the general
and special laws of the State of Florida applicable to
the City of Tampa, and the ordinances of said City
passed in pursuance thereof.

SEC. 58. The Mayor, City Clerk, Tax Assessort

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Nomination of
officers

Recall of
Elective officers

i

tecail of
electivee officers

Municipal Judge, and any member of the Board of
Representatives may be removed by recall. Any elec-
tor of the City, in case recall is sought of the Mayor,
City Clerk, Tax Assessor or Municipal Judge, or any
elector residing in the district of the Representative
sought to be recalled in case recall of a Representative
is sought, may make and file with the City Clerk an
affidavit containing the name or names of the officer
or officers whose recall is sought and a statement of
the ground of removal or recall. The Clerk shall
theretpon deliver to the elector copies of petition
blanks demanding removal, printed forms. of which he
shall keep on hand. Such blanks shall be issued by the
Clerk with his signature and official seal thereto at-
tached. They shall be dated and addressed to the
Board of Representatives and shall contain the name
of the person to whom issued, the number of blanks so
issued and the office from which such removal is
sought. A copy of the petition shall be eritered in a
record book to be kept in the office of the Clerk. The
Pr m recall petition to be effective must be issued and filed
with the City Clerk within thirty days after the filing
of the affidavit. To be effective, in case the removal
of the Mayor, City Clerk, Tax Assessor or Municipal
Judge is sought, the petition must also bear the signa-
tures of electors of the City to the number of at least
twenty-five per cent. of the electors of the City of
Tampa qualified to vote at the last general municipal
election; and to be effective in case the recall of any
member of the Board of Representatives is sought, the
petition must bear the signatures of electors the
City to the number of at least twenty-five percent. of
the electors of the City of Tampa residing in the dis-
trict of the Representative sought to be recalled quali-
fied to vote at the last general municipal election. To
every signature on the petition shall be added the place
of residence of the signer, his street and number, or
other description sufficient to identify the place of
residence. Such signatures need not be all on one
paper, but the circulator of each paper shall make an
affidavit that each signature appended to the papei
is the genuine signature of the person whose name it
purports to be. All such recall petitions shall be filed
as one instrument with the endorsement thereon of the
names and addresses of the persons designated as fil-
ing same. Any qualified elector of the City who shall
file an aaffidavit seeking the recall of any officer or
who shall sign any petition for the recall of any officer
shall have, and it shall be the duty of the City Clerk

to afford him, access to the registration books of
City for the purpose of making copies thereof and
determining the number of signatures of quali
electors which will be necessary in order to obtain
calling of an election for said recall.
SEC. 59. Within ten days after the filing of
petition the Clerk shall ascertain whether or not
petition is signed by the requisite number of elect
and shall attach thereto his certificate showing the
suit of such inspection, which certificate shall set fo
in detail wherein said petition shall be insufficient,
found insufficient, and a copy of said certificate sh
be furnished to one of the persons filing the .petiti
and in making a check of said petition for the pur
of determining the sufficiency or insufficiency their
the person filing the affidavit for said recall, and
elector who shall sign the petition for recall shall h
the right to be present in person, or represented
counsel, while the Clerk is examining the petition,
it shall be the duty of the Clerk to notify such int
ested person of the time and place when and where
will check such petition. If the certificate of the Cl
shows the petition to be insufficient he shall forth
so notify, in writing, one or more of the persons des
nated on the petition as filing the same, and the pe
tion may be amended at any time within ten days af
the giving of the notice by the filing of a supp
mentary petition upon additional petition pap
which shall be issued, signed and filed as provide
herein for the original petition. The Clerk shall wit
ten days after such amendment, make like examinati
of the amended petition and attach thereto his certi
cate of the result. If then found to be insufficient,
if no amendment is made, he shall file the petition
his office and notify each of the persons designate
thereon as filing it, of the fact; the final finding
insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the fili
of a new petition for the same purpose after the expl
ration of six months.
SEC. 60. If the petition, or amended petition, sh
be certified by the Clerk to be sufficient, he shall su
mit the same, with his certificate, to the Board of Re
resentatives at its next meeting, and shall notify t
officer or officers whose removal is sought of the fa
The Board of Representatives shall thereupon, wit
ten days of the receipt of the Clerk's certificate, ord
an election to be held in the City at large if the r
of the Mayor,' City Clerk, Tax Assessor or Munici
Judge is sought, or in the district of the Represen

tive sought to be recalled if recall of a Representative
is sought, not less than thirty nor more than forty days
thereafter; provided, if any other municipal election
is to occur within sixty days after the receipt of said
certificate the Board of Representatives may, in its
discretion, provide for the holding of the removal elec-
tion at the date of such other municipal election.
SEC. 61. Unless the officer or officers whose re-
moval is sought shall have resigned within ten days
after receipt by the Board of Representatives of the
Clerk's certificate, the form of the ballot in such elec-
tion shall be as nearly as may be "Shall A be recalled?"
"Shall B be recalled?" etc., the name of the officer or
officers whose removal is sought being inserted in the
place of A., B., etc., and it shall be signified by the
words "Yes" or "No". In case a majority of those
voting for or against the recall of any officer shall
vote in favor of recalling such officer, he shall be
thereby removed. In the event of the recall of the offi-
cer or officers as herein provided, or if the officer or
officers sought to be removed shall have resigned
within ten days after, the receipt by the Board of Rep-
resentatives of the Clerk's certificate of sufficiency of
the recall petition as hereinbefore provided, then in
either event the vacancy thereby caused shall be filled
as herein provided.
(a) Should the Board of Representatives fail or
refuse to order an election as herein provided within
the time required, such election shall be called by the
City Clerk.
Initiative SEC. 62. Any proposed ordinance may be sub-
mitted to the Board of Representatives by petition
signed by the electors of the City to the number of at
least 25 per cent. of the electors of the City qualified to
vote at the last general municipal election. The signa-
tures, verifications, authentication, inspection, certifi-
cation, amendment and submission of such petition
shall be the same as provided for under the provisions
relating to the recall of officers as herein provided.
SEc. 63. If the petition accompanying the proposed
ordinance shall be signed by electors of the City to the
number required in the preceding section, and contains
a request that said ordinance be submitted to a vote of
the people, if not passed by the Board of Representa-
tives, such Board of Representatives shall either:
(a) Pass such ordinance without alteration
within twenty days after attachment of the Clerk's
certificate to the accompanying petition, or

(b) Forthwith after the Clerk shall attach to the Pcedu
petition accompanying such ordinance his certificate
of sufficiency, the Board of Representatives shall call
a special election, unless a general municipal election
is fixed within six months thereafter, and at such spe-
cial or general election, if one is so fixed, such ordi-
nance shall be submitted without alteration to the vote
of the electors of the City.
SEC. 64. The ballots used when voting upon said
proposed ordinance shall contain these words: "For
the ordinance (stating the nature of the proposed ordi-
nance)" and "Against the ordinance (stating the na-
ture of the proposed ordinance)," and the elector shall
signify his will by placing a cross mark (X) opposite
his choice. If a majority of the qualified electors vot-
ing on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor
thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid
and binding ordinance of the City; and any ordinance
which has been proposed by petition, or which shall be
adopted by a vote of the people, cannot be repealed or
amended except by a vote of the people. There shall
not be more than one special election in any period of
six months for such purpose.
SEC. 65. The Board of Representatives may sub-
mit a proposition for repeal of any such ordinance or
for amendment thereto, to be voted upon at any suc-
ceeding general City election; and should such propo-
sition so submitted receive a majority of the votes cast
thereon at such election, such ordinance shall thereby
be repealed or amended accordingly. Whenever any
ordinance or proposition is required by this Revised
Charter to be submitted to the voters of the City at
any election, the City Clerk shall cause such ordinance
or proposition to be published once in at least two of
the daily newspapers published in said City, said pub-
lication to be not more than twenty nor less than five
days before the submission of such proposition or ordi-
nance to be voted upon.
SEC. 66. No ordinance passed by the Board of Referendl
Representatives, except when otherwise required by
the general laws of the State or by the provisions of
this Revised Charter, except an ordinance for the im-
mediate preservation of the public peace, health or
safety, which contains a statement of its urgency and
is passed by a three-fourths vote of the Board of Rep-
resentatives, shall go into effect before ten days from
the time of its final passage; and if during said ten
days a petition signed by electors of the City equal in

number to twenty-five per cent. of the electors quali-
fied to vote at the last general municipal election, pro-
testing against the passage of such ordinance, be pre-
sented to the Board of Reepresentatives, the same shall
thereeupon be suspended from going into operation,
and it shall be the duty of the Board of Representa-
tives to reconsider such ordinance, and if the same is
not entirely repealed, the Board of Representatives
shall submit the ordinance, as is provided by the pro-
visions of this Revised Charter, for the initiative of
ordinances, to the vote of the electors of the City,
either at a general election or at a special election to
be called for that purpose, and such ordinance shall not
pcd go into effect or become operative unless a majority
of the qualified electors voting on same shall vote in
favor thereof. Said petition shall be in all respects in
accordance with the provisions of this Revised Charter
relating to initiative of ordinances and the same shall
be examined and certified to by the Clerk in all re-
spects as hereinbefore provided in relation to the
initiative of ordinances.
SEC. 67. Any one or more ordinances may be sub-
mitted to the electors of the City of Tampa for ap-
proval or rejection at the same general or special elec-
tion to be conducted as hereinbefore provided, whether
said ordinance or ordinances shall have been pfrposed
by the initiative or consideration thereof shall be sub-
mitted to the people by referendum. Should any of the
provisions of two or more ordinances approved by the
electors of any election conflict, the measure receiving
the highest affirmative vote shall become a law, and
the other or others shall be deemed to have failed of
passage.
ordin to be SEC. 68. Every ordinance upon becoming a law
cordd shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and
shall be authenticated by the signatures of the presid-
ing officer and the City Clerk, and approved by the
Mayor, unless passed over his veto or becoming a law
without said approval, and the Clerk is hereby made
the custodian of said books; and all ordinances of the
Exudtia City of Tampa not in conflict with any of the provi-
r5dinae sions of this Revised Charter be and the same are
Adpd hereby adopted and continued as ordinances of the City
of Tampa until repealed or modified.
r-wf"to. SEC. 69. All ordinances and resolutions, except or-
dinances making appropriations, shall be confined to
one subject and matter properly connected therewith,
which subject shall be briefly expressed in the title.
The ordinances making appropriations shall be con-

fined to the subject of appropriations. No ordinance;
shall be passed until it has been read on two separate
days or the requirement of reading on two separate
days has been dispensed with by a three-fourths vote
of ,the Board of Representatives. The final reading
shall be in full. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon
the passage of all ordinances or resolutions and en-
tered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the Board
of Representatives, and every ordinance or, resolution
shall require on final passage the affirmative vote of
a majority of all the members. No member shall be
excused from voting except on matters involving the
consideration of his own official conduct, or where his
financial interests are involved. Provision shall be
made for the printing and publication of every ordi-
nance within five days after its final passage.
SEC. 70. All moneys belonging to the City of
Tampa, or which may come into the hands of any of- c"
ficer of the city by virtue of his office, shall be de-
posited in some City Depository at regular intervals,
to be designated by the Mayor and approved by the
Board of Representatives, and reports thereof shall be
made by the officer so receiving and depositing the
same to the Comptroller at regular intervals to be
designated by the Board of Representatives; said funds
shall be drawn out only upon vouchers, the form of
which shall be prescribed by the Mayor, which said
vouchers shall be drawn and signed by the Comptroller
and countersigned by the Mayor, and attested by the
Treasurer or some other officer of the city designated
by said Board for that purpose.
SEC. 71. No funds raised by taxation or arising Diven- of
from the sale of bonds shall be diverted by the City for us fbiddt
any purpose other than that for which the funds were
raised, nor shall any'contracts be entered into in excess
of the funds provided for carrying them out, and any
contracts in violation of this section shall be void.
SEC. 72. No officer or employee elected or ap-
pointed in the city shall be interested directly or in- Offied .
directly in any contract for work or material or the i
profit thereof or services to be furnished or performed "
for the city, and no such.officer or employee shall be
interested directly or indirectly in any contract or
work or material or profit therefrom or services to be
furnished or performed for any person, firm or cor-
poration operating street railways, gas works, water
works, electric light or power plants, heating plants,
telegraph lines, telephone exchanges or other public'
utilities within the territorial limits of the City of
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more 6wa m I e ie is granted to the pde gmerma-
Amy evioaa of the prsi e of this ssecti d be
punshm by time Ct eteediagr s or by npr-
omment not ewadig ninety days, or be~h and sha
be grodu for rei a of any lective offir and be
ay e for rem ival of all eer officers or employees
and Mnch e ot act or agremen~ t shall be nvoi Sui
prohibition of free tra mportation sha not apply to
fires or pocemen in uniform, and any franmiae
r ette nion of franchise b eraft granted by the City
of Tampa shan include in the requirement thereof that
soch free service shall be given to poliemn and fire-
men of the City of Tampa when in uniform as part of
the on1ideratio of such franchise.
u W r*e Se 7. 7. No representative or othr officer or
,W ,, employee of the City shall either individual or
SS, ** through any firm of which he is a member, or through
any corporation of which he is a stockholder receive
any benefit or profit out of any contract or obligation
entered into with the city, or have any financial in-
terest in affecting any such contract or obligation, and
in the event of violation of this section by an elective
officer same shall be ground for his re&ll, and in the
event of violation by any other officer or employee of
the city the person offending shall be immediately re-
moved or discharged.
rtwn ro. Snc. 74. All the provisions of the existing charter
*Lab m to a of the city:
M.W 1. Fixing or extending the corporate limits of the
city;
2. Defining or extending the powers of the city,
its officers or boards;
3. Providing for the making of local improve-
ments;
4. Regulating the assessment of property, and the
collection thereof, for local improvements;
6. Regulating the borrowing of money, the issu-
ing of bonds or other obligations of the city, and fixing

the amount of the bod or other indebedness of the
city;
& Providing for the asmmeit and colection of
taxes by the city;
7. Regulating the amount of taxes that may be
levied and for what purpose and the milage therefore;
SProviding for the exercise of the power of
eminent domain by the city;
9. Providing for the estblishmnent maintenance
and operation of municipal water, gas and electric
plants by the city;
10. Regulating the sale and lease of park property
and the acquisition of land by the city for park pur-
poses;
11. Regulating the construction and maintenance
of municipal docks, terminals and other improvements,
including the use of submerged lands;
12. Providing for a fire department pension fund
and a police department pension fund;
13. Regulating sewers and connections therewith.
14. Providing for the exercise of police power
beyond the corporate limits of the city;
15: Reguating the taking and prosecuting of
appeals from Municipal Court:
16. Regulating the acquisition and enforcement
of liens upon the custody, sale or other disposition of
lost, captured or stolen property;
17. Authorizing the issuance of search warrants
by the Judge of the Municipal Court and the service
and return thereof;
1& Regulating the blocking of street crossings in
the city by trains or cars;
As we as al other and further provisions of the
existing charter whether hereinabove particularly c-
enumerated or not, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Revised Charter or repealed hereby and herein
enacted, shall become and are hereby made a part of i
this revised charter to and with the same force and
effect as if set out with particularity and in full herein.
SnC. 75. The city shall have and may exercise all
powers which under the Constitution and laws it now
has and nothing herein shall be construed as in any-
wise repealing or abridging the exercise of any power
by the City conferred upon the City of Tampa, its
officers or boards, by general or special law now in
force under such law unless same shall be in conflict

with the provisions of this Revised Charter.
Revied charter SEC. 76. This Revised Charter shall become ef-
* after fective upon its approval and adoption by a majority
of. the qualified electors of the City of Tampa, in the
election to be held for such purpose as required by law,
and thenceforth shall be the charter' of the City of
Tampa, provided, however, that until the election and
qualification of the Mayor and Board of Representa-
tives as herein provided for the present officers of the
City of Tampa shall continue in office and shall per-
form all the duties and acts required of them by the
present charter, and shall do all acts and things which
may be necessary or requisite to be done by them for
the purpose of nominating and electing the several
officers whose election shall by the terms of this Re-
vised Charter be directed and provided for. Upon the
election and qualification of the Mayor and Board of
Representatives as herein provided for this Revised
Charter shall become fully and completely effective for
all purposes. If elected by vote of the people prior to
or at the same time as the adoption of this Revised
Charter the Municipal Judge, Tax Assessor and City
Clerk shall continue in office for the balance of the
term for which they are elected, or until their succes-
sors are elected and qualified.
SEC. 77. If any section or part of a section of this
"~ Revised Charter proves invalid or unconstitutional the
same shall not be held to invalidate or impair the
validity, force and effect of any other section or part
of a section of this Revised Charter unless it clearly
appears that such other section or part of a section is
wholly or necessarily dependent for its operation upon
the section or part of a section so held invalid or in-
consistent.
sabmision of SEC. 78. The foregoing Revised Charter shall be
Resed charter submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Tampa
Selector for adoption or rejection at an election called for that
purpose by the City Commission as required by law,
which election shall be held in the same manner a is
now provided by law for the holding of Municipal
elections in the City of Tampa.
SEC. 79. The ballot used in said election shall be a
*e b"a" sheet of plain white paper on which the following shall
be printed:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Election for adoption or rejection of the proposed
Revised Charter of the City of Tampa, Florida, held
pursuant to the provisions of "An Act relative to the

Government, Powers and Elections of the City of
Tampa and calling an election for the election of -a
Charter Board to revise the present Charter of the City
of Tampa and providing for the holding of said elec-
tion and the registration of voters threat and for the
submission of the Charter of the City of Tampa as
revised by said Charter Board for the electors of the
City of Tampa for adoption or rejection," etc.-being
chapter 13455. Laws of Florida 1927, approved June
2, 1927.
Said proposed Revised Charter provides for the
establishment of a Representative form of government
for said city, and among other features provides for:
The present City Commission to be abolished and
all its powers and duties, with certain exceptions,
vested in a Board of Representatives;
The government of the city to be carried on by the
following officers and boards: A Mayor to be elected.
at large, to serve for a term of four years; a Board of
Representatives of twelve (12) members, one to be
elected from each of twelve representative districts
into which the city is divided, to serve for a term of
four years; a City Clerk, a City Tax Assessor, a
Municipal Judge, all to be elected by the city at large,
and to serve for a term of four years; a City Attorney,
a City Treasurer, a Comptroller, a Tax Collector, a
Chief of Police, a Chief of the Fire Department, a City
Health Officer, a Chief of Sanitation, a Superintendent
of the Water Department, a City Engineer, a Superin-
tendent of the Department of Public Works, all to be
appointed by the Mayor by and with the Approval of
the Board of Representatives; a Library Board, a
HospitaT'Bqord, a Civil Seriice Board, a Pafk Board,
a Board ofPublic Recreation, a Board of Tax Equal- fA
ization, and a Boardbf Appraisers. C C
The powers, duties and qualifications of said of-
ficers and Boards.
The Mayor to be the administrative head of the City
government, to have veto power of legislation, and to
be subject to recall.
A cabinet of the Mayor composed of the heads of
the, several departments of the city, all the powers of
the city, save as therein expressly otherwise provided,
to be vested in the Board of Representatives.
The President of the Board of Representatives to
act as Mayor pro tem during the absence or disability
of the Mayor.
The distribution of the affairs of the City among

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the following departments:
A Legal Department.
A Department of Revenue, Finance and Audits.
A Police Department.
A Fire Department.
A Department of Sanitation.
A Water Department.
A Department of Health.
An Engineering Department.
A Department of Public Works.
The affairs cognizable by each department and the
heads thereof.
The plumbing and electrical departments abolished
and made bureaus of the Department of Public Works.
The purchasing department of the city abolished
and provision made for purchase of supplies and
printing;
Trustees of the Police and Fire Department
Pension Funds, of the sinking funds of the city, and
for city depositories;
Powers, rights and duties of city substantially as
under present charter;
Boundaries of the city as under present Charter.
Election in form substantially as under present
charter.
Initiative, Referendum and Recall features.
A comprehensive system of audits.
Publicity of financial reports annually in news,
papers.
For adoption of all the provisions in the existing
Charter of the City not inconsistent with or repealed
by said Revised Charter.
Putting into effect in, said Revised Charter and for
holding of the first election of officers thereunder.
Complete Revised Charter published in the Tampa
Morning Tribune and the Tampa Daily Times.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.
The voters desiring to vote in favor of adopting the
proposed Revised Charter shall put a cross mark (X)
opposite the line ending with the word "Yes"; and the
voter desiring to vote against the proposed Revised
Charter shall put a cross mark (X) opposite the line
ending with the word "No". All marks otherwise
made are forbidden; all distinguishing marks are for-
bidden and make the ballot void. If you wrongfully

mark, tear or deface this ballot, return it to the In-
spector of the election and obtain another.
For adoption of proposed Revised Charter of the
City of Tampa, Florida:
---------------....................... Yes
For adoption of proposed Revised Charter of the
City of Tampa, Florida:
---------------------------..............No
SEC. 80. In determining the meaning of this Re- worad
vised Charter, words importing the singular number
may extend or be applied to several persons or things;
words importing the plural may be applied to one
person or-thing; words importing the masculine gender
may be applied to that which is feminine or neuter; the
word person may extend and be applied to a corpora-
tion, and the reference to any officer shall include any
person authorized by law to perform the duties of such
office, unless the context shows that such words were
intended to be used in a more limited sense.
CERTIFICATE
WHEREAS, the electors of the City of Tampa, at
an election held on the 7th day of July, 'A. D. 1927,
under and ini accordance with the provisions of "AN
ACT relative to the Government, powers, and Elections
of the City of Tampa and calling an election for the
election of a Charter Board to revise the present
Charter of the City of Tampa and providing for the
holding of said election and the registration of voters
threat and for the submission of the Charter of the
City of Tampa as revised by said Charter Board for
the electors of the City of Tampa for adoption or re-
jection, etc., being Chapter 13455 Laws of Florida,
1927, approved June 2, 1927, did elect Charles N.
Bardin, Walter H. Campbell, I. S. Craft, Paul Fusillo,
T. N. Henderson, T. Paine Kelly, William LeDuc, D. B.
McKay, Thomas Palmer, Jaime Pendas, T. W. Ramsey,
Philip R. Robin, William J. Twitt, Karl E. Whitaker
and Tom Whitaker, as a Charter Board of fifteen
qualified electors of said City, to revise the Charter of
the City of Tampa and report the said Charter as re-
vised by it to the City Commission of the City of
Tampa.
NOW THEREFORE, be it known that in pursu-
ance of the provisions of said Act and within sixty
days after said election, the said Charter Board has
revised the Charter of the City of Tampa, and does

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herewith report the said Charter as revised by it to
your honorable body, with the request that you call an
election of the qualified electors of the City of Tampa
as required by said Act, at which election there shall
be submitted to said electors the question as to whether
or not the said Charter as revised by it shall be adopted
as the Charter of the City of Tampa.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned,
constituting a majority of the duly elected and quali-
fied members of the Charter Board of the said City of
Tampa, State of Florida, have hereunto subscribed our
names in quintuplicate, in regular session assembled
in the City Hall in said City, this 29th day of August,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-seven.
D. B. McKAY,
Chairman.
CHARLES N. BARDIN,
WALTER H. CAMPBELL,
I. S. CRAFT,
PAUL FUSILLO,
T. N. HENDERSON,
T. PAINE KELLY,
WILLIAM LeDUC,
THOMAS PALMER,
JAIME PENDAS,
T. W. RAMSEY,
PHILIP R. ROBIN,
WILLIAM J. TWITT,
KARL E. WHITAKER,
TOM WHITAKER,
Members of the Charter
Board of the City of Tampa,
Florida.
Attest:
KARL E. WHITAKER,
Secretary.
Attest:
WM. E. DUNCAN,
City Clerk.
(Seal)
We, the undersigned, City Commissioners of the
City of Tampa, acting as a canvassing board do hereby.
certify that the above and foregoing Revised Charter

of the City of Tampa was submitted to the legally
qualified electors of the City of Tampa, after adver-
tisement thereof as required by law, and upon an
election held on the 6th day of December, A. D. 1927,
there was cast in favor of the adoption of said Revised
Charter 4880 votes and against the adoption of said
Revised Charter 1507 votes, and that there was a
majority of those voting in said election in favor of the
adoption of said Revised Charter of 3373 votes, and we
do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Re-
vised Charter has been ratified and approved by a
majority of the qualified electors of the City of Tampa,
voting at said election.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have hereunto
affixed our hands and seals this 20th day of December,
A. D. 1927.
PERRY G. WALL (Seal)
W. J. BARRITT (Seal)
W. A. ADAMS (Seal)
SUMTER L. LOWRY (Seal)
JAMES McCANTS (Seal)
City Commissioners of the City
of Tampa.
Attest:
WM. E. DUNCAN,
City Clerk.
(Seal)
The Undersigned Board of Election Commissioners
appointed by the Charter Board of the City o 'I ampa,
State of Florida, does hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Revised Charter of the City of Tampa was
duly submitted to the legally qualified electors of the
City of Tampa aforesaid, after advertisement thereof
as required by Chapter 13455, Laws of Florida, 1927,
approved June 2, 1927, and upon an election held on
the 6th day of December, A. D. 1927, there was cast in
favor of the adoption of said proposed Revised Charter
4880 votes, and against the adoption of said proposed
Revised Char'tr 1507 votes, and that said Revised
Charter was adopted by a majority of the qualified
electors of said city voting at said election; the
majority in favor of the adoption of said Revised
Charter being 3373 votes, and we do hereby certify,
declare and make known that the aforesaid Revised
Charter has been duly ratified and approved by a
majority of the qualified electors of the City of Tampa,
and that all proceedings have been had in compliance

with the provisions of Chapter 13455, Laws of Florida,
1927 aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we, the members of
said Board have hereunto affixed our hands and seals
this 20th day of December, A. D. 1927.
WILLIAM J TWITT (Seal)
I. S. CRAFT (Seal)
JAIME PENDAS (Seal)
Board of Election
Attest: Commissioners.
WM. E. DUNCAN,
City Clerk.
CITY OF TAMPA,
COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH,
STATE OF FLORIDA.
I, William E. Duncan, City Clerk of the City of
Tampa, State of Florida, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
original Revised Charter of the City of Tampa as duly
ratified and approved by a majority of the qualified
electors of said City upon an election held on the 6th
day of December, A.D. 1927, and of the certificate of
the City Commissioners of the City of Tampa acting
as a canvassing board of said election, and the Cer-
tificate of the Board of Election Commissioners ap-
pointed by the Charter Board of said city, as the same
has been filed with me as City Clerk of the City of
Tampa aforesaid and entered of record in the Public
Records of the City of Tampa.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of my office in
Tampa, Florida, this 20th day of December A. D. 1927.
(Seal) WM. E. DUNCAN,
City Clerk, City of Tampa, Florida.

STATE OF FLORIDA
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE
I, H. Clay Crawford, Secretary of State of the State
of Florida, do hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Charter of the City of Tampa has been duly
recorded in this office in Municipal Charter Book No
2, pages 466-515.
GIVEN UNDER my hand and the Great,
Seal of the State of Florida, at Tallahas-
see, the Capital, this the eighteenth day
of January, A. D. 1928.
H. CLAY CRAWFORD,
Secretary of State.

SENATE BILL NO. 61
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, BY MAK-
ING THE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
OF SAID CITY AND THE CITY CLERK
ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, PROVIDING FOR
THE METHOD OF ELECTION AND THE TEN-
URE OF SAID OFFICES.'
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. That the City Charter of the City of
Tampa, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended in
the following parts, to-wit:
The office of the Municipal Judge of said City as
well as the office of Clerk of said City shall be elective
offices, and the manner of filling said offices shall be
by election in the same manner as the City Commis-
sioners are elected.
SEC. 2. Candidates shall be voted upon at the first
City Election held in the City of Tampa, Florida, for
the election of City Commissioners after the passage
of this Act, to fill said offices of the Municipal Judge
and City Clerk.
SEC. 3. The term of office of said Municipal Judge
and said City Clerk shall be for the period of two years
respectively.
SEC. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
SEC. 5 This Act shall take effect on its becoming
Sa law.
Approved June 3, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 307
AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWERS AND
JURISDICTIONS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. The City of Tampa shall have power to
prohibit the storage or keeping of rubbish of all de-
scriptions, including junked automobiles, in vacant
places within the City, or to regulate the location and
use of vacant places in which such rubbish may be
stored or kept.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately
upon its becoming a law.
Approved May 7, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 308
AN ACT RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATION OF
VOTERS IN BOND ELECTIONS HELD IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. No person shall be required to be a
tax payer or to have paid taxes as a condition to voting
in any bond election hereafter held in the City of
Tampa.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately
upon its becoming a law.
Approved May 7, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 309
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COMMIS-
SION OF TAMPA TO DETERMINE HOW CITY
WARRANTS, ORDERS AND VOUCHERS
SHALL BE SIGNED.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. The City Commission of the City of
Tampa is hereby empowered to designate by ordinance
the City Officer or Officers who shall sign City War-
rants, Orders and Vouchers.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately upon
its becoming a law.
Approved May 7, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 876
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COMMIS-
SION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TO MAKE
AND CONFIRM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS IN LIEU OF SPE-
CIAL ASSESSMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE
AND FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL.
Be It Enacted by -the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. In all cases in which special assess-
ments heretofore or hereafter made by the City of
Tampa for local improvements are found to be illegal,
it shall be lawful for the City Commission of said City
to cause a new assessment roll to be made, noticed and
confirmed, but no. lot or parcel of land shall thereby be
assessed a greater amount than could legally have been

assessed under the provisions of the law under which
were constructed the local improvements for which
such illegal assessment was made plus interest on said
amount at the rate borne by any bonds, certificates or
other obligations issued to pay the cost of such im-
provements or any part thereof. Such assessments
when collected, and the interest thereon, shall be held
and applied in accordance with the provisions applic-
able to the original assessments found illegal. Sub-
ject to the foregoing requirements the making of such
new assessments and the lien thereof and the review
thereof and the payment and enforcement thereof shall
be governed by the provisions of the Tampa Local
Improvement Act being Chapter 11,232, Laws of Flor-
ida, approved April 28, 1925, and amendments thereto,
SEC. 2. If all of ahy such illegal assessment against
any lot or parcel, with interest and penalties legally
chargeable, shall have been paid, the entire amount of
the new assessment shall be deemed paid and to be en-
tered upon the record as satisfied; if any part of such
illegal assessment less than the whole, with any inter-
est and penalties due, shall have been paid, such pay-
ment shall entitle the property against which the same
was levied to a credit upon the new assessment in the
amount so paid with interest thereon from the time or
times of payment to the time at which interest was
computed in making the new assessment, and at the
rate so computed.
SEC. 3. This Act shall go into effect upon its be-
coming a law.
Approved June 6, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 886
AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOT-
ERS FOR ELECTION CALLED FOR JULY 7TH,
1927, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
Be It Enacted by -the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. The Registration Books of the City of
Tampa shall be kept open until the first day of July,
1927, for the registration of voters for the election to
be held on July 7th, 1927.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval
by the Governor.
Approved June 6, 1927.

SENATE BILL NO. 892
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF TAMPA
TO ISSUE BONDS.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:
SECTION 1. That the City Commission of the City
of Tampa is hereby authorized by resolution of the
Commission to issue negotiable bonds in the amount
of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) of
said City for the following purposes, to-wit:
For the extension and of improvement of the water
works system.
SEC. 2. That said bonds shall bear interest at not
more than six per cent. per annum, and shall mature
at such time or times and the interest and principal
thereof shall be payable at such place and in such
medium as the said Commission may determine.
SEC. 3. That for the payment of said bonds and the
interest thereon, there shall be levied in each year upon
the taxable property within said City a tax over and
above all other taxes authorized or limited by law, suf-
ficient to meet the payment of such principal and in-
terest as the same shall fall due.
SEC. 4. This Act shall not become effective unless
ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting
on said question at the election called for July 7, 1927.
Approved by the Governor June 6, 1927.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1772
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT,
POWERS, AND ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA AND CALLING AN ELECTION FOR
THE ELECTION OF A CHARTER BOARD TO
REVISE THE PRESENT CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF TAMPA AND PROVIDING FOR THE
HOLDING OF SAID ELECTION AND THE
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS THREAT AND
FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA AS REVISED BY SAID
CHARTER BOARD FOR THE ELECTORS OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR ADOPTION OR
REJECTION AND REPEALING SENATE BILL
NO. 618, LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
APPROVED MAY 25, 1927.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Florida:.

SECTION 1. No bonds shall hereafter be issued by
the City of Tampa for any purpose, unless the issuance
thereof has been authorized by the electors of the City
of Tampa qualified to vote at bonding elections, at an,
election held for that purpose in which more than
twenty-five per centum of such qualified electors shall
actually vote in favor of the issuance of bonds. Prior
to such election provision shall be made for the sepa-
rate registration of electors qualified to vote at such
elections, and the percentage voting shall be deter-
mined by reference to such special registration. Pro-
vided, that this Act shall in no way effect the sale of
permanent improvement bonds to the amount of One
Hundred and Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($119,000)
heretofore authorized by the City Commission of the
City of Tampa.
SEC. 2. No funds raised by taxation or arising
from the sale of bonds shall be diverted by the City to
any purpose other than that for which the funds were
raised, nor shall any contracts be entered into in excess
of the funds provided for carrying them out, and any
contracts in violation of this section shall be void.
SEC. 3. No Commissioner or other officer or em-
ployee of the City shall either individually or through
any firm of which he is a member or through any cor-
poration of which he is a stockholder, receive any bene-
fit or profit out of any contract or obligation entered
into with the City or have any financial interest in
effecting any such contract or obligation, and in the
event of violation of this section, the person offending
shall be immediately removed or discharged by the
City Commission.
SEC. 4. That it shall not be necessary or required
of any person entitled to vote in any City election held
in Tampa that such person shall have paid any poll tax.
SEC. 5 That an election for the purpose of electing
fifteen members of a Charter Board to revise the
Charter of the City of Tampa is hereby called to be
held in the City of Tampa on July 7th, 1927. It is here-
by made the duty of the City Clerk of the City of
Tampa to keep the registration books of the said City
open at his office in the City Hall for the registration
of voters for said election, each secular day for not less
than ten hours, from and after the passage and ap-
proval of this Act, until the close of his office on June
15th, 1927. On June 16th, 1927, the said registration
books for each voting precinct shall be placed at some
convenient place in each voting precinct of the City of
Tampa, in charge of a competent registration officer,

who shall be appointed by the City Commission, and
who shall keep said books open from eight o'clock A.
M. to nine o'clock P. M. each secular day, beginning
with June 16th, 1927, and ending June 27th, 1927, and
public notice shall be given of the various places where
said registration books are kept, and full opportunity
given to the voters of Tampa to register thereon. Said
registration books shall again be kept open foi not less
than ten hours daily on each secular day at the office
of the City Clerk for the registration of voters, begin-
ning with June 28th, 1927, and ending at the end of
July 2nd, 1927. Afterwards no further registration
for said election shall be permitted.
SEC. 6. Said Charter Board, when elected, shall
immediately meet and organize, by the election of a
chairman and a secretary, and shall proceed to revise
the Charter of the City of Tampa, and shall discharge
its duties in the manner provided by law governing the
functions of Charter Boards, and shall within sixty
days after its election report the said Charter as re-
vised by it to the City Commission of the City of Tam-
pa, and the said Commission shall within fifteen days
after said Charter is reported to it, call an election of
the qualified electors of the City of Tampa, to be held
not less than thirty days thereafter, at which election
there shall be submitted to the electors the question as
to whether or not the said Charter as revised shall be
adopted as the Charter of the City of Tampa, and if, at
said election, a majority of the qualified electors, vot-
ing at said election, shall vote to adopt said Charter,
the same shall thereupon be and become the Charter
of the City of Tampa. Said election shall be held in
the same manner as is now provided by law for the
holding of municipal elections in the City of Tampa.
SEC. 7 That Senate Bill No. 618, Laws of the State
of Florida, approved on the 25th day of May, 1927, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval, or upon its becoming a
law without such approval.
Approved by the Governor June 2, 1927.

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD
OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
CITY OF TAMPA
RESOLUTION No. 1-B.
Be It Resolved by the Board of Representatives of
the City of Tampa that the following be, and they are
hereby adopted as the Rules of Procedure of the Board
of Representatives of the City of Tampa, to-wit:
RULE 1. The Board of Representatives shall meet
in regular session on Tuesday of each week at 8:00
o'clock P. M.
RULE 2. All meetings of the Board and all ses-
sions of the Committees of the Board shall be Public.
RULE 3. These rules shall remain in full force
and effect until the next general municipal election and
the qualification of the newly elected Representatives
thereunder.
RULE 4. The President of the Board of Repre-
sentatives shall take the chair at the hour named for
any regular, special or adjourned meeting, and shall
call the meeting to order and cause the roll to be called,
and if there be a quorum, which shall consist of seven
members, the Board shall proceed with its usual order
of business, but if no quorum is present the Board may
adjourn to meet at some specific time, or may adjourn
until the next regular meeting, or may authorize the
Chief of Police or any police officer to go out and bring
in to the meeting absent members, and until a quorum
appears the Board shall be at rest
RULE 5. The President shall preserve order and
decorum; he shall appoint all standing and special
committees, unless the Board shall otherwise direct.
RULE 6. During the absence or disqualification
of the President of the Board, the President pro tem.
shall act as President.
RULE 7. The standing committees of the Board
shall consist of three members each, one of whom shall
be designated by the President as Chairman, and shall
be as follows:
1. Finance.
2. Appeals and Grievances.
3. Rules and Ordinances.
4. Public Relations.
5. Police.
6. Fire

7. Health.
8. Sanitation.
9. Water.
10. Streets and Alleys.
11. Public Buildings and Inspection Bureau.
12. Port, Bridges and Wharves.
.13. Hospitals.
14. Parks (and Cemeteries).
15. Recreation.
RULE 8. The following order shall be observed
in the transaction of business:
(1) Roll Call.
(2) Reading of Minutes, Petitions and Com-
munications.
(3) Consideration of Petitions and Communi-
cations.
(4) Reports of Standing Committees in the
order named in Rule 7.
(5) Reports of Special Committees.
(6) Reports of Officers.
(7) Unfinished Business.
RULE 9. All Committees shall report to the
Board upon matters referred to them at the next regu-
lar meeting, unless further time be granted and when
any matter is referred to a Committee with power to
act, or to a Committee and the Mayor, or other official,
with power to act, whatever may be done under and by
virtue of such power shall be reported at the next regu-
lar meeting of the Board, in writing, and such report
shall be spread upon the Minutes of the Board.
RULE 10. All contracts or agreements made for
the purchase of supplies and property or printing re-
quiring the approval of the Board shall first be pre-
sented to and approved by the Finance Committee, and
by it submitted to the Board in open session for ap-
proval; provided, however, that the Board may by
ordinance or resolution approve any contract or agree-
ment made for the purchase of supplies and property
or printing without the approval of the Finance Com-
mittee.
RULE 11. In all matters coming before the Board
the vote of a majority of the Board members shall pre-
vail, unless otherwise specially provided by the Char-
ter or by Rule or Ordinance, and in all cases of a tie
the presiding officer shall cast the deciding vote; the
presiding officer shall also decide all questions of or-

.der, and his decision thereon shall stand unless over-
ruled by a two-thirds vote of those present.
RULE 12. A motion to reconsider any vote or pro-
ceeding of the Board shall not be entertained unless it
be made by a member who previously voted with the
majority, nor at any other meeting than the one at
which the proceedings were had, or at the next regular
meeting.
RULE 13. Either the Mayor or the President of
the Board shall have the right to call special meetings
of the Board at any time, upon twenty-four hours no-
tice, which notice shall be in writing and shall be
served by the Clerk or sonde police officer designated
for such purpose, upon each Member of the Board, ex-
cept those absent from the City, and shall specify the
business to be transacted at such special meetings, and
service of such notice shall be made by delivery of a
copy thereof to each Member of the Board or by leav-
ing a copy at his -place of business or residence with
some person who will promise to deliver it to him; no,
business shall be transacted at a special meeting save
that specified in the call.
RULE 14. No member of the Board shall offer any
motion or make any remark or speak on any subject
under discussion without first rising, addressing and
being recognized by the chair; when more than one
member shall rise at or near the same time, the Presi-
dent shall decide in favor of that one who shall first
attract his attention, and no member shall interrupt
another while speaking except to rise to a point of or-
der or of personal privilege.
RULE 15. At any meeting of the Board debate
may be limited in such manner as the Board deems
proper by a majority vote of the members present.
RULE 16. Ordinances or Resolutions may be in-
troduced either at a regular or special meeting of the
Board.
RULE 17. All Resolutions must be in writing and
all motions must be reduced to writing, when requested
by five members of the Board.
RULE 18. All motions duly adopted by a majority
of the Members of the Board and spread upon the min-
utes of the meeting shall be deemed and taken and shall
have the same force and effect as Resolutions.
RULE 19. All Ordinances and Resolutions, except
Ordinances making appropriations, shall be confined
to one subject and matter properly connected there-
with, which subject shall be briefly expressed in the

title. Ordinances making appropriations shall be con-
fined to the subject of appropriations.
RULE 20. Each Bill proposing an Ordinance shall
be read on two separate days before the final passage
thereof, or the requirement of reading on two separate
days dispensed with by a three-fourths vote of the
Board. The final reading shall be in full. The ayes
and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all Ordi-
nances or Resolutions and entered upon the minutes of
the proceeding of the Board, and every Ordinance or
Resolution shall require; on final passage, the affirma-
tive vote of a majority of all the members. No mem-
ber shall be excused from voting, except on matters in-
volving the consideration of his own official conduct,
or where his financial interests are involved.
RULE 21. The roll call shall be called by the Clerk
upon any question whenever demanded by four of the
members, and the Clerk shall record the vote of each
member taken upon roll call.
RULE 22. No person other than a Member of the
Board shall be allowed to address the Board unless in-
vited by the President or unless invited by a majority
vote of the members present; the person so invited to
speak shall take his place within the bar of the Board.
RULE 23. No communication or petition to the
Board will be entertained unless the same be in writ-
ing,
RULE 24. No person shall be permitted within the
bar of the Board except the members, and officers of
the City, unless invited by the President or a majority
of the Members of the Board.
RULE 25. The City Clerk shall not be required to
present to the Board any petition or communication
unless the same be in the hands of the Clerk on or be-
fore 4:00 o'clock of the afternoon previous to the meet-
ing of the Board that evening.
RULE 26. All Ordinances, as soon as passed by
the Board and approved by the Mayor, or which have
become laws without the approval of the Mayor, as
provided by the Revised Charter, shall be filed with
and promulgated by the City Clerk by causing the same
to be published and recorded as required by law.
RULE 27. Any of the foregoing Rules may be sus-
pended for the meeting then in session by a three-
fourths vote of the Members of the Board present at
said meeting.
RULE 28. These Rules may be amended, added
to or abolished by a three-fourths vote of the entire

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Board, at any regular meeting, but not otherwise, save
upon one month's previous notice, and upon such notice
they may be amended, added to or abolished by a ma-
jority vote of the entire Board.
RULE 29. Any question not covered by these Rules
shall be governed by Roberts' Rules of Order.
The above and foregoing Rules adopted by the
unanimous vote of the Board of Representatives of the
City of Tampa, at a session held on the 31st day of
January, A. D. 1928, in the City of Tampa, Florida.
T. N. HENDERSON,
President, Board of Representatives.
Attest:
W. A. JOHNSON,
City Clerk

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