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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0169 and id is 1 raw text is: Key West. Free Negroes. CuAr. 103-104. 01
male over twenty.one years of age, and on every free colored male 1840.
over twenty.one years of age, resident in said city,; to tax, restrain,
or destroy all dogs, hogs, or goats roaming at largo in said city; the
said Council shall have vower to pass all ordinances and laws neces.
sary and proper to carry the powers and provisions of this n,-t intv
eflect, and to provide for the internal police, peace, and ;od order
of said city; to establish by.laws for the proper transaotic.n of busi.
ness, and to compel the attendande of members ; it shall hvo au.,
exercise a general control over the public cemeteries and burying
grounds used by the inhabitants of said city.
Svc. 0. Be it further enacted, That all taxes shall be assessedT
annually for tle said city, and taxes once assessed shall be consider. Taxes.
ed as a debt due said city, and may be collected as such at any time Account cur-
within five years; it shall be the duty of the Common Council to rent tobepub-
publish an account current quarter-yearly, siowing the whole amount lished quarter-
of taxes collected, and the whole amount of expqnditures for the yearly.
year preceding.
SEc. 10. Be it jarther enacted, That all laws and ordinances of BY whom laws
the Common Council, shtall be signed by the Mayor and Clerk, and to ,ue signed,
. .. .ri and when in
pubished in a newspaper, or posted up at three publc places n the force.
city, at least five days before they shall be enforced.
e. 11. Be it frlher enacted, That when any work hall
be required to be performed on the streets, squares, and public en. Public work.
closures belonging to the said city, the same shall be exposed at pub.
lie outcry, and the lowest bidder, who shall give proper security for
the performance of such w6rk, shall be declared the contractor for
the same.
SEC. 12. Be itfurther enacted, That this act shall not be in force When this act
until after it shall have been submitted to the citizens of Key West to be in force.
at the ballot box, and if rejected, not to be in force.
SrC. 13. Be it further enacled, That the election under this act Electionunder
shall be held in the city of Key West, on the first Monday in May this act.
next, and after that time as is provided for under this act.
SEC. 14. lie itfurthcr enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in .
consistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are here. Repeal.
by repealed.
EPassed the House of Representatives, December 29, 1840. Passed the Sen-
ate, January 5, 1847. Approved, January 6, 1S47.]
CHAPTER 104.-[No. 34.]
AN ACT to amend the several acts heretofore passed, relative to the migra-
tion of free persons of color into this State, so far as relates to the Island of
Key West.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and ilouse of Represen..
tatices of the State of Florida in General Assembly concened, That
it shall not lie lawful for any captain, master or owner of any vessel
or boat, to bring into the Island of Key West, any free negro or,free](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0169&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)