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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter of the City of Lake City
bers of said board, each of whom shall hold office
for the term of seven years and until their succes­ 166/257
sors are elected and qualified; provide<7,That the
members of the first board shall be J. C. Sheffield,
S. P. Buie, W. S. Futch, B. H. Palmer, A. J. Moseley,
R. J. Henson and A. B. Brown, who shall enter
upon the duties of their office immediately upon
the approval by the electors of the proposed issue
of bonds and shall continue in office until January
1st, 1906, and thereafter for the terms and periods
as follows: J. C. Sheffield for the term of seven
years; S. P. Buie, six years; W. S. Futch, five years;
B. H. Palmer, four years; A. J. Moseley, three
years; R. J. Henson, two years; A. B. Brown, one
year; and until their successors are qualified.
Their successors shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the City, one member of said board
at each regular municipal election, to take office
January 1st next after said election. The board
shall fill vacancies in its membership for the un­
expired term.
Said board shall make its own rules and elect
a chairman and a secretary and such other of­
ficers and appoint such committees and remove or
change the same by a vote of a majority of said
board at any time. All the contracts and other
papers necessary to be signed by said board shall
be signed by the chairman and secretary and at­
tested by a seal adopted by said board.

Sec. 16. The members of said board shall re­
ceive no compensation except that the said board
may, by resolution approved by a City ordinance,
fix a compensation not exceeding Three Hundred
Dollars per annum to be paid to its chairman or
secretary or both for services rendered in such capa­

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