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LAWS OF FLORIDA 2199 chaser a certificate substantially in the form provided by law for State and County Collectors and shall prepare in duplicate a re- port of tax sales of real property for each year, one of which lie shall retain and one shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court .for the County of Indian River for record. At all sales of land for unpaid City taxes, in the absence of purchasers therefor, the lands shall be bid in by the City Tax Collector for the City, and certificate issued accordingly. The City Tax Collector shall proceed with the collection of taxes on personal property, like- wise substantially in the same manner as provided by law for State and County Tax Collectors. Section 58. After the review and equalization of the City As- sessment Roll in each year, the City Council shall determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation upon the taxable prop- erty in said City, both real and personal, which amount shall not be more than twenty mills on the dollar on the total valuation of the taxable real and personal property in said City for general City purposes, but the City Council may levy such additional tax or taxes as may be necessary for the construction, repair and (or) maintenance of City buildings; for fire protection; for City light- ing; and for the construction, repair, improvement and (or) main- tenance of streets and sidewalks; and a tax of not to .exceed two mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in said City for the purpose of public amusement, entertainment, publicity and ad- vertisement of said City. The City Council shall also levy such additional tax or taxes as may be necessary to pay the interest and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of any bonded or other indebtedness of said City. Section 59. The City Council shall have power by ordinance to provide for the construction and reconstruction, repair, paving, and repaving, hardsurfacing and reliardsurfacing of streets, boulevards and alleys;for grading and regrading, leveling, laying and relaying, paving and repaving, liardsurfacing and rehardsurfacing of side- walks; for the construction and reconstruction of curbs; for the construction and reconstruction of drains, ditches, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, white way lighting systems, and all things in the nature of local improvements; and for the payment of all or any part of the cost of any such improvement by levying and collecting special assessments on the abutting, adjoining, contiguous or other specially benefited property, in proportion to the benefits to be derived therefrom. Section 60. When the City Council shall determine to make any I