The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-04-12
Proceedings of the Board OF
County Commissioners.
ENTERPRISE, FLA, April 8, 1852.

Minutes read, approved ana slShed Dy lAe
On motion, Noah Harper was appointed
Road Commissioner in District No. u vice
James Booth moved from District.
ON the matter of the repair OF IOnoka
Fridge VIM. jackson reported progress and
was granted further time for final report.
on IN otiOn of i. F. Fox it was ordered that
the bridge across Strickland Bay be abandon
ed as county bridge and public notice given
of that fact by posting IN Writing IN notice to
And it was further ordered that those who
interest cd themselves in saving material from
same be allowed to reimburse themselves
from the material saved.
on motion, of B. +. Fox in matter of the
bridge over Tulnbull Creek on the county
road, il was ordered that NJ essrs. Il. M. Holfe
Moses Selleck and =. U. Bryan be appointed
committee to report plans and specifications
for Il new bridge and when completed to adj
Vcrtisc by three notices Tor bias Tor same 10
be submitted to the May meeting OF Board
when contract will be let.
On motion of VIM. jackson in the matter OF
the petition of Swift Bros, claiming return
of taxes improperly paid on the Ielllccr llaci
i'll this county, it having been assessed ana
paid on IN st. johns county tol 1873 ana l9So
ii was ordered that u warrant pc ol'"n on me
General Revenue Fund for $42 i'll favor OF
Swift Bros, the approximate amount OF taxes
improperly collected.
Of Il bridge on the Volusia and Dayt0na road
over Deep Greek at McBride's Mill il was
ordered that Messrs. ID. j. Mcbride, Neil MOI
rison and Carter are appointed 4 committee
to prepare plans ana specifications for the
erection of such a bridge as is necessary and
when completed to advertise by three notices
for bids TO be submitted to the May meeting
OF the Board.
on motion, it was ordered thar warrant
on the General Revenue Fund Tor $500 be
drawn in favor of j. j. Price, being the
amount previously appropriated for the re-
pair OF the bridge between OImond and To
mOlla Creek, the work having been reported
as completed by the road commissioners OF
that district.
ON emotion of Wm. jackson the petition of
n TpfnTnncn
to roads in District and g. ii was ordered
that McssIs. Montague, james Poppcl, i. l.,
Rogers, j.. A. McDaniels, RoDt Lehman and
Charles Dougherty be appointed commission
crs 10 mark, view and lay out also to dlScon-
tinuc all roads in these two districts as prayed
for, and to give notices as asked form petit
ton, and they are 10 report at the May meet
ing if practicable; the clerk to furnish one
member Of the commissioners with copy OF
petition.
Report of Il. L. Bennett, c. II. Bloomer and
II. &. StlHck, commissioners appointed to
mark, view and lay out the section ana town
ship lines II, II. SOFAS roads, received ana the
section and township lines are hereby de-
clarcd TO be public Observation-Disclosures
On motion, o. p Terry having tailed TO quail
ify as road commissioner of District No. 3, G.
l.. Boomer IS hereby appointed in his place.
Onmotion of VIM. Braddock in the matter
of q bridge over the Hull Branch, on the En-
tcrprse and Crescent City road, NcssrS John
G.. Causey, S. II, Hops and Robt. Il. Rauler
son are appointed n committee TO prepare
plans and specifications for said bridge and
when complete to advertise by three notices
for bids to build said bridge, TO be submitted
to the MAY meeting of the Board.
On motion of 3. f. Fox, Jno. w. Diclins
was authorized to have the bridge on public
road over BOdiW'S ditch, put III proUCr re-
pairs and report bill at next melting.
Petition OF q. r. Pitzcr and others for public
road referred back to them the law REQ uiring
at least II petitioners and theirs llVlnG CnlN9.
The following resolutions were adopted
and ordered published and recorded Is re-
CURED by Jaw
Resolrod. That the voting place of election
precinct 80. be changed from BCnetts
house to John Eobcrtsons store.
Rcsoircd, That the voting place OF election
district No. be moved from the post office TO
John SOlnmcr's barber shop between blocks
and in the town of Daytona.
Rescued, That the voting place of election
district NO. shall be ut the printing Office of
the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT i'll the town of
DeLand.
ditrict No. To- be changed from Henry Cliff
TONS house to VIM. ii. Cliftons store ut Cliff
toms mills.
Board adjourned until , p. NJ.
2P. Al. Board met all present
They then proceeded to considcrthe general
prcsentmCnt of the Grand Jury for the spring
term in so far as the same alluded to their
duties.
First with reference to the Jail the commits
sioners were notified by the sheriff some time
ago that the Jail WAS insecure to such an eX-
tent that even murderers when guarded by
special officers had escaped from the same and
that the escape i'll every instance had been
made by tools passed from the outside. After
full discussion it was voted by the Board that
the windows should be secured in the manner
now done Dit was contemplated that the
plates should have been more thoroughly
drilled and the work was placed in the charge
of the sheriff and done. Should those plates
be removed, the sheriff by his deputy Jno.
Sauls who usually has charge of the prisoners
says that he will not con1ine prisoners init,
but send them to the Jail Of some other county.
The commissioners fail to see that the Jail is n
dc@thholeas represented, and we hold il to be
good enough tor the guests for which il is in
.lssl Itnh 4INn IL IL Int
thorough attention to their duties as their re-
port would indicate, by n examination of the
records they would find that the sheriff had
been ordered TO whteWash and scrub the Jail
by this Board at a previous meeting. The
recommendation tina physicians should be
employed and paid t. attend sick prisoners
and paupcrs is al liz t. The commissioners
are willing, and wi. with pleasure, pay all
reasonable and necessary bills, when the said
physicians shall have paid their just dues to
the County and State by taking out license to
practice. The commissioners having never
refused 10 pay the bill of Il licensed physician.
AS the Grand Jury seemed to have had the
able legal advice OF the Prosecuting Attorney
and his genial partner, it strikes this Board
that it might have kept them straight and not
got them so badly mixed up on the duties OF
County Commissioners in so far as their re-
port ailudes to erection of sign boards and the
opening OF new roads, they are very wide OF
the mark one is specifically the duty of the
road supervisors ana the other of the citizens
topetitiOn In so far as the repair OF bridges
is concerned our records viii show that no
necessary new bridge or the repair of any old
one has been refused by this Board Wien
brought TO their attention.
With reference to the bridge most earnestly
asked Tor over Little. Spruce Creek, we most
earnestly ask for further instructions rs we
don't know where to commence or end said
proposed bridge.
Inc records of the Board show that this
Board has used all due diligence to enforce
the road law and if we hare an imperative
law il is not our fault.
If this Board of County Commissioners have
faied to perform their duties or if they have
exceeded them in amy particular it was the
duty of the Grand jury to indict them and
failure TO do SO would indicate that they had
failed to find anything, MS this Grand Jury was
avid n