The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-03
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Proceeding. "f the Meeting ut the
RpsIy Yesterday

EtIrr tllt HAD "a uHfInI-htt lfI~Inv~~-
the REPORTS on thu Rad l,aiinS o. Inter
lachrn was received, and the r,cti grant
ri. The rrlort 81 the change IN tho. Itt-
Ltkt and tame willie ri,ti Wa Trcriyt,l,
aHJ tltt chang gTlntr,i The commits
~r,'urrs reported ftvofatly ga tie. ro.rl-
l't'iU; from thu. Tolly l'lar,. To- tl,, -.
lpht> rllet 1" is,-tNiek. and tbs. rsf"rt,
from Fort lfu.,h, rtai Ca lht.rlarIrn
~rIr r,-,'riyttl tn,i Vsr,- lati oN.r uu,lrr
the r,i.-. Several ruad t~titi,h-. ca
" hirh 10 IrIsnT'- Lii ta-en na,t... vrG,.
irrl "ysr fur tutufr lctr"n.
The appropriation a.,i'' tea tho rrIpt
ii M Johr,-'n "a. lat AZ, trnr IT tt.
t"pnd wa, etuc, li,i Tia. ia,ari ha,ins
rtr,lt,.i inflammation that ~h.. w.t4 nut /.
lauItr.
lh.. hpi, fnr ia" huiIdlug ot the ll,S
l'tIu'h lfd.," wrrr upsurd, Which
ranged all the way iInm 50 I" $40,
aHd ti.rrr h.lng two hli. tur th,. smaller
-un, thu matter Wa rrf,iTr,l IT, the par.
ti,- making the Mds, the cl.rk bang
auth"iiled H. cnntrart w,th the party
making the lnw,~t btd,
The lir>t thing taken up under thu.
head of new business, Ma, the followin
PETITION from th, officers and ~ uilicrrs
"f thrcounty:
fAlATKk, FLA, june ~, lsSG.
IL the Honorable l.oari If Count, t'um.
nl~sIohers tor Putnam County. I Ia.
tENIlEMEN We. the undersigned, lr'-
ing personally Interested both n, officials,
~ -uiiiclal~ ami citizens OF putnam tolln.
~, IN Il cpmplete, unrfrlu'llc,d and com
patent Investigation ut the condition ot
our accounts. vouchers AMI official con
duet during the tim" Of our respective
terms Of office, de- tly insist, and
~ a right Ia each of ~, demand, that "A
complete. unpr'Julced and competent
investigation h. hal of uur admlnI-tra
tlon in the offices which we till and have
filled. and a report made fully and ALSO.
mtrly tothls body under oath. and that
no statement or part Of statement shall
l." presented or Published until the whole
Is complete and property presented.
VIM. T. Forward, Clerk county court.
:. j. kennerly, Treasurer Putnam toun-
".
Jos. Prize Collector Revenue Putnam
county.
t;eo. j. Xehnbar, Sheriff Putnam tout
~.
Roht Il. Reid. late Treasurer rutnam
County.
l.. q. Sibley, late Sheriff Putnam conn.
u. 7. Roberts. cxt'ounty Judge
!. =. llanghton, county Judge.
Benz. Harrison. cNt'ounty Judge.
\, }. W""i. County Superintendent Of
Schools
On motion the prayers Of the prtl-
TONERS were granted, and Chairman
thorih"d to employ one ur moe expert
accountants, and that the report If SAID
experts b. made To the board under oath.
Commissioner &. 4. Evans rose To a
question Of personal privilege and stated
that thu publication in "A certain paper
stating that he would oppose all in,cstl
cation, of county affairs had done HIM
AN injustice, ami SAID that smh state.
n,rnt wa4 a Islander and it, author iaI-i-
tier.
\ petition ior u public road IN district
NJ . wa. granted, and Mror5. McBrlt.
Powers and l'AIna were appointed
special committee tu survey and lay cut
the same.
The frliltlanl and Crescent t,ts road
having been oh1iturtcd 10y j. ). Brown
ha> my built wire fence across IT, the
citizens along the line prtltIoncd the
board to have the ob-tluciluns removed
and the road re- opened. The petition
era were directed To- the statute refer
rlng to that matter, az the board had no
jurisdiction
\ petition from the citizens OF PIE.
cinctS Il aud H. was read and received,
asking for changes III the boundary
lines ui the Ne" precinct recently
granted hN the board, rs nhdrr
the present arrangement many tItl-
lrns would h. put To- great lncnnNrn-
fence 10 reach the polling places
Mtssrs White aud INle, and Mr.. wing
Glllis. attorney, appeared for the prtl-
TONERS. The retItton was rrtonnht
ted for additional names ct parties ri.
trrretcd.
j. l. WmhrII, Q. = Whipp and
II. Gillctt were appointed II special COM
mittrr t. survey and lay cut the road
prayed for 10y petitioners from Fort
lsooks ROAD to Slipper Lake. ir precinct
No. 10
\ petition was received praying for Il
public road from Orange spring bridge
To Juhnsun Station, which was granted,
and g. T. Elst, John Livingston, Jr,
and W. H. johnson were appointed IA
special committee To- survey and lay ont
the same.
\ communication was received from
W. j. Webb Offering 10 insure the new
Jail building. which was laid over lhr
jail is Il ireproot building, and the
board will probably carry its own RISK.
The following petition was read and
received 1t being numerolislN signed hy
a large number uf the leading citizens of