The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-04
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
What Was Done at the Monthly
Meeting Yesterday.


Under the head of unfinished business,
lot of laid over road petitions were
taken up. The first was the road on the
opposite side of the river from Palatka,
which WAS strongly urged by Captain
Powers and others, and equally strongly
opposed by Mr.. f, S. Bugby and others.
which was finally laid over 10y the board
until the next meeting. Several road
petitions were aid over, and five six
laid on the table subject To call. The
rules were susI ended and the petition
for the Mount Roya' and Lake Como
road granted.
Mr.. John Hancock asked for IA bridge
across Rice Creek, but, as the board has
no bridge fund on hand he will have to
wait for be request TO be considered.
Under the new business head, a com
munication was read from Judge w. III.
Wigg, n reference to his recent visit to
the jail, which recommended several i'm
portant changes for the benefit of the
sanita-y condition of the Jail.
Mr.. Wynton appeared before TIA. board
and asked for the payment of the twenty
per cent. of the amornt due on the jail
and held back by the commissioners.
He was informed that the board could
not order its payment until the jail had
been received by the grand jury.
MIR. c. ellis. for his daughter, and
Messrs. G. w. Pratt and q. y. Squires,
| for their sons, made application for APP
pointmen to State scholarships i'll the
East florida Seminary, at Gainesville,
The appointments We're made as re
quested,
On the petition of a number of the citi
zens of rancis, the sum of 50 per month
for two months, was voted for the relief
of Mrs. Elizabeth Cribs, pauper.
The clerk reported that he had received
warrant from Marion county for
$273. %, in payment for that county's
share in the Marsh bridge, on the line of
the two counties, which was ordeied
placed to the credit of the bridge fund.
A communication was received from
Hon. w. ID. Barnes, stating that Clay
county had collected taxes on lands be-
longing to Putnam, but supposed to be
that county, the same land having
been sold in Putnam county for taxes,
and asked the commissioners if they
would forego their claim for the tax SO
collected, as the matter had come to his
office for adj Justment. The board de-
clined to yield its claim, and the clerk
instructed t. confer with the Clay county
commissioners and see if they would not
pay the money back to this county.
Prof. a. j. Wood, Superintendent of
Public instruction, app es~ci before the
Board and In behalf of the board of ed
ucatiOn renewed the request for the levy
of the five mills tax for school purposes.
He stated that the salaries of the teach
ers of the county would amount TO some
thing over S1I, 900. but that he and the
board could use 10000 judiciously If
the commissioners would or'y give IT To
them The commissioners did not say
SO, but intimated by VARIOUS looks and
shakes of their heads, that the three
mills tax the school board now has would
be about all that they would get, and
called upon the superintendent for an
itemized statement for what the money
was wanted.
w H. Mann and others petitloned for
} a new road along the Florida Southern
railway at Meanwhile, which WAS received
and commissioners appointed To lay II
out
Lewis Morris, In communication,
called the atten; on of the Board To Pc
MEL avenue, and asked that the Board
/ "A nln lsa
have il closed. The road in question is
in the new town of Palatka Heights, and
the matter was referred to that corpora
ton for solution.
, The road commissioners of Precinct
No. : asked that the st. Augustine X Pa
Iatka railway be ordered to drain off the
water their enbankm ent had backed up
into the public road. THIS matter be-
longs to the grand jury, and the read
commissioners were referred to that
: body.
w. III. Evans and others, appointed a
= committee To inspect and accept the new
3 bridge over Dog creek, reported that the
bridge had been built according to speci-
fications and had been accepted, out that
it was practically worthless without
= aprons on either side, and these had
D been ordered added, at an expense of
D $4.3l, the actual cost of the lumber.
\ petition for a new road from Bost-
: wick to Long Branch, signed by G. II.
Lee and others. was received and the
= proper commissioners appointed.
n Messrs. p. Cunneely, y. y. Edwards
r & Co., bingham * Smith, John McGill
Devereux & Co., jos. Lynn, agent 7. ii
Haley & Co. and Martin l.. Davis were
granted permits TO obtain license for the
t sale of liquors.
q The treasurers statement for JulX