The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-08-14
A BIG SUCCESS.
The ocala Car of FLORIDA Exhibits at
Detroit.

The Ocala Car of FLORIDA Exhibits at
Detroit
The BANNER has been full of para
graphs for several issues about the 0eala
car of Florida exhibits, which Captain
John A. Welsh and Cash Thomas took
to the G. A. R. gathering at Detroit,
from August 3rd to 9TH.
Captain Welsh and Mr. Thomas re-
turned Wednesday from their Detroit
visit, and their song is one of loud and
long acclamations of the wonderful re-
ception they met with and the great ct
traction their display proved, the trump
card of the great gathering.
In our next issue we shall have more
TO say of this exhibit and the good il
will do us, and especially of Captain
Welshs' presentation of the exhibits to
the Detroit Park commits ions.
All praise to Captain Welsh and Cash
Thomas.
Proceedings County Board commis-
sioners.
MONDAY. Aug. 3, 1891.
The Board of County Commissioners in and
for Marion county, Florida. met in regular ses-
sion on the srd day of Aug. 1891, in the court
house in the city of Ocala
Present and presiding H W. Long. chairman !;
W. P. Williamson, L. II. Aver, Sol BENJAMIN and
J. W. Stevens commissioners.
The minutes Of the last melting were read and
approved.
Calvin Johns was placed on the paupers list at
$500 per month for two months.
Rebates were granted to E. NJ. Henderson for
$500. and to JEFF w. Howard for sl164 for erro-
neous assessment oftaxes for 1889 and 1890.
A petition of the citizens of Gambler, precinct
., for road so feet wide. to begin at Bowers
lake and run along half section line of section
sc. township 16, range %. to the public road
leading from Gambler to Whites ferry, was
granted.
A petition of the citizens of Benedict to change
the public road from where 1t now runs to the
section line, was laid over until next meeting.
pc tition of the citizens of Ocala for an alley
way of five feet on the east side of the Jail loi
was laid over until next meeting.
Bills of cost in Justice Cordero and McConathy'i
court were approved, also the pay rolls of wit
nesses and jurors in the inquest case of Alonzc
Clark and Franciso and the Sheriffs feed bill o.
prisoner for the month of July.
There upon the board adjourned to meet to-
morrow morning at O'Clock.
TUESDAY. Aug. 4th.
The board of county commissioners in and fol
Marion county, Florida, met tn pursuance to the
order of adjournment at o'clock. Tuesday. 4tf
day of August, 1891. Present and pre- siding Il
w. Long, chairman; W. P. Williamson. L. NJ
Aver, Sol Benjamin and j.. w. Stevens, COM
mission ers.
R. R. Snowden applied for a quit. claim dee
from the county to block 81, n. s. S., Ocala
upon the grounds that the board conveyed the
said block before the title was vested in the
C ounty.
After the examination of the accompanying
abstract. the board ordered the chairma n, Il. w
Long, to execute quit claim deed on the part of
the county 70 the petitioner.
Richard McConathy, county judge. made his
report of money collected by the tax collector
for the month of July. 1891. for occupation
licenses amounting to 81 %, which was ordered
fled
The board, alter due elaboration. resolved TO
have the roads of the county worked By the con-
tract system or by making a levy for that pur-
pose.
The board made the rates of taxation for 1892
as follows, viz. County proper, one mill; public
school, three and one-half mills; public roads,
two mills.
The bill of Hubbard Il Macduff for one Win
chester rife was refused payment.
The following bills were examined and found