The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-06
The County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners.
The board of county commission.
ers were in session for the March
meeting at the court house on Tues.
day. Chairman Fearnside presided
and County Clerk Joseph Price re-
corded. Commissioners Rogers,
Strickland, Allen and Hancock were
Ill present They all were alert and
did business cautiously.
A petition asking that Ben Mitch
ell be placed on the pauper list was
deferred till next month.
A r. Taylor of Palatka asked fol
il reduction in valuation on his lot
IL, Hart's addition. He will be told
to call on the assessor.
A petition was read asking for a
change of road to intersect the new
road now being built to Hollister.
A petition asking for public road
to intersect the public road leading
to Melrose, near Grandin, thence
through Grandin and Florahome on
the south side of the G. S. d F. Ry.,
or near haywood, was laid over till
the April meeting.
X. Borsen asked for county aid in
repairing road and bridges from Sc
vile to Georgetown, the same being
in bad condition. Mr. Borsen was
Instructed to have road and bridges
repaired at an expense of $25.
Walter Thomas sent q communi-
cation asking for the repair of a ditch
on the road leading from Palatka to
Peniel at end of branch near Rig
dOn's. The communication was re-
terred to Chairman Fearnside with
instructions to have the work done
as soon as convicts are available.
State Agent Knott filed duplicate
of his report to Governor Jennings of
his examination of the county clerk S
Office. The report pays a high and
unusual compliment to Putnam's ef-
ficient county clerk, Joseph Price,
and for this reason the News takes
especial pleasure in reproducing it.
The report is as follows:
To His Excellency, w. S. Jennings,
Governor, Tallahassee:
SIR have the honor to report
that | made an examination of the
| tax sale certificates and the records
| Mr.. Joseph Price, clerk of the circuit
court of Putnam county, Nov. 1st,
1892, and found that all certificates
for which Mr.. Price became respOn-
sible were on hand or have been ac.
counted for to the comptroller.
Respectfully submitted,
w. V. KNOTT,
State Agent.
The clerk was instructed to adver.
tise for bids for a bridge tender al
Rice Greek from April lst, 1903 tC
April lst, 1904, reserving the right tC
reject any and all bids.
Petition asking for change of road
at place of z. T. Sparks, also for a
road from FlOrahome to the Palat-
ka and Starke road, to intersect at
about the II mile post, were laid over
Commissioner Rogers reported fav-
orably on petition to pension J. G.
Dunkley and he was granted $3.50
per month.
Paupers Felix Temper and wife, to
whom pensions of $3.50 per month
each were granted last mCnth were
proved to be frauds. Allen Price of
Melrose, to whom the order was
paid returned the check with the IN
formation that they had money to
burn but refused to even spend it for
their needs if they could get anyone
else's to spend In other words they
were misers.
The matter of the foot bridge
across Etoniah and Simms creeks was
again referred to Commissioner
Strickland, to report at next meet
ing.
The Palatka News was given the
work of publishing the delinquent
tax list for the year just coming to
a close.
The bills of the month were then
audited and the reports of officers
submitted.