The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-02-12

The minutes Of last meeting were
read and approved. after being amend
ed.
Rock Pits Bought
Messrs. Long and Edwards, commits
sioners who had been appointed to ex-
anime lands Of T. A. Lamb and report
20 the board the ACCESSIBILITY OF pur-
chasing two pits upon said lands 10 be
used for the repair Of the Anthony hard
road, recommended that Mr.. Lamb be
paid S25 for two pits, one-fourth Of an
from Mr.. r. A. Lamb 10 the said board,
which land is described as follows:
Two pits on the Anthony hard rock
road in the sls OF the swK Of nwI4
and in the n1z Of nwK Of swt, sec Is,
u IA, p, the same being lands upon
which pits have already been opened
and the material to be used for the
county 10 maintain the Anthony hard
rock road.
The matter Of damages TO the prop
erty Of Phillip Graham where the
Blitchton and Ocala hard road crosses
the said Graham's lands near Ocala,
was referred 10 Commissioners Long
and Edwards for adjustment
Milton Day Receives Quit Claim
Mr.. W. ". Clyatt, agent for Milton
Day, appeared before the board and
asked that the board execute a quit
claim deed 10 blocks 80. 80. and lots 3
and I Of block "a. y. :. :. Ocala. and it
appearing that the county had hereto
fore sold said lots and that the deed 10
block 30 had never been recorded. and
that the deeds 10 the other lots had no
witnesses. and that said Day ana those
under whom he claims. have been in
possession OF said property for more
than twenty years. il is on motion or
dered that the chairman OF the board
be and ne is hereby authorized 10 ex-
ecute a Quit claim deed for and on be-
half OF the board 10 said Milton Day for
the lands above described.
Mr.. Long. superintendent of the poor
farm. made the following report:
Poor Farm Report
TO the Board Of County Commissioners
Of Marion County, Florida:
Gentlemen: I visited the poor farm
January 80. and found things generally
moving along very well. The superin-
tendent has hauled tons Of rock of Of
the five acre block contiguous 10 the
negro houses and was nearly through
breaking IL Up. FOR cauJaioupes. The
oats are up nicely and look we'll The
vegetables are doing a. we'll a. could be
expected amid cold waves and the late
excessive rains. During the past month
the last OF the meat hogs. ten OF the
smallest raised. were slaughtered.
weighing net. $50 pounds. Shoulders
and hams. weighing 3Io pounds. were
placed in cold storage. There are 80
head Of hogs TO go over for another
year.
Expenses
Superintendent salary. So; regu-
lar field hand. SIS: extra help. $3.50;
cook. Sc: washing and ironing. 81. To-
tai. s6S.3O
Supplies-Plates and lamp, S5c.; A.
Brown and Bro. groceries, $14.10; Ma
rion Hardware Co. S4.65; Rheinauer
and Co. s1.lo; East Florida Ice Manu-
featuring Co. for cold storage, SSH;
Tydings and Co. S2.S5; McIver and
MacKay. SI.I0. Total. S3l.32.
Total expenses for January, 1882.
Credit for produce sold. S4.75.
Amount of expenses. less produce
sold, ss4S7.
Respectfully submitted,
II. w. Long. Com. in Charge.
Upon motion il was ordered that the
chairman, Mr.. Long. be appointed a
committee TO investigate the change in
the Ocala and Blitchton road near
Bitchton. Fla, now sought 10 be made,
and 10 report the ACCESSIBILITY Of the
same al lLt lEAA llttttAll- VI Altt bbsAA VI
Upon motion il was unanimously re-
solved by the board that the cattle now
owned by Mr.. Clarence g. Priest, SUI
perintendent OF the poor farm and now
at the poor farm. being eleven head Of
stock cattle. be purchased 10y the coun-
" AT and for the sum of 500, warrant
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for said cattle.
Sam Hodge Turned Down
sam Hodge appeared before the
board and made his complaint on ac-
count OF what he claimed 10 be i'm
proper treatment by the road overseers
and a fine imposed by the justice of the
peace and asked for the refunding OF
money paid by him as road tax. The