The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-16
COUNTY commissioners.
Official Report of the September Meet.
ing Of the Board of Commissioners
ocala, Fla Sept. 5.AD ION.

Board Of county commissioners met
on this date. Present. II. w Long
chairman, and n. A. Fort. ]. /. Ed
wards. Z. l. Wartmann and s. r Pvtas
commissioners.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
and amended as follows:
The board Of county commissioners
at their regular meeting in July. hav-
Ing decided that il was necessary IN
enlarge the court house upon some
plan, practically amounting TO the
erection OF a new court house. and
having given due notice as in such case
made and provided for by law, that at
the next regular meeting Of the said
board after the publication Of said no.
tice. the question OF enlarging the
court house would be acted upon by
this board. In response to this notice.
number Of citizens appeared before
the board. Architect AIacKay, in re-
spouse 70 a request made OF him by the
board, submitted two plans Of enlarg-
ing the court house, practically
amounting to the erection of a new
court house, which was considered by
the citizens present. They made va
riOus suggestions. A few favored an
enlargement on some plan on the line
indicated by the plans submitted as
aforesaid. Whereupon. after due con-
Nderation, ii was ordered that the
court house be enlarged on the line in
dicated by the plans submitted by Ar
chitect MacKay as soon as practicable,
and that a building tax Of two mills
per annUm be levied for that purpose
FOR two consecutive years.
Court House Improvement Postponed
on motion it was further ordered
that the adoption Of plans and speci-
hcations for charging the court house
as aforesaid be and the same is hereby
postponed 10 some future meeting Of
the board so as to give ample time for
Que and mature consideration Of the
same.
Mr.. Henry Brass rendered his resig-
nation as mark and brand inspector,
which was accepted, and ]. A. Ross ap-
pointed.
The resignation Of Mr.. W. z. luton
was rendered and W. S. Priest appoint
ed in his stead as mark and brand in
spector.
~ " A w., 80, 7e,.,7 he -.o-i,-
nation as mark and brand inspector of
district No. 81. and J. w. Smoak was
appointed in his stead.
The road petition filed with the
board at its last meeting asking the
loo TO grant public road from era
hamvine TO Sharp's Ferry, leading
through sections Il and il in tp i, r
-. was granted by the board as a
neighborhood road only.
The request Of the clerk to be allow
ed 20 exchange recording machine for
an improved machine was granted.
BIr. Y. g. Deas rendered his resigna-
ton as ferryman at Stokes Ferry,
which was accepted. TO take effect up
on the qualification of his successor.
At Mr.. Deas' suggestion. Mr.. Andrew
ID. Mitchell was appointed ferryman
On his place.
Petition asking for public road as
follows: Beginning on the Ocala and
Symmetrical public road at its inter
section with south boundary line Of
sec 25. 10 16. s. %. e: run thence west
on south boundary line of secs %, 20,
q. 2S. %. tp 16, 5. r %, e, to the Or
ange avenue or new cut road at or near
the sw cor Of said section %, tp 16, T
%. e.. was filed and laid over until next
meeting OF the board.
g.. r. +. Rogers. superintendent OF
Marion convict farm, asked the priv
lere OF closing up the old Fort King
road III the same was not considered
public road. The request was declined
and the board suggested to Mr.. Rogers
that ne get a petition from the people
living east Of town who used the said
road. petitioning this board to grant
such privilege.
Mr.. Tuner and others appeared be
fore the county commissioners request
Ing he board to carry out their prom
ise made some two months previous TO
rnacadanize the Camp lizard and Ocala
road. a distance heretofore named, ana
whose action at the last meeting Of the
board was rescinded. Whereas the
board at its last meeting rescinded Its
action at a previous meeting granting
q certain portion Of the Camp lizard
road 10 be hardened, and whereas, Ger
tain citizens appeared before the board
toaA and insisted that the board
s.ouls harden said road on some route.
therefore. be It resolved. list, that the
board refer the whole matter to those
interested. with the instruction that
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