The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-06-17

! allowed the use of the northwest room
in the court room as an office, was,
upon motion. granted.
The petition heretofore filed with this
board asking that Mr.. Freeman be re-
moved as mark and brand inspector
! of district No. 9, which said petition
was referred to Mr.. =. r. PyIes for in
vestigation After having investigated
the same, Mr.. Pyles reported that he
did not think the cause set forth in
| the petition was sufficient grounds to
remove Mr.. Freeman, and therefore
recommended that Mr.. Freeman be re-
tanned as inspector and that the petit
ton asking his removal be refused.
The report was accepted by the board.
Claim Of Mr. Nichols for right of way
across his land for a public road was
referred to Mr.. Wartmann for investi-
cation, etc.
Mr.. Long thereupon filed his report
of the poor farm, which is as follows:
To the Board Of County Commission
ers Of Marion County:
Gentlemen: 1 visited the poor farm
June ,. The inmates, eight white and
four colored, are contented, and as well
as infirm persons could be expected to
be- The last inmates admitted, Mr..
Johnson and wife, brought sufficient
J furniture to furnish their room and
! expressed themselves as being delight
ed with the treatment they receive and
their general surroundings. The crops
are absolutely in good condition, with
prospects Of a sufficiency of corn for
another year. The crops have held up
remarkably we'll under the trying or
deal of the protracted drouth. Forty
four crates of cantaIoupes had been
shipped and six crates We're being
( packed to ship. The net returns Of the
I first shipment "a crates) amounted
to $22.1O.
Expenses for May
superintendent salary, $35; hired
labor, 5000; washing and ironing
$3.50. Total, 5000.
Sundres
H. 3. Masters, $1445; McIver and
MacKay, $4.90; Rheinauer and Co,
$500; Ocala foundry, 4Oc.; T. w.
Smith, $3.50; Ocala Manufacturing Co,
80 crates, $3.50; E. L. Freyermuth. re-
pairing pump, So; DR.. Blackiston, phys
ic for mules, 81. Total, 1929. Total
! expenses for May, s123.19.
Credits
Produce paid for labor, soc; produce
! sold for cash, $S.55; net returns for IA
/ crates of cantaIoupes, $22.1O. Total,
$3L45.
The above includes harvesting oats
and cantaloupes and repairing pump.
There has been harvested 1850 bundles
of oats, which were neatly saved.
Respectfully submitted,
H. W. Long.
1t was upon motion ordered by the
board that a warrant be drawn for 81,
payable from the the road fund and in
favor of Mr.. J. c. Morr1ston, for road
taxes improperly collected.
Mr.. I. w. OgIe appeared before the
BOARD and reported to the commission
ers a disbursement of SIS which the
board had drawn for the benefit of J.
A. Lumpkin, and returned to the board
81 of the amount. Mr.. Ogle was ten
dered the thanks of the board for his
economical disbursement Of the same.
The petition signed by citizens of
Shady Grove road and Camp lizard
road, asking that the board make and
declare the above named roads hard
surface roads and that the work upon
said roads be continued a distance
from Ocala to a point on each of said |
roads six miles from the city limits Of |
OcaIa, was granted as follows: That |
the Ocala and Shady Grove road be |
extended from where it now is 10 a /
point Ia miles further, and that the |
Camp lizard road be extended IA |
miles from where the same has al /
ready been macadamized.
The board thereupon passed the fol- |
lowing resolution:
Whereas, the present court house is !
entirely inadequate TO transact the /
business of our courts; no jury room 1
or office for circuit court judge; all the |
officers who occupy the offices in the |
court house are in a much cramped |
condition; some are compelled to have |
their offices in other buildings not con-