The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-12-08

kr Pertaining TO Welfare OF
)unfy Taken Up, The Usual
onihIy Bill Engrossed and
rdered Paid.


he Honorable Board of County
hmissioners OF DeSoto county
in their Office in the court house
arcadia, Fla, Dec. A, 1905, at 10
ock a. m.
Present VIM. King, chairman, D.
Brown, N. q. Larson, K. r.
stick and j. II. Concannon.
Minutes of last meeting we're read
BID approved.
Firoarm bond of 7. P. Lewis with
II. Simmons and 8. e. Roberts as
uretles, approved and permit Is
ued.
Firearm bond of w. ]. Langtord
with A. NJ. Smith and q. II, Sim
mons as sureties, approved and per-
NIT issued.
Firearm bond of ]. H. Peoples with
T. b. King and H. l.. King as sure-
ties, approved and permit issued.
Firearm bond of T. B. King with
j. II. Peoples and II, L. King as
surelies, approved and permit issued.
Ffrearm bond of FL, L. King with
LII. Peoples and T. B. King as
sureties, approved and permit issued.
Propositions will be received at
the meeting of the board in January,
1906. for county attorney and coun-
ty physician for the year 1906.
The comptroller is hereby recon- =
mended to allow John M. Bates to
redeem the VT of sw4, sec. 16, tip.
SYST. "a g., at a valuation of 500,
each year for all back taxes, includ
ing taxes for subsequent years with
out interest.
The county officers filed their re-
spective reports.
A petition was received from the
citizens of Zolfo asking the appoint
ment of II. M. Craft as inspector OF
cattle slaughtered in said district
The said Mr., Craft is hereby appoint
ed as such inspector subject to his
filing the proper bond.
A petition from the citizens oil
Wauchula asking for a public ROAD
to. N as follows:
Beginning at point on the Wau-
chula and Zolfo road east OF w. A.
McEwen's and running in south
westerly direction to point east OF
jeff Williams. thence south 10 a
point opposite Henry Johns, thence
south vest to intersect upper zolfo
road. Said petition was filed and
the following blazers appointed
It. f. Brown, NJ. J. Raulerson and
i. w. Whitehurst. The appoint
n ent was mailed to L w. White
hurst, Wauchula, Fla.
G. w. McLane, ]. p, reports
nothing doing from his district
No. z, this month.
Treasurer is authorized to trans.
felGS2OO from district No. 3, to Dis
trict No. A.
Whereas, it is made to appear to
the county commissioners from the
report of the blazers herein appoint
ed aud the report by the clerk that
notice has been duly gwen herein to
the road known and described at
follows: Leave the old road at the
half mile line of section II, RAINING
south to section line, said'line being
the dividing line between j. b.
Brewer, Futch. j. S. Perry and 5. d,
Smoke, following the section line
half mile, connecting back TO the old
road on line between Il. b. john
sons and 7. j. Towards place. Il
is therefore ordered that the said
road be and the same is hereby de-
clared q public road and highway
The grade of this roal shall be 81
feet wide.
The blazers having reported on tn
following described road and tn
clerk having advertised the same II
accordance with law, the same i
hereby declared public road ant
highway: Leave the Arcadia ant
Charlotte Harbor road south o
Mrs. Johnson's, about one halt mill
and run IN southeasterly direction
and cross Horse Greek near it's IN
tersection with Peace River. Tn
grade Of this road shall be 80 fee
wide.
Owing to the financial condition
Of our road aud bridge fund. it
considered unwiso TO take any &C
tion 10 build a bridge across Caioosa
ha1cheo River at LaBelle City.
Committee bought from Clarl
r,-,.v,, anotoh fraes 70 All out epac