The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-02-09
ATTORNEYS TO
CLOSE DEAL
Court House Site to be Trans
ferred to the County.
STREET GRADE REMAINS
A Resolution was Passed, Providing that
the Present Grade on the Hill on
Pine Street be permanent.

The town council met in regular ses-
night, Chairman Whyte presiding.
Present: Aldermen Lowry, Wynn Edge
and Tucker, Mayor Fee, Marshal AL
derman, Clerk Tyler.
The minutes of the last meeting of
the board were read and approved
Mayor Fee read the following COM
munication from Attorney McCarty, in
reference to the property to be decided
to the county by the town:
To the Town Council. Town of Fort
Pierce Fla.
Gentlemen: In completing the mat
ter of furnishing the county of st. Lucie
with court house and Jail site the de-
tails are now practically arranged and
the board Of county commissioners have
a contract with F. M. Tyler to sell and
convey to them the site that they desire.
The Tyler interests are now practically
ready to transfer to the county. The
board of county commissioners have by
resolution authorized F. M. Hudson,
their attorney to pass on the title and
to examine the deed to the property
and If found in proper form and to show
a perfect title he Is to accept the title
and notify the attorney for the town
council. 1t now remains for the town
council to pass resolution authorizing
some one to transfer to F. NJ Tyler
the $500. 90 which is now in the town
treasury as the consideration for the
property.
To save time and meetings would
suggest that the council pass the follow
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Resolved, That the attorney of the
the town council and when notified by
the attorney for the board of county
commissioners of st. Lucie county
Florida that the abstract of title and
deed rendered by F. NJ. Tyler and others
is satisfactory to the board of county
commissioners, he shall 50 notify the
town treasurer and the town treasurer
shall pay over to the grantOrs of the
property accepted by the attorney for
the board of county commissioners the
sum of $I5OOOO. That the attorney for
the town council of the town of Fort
Pierce shall notify the town treasurer
in writing, which notice the town
treasurer shall file in his records and he
shall take from the grantors of the
property decided their receipts for the
$500. 90 paid to them and file the same
in his office"
The board of county commissioners
have this day passed resolution agree
ing to make a contract with the town
of Fort Pierce to reimburse the town
in the sum of $l500.00 in case the pro-
perty be ever abandoned as county
site This contract will be executed
by the board at its meeting following
the completion of the deal. This will
protect the town in case of emergency.
The emergency, however, is very
remote. Very respectfully submitted,
C. T. MCCARTY
Attorney for Town Council.
The resolution as read was adopted
by a unanimous vote.
Communications in regard to shell for
the streets were referred to the street
committee with power to act if price
and quality of shell are satisfactory.
After considerable discussion by the
council and citizens a resolution, intro
duced by Alderman Wynn, was adopted.
The resolution provides that the present
grade over the hill on Pine street shall
be permanent without cutting away
to conform to the survey made short
time ago. A petition signed by about
fifty property owners was presented
with the resolution.
The street committee was instructed
to use saw dust in filling the bad places
in the streets wherever it was neces-
sary.
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid:
j. G. Coats 4 Co., hauling trash, ,,,,.....,S. 20