The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1906-01-05
'pUNTYc0FFIcERS FILE THEIR
| REPORTS.
wing TO Illness OF Chairman
King, Commissioner COnean-
non Acted in That Capacity
County Physician Elected.

The Honorable Board of County
commissioners of DeSoto county
net in their office Jan. 1, 1906, at 2
o'clock p. m.
Present, N. Q. Larson. E. r. Bos-
tick, d. w. Brown and j. H. Con-
cannon.
The minutes of last meeting we're
read and approved.
VIM. King, chairman, being sick
and unable to attend, j. H. Concsn-
non was elected chairman pro TEN.
A petition was received from the
cattle men of Fort Ogden asking
that A. j. McLenon be appointed in
spector of cattle slaughtered in dis
trict No. 8, Fort Ogden. Mr.. Me-
Lemon IS hereby appointed such in
spector, conditioned on his filing the
pkoper bond.
j. w. Lanier, A. j. McLenon and
j. II. Edwards, blazers on the fol-
lowing described road, made their
report: Beginning at north east
corner of nw4 of set, section is,
township 80 south, range "a east,
running south one half mile on SUBJ
division line to section 10. Thence
east one mile 70 be connected with
Prairie creek road and notice posted
on court house door and one mailed
to ]. W. Lanier, Fort Ogden.
The county officers filed their reese
pective reports as follows;
]. s. Altman filed fire arm bond
with w. II. Peoples and j. w. Pee
plies as sureties Said bond was re-
jected on the ground that the board
was informed that the applicant ls a
minor.
The tax collector and county judge
filed report OF license as follows:
State. -. ............M. .$4S1 90
County. go. ............... 315 90
Total. ..... ............,. 1896 90
A petition was received from the
citizens of Bowling Green asking
that the name Of Pascal Thornton
be placed on the pauper list, and the
name was. accordingly placed upon
said list.
DR.. Hart presented bill for treat
ing s. Story, payment of which was
refused.
Fire arm bond of A. ]. McLenon
with ]. G.. King and ]. II. Peoples as
sureties, approved and permit issued.
Pension application Of Z. s. A.
McCullers presented and approved
by the board.
A, Q. Freeman, sheriff, is hereby
authorized to set trees in the court
ydrd.
The board made list OF jurors OF
three hundred names taken from
The registration books. which list
was signed by the chairman In open
session.
Bidsfor tho position of county at
toraey were opened and the bid OF
w. E. Leitner to serve for the year
at salary of two hundred dollars
was accepted and he was according
" employed for the year 1906.
Bids for the position of county
physician for the year 1906, were
opened, the bid Of DIR. r. L. Cline
was accepted and he is recognized as
the physician for the county for the
yeBr 1905.
Bids for furnishing stationery for
the year 1906. were opened. The
proposition Of the DeSoto Publishing
Co. was accepted, and the contract
awarded to said DeSoto Publishing
Company.
The proposition of the DeSotC
Publishing Company for the public
printing for the county ia accepted
aud the DeSoto County News II
hereby designated the official paper
OF DeSoto county for the year 1906
4 The county treasurer is hereby
authorized TO transfer four hundred
( dollars from the general reWau'
fund, 10 the fine aud Forfeiture fund
on account Of feeding prlsonefs
thursday Morning - H. Con
mon. chairman pro tenn, bein'
lent and a quorum being present
w. Brown was elected cnairmar
tenn.
commissioner D. W. Brown {
CO authorized to supervise tn
thrm and 20 have all work don
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