The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-01-05
MONTHLY
MEETING
Usual Routine Business Before
County Commissioners.
VOTING PRECINCTS
Petition Asking for a County Seat tlec
ton Refused Because There We're
Not Sufficient Signers.

county commissioners met at Fort
Pierce Monday, January |, 1906. Pres.
emit, w. r. llardcc, chairman; p. Kroc.
gel, X. b. Raulcrson, j. r. Bell and
L. ID, Holmes, with II. w. LennarL,
sheriff and j. T.. Futz, clerk.
Minutes of regular session in Deem.
Der and special session December %,
were read and approved,
Affidavit of jurors Of inquest on body
of Mrs Katie Burke, received and filed,
and in connection Herewith bill of DR..
W. f. VanI.andingham for $40 is APP
proved.
Trcasrrers report for month of De-
ccmber received found correct, and
cancelled warrants destroyed by Com
missioncrs Bell and Holmes.
Tax collectors report for month op
December received and filed.
Petition of citizens of Viking and
Oslo for establishment of election dis
trict, received and filed.
Request of NJ. b. Daniels, ID. T. Nc
Carly ct al relative to public roads re-
ceived and filed.
Refunded by Fee & Stewart Co.
SOL Is and by X. w. Lennard $780,,
errors in warrants drawn in December
1905.
William Anderson is placed on the
pauper list at IS per month.
Report of j. H. Baker, justice of the
peace, for the month of November,
showing sum Of $lO.6S collected as fines
and costs, and report for month of De-
cember, showing no business, received
and filed.
On motion, election districts are es-
tablished at Vero and Viking, and all
districts numbered and boundaries de-
scribed.
The request of VIM. Hogg to recon-
slider action in matter of changing road
between Jensen and Waveland received,
but as the board fails to see where the
public will be benefited, they cannot re-
open the matter.
Board adjourned to 8 a. m. Tuesday.
Board convened Tuesday at 8 a. m.
All present except Commissioner Raul
erson.
Petition of A. j. Brewer, c. E. Killer,
ct al, for public road received and
filed.
Protest from Mrs. M. A. Hendry re-
ceived and filed.
Reports of j. E. Andrews, county
judge, and Z. c. Summerlin, fish and
game warden, received and filed.
Bond of B. B. Robinson to carry re.
peating rifle approved.
Gu motion the offer of C. F. Akers to
furnish five copies Of the laws govern
ing the duties of county commissioners
for $3.50 is accepted.
Petition was presented to the board,
asking that an election be held to
change the location of the county seat
of st. Lucie county, Florida, but as un-
der the law it is required that said petit
ton shall be signed by one-third of the
registered voters of said county, and
upon comparison with the registration
list it is found that the required number
of signers had not been received, there
fore no election will be ordered.
Board adjourned to Wednesday.
Board convened at 8.3Oa. M, January
3. All present except Commissioner
Raulerson.
AS required by law, examination Of
all bonds were made, and it was found
that bondsmen were intact.
AS required by law, the jury list for
ensuing year was selected from the reg
istration list.
Petition Of p. p. Cobb, A. C. Dit
mar, ct al, citizens of st. Lucie county,
relative to abstracting instruments af-
fecting real estate, ETC., was received
and filed for action at next regular
meeting of county commissioners.
NOTE. This comprises all Of the pro-
ceedings of the board obtainable at time
of goingt to press.
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