The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-09-07
INJUNCTION
SUIT ENDED
Compliments Offer to Withdraw
Suit and Compromise Costs
ASSESSMENTS REDUCED
County not Liable for Damages to Stock
on Highways. Other Matters Before
County commissioners.

County Commissioners met in Fort
Pierce, Sept. Bird, 1906 Present, W. X.
llardee, chairman, p. kroegel, X IS.
Henderson, j. F. Bell and r. D. Holmes
with +, NJ. Tyler, deputy sheriff and
J. +. f'ut2, clerk.
On motion minutes of special meeting
August 18th, regular meeting August 6,
and special meeting August Is, were
read and approved.
Communication from Gov. N b.
Broward relative to an appropriation
in aid Of the state fair to be held in
Tampa, Fla, Nov. II to 20, 1906, re-
ceived; but on account Of extraordinary
expenses in connection with building
jail, clerk s office, etc, the board deems
It advisable to make no appropriation
this year,
Communication from state auditor
setting forth that all sherffs are ex-
oflicio jailors, and that county COM
missioners have no authority under the
law to pay a salary as jailor; received
and fled and same will be complied
with.
On motion the assessment of Mrs. G..
:. Bennett Ilaney on northwest quarter
of southeast quarter and north half of
southwest quarter of section 2S, town
ship 81 south, range Al east l20 acres
is reduced from Sl60. 90 to $4,000.
On motion the following reductions
We're made on assessments Of real
estate
II. b. Ransom 81 acres, lot |. Sec
ton 80. township 80 south, range Al
east from $500 to $275.
Sydney Castle i lots 5, T. s, section
26, township "a south, range 40 east,
100 acres, from $3.50 to $50.
|. L. Christensen, west acres OF the
NEt of SWl, section 10, township 36
south, range 10 east, from $3.50 to 500.
W. r. Sanders, north 10 acres of So
of lots 5 and 8, section 70, township 81
south, range 80 east from SIS to $50.
l.. II. Toussaint, 81 of lot 3, section
%. township 81 south range Al east, 40
acres, from 800 to $500.
Treasurer's report for month of Aug
ust received, paid warrants checked up
and presidents certificate from Bank
of Fort Pierce attached, showing COR
rect balance as per said report.
A. r. Lamb appeared before the board
and made claim against the county for
$25 for one OK killed by injuries receiv-
ed on White City bridge, and the mat
ter is referred to F. l.. Hemmings, at
torney for the board for written opinion.
Board adjourned to $50 a. m. Tues
day and convened promptly at said hour
with all members present.
Tax Collectors report for month Of
August received and filed.
Clerk S report of tax sale certificates
redeemed and purchased during the
month of August received and filed.
Report of fish and game warden re-
ceived and filed.
On motion the agricultural statistics
compiled by r. G. Hardee, tax assessor,
We're taken up and approved as prOyid-
ed by amended Section $50 of the Re-
viSed statutes.
On motion the bill of Cobb & Platts
of $lS for rent of office for meetings of
school board for past IL months is de-
clined, for the reason that the board of
county commissioners had made no con-
tract for such office, and that the sup
erintendent and members of board of
education did not apply to county COM
missioners to provide them with office
for such meetings.
Opinion of f. l.. Hemmings on claim
of A. r. Lamb received, and is as fol-
lows:
Fort Pierce, Fla, Sept. 4, 1906.
The Honorable Board of County Com
missioners, ST. Lucie county, Florida.
Gentlemen: You having referred to
me the claim Of A. r. Lamb against
the county of St. Luce for the va lue
of an OK amounting to $4,000 which
he alleges was killed by falling through
the White City bridge. Mr.. Lamb
further alleging that the said bridge
was in defective condition, of which
the county commissioners had notice;
and the board having requested me to
give an opinion on the legal liability of
the county in the matter of this claim,
| herewith respectfully submit the fol-
lowing opinion:
The Overwhelming weight of authority
is to the effect that counties are not
legally liable to answer in damages for
injuries sustained from defective or un-
safe highways or bridges, and that such
liability can only arise from express
statutory enactment or by implication
necessarily arising therefrom.
There is no statute of the State of
Florida imposing any liability on
counties in this State for damages for
injuries of this character.
1t is therefore my opinion that the
above stated claim of Mr.. Lamb, i'm
poses no legal liability on the County of
St. Lucie to pay the same, even though