The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-01-11
NEW BOARD
ORGANIZES
IOld Board in Session on Monday
New Takes Charge tuesday
|HEMMINGS IS RETAINED
AN Cattle Inspectors are Removed And
New Officers viii be Appointed at
Next Meeting Road Changes.

| County Commissioners met in Fort
pierce January 7, 1907. Present W. X.
IHardee, chairman; p. Kroegel, X. B..
lRaulerson, J. F. Bell and X. d. Holmes,
with r. w. Lennard, sheriff and j. E..
lFultz, clerk.
Minutes of last meeting were read
land approved as corrected.
Bond of j. H. Jones, as constable for
District No. 7, County of st. Lucie,
with G. A. McJunkin and S. Jones as
{suraties, approved.
Letter from the Fidelity and Deposit
-Company in answer to letter written
= them by the Commits sioners, received
land fled.
In the matter Of request of citizens
Iof Sebastian to change the public road
across the Florida East Coast railway
from point north Of mile post PIG to a
point south of said mile post, the same
lie allowed, and this is authority to the
railroad company to make such change,
and that the present crossing north of
said mile post be abandoned.
Bond of John M. Swain, county sur
veyor, with S. A. Hair and M. w.
knight as sureties, was approved.
Bond of F r. Trice, constable, with
r. d. Hoke and ID. E. Austin as sure
tiles, approved.
Report of Cattle Inspector R. W.
Lennard received and filed.
Report of G.. E. Dutton, tax collector,
and J. E. Fultz, clerk, received and
filed.
Moved and carried that treasurer be
instructed to transfer all funds in the
Feeding Prisoner fund to Fine and For
feiture fund.
Treasures report received, paid war
rants checked up and balances shown
found to correspond with sworn state
| ment of Bank of Fort Pierce.
In the case of the State of Florida VS..
w. II. Wilson and Eugene Rodoutey on
charge of threats of violence the
complaining witness, Howard Wooley,
took the insolvency oath, incorporating
with said oath that the said Wooley has
suffered substantial injury in person and
property by said Wilson and Rodoutey;
from statements made to this board by
the trial Judge and other information,
Il y the opinion Of this board that there
wei mo foundation for statement that
tho< said Wooley had suffered any in
Jury whatever in 'person and proper
"" as sworn to by the said Wooley,
and 1t is the unanimous opinion of this
board that the case was frivolous and
the claim Of Substantial injury in per-
con and property" untrue, and this
board requests that the States attor-
! ney Investigate the truth of the state
ment as set forth regarding the sub
stantial injury in person and property
to The end that irresponsible persons
ohall not burden the county with frivo-
puo cases and unnecessary expense, as
81 this instance the county is called up
INTO pay court bill of $22 upon an
. afldavit which we respectfully ask the
States attorney to investigate at the
next assembling of the grand jury in
81. Lucie county.
After paying the usual monthly &C.
counts the board adjourned sine die.
New board of county commissioners
inst in Fort Pierce, January 8, 1907.
Pr6)ent, P. Kroegel, C. H. Edwards,
IL. Bell, j. Fl. Baker and Peter Raul
erD6n, with d. S. Carlton, sheriff and
III. Fultz, clerk.
Hoard organized by electing G. n.
Edwards chairman.
On motion of Peter Raulerson all cat
tlo'hspectors for st. Lucie county are
r16;pved from office. This motion to
TIL effect February 4, 1907, when new
inl ectors will be appointed
a motion of j. F. Bell, F. l.. Hem
rnil}gs is retained as attorney for the
unek pired term of his appointment OF
oN4year
On motion the Sheriff is instructed to
ND in good sanitary condition tho
6o1hty property on county lot in Fort
Ice, known as the county site:
bard adjourned to 8 a. m. Wednes'