The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-05
COUNTY DADS
MONTHLY MEET
Usual Routine of Business Trans
acted at the Session
TWO ROADS ORDERED
Communication from Department OF the
Interior Relative to Indian Remains.
$3.50 Appropriated for Roads

County commissioners met in regular
session April |, 1907, present full board
with d. s. Carlton sheriff, and j. Il.
Fultz, clerk.
Minutes of last regular session March
4th, to 9th, 1907; and special session
March IL, 1907, read and approved.
Two letters from VIM. Hogg, re-
ceived and filed.
Communication from f. Ben Carter,
general road master, received, and
clerk is instructed to inform said Carter,
that road is recognized as public road
Communications from Department of
the Interior, Washington, D. c., and
from the Governor of the State of
Florida, relative to dissertation Of Indian
grave, were received and filed.
Petition of j. D. Younge, VIM Sloan
ct AL, citizens of Sebastian, asking for
20 foot road, beginning at the south
terminal of Louisiana avenue, continue
south along the land line which is the
. section line north and south in section
6 and about 600 yards, to intersect with
the road leading west from the rail
road between orange groves of G. B.
Hall and Capt. Hardee, received; and
in connection Herewith, G. b. Hall, j.
l.. Stinson and B. F. Hardesty are ap.
pointed committee to view, mark and
survey said road and report to this
board at its next regular meeting.
Reports of T. d. Summerlin, cattle
Inspector, f. c. Summerlin, fish and
game warden, G. E Dutton, tax-collect-
or, and j. E. Fultz, clerk received and
filed.
On motion, $3.50 &c is appropriated
from the general road fund, to pay the
balance of expense incurred by the
Good Roads Committee in having sur
veys and estimates of cost made on
proposed hard surface roads.
Fire arms bonds for N. G. Read and
Charlie Carlton were approved and per-
mts issued to same.
The petition of c. .Racy and others,
asking that portion of the Sorensen
property be condemned to widen the
public road at Jensen, and asking that
the commissioners refrain from cutting
down the Palmetto trees in front of
the Heller property, was received and
on motion the prayer of the petition
in relation to condemning portion of
the Sorehson property, is denied, for
the reason that an amicable arrange
ment has been made for widening the
road at that point, which will obviate
the heavy expense and lengthy litigation
of condemnation proceedings, and the
prayer of the petition in relation to
the cutting down of the Palmetto trees,
is granted.
On motion The Fort Pierce News is
designated as the news paper to publish
the delinquent tax list for the year 1907.
On motion, warrant No. 1854 for $l.20
in favor of j. H. Solomon, dated jan
uary II, 1907, through mistake, is Or
der ed Cancelled, and another for same
amount be drawn in favor of Mrs. S.
H. Saunders.
Treasurer's report for the month of
March 1907, received, paid warrants
checked up and balance found to tally
with certificate of the cashier of the
bank of Fort Pierce, attached.
On motion, Willie Raulerson-deaf,
dumb and blinds placed on the pau
per list at SIS per month.
Report of committee G. S. Tucker, L.
L. Carlton and Riley johnson, with J.
C. Fries, surveyor recommending a
change of road as follows:
Beginning at point 400 feet south
of half mile post on west boundary of
section %, township 35 south, range 80
east, then continue west 3,640 feet
thence south 81 degrees west for one
mile, 1,64O feet, thence south n degrees
west for one mile, thence south so de-
grees west for one mile to section line,
thence west on section line to about 200
yards north of Dinner Hammock and
about half a mile south of Cyprus
Clump, otherwise known as Blue Noun
tains; received, and if no objection is