The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-04-12
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF MEETING
OF BOARD OF COUNTY CON-
MISSiONERS.
Ocala. Fla, April ,, 1907.

Marion county, Florida, met in regu-
lar session on the above date. Present,
Hon. J. l.. Edwards, chairman, S r.
Pyles, c. ". Turner, y, 4. Fort and
J. NJ Mathews, commissioners.
Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved
Complaints have been made by
parties that Mack Johnson had fenced
the public road at or near Stanton.
depriving the people there access 10
the lake. except by great real OF
Inconvenience: the board directed. af
ter hearing statements on both sides.
that Mack Johnson remove his fence
hack 3 feet further leaving the road
open % feet from Stanton'S store 10
the borders of Lake Weir.
Mr.. X. II. Sanders appeared before
the board and complained that the
assessments on certain property of
Ford was excessively assessed. Mr..
Sanders having paid his taxes for 1906
the board could give him no relief.
The committee heretofore appoint
cd to act with Mr.. j. NJ. Mathews.
commissioners. with reference TO the
Ocala and Blitchton road. having been
upon the grounds and investigated the
situation. the change requested by
Mr.. Atkinson. was refused.
The pension application OF Mrs. NJ.
A. Winston was approved by the
board.
Mr. :. ID. SOuteT was granted a
recommendation for the reduction in
valuation of lots in block 50. Cald-
wells addition TO Ocala, Florida, from
$500 TO $500.
The board. upon motion, granted
the Edwards Naval Stores Co. a re
bate of 80 cents each for all convicts
charged against them for January 8.
1907. as the said naval stores com
fany did not receive said convicts
until after such date.
Isaac Houston paid his fine. Ed
wards Naval Stores Co, was ordered
credited with $3.50 expense upon
said convict, and the said prisoner or
dered discharged.
The request of Hon. Alexander
Wynne. of East Lake. requesting a
member of the board 10 inspect the
railroad at the depot at East Lake was
read and referred To Commissioner
Pyles with power to act.
Upon motion of Commissioner Fy-
les the hard wood exhibit which Mar
ion county has is rendered The Sea
board Air Line Railway Industrial
Agency for exhibition al the James
town Exposition.
Col. r. F. Rogers made application
to the board TO lease the conVicts re-
served by the board i'm their contract
with Edwards Naval Stores Co. TO
work the public road. and offered
sS3.3 3 Is each per month for all OF
those whose sentence was not less
than four months. Action was deferr-
ed by the board.
The petition asking that the Spring
Grove road be changed so as to leave
TT. Gates road at or near where
Spring Grove road enters the Big
Scrub in township II, range 81. and
running thence east as near as may
be to intersect with said Spring
Grove road near Hughes Island, was
granted upon the condition that the
petitioners place said road in good
travelling condition.
The request of Mr.. J. l.. Grantham
that the board recommend that the
clerk be allowed to redeem lots 16
and II in Ocklawaha section -. town
ship lG, range n. upon the face val
ne of the certificate and omitted years
taxes without interest was granted.
The road petition filed by AIr. Kel-
sey, requesting the board to reopen
and fix the boundary of the public
road recently closed by Mack John
son. and which is described rs run.
ming Ia northwest erly direction from
the corner of Buffum'S old store TO
the waters of Lake Weir. as per re
corded plat of Stanton. was laid over
until the next regular meeting of the.
board
II was ordered by the board that
the resolution recently passed author
izing The purchase from The Seaboard
Air Line Industrial Agency certain
hooks advertising the resources OF
Marion county. which order Was made
at the March meeting of the board. be
and the same is recinded and the or
der countermanded and the clerk di-
rec,ed 10 notify the said agency of
the action of the board.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Pyles il is ordered that the chairman
of this board is hereby vested with
full power and authority 10 make The
necessary repairs in the county Jail
and tn have the cells Scraped and
painted. and TO have such work done
as the said chairman sees lit anu
proper.