Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-08-08
MONTHLY MEETING
OF CITY FATHERS
A Meeting at Which Much Inter
est Was Manifested.
FEW ASSESSMENTS LOWERED


Property Owners Thought Assess-
ments Too nigh and Appeared De.
fore the Board for Relief. Which IN
Some Instances Was Granted.
Gainesville August ,.
The Council met In regular monthly
session at = O'Clock. Present: Alder.
man Broome. president; Aldermen
Bunch. Cannon. Mixson and Vidal.
Minutes for July were read and
adopted upon motion Of Alderman
Cannon.
The marshars report for $3.50 vas
received, and ordered 6led.
The collector reported t22.25 col
lections for license, $3.50 for water
reuts, and $3.2s error On certificates.
The matter OF adjusting the back
taxes on the Endel estate was. upon
motion Of Alderman Cannon. referred
to . committee OF two aud PrSstdent
Broome appointed Aldermen Cannon
and Bunch.
The following resolution was. upon
motion Of Alderman Bunch, passed
by the Council:
"Whsreas. the Board Of Education
al Bond Trustees. consisting Of e.
Baird. J. q. Bedford aud Christopher
Aatheson. having discharged the
duties pertaining to said board. and
having submitted . written report and
statement Of their proceedings. and
tho same having been examined and
found correct, It II hereby ordered
that said Board Of Educational Bond
Trustees be. and they are hereby
DISCHARGED from further service and
liability as said trustees. Be 1t fur.
ther
Ordered: That the balance On
hand. towit: @l:l.OS. be turned over
to the clerk and treasurer, and he
put the same In the educational bond
fund"
The following reductions were
made Upon real property Mrs. N.
L. Cromwell, from $500 to $3.50: C..
c. pedrick from soc to $500: H. J..
Rifles. from $500 to $3.50: Mrs. Ann
Milliner. from 500 to $50: August
Weinski. from 81 900 to 500.
The following bill, were read. found
correct and ordered paid:
1ight fund-Oatnesville Gas and
Electric Power Company. @1o3.75.
Fire fund.-. L. Meyers. $40: J. O..
Folks, $40: Gainesville Gas and Elec-
tric Power Company. -: e. J. Baird.
$50: Phifer Bros.. - cents; e. A.
O'Neiu. 14.l5: Mccormick T. Howe.
3s.7S; C. C. Pedrick, 9ls.Ss: Crawford
4 Davis. $50: e. q. o'Neill. $50:
IL. A. Naftxger. -: Hose Company No.
2, $3.50: Hose Company No. I. ~:
Gainesville Auto. Company. 50 cents.
|Waterworks expense fund-B. =. Nil.
Ter. S9os.eS: W. r. Thomas. -: c.
|C. Pedrsck. Sic; Baird Hardware
Company. $1e.el; 0aiassvtlle FoasAry
suA Machine Works. @s.3e: o. p. Can.
non, Is: Jordan 4 Co.. $50: T. b.
Hhs. $3.50. Printing sundrtes-The
Elevator. $3.50: H. H. MeCreary. The
Sun. $3.50: Pepper Publishing Com
pany, SIS. Cemetery fund-Ars. H.
H. MeCreary. for sexton. $50. Con-
tingeut fund.-. n. Dell. postals. Is
cents; 8. H. Wienges. IS. O6cers'
fund-B. r. Arrow. $50: J. NJ. Dell.
$40: C. L. Kite. $50: r. b. Ellis. gill;
z. e. voyle. @iss.
Street fund.-. n. Dell. assignee,
A 40: Saunders & Earle. asstgnees.
al. OF: Gainesville Planning and Cot.
IN Company. 31.34: Eddins Mansfae'
] turing Company. $3.50: Southern Fuel
and supply Company. SO; ". 8. Nc.
/, Dovsn. SIS. Watsrworks expense
hunA-R A. 8trunk. $3.50.
/ Ahernan Cannon moved to place
Mat az Broome's addition on the rec
90 In The county court house. No
tSoo carried.
Ahernaa Cannon moved to adjour.
u,til Moeday. August II. at 8 O'clock
vhieh notioa vas carried.