The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1908-12-10
COUNTY FATHERS
Report Of Their Regular Monthly
Meeting
THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
County Officers Give Bonds
Report of County Officers and
Other Business

| The Honorable Board If County
Commissioners of DeLoto county met
in their Office in Arcadia, December =,
1908.
| Members present, c. L. Keene, r. l.,
Holzendorf, ]. H. Concannon and d. j..
Farabee.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read approved.
The following pension applications
were examined and approved by the
board Lewis M Richnndson, John w
Wilson.
Bond of Augustus c. Freeman, sher-
if, with the following sureties examined
and approved; 2. ~ Parker for three
thousand dollars $4,000, B. F. F.!
Welles for two thousand dollars (sa,-
ooo); j. C. Hickman for one thousand
dollars Isl, ooo); Carl Holmer for one
thousand dollars I.ooo)
Bond of NJ. E. Albritton for county
surveyor, with following sureties APP
proved by the board Jake Wey and
o. A. Albritton, amount 81 900.
1t is hereby recommended to the
Comptroller that S. F. ]. Trabue, Agt.,
be allowed to redeem the following de-
scribed land at face lvalue without in
terest: Block 90, town of Punta Gorda.
He asks this reduction on the ground
that said property;is unimproved and
belongs to orphan children.
The treasurer is hereby instructed to
TRANSFER $500 from road district No. 3,
to district No. a.
The board appropriated $aso for
| 5000 copies of Tampa Tribune with
county write up for purpose of adver-
tising.
The following Official bonds we're ex-
amined and approved by the board
Cyril Baldwin. tax collector, with the
following sureties: c. q. Davis for two
thousand dollars (ss ,ooo) w. G.
Welles for ten thousand dollars (SIo,
ooo) R. E. Whidden for five thousand
dollars ($s ,ooo) B. F. Welles for
(S3 ,ooo) D. L. McSwain for five
thousand dollars $4,000 S. j. Sim
mons for three thousand dollars (s3,-
ooo) and c. c. Pearce for two thous-
and dollars (Sa ,ooo)
Henry E. Carlton, as clerk of the cir
cult court in the sum OF three thous-
and dollars $4,000 with the following
sureties: Jake Wey for one thousand
dollars (sI,ooo) J. G. King for one
thousand dollars $1,000 and 2. N.
Parker for one thousand dollars $1,000
Justice Peace bond of w. X Scuther-
land with T. F, Williams as surety in
the sum of five hundred dollars 5000,
B. A. Wachob as constable for dis
trict No. 7 with E. Wotitzky and X. X.
Seward as sureties for $500.
T. p. Lewis as notary public with d.
G. Swan and J. l. Roberts as sureties'
in the sum of $500
A. Winthrop Sargent as justice OF
the peace for district No: IA with w S.
Butler and H. E. Coy as surety in the
sum Of $500.
w. R. DeLoach as notary public
with d. G. Swan and S. E. Roberts as
sureties in the sum Of 5000.
H.SJ. Downing as justice Of peace
with w, A.. Johnson, Jr., John E.
williams and W c. johnson as sureties
in the sum Of sso5.,
A. J. Patrick as constable for District
No. 8 with j. c. Walker and J E.
Williams as sureties in the sum of $500
Henry G. Murphy as county tax
Assessor with J. l.. Roberts, II, l.
Mobiey, T. F. Smith and Henry w
Smith IS sureties In the sun, Of $1,000
Geo. w McLane as Justice Of peace
or District No. with Edward
Wotitzky and Harry r Driggors as
ureties in the sum Of $500. ..I 81 3
r. e. Brown as county judge for
3eSoto county with the following sure
les: Jake Wey $1ooo, j q King
1000, ]. J, Heard $4,000.
JA. Hshdry as county treasurer
Nth the following suseties: j q
cling for $ 5000. W. w 4aneford for
(coptinssd on pase 6ve)