The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-17
Respectfully submitted,
$. r. Pyles,
Commissioner in Charge.
Report of Poor Farm for March, 1903,

! Respectfully submitted,
S. r. Pyles,
| Commissioner in Charge.
Report of Poor Farm for March, 1903.
! Superintendent. ... -. -. IS $500
Hired help 80. 80. go. $500
Washing and ironing go. 49,. 500
! Cooking 80. " " " " -. 1900
| Martin & earn ...... ... 4.65
/ HelvenstOn. Pasteur Co. -. e.. 1893
! Marion Hardware Co... ... e. 2.95
] McIVer & MacKay -. $40
| OCala Wagon Works -. ... so
! DR.. H. e. DOZier &c. 80. ... -. LOO
| Tydings & Co. 495
| J ]. Gurthey 80. ..... 1895
! Knight Martin Co. 90. -. ~ 100
| Total go. go. .... .... ..Sl6l.4 Az
! The Board then adjourned until 8
! o'clock tomorrow morning
! April Sth. 1908
Board met pursuant 70 adjourn
nent. all members Of the Board pres
/ ent
The Board then took up the propo-
SitiOn of recommending appointment
/ Of a game warden. After discussion
| the matter vas postponed until the
next regular meeting Of the Board
The petition heretofore filed by per-
! sons from Geiger district No. 81. re-
! qUeSting 20 have their names trans
/ ferred To Pennington, district No. 3,
and counter petition having been flied
/ Directing To the change of the bOun-
/ dairy lines Of said district. it was
! therefore upon motion. ordered that
/ the petition Objecting TO the chang
! ing of the county line. was granted
and the petition requesting the trans
! fer of names from district No. 81 to
district No. 3 was refused.
The City Treasurer. John NJ. Gra-
! ham presented a claim for $1229.5
70 "a cit TT Of he IA
! City of Ocala. and it appearing that
| the claim was certified to by the TAX
/ collector. ii was ordered that the
claim be allowed and that a warrant
! bc drawn for the said amount to the
/ CITY Of Ocala, for taxes due for 1907.
J. MeffeTt appeared before the
! Board and requested certain rights
/ with reference to a road near Ken
/ driCk and presented a bill for lime
| fun nished for the building and repair
ing of the roads amounting to 800.
| The whole matter was laid over until
/ the next meeting of the Board.
Messrs. Huffman. living near oak,
| appeared before the board and COM
! planned that the Mcdowell Lumber
! Company was treating them badly
With reference to a road near Oak.
! The clerk was instructed to write TO
! MI. Mcdowell in reference to the
matter.
Two certificates were ordered
! drawn, l.aHable to Mack jameson.
| one for 579.43 the other for $12O.h7.
! aggre eating 5000, to be paid for con-
-ract work or the EastIake hard road.
Citizens from Gambler. OklawaGa.
Lake Weir and Belleview appeared
! before the county commissioners and
! filed a Petition requesting the extern
! sion of the road from Ocala via San
tOs and Belleview to be extended to
! Oklawah9 via Gambler and North
Lake Wei. near what is known as the
| ChautauqUa grounds: and also re-
quested The hardening of said road.
After addresses by a number of Citi-
zenS pe+itiuning for said road, the pc
titiOn was laid over until the next
meeting OF the Board.
The assessment on south WeSt
quarter of northeast quarter of sec
ton ). tCWnShif IA south range %
east. was reduced from $500 to 5000
| Upon motion it was ordered that a
refund of $3.50 be granted J. B. NAL
10y on account of timber leases in
sections / and u, township IA, range
21 and section g. township IA, range
| p.
! Upon request, convict Henry Cobb
/ who had been selected to work on
hard road with Road Overseer Lu-
cius, was assigned back TO the S. A
Rawls & company, leases, for nine
months at $50 per month
1t was upon motion ordered that
persons against whom leases had
been assessed and which lease had
expired prior to January. 1907, and
otherwise terminated prior to date
that the said parties be required to
file an affidavit showing such facts
with the tax collector and that the
said tax collector be and he is hereby
authorized to eliminate said taxes and
report the same upon his general re-
port for settlement with the Board, as
ever.
The bills Of w. ]. Cooper for re-
pair of the DunnellOn bridge amount
ing to S35S63 was ordered paid, and
the Clerk directed to send bill to Cit
rus County for One-third of the same
it being that part Of Citrus County
expense.
1t was ordered that $4,000 be paid
Q. J. McRainey on salary as game
warden for the past year.
A communication farom Mr. Allen
Gibson complaining about his assess
ment on personal taxes was received
and read. and it appearing to the
Board that Mr.. Gibson had failed to
assess his personal property for 1907
the Board was therefore pOwerless
and could grant him no relief.
1t was ordered that a warrant for
$4,000 be drawn in favor of w. NJ
| Lucius, Road Overseer, to pay of
hands with during the month of April
The clerk and treasurer were di-
rected to cancel all warrants turn
ed over by the County Judge and JUS
tice of the Peace, District No 1. which
by order of this Board at their last
meeting. the said officers were re-
quired 70 list and turn over TO this
y Board fer cancellation