The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-05
PLANNING FOR
COURT HOUSE
Commissioners Will Consider the
Question at Next Meeting.
$500 FOR THE EXHIBIT
Commissioner Andrews Addressed Board
and Money Appropriated to Continue
the County Exhibit at Jacksonville.

Board of county commissioners me
in regular session March |, 1909. Pres
ent, ?. kroegel, chairman; C. H. Ed
wards, A. n. Hoofnagle, d. E. Austir
and K. +. McLaughlin; with j. E. Fults
clerk, and Perry Carlton, deputy sheriff
Minutes of last regular meeting reaG
and approved.
On motion a reward of $25 is offered
by the Board of County Commissioners
to anyone giving information leading to
the conviction of any person for shoot
ing, damaging or defacing any mile post
in st. Luce county.
Board entered into examination of
plans and specifications for a court house
submitted by w. V. Lewman, repre-
senting the Mutual Construction Co.,
Of Louisville, Ky.
Reports of County Judge and Justice
Lame received.
Bill of j. M Swain for three days
surveying at Sebastian. with car fare
and board, amounting to $l9.95 presen-
ted, and on motion same was approved
and ordered paid, Commissioners HOOf-
nagle and Austin voting no.
Petition of Stewart & Fairbanks to
plant oysters in the following locality:
The submerged lands carried and sur
veyed with the conveyance of the ri
parian rights to the following described
lands: Beginning at the southeast cor
ner of lot 2, township 81 south, range
Al east; run north ten feet thence north
westerly parallelng the shore of Indian
river GO feet, thence south 10 feet to
Indian river, thence westerly meander-
ing said river to place of beginning; re-
ceived and on motion the said firm of
Stuart & Fairbanks is granted the ex-
elusive rights to plant oysters within
the boundaries described in the said Pc
titiOn. Said boundaries to be marked
by stakes or buoys.
Road committee report of H. j. Coon
err, w. S. Weeks and j. M. Swain, re-
ceived, recommending a county public
road as follows Beginning at the line
between lots and H. section 6, town.
ship 1888, 1T the store building of w.
P. Sloan, thence run northerly along
east side Of scrub ridge to Gibson ave.;
thence weston Gibson avenue and north
on Sebastian avenue to intersec ton of
ferry road
Sc basHan, Feb. %, 1909, survey of
new road from SIoan's store to Gibson
avenue, VA leet west of Indian river.
BegGrg. 1T lot line dividing lots l
and /, section 8, township 81, range 80,
thence r.nH e degrees west II chains,
thence moth "a degrees west II chains,
thence Hr.n 27kdegrees west 20 chains,
thence n4r.h 224 degrees west l6 chains.
thence ,ar' 81 degrees west l6 chains,
thence a..., Is degrees west II chains,
thence 'J q degrees west II chains,
thence a.,,D e degrees west l0a chains,
thence north y degrees west II chains,
thence rutE rs degrees west l0a chains,
thence nc.fb u degrees west chains,
thence north 20 degrees west 24a chains
to Gibson avenue new road, one mile
and 81 chains, section 25, township 30,
range -, thence west4 degrees, south
to Mailer avenue, thence north as de-
grees west 10 Ferry road; and if no
protest is filed will be declared a public
road at the next regular meeting of
this Board
On ml.lon d. S. Carlton, sheriff, is
allowed fifty per cent of all moneys paid
to he clerk by non-residents for per-
mits to hunt during the season of 1908
1909 and warrant ordered drawn for $95
to cover same.
On motion of Commissioner Austin, it
was ordered that a notice be published
in the Fort Pierce News for thirty days
of intention of the Board of County
Commissioners of st. Lucie county, at
its next regular meeting on April 9Th,
1909. to act upon the question of erect
ing court house for st. Lucie county.
Report of county clerk received.
showing tax redemptions and purchases
for he month of Feb. 1909, amounting
to s22.77.
Report Of treasurer received, show