The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-09
REPORTS OF
F|NANC|ERS
f,dI Report of County Commits
s;oners' Meeting on April 5
$4,000 COURT HOUSE
Dc o,,,;on Unanimously Adopted Provides
Io..;,o a Four Mills Tax Per Annum
for Five Years for Above Purpose

County, commissioners met in regu-
l.. oo session April S, 1909; Present P.
Iro san c. ii. Edwards, A. N. Hoof-
n m,vL d. f. Austin and r. E. Nc,
! aassgblin, with J. E. Futz, clerk, and
psrry Carlton, deputy sheriff..
Minutes of last regular meeting read
and approved, , p,. o,ou, uooo;,oa
showing tax redemptions and purchases
tor the month of March 1909, amount
IL Renorts of County Judge and Justice
aine received and filed
Renort of tax collector, F. M. Tyler,
shaving licenses collected for State
saO Elm 40 for county S22. so also l42 polls.
IN motion l.. A. Cole is allowed 81 .O5
,ofnnd IN taxes of 1908 collected twice
and warrant ordered drawn for same.
Notary bond of E. M. Stokes with
a. 3. Campbell and H. D. Rutfner as
sureties is approved, $780,,
The following resolution is adopted,
Minutes and Final Record of the
Proceedings of the Board of County
commissioners of st. Lucie County, in
the State of Florida, 1909.
State of Florida | City of Fort Pierce
St Lucie County, Board of Co. Com.
At this regular meeting of the board
of County Commissioners of st. Lucle
county, in the State of Florida, held
under and by virtue of Section 1o9,,
Chapter |, Article 2, pages 394-395 or
The Genera Statutes of 1905 at which
regular meeting A quorum was present
composed of the following members,
to witt Commissioner P. kroege,
Chairman, Commissioner c. H. Ed
wards, Commissioner d. E. Austin,
Commissioner X. E. Mclaughlin, Com
missioner A. N. Hoofnagle, the follow.
Ing resolution. orders or judgments OF
said board among other things, were,
a,pon vote take, unanimously adapted,
passed and approved by all the mem
bers present, and ordered spread IN
full upon minutes of this board to-wit:
H RESOLUTION.
Section |. Resolved and ordered by
the Board of County Commissioners IN
and for St. Lucie county, in the State
Of Florida, That .,,
Whereas, all of the members of this
board being present as hereinaDoVe
shown; and whereas, this board mas
heretofore determined and resolved to
give notice, as required by law, by pub
fishing a notice for thirty days in the
Fort Pierce News, newspaper pup,
lished in said county, that this Board
would at this meeting act upon the quess,,
ton of erecting a court house for SAID
county, and said notice having been
duly and regularly published as evil
denced by the affidavit of the publisher
Of ,eoid Fort Pierce News, filed with
said board.
oecllvn Z. Be it further resolved, or,
dered, determined and adjudged by SAID
Board of County Commissioners, by vlr-
tue of the Acts of Florida Legislature,
1907, page 2ll; That upon due consider
alton of the question as to whether 1t Is
necessary and advisable to erect and
construct county courthouse building
for said county, this Board has, and
does hereby act. decide and determine
upon said question, and declares that II
is for the best interest of the people OF
said county and the transaction OF the
business of the people of said county,
and for the safety of the county records
and for the convenience and dispatch OF
the public business and for the better
discharge of the public functions OF the
State and County government, that sale
county erect and constructa new county
court house building at the county seat
to-wt: The City of Fort Pierce, State
of Florida.
Section 3. Be further resolved, or
dered, adjudged and agreed, under an(
by virtue of Chapter 569S of Acts OF tn
legislature Of Florida of the session O.
1907, that said Board of County Com
missioners do hereby levy. q Coun,I;!
Courthouse Building Tax Of four mills
per annum on all the taxable propert!
in said county for Ave consecutive years
that is to say, for the years 1909, lyly
1911, lsO2 and 1913, in lieu or all othe
county building tax. and said tax s.
levied shall be assessed and collecte'
at the same time and in the same man
ner as other State and County taxes ar
levied and collected, Said tax is levle'
Tor the purpose of raising revenue an
funds sufficient to pay for said count.
courthouse building, and are hereb.
pledged for that purpose, and the rev
eane derived therefrom shall be place
~ a separate fund which is hereby ere
ated for that purpose, to be known a
the Building Fund; and when collecte
and received by the County Treasure
ne shall use fund for the purpose OF mrs
paying the warrants evidencing sal
courthouse debt, which may hereafte
De drawn against said fund.
r. KROEGEL, Chairman Co. CONS
Attest: j. r. FULTZ, Clerk.