The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-10
THE COMMISSIONERS
IN REGULAR SESSION

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Hoofnagle D. E. Austin and R. E. Nc
Laughlin, with j. E. Fultz, clerk.
Minutes of last meeting read and APP
proved
Report of Tax Collector received,
showing licenses collected for the month
of May, 1910: State. So. so; County, &c.
rs nd polls for 1908, 9; 1909, 4.
Report of clerk for the month OF May
1910, receive d, showing tax redemptions
and purchases amou nting to Sl5l.7S.
Report of justice John H. Parker.
received and filed. :,
On motion the county surveyor ana
tax assessor are instructed to survey
all railroad sidings in ST. Lucie county,
and report result to this Board at its
next regular meeting.
No protest having been filed against
the establishment OF a public county
road, recommended by SEVERN Soren-
sen, Jens Larsen and Peter Jensen, as
follows: Begin at the north east cor
ner of Out Lot Is in White City, run
in a straight line north to midway $50
feet. road to be 80 feet wide, the same
is declared public road and ordered
opened. ,
Petition of j. w. Cochran, r. S.
Mathis ct al praying for public coun-
ly road as follows: Begin at the public
road at w. r. Kemps crossing at Quay
on the line dividing sections and III
township 80 south range 80 east and
running west to the corner of sections
and 10 and sections 4 and g., thence
running due south on line dividing sec
tons and 10 to intersect with Fort
Drum road, said road to be 30 feet
wide, received and Z. w. Hamilton, j.
S. Barker and j. M. Swain are appoint
ed committee to view, mark and sur.
vey said road and report to this Board
at its next regular meeting.
Petition of M. B. Daniels, j. W.
Hodges ct al, praying for a public
county road as follows: Begin at a
point on the west line of the right-Of-
way of the Florida East Coast railway,
% chains and sc links northerly along
the said right of way, from the south
line of lot |. section 8, township 80
south range 40 east and continuing
northerly to point on the north line
of section "a, township 80 south range
80 east, about one mile north of Oslo
station on said railway, said road to be
80 feet wide received, and 5. d.
Daniels, j. Helseth and Andrew Erick-
sen are appointed to view. mark and
survey said road, and j. M. Swain is
appointed surveyor for said road and
report to the Board at its next regular
meeting.
The proposition of Florida East Coast
Railway Co. to build spur track into
shell mound at Sebastian, as explained
in their letter of May 9th 1910 Qetter
on file) is on motion hereby accepted,
and Commissioner Austin is authorized
to take up matter with railway COM
pany and procede with building of said
spur as soon as possible.
Bond of J. L. Cochran to carry
Smith and Wesson revolver, 80 caliber,
is approved, and permit issued.
On motion the chairman of this
Board is authorized to confer with
Brevard county commissioners in re-
gard to the construction of bridge
across Sebastian river, at Moore's
Point.
On motion the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved that the board of
county commissioners do hereby pur-
chase from c. F. g. Kroegel his shell
mound near Sebastian, Florida, for the
sum of So, 43O on the following terms
and conditions:
The grantor is to make a warranty
deed to the premises, subject to the
land reverting to him when shell is
exhausted, and reserving to him the
right to use such land so as not to in
terfere with the taking off of shell.
The grantor is also to grant ease
ment for side track to shell mound
from the Florida East Coast Railway.
Payment to be made, 81 ,25O cash,
and 81 900 in one year, and $1,000 in two
years without interest. Warrants to
be delivered upon receipt by the clerk
of the board of good and sufficient
deed in accordance with this resolution.
On motion the following resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Whereas the Board of county COM
mssoners of st. Lucie county, Florida,
acting under and by virtue of Chapter
6Ol6 of the laws Of the state of Florida
have heretofore caused notice to be
puDliSiSu uuNSit ioihS iOi ouiS pSOo,OUO
of bonds, to be issued under the pro-
visions of said chapter 60l6, and
Whereas, certain bids were received
for said bonds under said notice, and
the bids of the Atlantic National Bank
and Bank of Fort Pierce for said bonds
was accepted by this board, and
Whereas, the said bidders have been
advised by their attorneys that said bid
was not in legal form in compliance
with law, and the said bidders haye
withdrawn their said bid for the reason
aforesaid, and
Whereas, it appears that no legal
bids have been made for said bonds in
pursuance of the notice heretofore pub
Iished, and that no bonds have been
issued or sold under said law; therefor
be it
Resolved, That any and all bids
heretofore made for said bonds be re-
jected for the reason that the board of
county commissioners deem it for the