The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-12
COUNTY Commissioners
Official Report Of the PPOeeeAan90 O1
the Beard IT It's November
Meeting

Official Report Of the ProeeeAanss u
the Board 1t It's November
Meeting
The board Of county commissioners
of Marion county met pursuant to 3D.
tournament Present: Hon. George Mac
Kay, chairman; NJ NJ. Proctor, n. L.
Fort and ". ]. Crosby, commissioners.
Minutes of October meetings read
and approved
Mr.. s. W. Petteway appeared and
presented petition as follows: We. the
undersigned subscribers hereto. hum
bly, petition your honorable board to
grant and establish a public road as
hereinafter described, and to discon-
tinue that portion Of the old Leroy and
Stark's Ferry road. which runs be-
tween the Dunnellon and Ocala hard
road and the Ocala and Stokes Ferry
hard road. via Heidtville school house.
The proposed road has been run out
and plated by Mr.. W. A. Moorhead.
county surveyor, and a township plat
hereto attached, commencing at the
Ocala and Stokes Ferry road. at a
point ten chaines south Of the south
east corner of sec Is. tp II, range 20.
to a point 20 chains south OF the north
east corner of sec Z. tip Il, 20, thence
north SO deg. so min. west 3-s miles
thence north 80 deg. 35 min. east %
chs to the east line Of swA of swh
sec 81, tip 16. 20. thence north 1881
chs to the Durnellon and Ocala hard
road, making a total distance Of about
SO. miles. Signed by W. L. Jordan, ei
al, which was read and on motion OF
Commissioner Fort, the board appoint
ed A. 3. KILLER, DR.. Griffith and F. H
Guess as commissioners to view, mark
and report on the route. as laid out by
the county surveyor, as per profile at
tached to the petition.
Commissioners E. D. Rou, E. S. Dodd
and r. w. Ferguson, appointed to view
mark and lay out road under petition
of B. S. Jennings. ct al, filed their re-
port with a profile and report Of the
survey by w. A. Moorhead, county
surveyor, which was received and filed
On motion it was ordered that this
report be taken up and disposed of a,
the next regular meeting of the board
at 10 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, Dec
9Th. 1910. and that all parties at inter.
est be notified.
VI fdyne pEcScutcu paper ny "
A. Hammond ct al, which was receiv-
ed and ordered attached to petition by
]. c. Mathews ct al for public road.
Bids for materials and construction
of new county jail. which were pre-.
scented on or before IL o'clock noon
| ordered received.
Board adjourned for dinner, to re-
convene at 1880 p. m.
ri cd
with all members present. Hon. ]. NJ
! cess.
Board then proceeded to open tn,
sealed bids submitted for tho con.
struction of the proposed new count,
Jail building, also for the steel con.
struction work.
The bids received were opened ant
read in open session. The bids receiv
ed for construction Of building wer,
as follows:
J. F. Jenkins & Co., Gainesville, Fla.
$4,000. (Alternate bids also submit
ted.
Winston Bros, Samson, Ala, $21. 493
F; Levick & Mobley. Tampa, Fla, $25,
6O4
The Pauly Jail Building Co., st
Louis. Mo-. $27,036.
| Dodson & McKennon, $27,e50. CAL
ternate proposal submitted).
Ocala Lumber & Supply Co., Ocala
Fla. $2s,4S2.75.
Burwen & Hillyer Jacksonville, Fla
s2s,s7s.
G. Hartmann Contracting Co., st
Louis. Mo-. $29.s9s. with provision
als).
The following submitted bids o,
steel construction, jail work:
The Pauly Jail Building Co. St
Louis. Mo-, Diebo1d Safe & Lock Co.
| Canton, O.: Camden Iron Works, Sa
| lem. Va: The Stewart Iron Works Co.
Cincinnati. o. All Of which were reat
| in open session and fled
Tom Whitfield appeared and asket
for relief Warrant was ordered draw
| in his favor for SO per month.
| After a night session, board ad
journed until November 10th, at 7:3
Thursday Mornings Session
] Board met pursuant to adjournmen
with all members present.
| Board employed all forenoon hear
ing explanations and specifications 70
steel work on proposed new count.
Jail.
| Board adjourned at noon for dinner
to meet at go p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
with all members present
| Rachel Floyd appeared and aske'
| aid Of the board. 1t was ordered tina
a warrant for So per month be draw
in favor Of Rachel Floyd, and maile'
to her at Micanopy.
| Hon. r. B. Bullock appeared an
presented a petition as follows:
To the Honorable Board OF Count,
Commissioners Of Marion County, Flor
| ida: Whereas, On the 5th day OF &c
tober, A. d. 1910, in an attempt to per
form his duty as deputy sheriff of thi
county in the arrest of criminal 20
the violation of the law and good or
der. William E. Hutson was shot an
killed in a very brutal manner, leavinl
widow and small girl in a very linn
tied financial condition: and,
Whereas, Henry Gordon was not a
official. working for salary, but u
order to enforce the law and maintain
peace and good order, at a time 0
wild excitement, in an effort to go t
the aid Of Deputy Sheriff William E
Hutson. he also was shot down by tn
| criminal. but narrowly escaped death
with great injury to his body, from
which he has not yet and may neve
entirely recover. and he also has a wifi
and small daughter. and incurred con