The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-01-21
Official Proceedings Board of
County Commissioners, Jan.
18th, 18th and 10th,

yers, T. ]. Rogers, B. T. Solana, Nj
bohannon; Henry Hutchinson, clerk.
The following resolution was intro
duced by B. t. Solana, seconded by T.
J. Rogers: Before canvasSing the names
on the local option petition, presented
by Attorney E. N. Calhoun on January
9TH, making application for the board to
cali and provide for an election in Put
nam county, Florida, to decide whether
Inc sale OF intoxicating liquors, wines
and beers, shall be prohibited therein,
that the. board act upon the names OF
those who request that their names be
Withdrawn from said petition.
I This resolution was adopted
Attorney E. N. Calhoun then presented
list of names from precinct No. 4, and
requested that these names be added TO
the original petition now on file.
On motion of w. c. AIyers, seconded
by t. ]. Rogers, this petition from said
precinct No. was accepted and added
to the original petition.
The board then proceeded to strike
from the petition the names OF those who
had signed, but afterwards requested that
their names be Withdrawn.
When all names were stricken as re-
quested, the work of checking up the
original petition began.
The board then took recess until 2
O'Clock p. m.
Pursuant TO adjournment, the board
met at O'Clock p. m. with all members
present; then proceeded to check up the
names with the registration books.
Having canvasSed down to precinct
No. II, the board took recess until
tuesday morning at 3 o'clock.
The board me as per adjournment at 9
O'Clock a. m. Jan. 18th, with all mem
bers present.
They then continued checking the
petition with the registration roll, strik
ing names from the petition when they
did not appear on said roll.
After having canvasSed down to the
18th precinct, Attorney E. N. Calhoun
presented TO the board slips, six in num-
Der, dated Jan. 18th, 1910, purporting TO
be signed by H. D. Walker, F. II. |
Hampton, S. Boiling, James Boiling, w. |
Boiling and G. II. Morton, precinct No. |
3; also one slip, dated Jan. 18th, 1910, |
TO be signed by D. Melton,
precinct No. rs, and requested that the |
counted on the petition.
On motion of T. ]. Rogers, seconded
by b. I. Solana, the request of Mr.. Cal
houn was denied, with w. C. Alvers as
the only dissenting vote.
The board then took a recess until 2
o'clock p. IN.
Pursuant TO adjournment, the board
met, with all members present, at 2
o'clock p. M, and completed the com
oariSon, as before, with the registration
oil.
MIR. E. N. Calhoun, attorney for peti-
toners, requested the board that before
counting the names of registered voters,
is shown on the registration books used
n the canvass of the petition filed Ian. I
tn, do not count in the total count
made of the entire list of registered
'oterS the names of the persons known
" the board to be dead, or whose death
an be satisfactorily shown to the board
On motion of Commissioner Rogers,
econded by Commissioner Bohannon, l
ne board not having the authority to
, revise the registration roll at the
resent time, Mr.. Calhoun'S request was
enied.
Attorney Merryday made request
lat when names appear on the registra- :
on books, known as the office COPY,
'hich do not appear on the books ]
nown as the primary copy, that such f
ames be counted in the grand total of n
'gistered voters of Putnam county. p
On motion of Commissioner Bohan.
on, seconded by Commissioner Alyers,
lie primary copy having been agreed n
pom and adopted by the board, At
'rney MerrydayS request was not Il
-anted. g,
The board then proceeded TO count a.
e registered voters on the roll, and "
und the number 10 be z, 1855, the neces- C
ry one-fourth required to call the cleo.
On being 7l4; number on petition, 675, 81
hich, being Subtracted from the reauis- II
number, leaves deficit of 80 names. E
The petition to call and provide for an is
ection in Putnam county, Florida, TO D
eide whether the sale of intoxicating
luorS, wine and beer shall be prohib- !"
ID therein, not having the requisite
lmber of names thereon, was denied.
On motion, the board then took re- n
IS until the next day at 9 o'clock a. m.
The board met, as per adjournment, at pr
CLOCK a. m. with all members present. da
The bond of Henry H. Bryant as III III
tary, with Jno. Dallow and Frank f. CO
'eder as sureties, was approved; also br
e bond of H. F. Lecks as notary pub. uq
, with +. II. Wilson and Z. A. Wilson lOI
SuretieS. i
The pension claim of N. O. Davis was tn tn
N signed and approved. en-
in motion of Commissioner Solana, tn:
,onded by Commissioner Rogers, OF
mis- Petermann, supervisor of registra Tho
n, was authorized by the board to put
registration books of Putnam county
proper shape for the coming primary -
ction. No
The bill of HeniS Petermann of 50. 90 \
services was approved. pur
IN motion OF Commissioner Rogers. the
onded by Commissioner Bohannon, c cef
board proceeded to define the bounds wit
districts for Putnam low
MY, TO conform TO the new law, as iis =,
owS: 20 4
district No. 1 shall be composed of "
'tion districts 1, 2, 3, I 5, and Z. of SilT
iStrict No. 2 shall be composed of sha
tion districts IL, II, 10, IA, IS, %, %, tax
Is and 2S. OF w
iStrict No. shall be composed of the
ton districts s, 9 and 10.
lStrict No. shall be composed of
ton districts 20, Fl and d. -
lstrict No. 5 shall be composed of
ton districts 10, II, IS, 10 and %. 80 =
honor of the birth of Gen. Robert on
ee, the board then adjourned. sam
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