The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-15
TAX LEVIED IS
THIRTY MILLS
commissioners Increase TOta!
Mdlage one Mill Over Last Year
SIX MILLS FOR BONDS
Ridge 10 be Built Over Sebastian River -
Drawdy Recommended For Fish Warden
New Road Ordered Opened

co,,nty Commissioners of st. Lucie
aonntv. Florida, met in regular session
Jnly 9TH, 1910, Present, p. ktoegel.
chairman; G.. H. Edwards, A. N. HOof-
navle. D. E. Austin and r. E. McLaugh-
M with j. Z. Fultz, Clerk:
Minutes of last regular meeting were
read and approved. On motion a war;
rant for 81 10 was ordered drawn in fav-
or Of W. E. Rea as refund for county
taxes for 1908, collected through error.
On motion A J. Drawdy is recommend
ed to the Governor for appointment as
Fish and Game Warden for st. Lucie
County, Florida.
On motion the salary of Fish and
Game Warden is fixed at $4,000 per
mshth until further orders of this Board.
On motion the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, under the authority of
Chapter 6Ol6 of the Laws of Florida an
election was held on December |, 1909,
to determine whether bonds should be
issued under such special law and it
having been determined at said election
that the bonds provided in said law
should be issued and
Whereas, the Board of County Com
missioners of St. Lucie county acting
under and by virtue of said Chapter
6Ol6 of the Laws of Florida having re-
solved to issue 200, 10000 of said bonds
and
Whereas, in accordance with the re-
quirements of said law the said Board
Of County Commissioners are required
to provide for and create sinking fund
to be annually raised to meet and pay
off the principal of said bonds as they
become DUE Therefore be it
Resolved that a sinking fund is here
by created which shall be used to meet
and pay off said bonds as they become
due and that there shall be raised by a
tax to be levied for each and every year
for thirty years on all the taxable pro.
perty of st. Lucie County, Florida, such
. sum Of money for said sinking fund
- will meet and pay off $50, 10000 OF
said bonds in ten years, $50, 00O,O 90 in
fifteen years, $40, 600, 90 in twenty years
@sWO, % in twenty-five years and $50.
0ODO in thirty years. /
Resolved, further that the said Board
Of County Commissioners shall at the
proper times as fixed by law in each
year levy tax Of sufficient number of
mills per one dollar valuation upon all
the taxable property real and personal
suficient to provide sum to pay the
semi.annual interest OH said bonds as
SAID intesest becomes due and payable.
On motion the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved that the following tax is
levied upon all the real and persona!
property in st. Lucie county for the
year 1910
For general county purposes, mills.
For general road fund, three mills.
FOR building fund, four mills.
For school lund, seven mills.
For fine and forfeiture fund, one mill
For special road fund. under chapter
WlS Laws of 1909, two mills. !
For interest and sinking Fund OF
Do9ds issued under Chapter 60l6 Laws
OF Florida, six mills. /
For special school tax for Sub-School
District.
Slb.School district No. 2, Fort Pierce
three mill.
Sub.School district No. 3, AnEona,
one mill.
Sub-School district No. a, Jensen,
three mills.
Sub-School district No. 6, Tantie,
fhtee mills.
4. suo- School District No, Z, Wabasso'
thEee mills.
Snb-School district No. 8, Narrows
sna Quay, three mills.
sub School district No. 10, White
Wy three mills.
CUB. School district, No. II, Vero,
three mills.
Sub. School district, No. IL, Viking
three mills. /
Petition asking that Mrs, Grace Head
= placed on the pauper list received ana
~ motion Commissioner Edwards is IN,
.ucted to investigate the matter and
Meeting.
Notary bond of F. IS. Waters recelv-
= and approved. z u
TOAD Commissioners report Of E, W.
hamilton. j. s. Barker and j. M.Swaln
Scmmending public county ROAD az
tS',nows: Begins at the public road at
M'h; kemp's crossing vt Quay on the
SSSe dividing Section 3 and 10, Township
g south Range 80 East, and running
wsat to the corner of Sections ana ~
co sections 4 and 9 thence running que
10 on line dividing sections 3 ana !"
Sntersects with the Fort Drum road
road to be 80 feet wide; received.
notices ordered. posted and II no
!est is fled will be declared pubic
a the next regular meeting OF TINS
y motion the Board approved sppli''