The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-08
COUNTY commissioners
Official Report Of the PrOeeediaEs 1t
the August Meeting Of the Board

JoHFuHeHt IOF the purpose or nearing
complaints of persons who were ag-
5i.rved OF account of raises made ON
tnr assessments made during their
meeting July 4th. 1910. Present: Hon
George Mackay, chairman: j. NJ.
Mathews. y. A. Fort, NJ. ~. Proctor
and ". J. Crosby. commissioners.
4. H. Barclay appeared and asked
reduction on assessment on acres in
917-24. On motion assessment was
ordered reduced from $4,000 to $1,000.
On motion board adjourned until
IS a. m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 2, 1910.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
c. l.. Sistrunk, Esq, appeared in be-
half of J. NJ. Tison and asked a quit
claim deed to j. NJ. Tison for certain
property in lot l, block as. 0. s.,
Ocala, described as conn encing 23
feet south of northeast c'rnHr, block
4G. o. S., Ocala, running thence west
l05 feet, south SO feet. east 1O5 feet.
:.CIth SO feet 10 p. o. = Cn motion Of
Commissioner Fort, the chairman was
instructed to execute 10 j. NJ. Tison
a quit calm deed to the property
above described.
Petition by G. G. Curry, James Hud-
gems. ct al for the abrogation of the
road known as the Ocala and Bro lsOn
road from James Hudgens' to the Le-
wy and Marion county line, read and
laid over under the rules.
Petition by ]. NJ. T. Carter ct al as
follows: We, the undersigned citi
zens and tax payers Of Marion county
petition your honorable board of coun
| ty commissioners and ask that the
road extending from Fellowship
church to Martel be hereafter discon
tinued as public road. read and on mo
tion same was laid over under the
rules until the next meeting Of the
board
/
and Mack Jamison, as commissioners
appointed under petition to change
the county road now running at angle
across southwest quarter of south
west quarter of northwest quarter
section 2r17-24. to run GO rods south
to Stark's Ferry road, filed their re
port as follows: We. the commits
sioners appointed to change the road
at this place have been over and
measured the distance. being 45 rods
lcommencing at the junction of Stark:
Ferry road and High street. running
due north, as we said. As rods, to the
lnew road, al trees and stumps having
been dug up by the roots, SO there Is
hardly anything to do to the road. The
iroad is now where it has run fOl
twenty years Read and on motion re
port was accepted and petition grant
ed
Mr. NJ. l.. Payne appeared and show
ed that the commission appointed un
der the petition Of B. S. Jennings eI
al had failed to act. Thereupon the
lchairman appointed the following com
missioners: Fl. NJ. Sherouse. Ed Rou
Isaac Mizell. with Alex. Moorhead
hurveyor to view. mark and lay out
the proposed road and report their
findings at the earliest possible date
On motion of Commissioner Fort
report and profile by Capt Pyles ct al
commissioners. was received and filed
| On motion it was ordered that the
| clerk advertise the route as designat
led by the commissioners under the
petition by J. Fl. Roller ct al, and il
lno complaint is filed the road will be
granted as per report. after due no
ltice and advertisement.
| Mr. George J. Johns appeared and
presented petition as follows: We. the
! following citizens. do petition you tC
have a public road established, to-wit
Starting just west of George Johns
place. section IL township Il, range
l21. thence through sections 7. 8, 9. Ii
and II. township II. range %. on the
half section line connecting with the
Belleview road. in section II. town
ship II, range % Read and on mo
ton Charley E. Lucius. Will Freel
and Hugh Oliver and the county sur
veyor are appointed a commission tt
view. mark and lay out the proposed
road and report their findings as early
as possible.
Mr. Thos Sims appeared in behal
of Charley Vausite, who is in need o
assistance. On motion of Commits
sioner Crosby warrant was ordere,
drawn for So a month. and mailed t
Mrs A. A. Olin. Kendrick.
Petition by R. c. Douglass ct al
asking help for Major Jones of Citra
On motion of Commissioner Crosby i
was ordered that warrant be draw
lfor So per month and mailed TO R. c
Douglass at Citra.
On motion warrant was ordere,
drawn in favor of n. A. Fort. on ac
count of money given to help on
Shaw
On motion warrant was Ordere
ldrawn for $40 in favor of w. W. Hurd
now at the county poor farm, to ena
ble him to get to the sea coast
S. r. Pyles appeared and asked tn