The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-01-17
COUNTY commissioners
Official Report of the Proceedings of
the Board at the January
Meeting
Ocala. Fla, Jan. 4. 1910.

The Board of County Commits
sioners met IN regular session pur-
suant TO adjournment.
Present: Hon. Geo. Mackay,
chairman: J. NJ. Mathews. y. A
Fort, VI. NJ. Proctor and w. J.
Crosby. commissioners.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read.
Commissioner Mathews stated
that the minutes as published were
in error relative 10 petition of W.
V. Chappell TO Grant G. ". Ray
privilege of fencing up a certain
neighborhood road through his
place near kindrick: that his in
tention and motion was TO refer the
matter back to petitioners with in
srructiOns that the board had no au-
thority or jurisdiction over the mat
ter. With this correction. minutes
were approved.
Communication of Henry W.
! Bishop. attorney. relative to detain-
ing motor boat at Starkes Ferry.
read. Referred TO Chairman Mac
Kay with authority to investigate.
and report. the board being of the
opinion that the delay was caused
by breakdown on the boat and not
on account of the bridge.
On motion of missioner Fort
the publishing af the delinquent tax
list for the year 1910 was awarded
TO the Ocala Evening Star.
Petition by r. l.. Martin. j. H.
Bradford, ct al. that the county lay
out a public road as follows. viz:
Thirty feet wide, beginning 1850
chains west of the northwest corner
o. lot 8, section ), township Il
south, range "A east. running thence
south s chains more or less to
waters OF Lake Weir. Read and laid
over under the rules.
According to published notices.
the county real property was offered
for sale at - o'clock at the south
door of the court house in Ocala.
Florida. After notice of sale read
and property offered, same was bid
in by John ID. Robertson for $500.
Board adjourned until 1870 p. m.
1::sO y. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Mr.. l.. S. Clausen appeared rela-
tive TO tax assessment. Matter re-
ferred to tax assessor.
Mr.. Z. r.. McLin. of T. F. Bridges
Co. and Col. r. F. Rogers appeared
to protest relative to the leasing of
county convicts to Rogers, llller Co.
at the December meeting. Matter
was discussed pro and con. Matter
was called off until p. m. tomor-
row.
Board adjourned until 8 a. m.
| Wednesday.
Wednesday Morning. = II. M.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present
Report of w. NJ. Lucius. superin-
| tendent of hard roads for the county
/ as follows:
| Jan. lst, 1910.
IT. w. J. Crosby. commissioner
in charge of hard road work in dis
trict No. ,. Marion county, Fla:
| Dear Sir beg to submit the
! following as my report for work
, done on the Ocala and Citra hard
road since September 11th, 1909, to
! January 1st, 1910: From Septem-
/ Ler l1th to October Sth. | opened
out the right of way to 80 feet wide
from Spar to Anthony and put l.
] days with full crew rebuilding a
/ portion Of the Ocala and Anthony
hard road at point near Mr.. B. II.
Leitner's place. From October Sth
70 January 1st. | have built some
thing over three and one-half miles
of road, also banked and scrapeu
one mile of the said three and one
! half miles. | have two and one
half miles Yet TO be banked and
scraped. My expenses for the month
! Of December amount to $3.50. and
| built about 1000 yards of road. Mr
| Mackay asked me to look over and
report on right bought by Marion
county for hard road material; also
a timber right for fire wood pur-
! poses bought from Mr.. Warren Mill
! ilgan. About all of the pine timber
! that would square four inches and
| up has been cut for saw mill pur-
| poses. The lime rock material that
! is covered IN this purchase is all the
material of the kind the county has
or can get tthat | know anything
about for repair of said road
I Respectfully.
! W. NJ. Lucius. Road Ovarseer
Read and approved,
! freaSurer'S receipts for slo1. con-
! tributed by citizens along Dunnel-
Ion and Juliette road for the hard
ening of said road. Under the rules
read and approved,
On motion 70 Commissioner ros-
by. ii was ordered that 220 Yards OF
fencing be furnished to W. J. Lee al