The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-11
ROAD BUSINESS
MAIN ORDER
County Commissioners Devote
Time to Highway Matters
ONE PROTEST WAS FILED
Former Order Vacated on Showing That
Construction of Proposed thorough
fare Would be too Expensive

The Board of County Commissioners
of St. Lucie County, Florida, met in
regular session, August 7, 1911. Pres
ent, C. H. Edwards, Chairman; +. A.
Holt, A. N. Hoofnagle, ID. E. Austin
and Peter Raulerson, with j. +. Fultz,
Clerk and J. A. Alderman, Deputy
Sheriff.
Minutes of last regular meeting held
July II, 1911, read and approved.
Reports of F. l.. Hemmings. County
Judge, and s. G. Stewart, Justice of
the Peace, for month of July, 1911, read
and filed
Report of Clerk showing collections
for Tax Redemptions and Purchases
for month of July, l9ll-$l44,95.
Petition of j. G. Coats, ct. al, for
neighborhood public road as follows:
Beg inning at the middle of the South
line of the Southwest quarter of the
Northeast quarter of the Northwest
quarter, Sec. 10, Tp. 35 S. r. 40 E. and
running thence south l3 chains and 48
links to the Fort Drum road, said road
to be 30 feet wide, and all expense of
opening said road to be borne by petit
TONERS, received and j. M. Swain, l..
l.. Clrlton and G. S. Tucker are APP
pointed committee to view, mark and
survey said road and report to this
Board at it's next regular meeting.
Petition of F. W. Willes ct. al, for
public county road as follows:
Beginning where the present road
curves at the gateway of the property
owned by G. M. Levitt, run thence to
meet the present county road, at the
north line of property owned by +. w.
WilIes, continuing on said road to
south line of said property, thence in a
southeasterly direction to VIM. Hoggs
packing house, making practically a
straight road, from said packing house
to DR.. McClintOn's house, about u
miles long, in section 26, township ~
south, range Al east, said road to be
20 feet wide, received and on motion
]. NJ. Swain, w. d. Edwards and H.
G.. Stark are appointed committee to
mark, view and survey said road and
report to this Board at its next regu-
lar meeting
Road Committee report of K. A.
Conkling, w. F. Baughman and E. b.
Sembler, recommending public county
road as follows:
Commencing where the Sebastian
and Fort Drum road crosses the Fells-
mere railroad and running along said
right of way as indicated by attached
maps to the east side of the FellSmere
Farms, received, and approved, and II
no protest is filed, will be declared
public county road
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, a protest has been filed to
the report of j. F. Bell and M. Z.
Smith viewers appointed April 3, 1911
to mark out a public road, and
Whereas,i appears the county would
he nut to considerable expense to pur-
chase or condemn the right of way for
said road, and it further appears that
another practicable road of equal bene-
fit can be laid out without expense to
the county; Therefore be it
Resolved, that all proceedings of this
board in relation to said road be vacated.
and that this Board decline to declare
same public road.
Road Committee rep.rt of Z. +.
Smith, VIM. Speelman and Southland,
recommending public county road as
follows 49, ,
Beginning at the NE corner of Sci
of section 20, township 81 south, range
20 east and run south 20 chains, thence
west 100 chains to road line as per
petition and if no protest is flee, will
be declared a public county road at its
next regular meeting.
On motion the following resolution
was unanimously ado tied:
Resolved that the following tax is
levied upon all the real and personal
property in St. Lucie County for the
year 1911. -,
For General County purposes mills
on the dollar. -,
For General Road Fund mills on
the dollar. ;,
For Building Fund A mills on the dol
lar.
For School Fund Z mills on the dollar.
For Fine and Forfeiture | mill on the
dollar.
For Special Road Fund under Section
$40 of the General Statutes of Florida,
3 mills Oh the dollar. :,
For Special School Tax for Sub school
Districts:
Sub-school District No. /, Sebastian.
mills on the dollar.
Sub.school District No. 2, Fort Pierce,
3 mills on the dollar
Sub school District No. 8, Ankona, 2
mills on the dollar
Sub chool District No, 4, Jensen, z
mills on the dollar.
Slb-school District No. 6, Tantie, 3
mi Is on the dollar.
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