The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-09-15


publiction had been made and no OBJ
Elections having been made or filed, it
was ordered on motion of Commission
er Proctor that permits as applied for
be granted.
Application for permit to sell 1iq-
uors, wines and beer in election dis
trict No. "a, OF Marion county, by H.
B. Robinson, was read. On motion of
Commissioner Carmichael it was or
dered that advertisement be made Of
such application, returnable Oct End,
1911.
Communication by the Ocala Well
Drilling Company and bill for material
and work at poor farm read and same
was ordered returned for authority of
Commissioner Petteway, commissioner
in charge of poor farm.
On motion Of Commissioner Carmi-
chael it was ordered that the clerk
write to the manufacturers of road
machinery and get prices for four road
scrapers same as now in use by l. L.
Priest.
c. NJ Livingston appeared in behalf
of Levy Jones and presented certificate
and asked the recommendation of the
Jones be granted the cancellation of
the outstanding tax certificates on
nw4 section 4, township Is south
range p east. account of the land be-
ing exempt from taxation under the
widows exemption clause. On motion
of Commissioner Carmichael recon-
mendation was granted.
Communication by H H. Duncan,
clerk of board of county commission
ers of Lake county as follows: I was
directed by the hoard of county COM
missioners of Lake county at their
meeting of Aug. I. 1911, to request YOU
to cooperate with them in making
out the boundary line dividing Marion
county from Lake county from Sellar's
Lake north to Lake George by direct
ing your county surveyor to meet
Sandy McEaddy. surveyor for Lake
county, to blaze out and post said
dividing line" Read and clerk was
instructed to notify Mr.. Duncan that
the county does not at present see the
necessity for running this line
The following communication was
read:
"Tavares, Florida"
"To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Marion County. Fla
Resolved, by the board of county com
missioners of Lake county, that we re-
spectfully urge upon the board of
county commissioners of Marion coun-
ty, that the road between Ocala and
Leesburg be completed by hard sur
facing that part of said road between
North Lake Weir and the Lake county
line near Conant, and thereby com
pleting a continuous hard road from
Ocala to Leesburg and thence through
Lake and Orange counties to Orlando
and the st. Johns river.
"a. L. Russell, Chairman"
III. H. Duncan, CLERK"
Read and on motion of Commissioner
Carmichael the clerk was instructed to
write the Lake county board that as
soon as possible Marion county will
hard surface and complete this road
from North Lake Weir to Conant, or
the Lake county line
2 Communications from E. B. BacheI-
der of Bunnel1, Fla, w R. Rannie of
Jacks onville, Fla, and J. NJ. Fielder, of
Lake City, Fla. relative material from
Jail read and on motion of Commits
sioner Proctor the clerk was instruct
ed 10 write the parties giving size,
dimensions of steel works and size of
openings and ask for bids f. o. b.
cars Ocala of Jail that this county has
for sale
Judge Joseph Bell filed report of
fines, forfeitures and costs for month
of August, 1911, showing fines impos-
ed. $685., costss 1882
Report of committee to view, mark
and lay out road from Anthony hard
road to the Ocala and Silver Springs
road read and approved as follows:
"Ocala, Fla. Sept. a. 1911"
TO the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Marion County, Fla:
conference.-the, the undersigned, hav-
ing been duly appointed by your hon
orable body to view and mark out the
route for public road according to
petition presented at your last meet
ing, and signed by citizens and prop
erty owners along said route, beg
leave to report as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of
the Anthony hard road and the right
of way of the s. A. L. Ry. and on the
south side of said railway in sec 8, tp
10 $, of p e, thence running n 60 deg,
{ CHS 10 the center OF SAID sec ),
thence running due 40 chs to the e
boundary of said sec 8. thence continu-
ing S0.15 chs to the bdy of sec 8,
at the sec cor, thence continuing e
$3.50 chs to the center of the Ocala
and Silver Springs hard road in sec II,
in tp Is $, of % E.
The entire route is staked on a
direct line between duty established
points at every 10 chains, except
where fences have been built to con-
form to said line.
Respectfully submitted.
sc. D. Hogan.
&c. r. Smith
JAS. r. Moorhead,
Commissioners.
Clerk was instructed to enter ad-
vertisement for opening said road &C
cording to law.
5. w. Petteway, commissioner in
charge of county poor farm, filed his