The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-12-15
DADS
MONTHLY MEET
Commits siOners Devote Time To
Road and Highway Matters
ROAD BONDS SIGNED
As Soon as Bonds Are Certified by Trust
Company, Funds viii be Available
FOR Road Improvement

The Honorable Board of County Com
missioners of St. Luce county, Flori-
da, met in regular session December
s, 1911. Present. C. H. Edwards,
chairman; E. A. Holt, A. N. Hoofna-
gle, D. E. Austin and Peter Raulerson,
with j. E. Fultz, clerk. and j. A. Al
derman, deputy sheriff.
Minutes of last regular meeting and
adjourned meeting held November Ia,
1911, read and approved.
Road committee report of j. +. Bell,
M. B. Smith and H. F. Bell received,
recommending a public county road as
follows:
Commencing where the One.half mile
line dividing section Fl township 80
south range 40 east, east and west in
tersects with Fort Pierce and White
City road, thence west 1860 feet to
southeast corner of SW3 of NWt Sec.
20 Tp. So S. r. 40 E. thence south 1920 feet
thence west 1920 feet to northwest
corner of SW4 of SWt to section line
dividing sections 10 and 20, township 80
south range 40 east. thence west 2640
feet to one-half mile line dividing sec
ton 10, township 35 south range 40
east, north and south, thence north on
one half mile line 2970 feet to intersec-
ton with the Fort Pierce and Fort
Drum road, said road to be 80 feet wide,
and on motion is accepted and approx:
ed. and il no legal protest is filed, will
be declared a public county road at
next regular meeting of this Board.
Report of tax collector received show
ing licenses collected during the month
of November. 1911, State, $96 90, Coun-
ty, $88. 90. automobile licenses, $4,000,
polls, 1909, /; 1910, 8; 1911, 86.
Report of clerk for month OF Novem-
Der, 1911, received. showing amount re-
ceived for tax redemptions and pur-
chases, $23.35. !.
Report of treasurer for the month OF
November. 1911, received, showing bal
ances on December lst. 1911, as follows:
Total of all, $25089. so; general fund,
S3l63. SO; fine, forfeiture fund, $244l. AZ;
county school fund, $4229. o.; road and
bridge fund, 4748. "a; building fund,
$244O. 20; special road fund. $424S. %;
sub school district fund, $3823. a.; spec
ial road district No. !, $9.48; No. z,
$39. SO; No. 3, $2O26. Al; No. 4, 1896. 81;
No. s, $40. SO; undivided road, $l76l. 10:
Board adjourned to 80 p. IN. and
COW ened at said hour. All present.
Petition of James Paine, M. S. Jones,
ct. al, for Strengthening public road
from st. Lucie railway station east to
Indian river received, and on motion the
matter is referred to Commissioner I'd
wards.
Petition of j. M. Morgan, d. j..
Knowles, ct. al, for public county
road as follows:
Beginning at Clifford depot and run
ming west along settlement road now
in use, to southwest corner, section 50
township 80 south range 80 east re-
ceived, and o. A. Morgan, E. g. Walk
er and Robert Reams are appointed
committee to mark, view and survey
said road and report to this Board at
it's next regular meeting.
On motion Commissioner Holt Is ap-
pointed committee of one to look at
ter Sebastian river bridge with power
to act.
On motion S. A. Griffith is placed on
the pauper list at IS per month.
Petition of John W. Davis, y. l..
Rifles. ct. al for public road along
right of way of Florida East Coast
railway, received and filed.
Report of G. $. Tucker, l.. L. Carl
ton and C. S. Steele, recommending
public county road as follows: Begin
ming at the southeast corner OF the
NEi of section 9, township 81 south
and range 40 east, thence south 10
chains and As links to the Fort Drum
and Okeechol5ee public road, said road
to be 80 feet wide, received and If no
protest is filed, will be declared pub
lie county road at next regular meeting
of this Board.
No protest being filed against the es-
Enlistment of public county road as
follows: beginning at the northeast
corner of Sci of section 20, township
81 south range SO east, and run south
20 chains, thence west 100 chains, to
range line as per petition, the same Is
declared public county road and Or
dered opened.
On motion A. N. Hoofnagle is APP
pointed committee of one to have
buildings of county painted when neces-
sary. w
Board adjourned to a. m. Wednes.
day. December 6, and convened at said
hour. All present. :,
The 5000, 10000 of road and dock
bonds were signed by the chairman and
clerk of the Board, and the seal at
tached, in open session, the bonds were
sent to the United States Mortgage
& Trust Company, of New York City,
for certification with instructions to
return the same to c. NJ. Horton, Of