The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-06-14
booklets, read and filed.

tenQent Oh the OCdld NOIlHClu Iedii-
road Company, saying that road
crossings would be fixed at once, read
and filed.
Letter by S. P. Fowler of the Gallon
Iron Works, read and filed.
Letter by Talmage & Young, civil
and industrial engineers, Jacksonville,
read and filed.
Report of Henry Gordon, superin.
tendent hard road construction, as
follows: 81 find that my haul is get
ting too far, and l could use some
more teams to advantage. | built
100 yards, and only had one team
hired for four days. l have scraped
the road for four miles, and it is now
in good condition. | have no sick
convicts. They seem well satisfied.
They caught two of the men who ran
off, and l have them back at work
Report read and filed,
Letter by Roanoke Bridge Company
TGdu anu ulCu.
The clerk was instructed to write
Mr. Henry Gordon, superintendent, to
have drums of the Gulf Refining Co.,
returned to them.
Application by Maurice Strauss, do
ing business as Strauss & Co., for per-
nit to sell liquors, wines and beer in
election district No. l, Marion coun-
ty, state of Florida, was read, and on
motion the clerk was instructed to
have proper advertisement entered.
Petition by E. P. Townsend ct al,
as follows: We, the undersigned Pc
titioners, hereby respectfully request
that you open public road beginning
at the northwest corner of section s
and northeast corner of section Z,
running north one mile on section line
between sections and 6 in township
IA, south, range 81, east, The same
will be maintained without cost TO
the county, and will be a great con-
venience to number Of. farmers and
laborers. Read and referred to Com
missioner Carmichael for investiga-
ton and report.
On motion board adjourned until
a. m, Wednesday.
Wednesday Morning
Board reconvened with all mem
asc,Ci nnn
Proctor
Notice of opening of public road
running through the center and on
the west side of section 20, township
IL, range 81, and run it on the east
side of said section 20 for II mile
further south to the Citra and Irvine
road, read and proper advertisement
having been made, on motion of Com
missioner Henderson road was order
ed opened.
Mr. J. T. Lancaster and DR.. Van
Hood appeared in behalf of Mrs.
Sweat and her four children, asking
help for them. On motion of Commits
sioner Petteway it was ordered that
warrant be drawn in favor of Mrs.
Sweat for $40 per month and mailed
to Mr. J. T. Lancaster for the bene-
fit of Mrs Sweat and children
Widows pension claim by Mrs. SUI
san M. Smith, widow of Mr.. Solomon
Smith, read and approved.
H. Jackson appeared relative to
personal tax assessment to H. Jack
son e Son of Conner, Fla.,. On mo-
ton of Commissioner Carmichael the
tax collector is instructed to mark
assessment void, account of error,
and report the same as error in the
assessment
Mrs. B. T. Perdue appeared in be-
half of the Humane Society and ask
ed thta the county contribute to the
society one half of the fines imposed
and collected in cases brought or pre-
sented by the society, or any member
of the society. On motion matter
was referred to county attorneys for
instructions as to the law in such
cases.
The request of G. s. Scott that the
board remit the tax assessment on
the Temple theater property was call
ed up and discussed. On motion of
Commissioner Carmichael the request
was refused on the ground that this
theater is used and operated as a bus
mess proposition, and that it is the
sense of this board that it is not N
their power to remit or rescind an
assessment of this kind, it not CON-
ing under the head of a benevolent or
charitable proposition, so far as the
county is concerned.
Hon. S. w. Petteway, in charge of
the county poor farm, filed his report
as follows:
Il beg to herewith submit my re-