The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-12

March, 1912, showing collections for
state, SIP, and for county, $3.50.
Read and approved.
On motion board adjourned until
7:30 a. M, Wednesday.
Wednesday Morning
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment with all members present.
Commissioner Crosby reported on
petition by B. B. Keep ct al as fol-
lows: We, the petitioners of Board
man and vicinity, do hereby beg the
honorable board of county commits
sioners of Marion county to grant us
| a public road from the postoffice of
Boardman to the waters edge of Or
ange Lake, said requested road to
| follow the same line of private road
that is clayed already, and been in
use many years. 1t was ordered that
petition be granted, and that E. t.
Boyer. L. J. Cassels- and Mr.. Reed be
appointed commissioners to mark and
| lay out the most desirable route for
said road as petitioned for.
Edwin Spencer, Esq, appeared and
| asked the recommendation of the
board that w. d. Edwards be allowed
to redeem the outstanding certificates
on VIE of seA, less 10 acres in sw
cor, 2-15-20, and sell of ne4, sec
11-15-20, at face value of certificates
and omitted years taxes, with inter-
est. recommendation was granted.
Commissioner Crosby reported fa-
vorably on road petitioned for by ID.
B. Mathews ct al as follows: We,
the undersigned residents of the Fair
| field Fla, community respectfully pc
tition your honorable body to grant
the opening of a public road to run
as follows, or as near as practicable:
Beginning where the half section line
intersects the Pennington and Ocala
public road in sec 1S-13-21, and run
ming thence south with said half Sec
tion line to the south side of sec
| 31-13-21, where it intersects a public
road, for which petition is now be-
fore your honorable body. Commits
sioners were then appointed to view
mark and lay out the most practical
route
| Commissioner Crosby reported ia
vorably on road petition for road
from Fort Mccoy to Eureka by F. NJ.
Harp ct al On motion of Commits
sioner Proctor it was ordered that c..
H. Hall, j. H. LaRue and Henry Nc
Quaig be named as commissioners to
view, mark and lay out the most prac-
tical route, and report as early as
practical
Commissioner Proctor reported un-
favorably on petition by w. H. De-
Long ct al to open up the road and
street known as Mission avenue in
Gambler, stating that the road had
been abrogated many years ago. On
motion of Commissioner Petteway pc
tition was refused.
| On motion of Commissioner Hen
derson the matter of painting the roof
of the armory building, and also the
county mule stable, was referred to
Commissioner Carmichael, with pow
er to act.
On motion of Commissioner Proctor
Commissioners Carmichael, Crosby
and Petteway were appointed COM
mittee to visit Hillsborough county
and elsewhere and examine the work
being done by a traction engine for
road work and hauling. This commit
tee to bear their own expenses of
| trip or trips, without charge to the
county.
Bond for license to carry pistol by
H. H. Rast read and approved.
! Soldiers pension claim by VIM. r.
Wood, read and approved.
| Widows pension claim. by Eliza E..
Keen read and approved.
On motion of Commissioner Proc
tor it was ordered that the county at
torneys take up the matter OF fixing
the Seaboard Air Line crossing of the
Martel and Dunnellon public road, and
also damages by E. B. Duncan to the
Orange avenue road. on account of
damages by log wagons to hard road.
Application of Harry Peter for Ii
cense to sell liquors, wines and beer