The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-06-12

off, and l have them back at work"
Report read and filed.
Letter by Roanoke Bridge Company
read and filed
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. 1, 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 a public road beginning
at the northwest corner of section 8
and northeast corner of section Z,
running north one mile on section line
between sections and g 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 a number of farmers and
laborers. Read and referred to Com
missioner Carmichael for investiga-
ton and report
On motion board adjourned until s
a. M, Wednesday.
Wednesday Morning
Board reconvened with all men,
bers present except Commissioner
Proctor.
Notice of opening of public road
running through the center and on
the west side of section 80, township
II, range 81, and run it on the east
side of said section 20 for Y 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
..
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. Su-
san NJ. Smith, widow of Mr.. Solomon
Smith, read and approved
H. Jackson appeared relative to
personal tax assessment to H. Jack
son & Son of Connor, Fla.,. On mo-
tion 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
| ing under the head of benevolent OIL
charitable proposition. so far as the
county is concerned.
Hon S w Petteway, in charge oi
the county poor farm, filed his report
as follows:
4 beg to herewith sub nit my re
port on the county infirmary | via
tied this institution this morning anC
found all inmates in their usual fee
BILE condition. | find nine in all, foul
white and five colored. The white
quarters are in excellent condition
but am sorry TO say that the cOlOrec
quarters are in a very unsatisfactory
condition, and the cause can anC
should be attributed to the poor ant
am glad TO know that as a whole VI
have decided to and are today NOV
ing the inmates, also the superintend
ent in what I term very comfortable
quarters in Ocala- The intention a
iyou know is to make the proper am
adequate repairs on the old Jail t.