The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-21
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Important Matters Considered by the
Council Tuesday EyeninE-Pros-
poets Of Securing q Carnegie


The city council met last night in
regular session with every member
present
Minutes of last session were read
and approved
Mr. ]. ]. Gerig was present and adj
dressed the council in behalf of the
Ocala Library Association to induce the
council to authorize the levy of a spe-
cial tax of seven-tenths of one mill to
supply about $1,000 per year for ten
years TO maintain the proposed Carne-
gle library. such levy having been au-
thorized by a special act of the last
legislature. Mr.. Gerig stated that Mr..
". d. earn, who has been IN CORES
pondence with Mr. Carnegie in the mat
ter of establishing a library here,
would be in later in the evening and
| make a statement Mr.. earn came in
and the matter was taken up He said
| that the previous correspondence with
Mr. Carnegie had been relative to a
$4,000 building. but that he thought
there would be no difficulty in getting
/ him to make it $4,000. He stated that
| there were no conditions or strings TO
the building plans. as he understood
them, except that the city should APP
propriate sum each year for ten
years that in the aggregate would
amount to the value of the building,
for its maintenance. and at the end of
| that period the building would revert
to the city Internationally, and during
the period the title is in the city II
was the opinion of the council, II
! these were the conditions. that the city
should make the levy. The library as
ISOLATION was asked to get specific in
formation before the annual levy is
made, which will be in few weeks
Mr.. earn and Mr.. Gerig spoke OF the
great good that the little library
poorly equipped and with no income
has done and of the great assistance
Its reference books have been to the
children Of the Ocala High School in
particular.
Mr.. William Hooker addressed the
council in the matter of getting an old
Judgment that had apparently beer
settled seventeen years ago, cleared
from the city records. The matter was
referred to the city attorney
A communication from Messrs. Mum
icaster & Bell, insurance agents, asking
for a share of the city's business, wa:
referred to the finance committee.
Can't Buy Papers from the Woman's
| Club
Mayor Robertson was present and IL
behalf of the Womans Club. asked the
council to purchase 1000 copies of theil
Easter edition at 10 cents a copy, tt
send out to persons inquiring for in
formation of Ocala. The act of tn,
Legislature, chartering the city wa:
read, and the city attorney and Attor
ney Duval of the council. stated tina
the council could not make the pur
chase under the charter, SO, although
all the members wished to comply, tn,
council was powerless to do SO. TIL
clerk was asked to write the 1adie
| stating the action of the council AM
to quote the paragraph in the charte
towering the matter.
Standard OIL Plant VIII Stay
Mr.. r. c. Loveridge, spokesman
for the citizens residing in the vicinit,
of the newly constructed tanks OF tn
Standard Oil Company, addressed tn
council and stated that some OF tn
differences had been adjusted, tn
company was placing all safeguard