The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13
COMMISSIONERS MEETING
Business Transacted by The Board
at March Meeting

G. .nmissioners, DeSoto county, Fla,
l.lt in regular session, March 3, A..
\, 1918, with the following members
prosent to wit: V. w. Surrency,
chairman; w. G. Welles, John Hagan,
.oseph Crews and H. ]. Downing.
Warrant No. 5146 dated January 6,
1913, for $125.31, Is hereby ordered
cancelled.
Notary bond of Carl Bekemeyer was
submitted to the board. Same was
approved.
Bids were submitted for the deliv-
cry of two hundred so watt tungsten
lamps for use in the new court house,
by Arcadia Electric Light Ice and
Telephone company and Vann Plumb
ing and Supply company. The form
er's bid was $110 and the latter bid
SlO8. BY motion of the board the bid
of the Vann Plumbing and Supply
company, was accepted.
The comptroller is hereby request
ed to allow the cancellation OF all
back taxes on the following property,
to wit: M of 81, lot 8, block 7, Pun
ia Gorda. The reason for this request
is that the property Is church prop
erty and is therefore MT subject to
taxation.
The following resolution was unan-
imously passed by the board !:
Resolved, That all permits for
carrying pistols are hereby revoked at
this meeting of the board OF county
commissioners of DeoSto county, and
Resolved Further, That all per-
sons now carrying pistols under per-
mits are requested to come before
this board in person and show cause
why such permits shall not be re-
voked at the April Session and all
persons not complying with this res
olution will be subject to arrest by
the sheriff"
The board passed the following
resolution:
"Whereas, DeSoto county, Florida,
acquired title to a strip of land thir-
ty 900 feet in width off of north side
of lot 3 in block 46, original survey
Of town of Arcadia. in said county,
by deed dated April g., 1897, executed
by Owen H. Dishong, then sherir OF
said county, by virtue of levy and sale
upon judgment and execution In Ia
vor of Henry L. Mitchell, governor OF
Florida, for the use and benefit OF
said county and against BENJAMIN f.
Wood, ct al;
"And, Whereas, Afterward on De-
cember 7, 1897, said county sold and
conveyed said property to T, j.
Sparkman, deed being recorded In
book 80, page 231, records of said
county; which said deed is deemed not
to have been properly executed TO
constitute a sufficient conveyance;
."And, Whereas, H. c. Shrader COM
pany, a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Florida, OF
Jacksonville, Fla, has acquired the
title to said property through mesne
conyeyances and is now seized anc
possessed of the same;
'It is hereby Resolved, And ordered
That the said premises be conveyed by
a quit claim deed to the said II. Y
Shrader company, corporation, ant
that V. w. Surrency, chairman Of
the board Of county commissioners Of
said county, be and he is hereby au
thorized and empowered to make, ex
ecute and deliver the said quit claim
deed under the seal of the circul
court of the said county and attestet
by the clerk thereof and of said boare
conveying and quit claiming unto the
said H. C. Shrader company. all o
the title interest, possession and de
mand which the said DeSoto county
Florida, has in and to the said prop
erty and every part thereof.
It is further ordered that this reso
luton be incorporated in and mad'
a part of the minutes of the Marcel
meeting, 1918, of said board"
The bond of Charles Mercer TO
carving pistol was submitted to thu
board. After hearing statement from
Mr.. Mercer, same was rejected.
Bond of f. A. Laidley to carry PTS
tol was rejected.
The board passed the following
resolution:
"Resolved by the Board of Count
Commissioners, That after the pub
LEGATION of these minutes that Their
will not be paid any interest to bank
or purchasers of any time warrant
issued by this board or its predeces
sors in office. But the board will pro
teet all banks in DeSoto county Of
warrants now in their possession an
after this notice all purchasers O
county warrants will purchase sam
at their own risk as to when sal
warrants shall be paid.
IT was moved and carried by tn
board that all turpentine, saw mil
and log hauling operators attentlo
be respectfully called to sections 967
and 1915 of the general statutes
Florida. The board will in futur
strictly enforce said statutes.
Tt was moved and carried that tn
Reed-Parker Construction compan
be respectfully urged to finish with
smooth surface the floors of all tn
rooms in the court house as per cor
tract the present rough finish bein
very unsatisfactory and not accordin
to contract. is further urged tha
said floors be completed as above sue
gested before the installation OF tn
new furniture.
1t is hereby recommended TO tn