The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-10
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Official Report of the Proceedings at
the May Meeting of the Board.
Tuesday Nav 6, 1913

tuesday, May D, 1915.
The board of county commissioners
for Marion county met in regular ses.
sion. Present: Hon C. Carmichael
chairman; n. Mayo, W. T. Henderson
and W. Luffman, commissioners.
On motion the reading of the min,
utes of the last meeting of the board
was deferred until a later hour.
Letter by W. H. Anderson, at vii.
liston, Fla, asking for justice of the
peace supplies, read and on motion OF
Commissioner Henderson the matter
was referred to the clerk to take up
with the comptroller, and ask him to
furnish Mr.. Anderson with necessary
books, etc.
Mr.. Ridge, representing the Auto
matte Construction Company, appear
ed relative to furnishings for the
clerks office and vault in the court
house. On motion the clerk was in
structed to place order for such fur.
nishings as he now needed for imme-
diate use, and to enter advertisement
for bids for balance of furnishings
needed.
P. H. Nugent appeared and present
ed some apparent irregularities in the
records and reports of the tax sale
certificates sold and redeemed by his
predecessor. On motion of Commits
sioner Watkins the clerk was in
structed to notify the comptroller that
the board of county commissioners de-
sired him to send the state auditor at
once to investigate the Irregularities,
Hon. J. w. Stevens appeared rela-
tive to the sub-roads district for Fort
Mccoy, Orange Springs and Eureka
Matter was referred to County Attor.
ney Hooker.
Letter by Mr.. Louis r. Chazal and
| concurred in by others as follows:
Ocala, Fla, May 5, 1913.
c. Carmichael, Esq, Chairman County
Commissioners, Ocala, Fla:
Dear Sir-As promised, | went to
| Woodmar on Saturday, May 3, and
looked over the route you propose fol
the public road at that point between
the bluff and the track of the A. c. L
| R. r.
l cannot see but that it will be &
| great injury to my property, and
think that you will find that a large
majority of the owners at that point
will take the same view.
Please do your best to improve the
road that is already located, and fol
which l am informed good materia
can be had, both at points on the road
near East Lake and Lake Weir (Weil
Park. believe that this road viii
suit the public better, and that the
construction will be cheaper. Mr.
| Snow and Mr.. Woodrow agreed Will
me fully.
Yours respectfully,
LOUIS r. CHAZAL.
We concur in the above: Charles
Cullen, David S. Woodrow, r. r. Car
roll, F. B. Beckham, z. c. Chambliss
Which was read and filed.
Mr.. J. r. Moorhead, surveyor FLEE
plat and report as follows:
Ocala, Fla, May 5, 1913.
To the Hon. Board of County Commis
sioners, Ocala, Fla:
Gentlemen-I herewith furnish yo
map of the proposed change in roa
in section 6-17-24, through property O
c. E. Connor, n. w. Harrison and I
E. McIver, which survey terminate
in a 50-foot street through d. E. NJ
Iver's land, and which extends to tn
waters edge of Lake Weir. From thi
point I have gone over the propose
route along the lake shore as far q
Lake Weir and Stanton, on the A.
L. r. R., and find the same to be el
! tirely practical, and one that present
the best opportunity of constructing
: permanent road at the least possib
a cost. ]. r. MOORHEAD.
| on motion of Commissioner Mayo
: was ordered that the board of count
: commissioners accept the propositic
: as outlined by Surveyor Moorhea
4 provided right of way be furnished Il
= county for said road after a fuTth
survey and profile has been made al
approved, extending along the lal
shore from McIver avenue to La
Weir station, and if right of way
not furnished and quit claim de
made therefor, to complete the ha
road on the route suggested by y
e Moorhead's report to Oklawaha az
G nue., provided right Of way be furnis
: ed to that point. Then to begin
the Lake county line on the sou
line of Marion county, and contin
the hard road to Stanton on the A.
. L. R. R, and connect; then come
Z with the Ocala hard road either
East Lake or Summerfeld, as t
board may deem best. That the ha
l. road construction crew proceed wi
e this work as soon as theN work
il Sharp's Ferry road is completed.
it Commissioner Henderson report
on one, Mr.. Richardson, a pauper,
the county inirmary, saying that
had kindred in Jacksonville that wa
IT ed him TO come there, and on mott
of Commissioner Mayo it was order
that a railroad ticket be purchased
nr,A D:nl-nra.r.. kn cont tn his nnaI