The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-24

opened and read.
Bids by Hillery Tillis at $40 pei
month and ]. W. Sewen at $22 pei
month as superintendent Of Graham
vile Ferry opened and read.
Bids by j. b. Chalker at $40 pei
month and Isaac Perry at SIG PEI
month as superintendent of Moss Bluff
Ferry opened and read.
! Bid by Henry Hogan at $40 per
month as superintendent of Sharps
Ferry bridge opened and read.
| Bids by r. w. Dixon at S22 and J.
n McQuaig at $2S per month opened
and read
Bid by ]. w. Gardner as superin-
tendent of county infirmary at $50 per
month opened and read.
Bids for road overseership commits
sioner's district No. ? by E. D. Math-
ews, Pennington, at 50 per day; c. H.
Gray, Pennington, at 81 per day; G. W.
Mills, 50 per day, j. F. Parker, Leroy,
50 per day; S. D. Atkinson, 50 per day;
W. r. Roe, 50 per day; E. S. Tynor, 50
per day, opened and read.
Bids for overseership of roads dis
trict No. by A. j. Smell, Oklawaha,
1872 per day; F. E. Driver, Gambler,
S2.75 per day; John r. Proctor Pedro,
.$2 per day; Thos. p. Gillespie, Cand-
ler S2.65 per day, opened and read.
Bids for overseer road in district No.
by Wade Tillis, $1.75 per day; I. P
Stevens, 81 per day; J. NJ. Mock, $1.75
per day; J. B. Gore, $1.75 per day; W.
H. Fore, $1.75 per day; H. B. Mock,
$40 per day, were opened and read.
Bids for overseer roads in district
No. by D. 3. Mathews, 50 per day;
l. Mizelle, 81 per day; l. W Wilson,
$2 per day; r. H. Scott, 81 per day,
were opened and read.
On motion of board adjournment
was taken for dinner, to meet at 2:15
p. m.
Board reconvened after dinner All
members present.
Gen. H. W. Long appeared and pre-
scented petition by DR.. w. r. o. Veal
and others as follows:
The undersigned your petitioners
would show that l. A. Tucker owns
ten acres of land on the east side of
the public road from the Blitchton
road via F. ". Blitchs residence to
the Ocala and Dunnellon road near H.
w. Longs residence being ESQ yards
n and by 1876 yards and and that
he owns 10 acres south of and con-
tiguous to said road That he has five
acres of the first above described lands
fenced; that he wishes to fence and
cultivate the ten acres last describ-
ed and to avoid building two fences
your petitioners petition and request
your honorable board to grant an or
der permitting said L. \. Tucker to so
n
yards north of its intersection with
the Ocala and Dunnellon road thence
southeast to the intersection of the
eastern boundary of ten acres of land
east of the aforesaid road at a point
175 yards north of the Ocala public
road as more fully shown by a map
herewith submitted which will short
en- the road 35 yards and place the
road on a better location, which was
read and on motion of Commissioner
huffman was referred to Commissioner
Watkins with power to act.
A very large committee composed of
citizens from Ocala, North, East and
South Lake Weir, appeared and pre-
scented petition, very largely signed,
as follows:
The undersigned citizens OF said
county hereby respectfully request
that the hard road now ending at
North Lake Weir be continued east
ward and southwark for such distance
as will connect with the hard road
built by Lake county and terminating
at or near the south line of this coun-
ty, thereby carrying out the agree
ment heretofore made with the board
of county commissioners of Lake
county.
Same was read as well as commun
ication by the Leesburg board of trade
and W H. Buckley attached to the pc
tition and fully discussed by DR.. H. W.
Henry. George MacKay, z. c. Cham
bliss, D. E. McIver and others. Mat
could make up their budget for 1913
and formulate their plans for road
building for the year.
DR.. J. Z. Chace appeared and asked
the board TO complete a road he was
building east of Ocala, asking the
board to build about 300 feet of road.
ne having built about 5000 feet Mat
ter was laid over for the meeting.
commissioners Henderson and Wat
kins were appointed a committee to
join with committee from the grand
jury and inspect the Marion county in
Urinary,
Mrs. Holmes appeared relative dam
age account road crossing her land.
Matter was referred to Commissioner
Watkins for investigation and report.
Letter by O. s. Smell relative. game
warden for Marion county read and
filed.
Letter by DR.. c. B. Aver as follows:
On Dec. p, 1912. about noon, 1 crossed
and re-crossed the river at Starkes
Ferry in a small automobile and your
ferryman. Mr. Candy. charged me one
dollar, which paid him. I have since
learned that it is a free ferry and
hope you will refund my dollar and
charge same to Mr.. Candy as he shall
not be allowed to collect pay from
county and also from a taxpayer.
| Also letter by J. B. Booth as fol-
! lows:
| Please advise me If Starkes Ferry is