The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-05-09

Letter DY X. w. turner, CHdITHIdu
board of county commissioners of Co
lumbia county, read and filed.
Letter by Hodges Lumber Company
relative to roads in vicinity of Stark's
Ferry, read and clerk instructed to
mail same to c. J. McCraney.
Letter by R. H. Cans. agent A. C. L.
R. R. at Weirsdale. saying road cross
ings were in good shape, read and
filed.
Letter by C. NJ. Hawkins relative to
road from Cotton Plant, read and fl
ed.
Letters by Fulton Cotton Mills.
Fielder & Allen Co. Champion Sup
ply Co, Detroit Graphite Co, Donegan
Vans Agnew & Bartlett. Manufacture
ers Record s. A. L. r. r. Co. Nuttri-
line Melting Co. read and filed
Report Of licenses issued during
April by County Judge w. f. Smith
and Tax Collector Colbert, showing:
Collections for state, S1S3; county,
1925. Read and filed
Tax Collector Colbert filed report
of poll taxes collected during April,
showing 308 regulars and 81 extras
collected.
w. L. Colbert, tax collector, filed
report of auto licenses issued during
May. 1913, showing: Issued for pri-
vate use, $221; for hire, $35.
Hooker and Duval, county attor
neys, reporting on bill of Sheriff Gal
loway, account of convictions in cas-
es' of selling liquor without license,
said the board would not be authoriz-
ed to pay said bill.
On motion the board adjourned I'M
til a. m, Wednesday,
Wednesday Morning
The board of county commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment with all
members present
After discussing the advisability of
closing or maintaining the county in
Urinary it was on motion of Commits
sioner Henderson ordered that the
county infirmary be discontinued. as
places had been found for all inmates.
On motion of Commissioner Mayo
clerk was instructed to write to Mil
Ter Jackson Grain Company, Tampa.
Fla, for quotations on feed stuff.
On motion of Commissioner Mayo
the matter of Mr.. Gardeners contract
as superintendent of the poor farm or
infir'n lr: was referred TO C0mm.s-
sioner Carmichael, with over to a..
Mr.. P. J. Theus appeared and ask
ed that an error in assessment on lot
y, Dunn's NV ad, Ocala, be correct
ed, from $1,000 to 800, as returned
Matter was referred to Tax Assessor
Aver, and on his report, stating the
assessment was typographical err
Tor, and should be 800. it was order
ed that Tax Collector Colbert be in
structed to allow payment on an as
sessment of 800, and report balance
as error on part of assessor.
Mr.. w. w. Clyatt appeared relative
to some tax redemptions. Matter was
held over until next meeting of the
board.
On motion of Commissioner. Mayo
the clerk was instructed to notify the
Seaboard Air Line R. r. Co, to repair
crossing south of Ocala. over the
Belleview hard road at once
On motion of Commissioner Hen
derson the Hull road was ordered |
opened as a neighborhood public road, !
40 feet wide.
Petition by C. C. Higginbotham ct
al as follows We the undersigned cit |
liens petition your honorable board
to change the Fort Mccoy and Citra
sub-road, there being part of petition
ed road now open and travelled up to 4!
section line, balance we agree to open
as follows: Commencing at a point
leaving said Fort Mccoy and Citra
road at the ne cor of lot ) sec !, tpl
Is. s, r %. @. running on Il sec line
of lot and ), 10 and II. s and 19.
angling through lot % to sec line di-
viding secs I and IS, running on
same line TO intersect with said Fort
Mccoy and Citra road, or as near said
lines as may seem practicable. Re-
read and on motion of Commissioner
Huffman it was ordered that the clerk
be instructed TO advise Mr.. Higgin-
botham to get right of way deeds ex
ecuted for 40-foot road and upon re-
ceipt of same road to be declared a
public road.
Commissioner Mayo advised the
board that he had this day mailed to
Hon. Park Trammell governor of
Florida, his resignation as county
commissioner for Marion county.