The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-13
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRO-
cEEDiNGS
Official Report of the Proceedings
at the February Meeting of
the Board

The board of county commissioners
for Marion county met in regular ses-
sion TUESDAY, February 3, 1914. Pres
ent, C. Carmichael chairman, and
Commissioners Watkins, Davis, Hen
derson and Huffman.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read. corrected and approved.
Mr.. Thomas appeared before the
board and protested against the ac
ton of the board in opening road
through his land and the removal Of
his fence. He was informed that the
fence was not taken or removed by
order of the board.
Chairman Carmichael being called
away on account of sickness in his
family, Commissioner ]. w. Davis was
elected temporary chairman.
Mrs. ]. ]. Gerig and Mrs. NJ. H.
Stovall accompanied by Mr.. J. D.
Rooney, secretary Ocala Board of
Trade, appeared before the board and
asked for an appropriation for the
Ocala library. Action on this request
was deferred.
The tax collector was authorized to
collect 1913 taxes on lots l and block
80 West End Ocala at a valuation of
$50 instead of $500 same being a
clerical error and report difference
as an error.
J. w. Stevens, L. T. Matchett and
]. B. Hall commissioners appointed to
mark out road from Fort Mccoy to
Orange Springs reported that they
had laid out said road as follows:
Beginning at the corner of sec. IA T.
Is r. 20, running north on half mile
line to half sec. line of sec. %, thence
west to west line sec. %, thence north
to north east corner sec. II T. IL r.
%, thence north east along the right
of way of Ocala Northern railroad to
Orange Springs. On motion of Com
missioner Huffman the report was ac-
cepted and said road ordered post
ed.
Petitions to change the Fantvills
and Williston public road so as to run
from Fantville school west on town
ship line to the county line, thence
north along the county line to the in
tersection of the present read, was
read and referred to Commissioner
Watkins and the road superintendent.
Mr.. o. NJ. Gale in behalf of the town
of Belleview appeared before the
board and offered to sell to the county
a road scrape or grader for 1925. The
matter was referred to Commissioners
Davis and the county engineer.
The matter of purchasing road
scrape for district No. was referred
| to Commissioner Henderson and the
county engineer with power to act.
A delegation of citizens from Mon
tague appeared and asked that the
roads in that locality be repaired ana
put in passable condition, which was
referred to Commissioner Davis and
the county engineer with power to
act
| A communication from J. B. Haney,
postmaster at Burbank, with refer
ence to condition of roads in that To-
cality as affecting the R. F. d. was re-
ferred to the county engineer.
Petition for the establishment OF a
voting precinct at Burbank was re-
ferred back to the petitioners to have
| the boundaries fixed or set out.
The application for relief for Sam
Duncan was referred to Commissioner
Huffman for investigation and report.
On motion it was ordered that the
appropriation to the Marion county
hospital be discontinued.
A petition from ]. B. BURY ana
others against closing the road rum
ing from the NV. cor. lot 3 sec. Il
t. IL r. 81, west to Ocala and Mcln-
tosh road, was received and referred
to the county engineer.
The following telegram was sent;
Chairman Interstate Commerce Com,
mission, Washington, D. c.
Board of county commissioners in
session today resolved to enter our
strongest protest against application
of new express vegetable tariff. 1t
will put the majority of our producers
and shippers out of business. We
urge continuation of old rates. Dam
age to Florida will be fearful. Let US
urge immediate action in behalf of the
people.
G. Carmichael
J. w. Davis
w. T. Henderson
D. G. Watkins
Walter Huffman
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