The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRO-
CEEDlNGf
Monday, September 1914.

met in special session to confer with
the county commissioners-elect. After
discussing the matter of using the
convicts on the county roads for the
year 1915, Commissioner Henderson
offered resolution seconded by Com
i missioner Davis, that the county con-
victs be used on the county roads dur
ing 1915 and not leased out. The
motion was carried unanimously.
The board adjourned to meet in reg
ular session tomorrow morning at
o'clock.
Tuesday, September 8, 1914.
The board met in regular session.
Present: Hon. C. Carmichael, chair
man and w. T. Henderson, J. w.
Davis, w. Huffman and D. G. Watkins,
commissioners.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Mr.. Henry Gordon appeared and OBJ
jected to being charged $1,000 for loss
of convict, Amos Borden, and which
, was deducted from his salry for July.
On motion the clerk was instructed to
refund $40 to Mr. Gordon.
Mr.. Ollie Fort appeared and asked
that the county erect a building to
vote in Moss Bluff precinct. The
matter was referred to Commissioner
Henderson and the county engineer.
1t was ordered that no prisoner be
put on the feed bill when used for any
kind of work at the jail by the sheriff
or jailer.
Petition to change road through the
lands of B. F. Holly was referred to
Commissioner Henderson.
Petition to establish a public road
running as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of the present public
road between Ocala and Kendrick and
the township line between townships
IA and Is, range 81, and run due west
along the south line of sec SO twp. IA
r. p east, for the distance of one-half
mile to Blowers on the A. C. L. R. r.,
was on motion referred to Commits
sioner Carmichael and the county
engineer.
The report of the committee to
mark out road beginning 100 feet
south of n. w. cor. of sec. So twp. 16 S.
r. is east, thence curve to south Sec
line of sec. q, 165 feet from Sc. cor. of
sec. q twp. 16 range IS, thence north
$50 feet, thence west 495 feet, thence
in northwestwardly direction about
5-8ths of mile, thence west to inter
sect with the Inglis road, thence
across Inglis road in a northwest
direction to Don Monroe, and connect
with Levy county public road leading
from the county line to Lebanon" was
accepted and the road ordered posted
Communication as to roads from
Mr.. ]. P. Dudley was referred to the
county engineer.
Racheal Floyd was ordered put on
the pauper list at $500 per month.
Lewis Graham was ordered put on
the pauper list at $500 per month.
Jim Robinson and his mother were
ordered put on the pauper list at $500
per month for the two.
Miss Sarah Snow was ordered
placed on the pauper list at $500 per
month.
The petition to place Alec Anderson
on the pauper list was referred to
Commissioner Watkins for investiga-
ton.
Messrs. Meffert and Rou appeared
before the board and requested that
the county open road west of Lowell
for which right of way had been deed
ed by citizens. 1t was ordered that
the deeds for this right of way be &C.
cepted and the road opened as a pub
lie road.
The report of Messrs. H. T. Hall, H.
Neiderhoefer and w. NJ. Shockley, the
committee to view and mark and lay
out road was accepted and the road
ordered posted.
Messrs. Epperson and others ap-
peared before the board in the matter
of road from Marion county connect
ing with the road from Levy county.
The action was deferred on this mat
ter for the present.
Upon motion it was ordered that
Mr.. Henry Lominac be charged $40
only for the loss of two convicts and
his bill be passed for $S2.5S.
It was ordered that the road be.
tween sections II and 10 near the res
idence of J. L. Hall be declared pub.
lie road and opened.
1t was ordered that the road known
aS fhn nfruun1lon I'm Levy county line