The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-04-17
GALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1914
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRO
CEEDINSS
Official Reprt of the Proceedings al
The April Meeting of
The Board
(Oficial)

Commissioners D. G. Watkins, ]. WI
Davis, w. T. Henderson and ". Luff- i
man. III the absence OF the chairman,
Commissioner Henderson was elected
chairman.
The minutes of the last regular and
the adjourned meeting were read, cor
rected and approved.
After consideration It was ordered
that Rufus Fraser be placed on the
pauper list at IS per month. and J.
H. Tillis at 81 per month, and upon
the representation of DR.. E. Van Hood
It was ordered that the allowance o.
Mrs. Sweat be Increased to- $3.50 PEI
month.
The petition fer Change in th
boundary Iine between the F.aring
ton and Geiger precincts w2s then
taken up, and the board was address.
ed by c. y. Mathews and c. r. Curry
in advocacy of same, ard commun.
cation was received from W. r.
Dreher, asking that action on same
be postr2red until next meeting. After
consideration it was on motion grant
ID, al four Of tho commissioners
resent voting in favor thereof, and it
was ordered that the following ter
ritory ncw embraced in Ceiger pre-
met No. 80. be anre1ed cr incor-
7orate3 in Flem:ng5on nreciuot 10.
;, to-wi5: Commencing on the line be
tween Alachua and Marion counties
at northeast corner of northwest
quarter Of section 5 township II south
range 90, and running south along
the half-mile line to the south boun
dairy OF the Arredonda Grant, thence
west along said grant line to the line
between the counties of Levy and
Marion, thence north along said line
to the Alachua county line, thence
east along said line to point of begin
ming.
The petition for voting precinct
to be established at Burbank was
taken UP and the board was address
ed by citizens for and in opposition
hereto, and after consideration the
petition wa son motion of Commits
sioner Watkins refused
Mr. W. S. Priest appeared before
The board as committee from a
citizens meeting with reference to
the condition of roads in the Fort
Mccoy district and asked that some
repairs to same be made, which mat
ter was referred to Commissioner
Luffman and the county engineer.
Lake View Hotel lot Benedict
Heights having been sold to the
state in 1911 assessed at that time
at $3.50 and it being shown that all
buildings thereon had been burned
in 1909, it was on motion ordered that
the comptroller be recommended to-
allow the owner, r Fl Scott, to redeem
same by payment of the certificate
and interest and omitted taxes at al
valuation of $50.
The tax collector was directed toI
return the personal assessment
against ]. C. Boyd as an error and to
allow R. J. Rivers to pay taxes on
personal property at a valuation of
$4,000 and report the difference as an
error and that he collect taxes on
neA of ne1z, sec. 81, tp. II, "a, at a
valuation of $50 and difference bel
reported as an error, and that he
collect taxes on e12 of swA os sec.
II t. II +. p at a valuation of $50
and report difference as an error, hei
was also authorized to collect taxes
on lots 1916 and 1347 Dunnellon, at
valuation of $400.
1t was ordered that the road from
Shady Grove to Dunnellon road be
posted.
1t was ordered that warrant for
$500 be drawn in favor of the treas
urer of the Ocala Board of Trade on
account of booklet.
Petition for public road COM
mencing at William street, Dunnell
on, and running little east of north
intersection of section line between
section .25 and 26 thence north along
section line to the Levy county line.
distance of IL miles, was read and
on motion granted, and w. J. Folks,
j. B. McGehee ST., and HI. Butler
we're appointed commissioners to
mark and lay out samef.
A petition for change in the Dun
Mellon, Martel and Ocala road as fol-
lows: From the corner of Hemphill's
fence to the Dunnellon and Morris
ton road, distance of $40 of mile.
making the road perfectly straight
from Juliette to the Dunnellon and
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