The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-10
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Official Report of the Proceedings at
the April Meeting of
the Board

lar session Tuesday, April It'll, 1914.
Present, Commissioners D. G. Wat
kins, ]. W. Davis, w T. Henderson
and w. Huffman. In the absence of
the chairman, Commissioner Hen
derson was elected temporary chair
man
The minutes OF the last regular
and the adjourned meeting were
read, corrected and approved.
After consideration it was ordered
that Rufus Fraser be placed on the
pauper list at SO per month, and J.
H. Tillis at 81 pc rmonth, and upon
the representation of DR.. z. Van
Hood il was ordered that the allow
ance of Mrs Sweat be increased to
$3.50 per month
The petition for a change in the
!. boundary lines between the Flem-
ington and Geiger precincts was then
taken up, and the board was ad-
dressed by c. VI. Mathews and c. R.
Curry in advocacy of same, and a
communication was received from W.
r. Dreher, asking that action on
same be postponed until next meet
ing. After consideration it was on
motion granted, all four of the COM
missioners present voting in favor
following territory now embraced in
Geiger precinct No. 30, be annexed
to or incorporated in Pennington
precinct No. 3, to-wit: Commencing
on the line between AIachua and Ma
rion counties at northeast corner of
northwest quarter of section ) town
ship l 2 south, range 20, and running
south along the half-mile line to the
south boundary 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 coun-
ty line, thence east along said line
to point of beginning.
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
thereto, and after consideration the
petition was on motion of commits
sioner Watkins refused.
Mr. W. S. Priest appeared before
the board as a committee from a
ci+izooC u,aar;ug With raforo,oo tn
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
huffman 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 recommend
ed to allow the owner, R. H. Scott,
to redeem same by payment of the
certificate and interest and omitted
taxes at valuation of $40
The tax collector was directed to
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
NE Il of NE "a sec. p T. II R. "a
at a valuation of $50 and difference
be reported as an error, and that he
collect taxes on E1a of SWA of sec.
II T. II R. % at avaluation of $50
and report difference as an error, he
was also authorized to collect taxes
on lots 1916 and 1347 Dunnellon, at
a valuation of $500.
1t was ordered that the road from
Shady Grove to Dunnellon road be
posted.
1t was ordered that a warrant for
$500 be drawn in favor of the treas
urer of the Ocala Board of Trade on
account of booklet.
Petition for a public road COM
mencing at William street, Dunnel-
Ion, and running a little east Of
north intersection of section line be-
tween sections % and 90 thence
north along section line to the Levy
county line, a distance of II miles,
was read and on motion granted, and
w. J. Folks, J. B. McGehee Sr, and
H. Butler were appointed commits
sioners TO mark and lay out same.
A petition for change in the Dun
Mellon, Martel and Ocala road as fol-
lows: From the corner ofHemp-
hills fence to the Dunnellon and
Morriston road, a distance OF $40 of
a mile, making the road perfectly
straight from Juliette to the Dunnel-
Ion and Morriston road and TO dis
continue present road from corner
of Hemphill's fence 10 Dunnellon a