The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-19

received until z :3U p. III. sept I,
1915.
The following resolution was
passed:
Resolved, That Road No. Is OF
special road and bridge district
mo. / be constructed on line re.
ported by the engineer and de-
scribed in the specifications OF
said road No. Is A.
Offer of j. C. Mayer & Co. to
furnish Autographed bonds and
coupons for special road and
bridge district No. l at a total
cost not to exceed $500 was ac-
cepted
Justice of the peace bond of Lee
IA. Stillwell was approved.
Clerk was directed to advertise
for bids on one carload of CORFU
gated galvanized culvert material
to be delivered at Wauchula, Fla.
1t was moved, seconded and car
ried that the petition of John A.
IWelch and others asking that the
bridge across Shell creek on Di-
vision No. 7 of Punta Gorda spec
Iial road and bridge district be
constructed on the line dividing
I26 and 27, section 40 south, range
"a east, as per original petition
for said road, be granted; and
that the written consent Of Robert
w. Wilkins, contractor, for clear
ing and grubbing said road, that
change be made and that said con-
tractor will clear and grub said
iroad without any extra cOmpensa-
ton, is hereby approved; and that
the written agreement of j. w.
Addison, f. O. Wilkins, John A.
IWelch, Joel Bishop, F. T. Perkins
and H. L. Blakeley, bondsmen of
said contractor, that said change
be made without in any way af-
fecting their responsibility on the
bond of such contractor, be and
the same is accepted and approx
led.
Petition of the citizens of Polk
and DeSoto counties received and
upon investigation, it was found
that this road was granted at the
October meeting, 1918.
Moved by Mr.. Written, second
led by Mr. Skipper, that all war
rants for costs, including adver.
easements and legal notices of
drainage proceedings, be drawn
payable only from funds to be de-
rived from sale Of the bonds of
the district unless the petitioners
shall file a sufficient bond to re-
imburse the general fund for such
expense, in the event bonds of the
proposed district, fail to find a
purchaser
Road petition of Glenn Smith
and others, was presented to the
board and road was granted as
asked for.
The board entered into a con-
tract with the Alabama Paving
Company for the construction of
roads 11-12-13-14 of the special
road and bridge district No. l.
Road petition of L. L. Morgan,
l.. Il. Cato and others was present
ed to the board; road was granted
as asked for.
Road petition of G. L. Keen, d. |
w. Mizell and others was present
ed to the board road was granted
as asked for. Petition from citi-
zens asking for the grading and
putting in first class condition is
received. Commissioner Hagan
advises that said road will be i'm
proved as soon as practical.
1t was moved and carried that
the plans, profiles and specifca-
tons of the Fort Ogden drainage
district together with the purport-
ing assessment of benefits to lands
supposed to be affected by the
work, be referred back to the
committee with the suggestion
that in the opinion of the board
said assessment is premature and |
void, for the reason that the cost
of the work had not been ascer-
tainod hefnre said nnrnnrtnd 90