The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-11
In REGULAR SESSION
County Commissioners Transact
Routine Business
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Act Upon Many Matters of I'm
portance - Proceedings
Given in Detail

The Honorable Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners met in regular
session Feb. /, A. d., 1915, in its
office in the court house, Arcadia,
Fla. The minutes of former
meetings were read and approved
The following business was
transacted; to-wit:
Notary bond of Roscoe Frey
with Fidelity and Deposit Com,
pany of Maryland as surety was
presented to the board and same
duly approved.
Notary bond of j. B. Zeall, with
Herbert F. r. Beck and A. f.
Withers as sureties, was presented
to the board and duly approved.
1t was moved, seconded and du-
ly carried that The Punta GOrda
Herald be and the same is hereby
designated as the newspaper i'll
which the delinquent tax list fol-
the year 1914 shall be published.
1t was moved and carried that
d. B. Watson be leased to E. F.
Wooten for $14 for the remainder
of his term of sentence.
Upon motion duly made and car.
rieG the pension claim of Noah AL
britton was approved by this
board.
A communication having been
received from Messrs. Hoehler,
Cummings & Prudden of Toledo
Ohio, asking for the delivery OF
fifty-two additional bonds Of the
Punta Gorda special road and
bridge district numbered as fol,
lows:
l to 13 inclusive optional April
l, 1915; IA to 26 inclusive option
al April l, 1916; 27 to SO inclusive
optional April 1, 1917; 40 to So in
elusive optional April l, 1918.
1t is hereby resolved that the
board of bond trustees of this
fund be and they are hereby au-
thorized to make sight draft on
Hoehler, Cummings & Prudden
for $4,000 as face value of the "a
bove bonds; $554.66 as accrued in
terest from October l, 1914 to Feb
s, 1915, the date of delivery, and
$74.75 the proportional part of the
premium of the issue making a to-
tai of $26, ,629.41.
All present voted aye: Skipper,
Hagan, Whitten and Whitehurst
1t was moved and carried that
the board withdraw from sale that
portion of the court house fence
which encloses the jail yard.
It was moved and carried that
the county treasurer be and he is
hereby ordered to transfer 81, ,406.
60 from the special Indebtedness
fund to the No. 6 fund, same to be
proportioned to the various road
funds. Said transfer to correct
error in December, 1914, posting,
The treasurer is further ordered to
pay all outstanding warrants a.
gainst No. 6 fund from the special
Indebtedness fund.
1t was moved and carried that
the bond of the trustees Of the
special road and bridge district
No. 5 be and the same is reduced
to the sum of $4,000 each and
said bond of all bond trustees be
reduced from year to year as the
amount on hand is reduced.
1t was moved, seconded and car
ried that Z. f. Bostick, A.G.Smith
and w. r. Minor be and they are
hereby appointed bond trustees
for the special road and bridge
district No. l and that the said
trustees furnish bonds for the sum
of $4,000 each.
Road petition from Mineral
Branch settlement was received
and filed for future consideration.
Petition from Palmdaie citizens
was received and filed for future
consideration.
Report of the bond trustees of
the Punta Gorda special road and
bridge district received and order
ed filed.
County tax collector filed his
report.
Sheriff filed his report.
County Judge filed his report.
The following resolution was