The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-03-11

sion at their ONCE IN the court
house in Arcadia, Florida, this
March 1st, A. D., 1915. Mem
bers present were l.. w. White
hurst, chairman John Hagan, ID.
L. Skipper, w. NJ. Whitten and
w. G. Welles. Minutes of the
former meeting were read and ap-
proved.
1t was moved and carried that
Anna Byrd be leased to L. Black
for the sum of $500 per month
for her term of sentence.
Notary bond of L. Grady Bur
ton, with E. F. Childers and r. f.
Lewis as sureties, was submitted
to board and same duly approved.
Notary bond of Harry Stanfield,
with A. G. Smith, Y. E. Wright
and |. c. Smith as sureties was
presented to the board and same
duly approved.
Notary bond of Mrs. Petite F.
Firzzell, with the Fidelity and De-
posit Company of Maryland as
surety, was presented to the
board and same duly approved.
Justice of the Peace bond OF j.
L. Griffin, with F. H. Williams and
A. M. Mercer as sureties, was pre-
sented to the board and same duly
approved.
Road petition from the citizens
of election district No. 7 was pre-
sented to the board, asking for
the following road, to-wit: Com
mence on the east side of the Pun
ia Gorda Rock road, where it IN
tersects the quarter section line OF
section q, township Al south,
range % east, and run thence east
through the center of section Il,
% and % to the east, Ar'
of section %, in township Al
south of range % east.
Said petition was, upon motion
duly made and carried, accepted,
and the same is hereby declared a
public road.
Road petition from the citizens
of Punta Gorda Special Road and
Bridge District who live adjacent
to project No. Is in said district,
was submitted to the board, ask
ing for the following:
First, to change the contemplate
ed graded road known as project
No. IS as follows, to-wit: Begin
ming where the survey for same
intersects the south line of theN12
of the NEH of section 29, town
ship 40 south, range "a east, and
run thence due east ~ miles to
the north east corner of the SWH
of the NW14 of section 27, town
ship 40 south, range "a. east, and
run thence north to the center
line of section %, township 40
south, range "a east.
Second, to establish a public
road on the line between sections
1884 and 27 and % and run from
the above described road to the
proposed hard-surfaced road
known as the Bermont road.
Upon motion duly made and
carried, the above petition was
duly accepted and the same is
hereby granted.
Hon. Joseph Crews made his re-
port as county demonstrator.
Said report was very complete
and showed quite an amount of
valuable work done by Mr.. Crews.
1t was moved and carried that
warrants be drawn on No. 6 fund
in payment Of amount of $4,000,
as per agreement with Lee county,
entered into February, 1914, said
warrants to be drawn as follows,
ti-wit: Warrants for 1,160,
payable May l, 1915; warrant for
$1,170, payable May l, 1916, and
warrants for 81, ITO, payable May
1, 1916, and warrants for $1,170,
payable May l, 1917 war
rants to be payment in full for
DeSoto county's proportion of
cost of the construction Of said
bridge.
The Board of Trustees of the
Punta Gorda Special Road and
Bridge District are hereby au-
thorized to transfer the sum of
$4,000 from the bond trustees
fund to the sinking fund Of said
district, said amount to be trans
ferred back as soon as sufficient
funds are collected and available.
1t was moved and carried that
the personal property of l.. II.
Summeralls, now assessed at 5000,
be reduced to 800, the amount of
5000 being considered excessive.
1t was moved and carried that