The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-16
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Official Report of the Proceedings at
the March Meeting of the
Board
Ocala, Fla. March 2, 1917


The Board of County Commission
ers met at ten o'clock, present w. d.
earn, chairman; and w. Huffman, J..
I. Hutchins, n. A. Fort and S. R..
Pyles, commissioners.
Minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
The clerk was instructed to draw a
warrant in favor of T. J. Kemp for
| $35, for expenses In the case of Alex
Singletary, pauper.
Application of Mr.. Booth and 9TH
ers for reduction of taxes was refus-
ed as the board considered that they
had no right to go behind the tax as
| SCISSORS assessment except in cases
of plain error.
On motion it was ordered that Mr..
j. B. Booth be requested to take
charge of the repair and maintenance
of the Orange Hammock and Altoona
road.
Mr.. J. R. Moorehead was, on mo-
ton, directed to have the Eureka and
Daisy road opened up and strawed for
one-half mile.
Mr.. Hightower was, on motion, au-
| thorized to repair the road from Cand-
| Ter to Heather Island on the basis
of the county paying for two-thirds
of the cost of such repairs.
! On account of error of the tax as
SCISSOR, the tax collector was directed
to reduce the assessment of the Citi-
zen's Improvement Company from
$4,000, to nothing.
The following was declared a public
road and ordered opened to wit: "Be-
gin at NV cor of section 20, tip 16 S. r
% e, run one half mile to ne cor OF
nwH of said section 20, thence south
one-half mile to center of section
thence to Summerfield hard road"
On motion the clerk was directed tt
draw warrant for Mrs. Hogan fol
SO for this month only, to be sent t.
DR.. Gatrell for her family's relief.
Application for relief for Jane.
Watson and Henry Wagner was re
fused.
The matter of experimental work in
making sand clay roads was refer
red to the county engineer and Mr.
NJ. E. Worrell, u. S. highway engi.
neer, and Commissioners Pyles and
earn, and the committee was instruct
ed to take up with Mr.. Worrell the
matter of having a government ex-
pert come to this county for expert.
mental work in constructing sand OF
roads.
The matter of the petition by the
citizens of Fl. Mccoy to pay Mr.
Il Clapper for contract work In road dis
trict No. l, was deferred until the
next meeting of the board.
On motion, it was ordered that
Messrs. A. F. Young & CO., be offered
500, for an acre Of land on the hard
road.
The matter of the Starke's ferry
bridge repair was referred to Com
missioner Pyles with power to act.
On motion, it was ordered that nc
bill be paid by the board except such
bills as were incurred not later than
the last day of the month preceding
the meeting of the board, and that
all bills incurred during the month
in which the board meets, shall be held
over till the next meeting, and that
all road overseers or parties having
claims against the county for supplies
furnished on road account, send their
bills TO Mr. j. r. Moorehead and not
TO the clerk, as soon as the bill Is
made.
Bond of Jas. B. Galbraith as con
stable, precinct No. 26 was approved
The matter of relief for Eliza Cal
houn was referred to Commissioner
Hutchins.
The board rescinded its action tax
en- at the last meeting refusing to
pay for stationary and postage foI
county officers, in so far as it relates
to the stationery.
The board directed, by motion, that
all Justices of the Peace, and the
county judge, should require prepay
ment of costs in cases where there
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viction of the defendant.
Petition Of citizens Of Eureka neigh
borhood. Mr. F. NJ Harp and others
was referred to Commissioner Luff-
man and the county engineer.
On the report of county engineer
and Commissioner earn, the board