The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-20
Concluding Day of the July Session of
the Board of County Commissioners

Moved by Mr.. Written that the
petition of O. A. Morgan anC
twenty-nine others for a road be
ginning at the southwest corner Of
the northwest quarter of north
west quarter, section q town.
ship Al south, range % east, and
running east to southeast corner
of northwest quarter of northwest
quarter of section 26, thence north
to northeast corner of northwest
ouater of southwest quarter sec
ton %, township Al south, range
| % east, be received, and P. o.
Hickman. j. Mizell and r. s,
Windham be and they are hereby
appointed to mark road forty
feet wide on said line and make
report according to law, and that
they also report any claims for
damages that will result from
opening of said road.
Firearms bond of l.. A Still
well, with j. l.. Mercer and j. e.
McRae as sureties, was approved.
The sheriff filed his report.
Moved, seconded and carried,
that one-half of the Enterprise
Publishing Company'S account
for publishing the qualified list of
voters be paid, amount $83, with
the understanding that the re-
naming half will be paid when
| the sold list is published prior to
the general election, as required
by law.
Moved, seconded and carried,
that the bid ofthe w. P. Kennedy
Construction Company, Of Tampa,
Fla, for hard surfacing roads
numbers 9-10-11-12-13-14 and ap-
proximately four and forty-four
hundredths miles of the eastern
part of road No. /, of special road
and bridge district No. 5, for De-
Soto county, Fla, be accepted,
the board reserving the right to
withdraw any roads or parts Of
roads and the right to specify
what portions of said roads shall
be paved with the materials bid
on. The asphalt used shall be ac-
ceptable to the board, and the said
w. P. Kennedy Construction Com
pany is hereby required to enter
into contract secured by good and
sufficient bond for the faithful
performance of the conditions
thereof.
Moved seconded and carried,
that the bid of the Edwards Con-
struction Company on approx
mately sixteen miles of road No.
l, and all of roads numbers 2, 4,
4, Is, IS, and % of special road
and bridge district Nos, of De-
Soto County, Florida, be accept
ed, the board reserving the right
to withdraw any roads or parts of
roads, and the right to specify
what portions Of said roads shall
be paved with the materials bid
on, and the asphalt used shall be
acceptable to the said board. The
said Edwards Construction Com
any is hereby required to enter in
to contract, secured by good and
sufficient bonds, for the faithful
performance of the conditions
thereof.
Moved, seconded and carried,
that the viewers report of
Ralph Blair, &c. Ready and c.
McKimpson, be accepted, and that
the following be declared a public
road to be opened to a width of
forty feet as soon as funds are a
valuable: Beginning at the cen
ter Of Palmdale at the south cen
ter Of section "a, township 40
south, range 30 cast, thence east
one and a half miles to
the southeast corner of
section IS, thence north two miles
to thenortheast corner of section
&c, thence east eight and a half
miles to the south center of sec
ton 20, township 40 south, range
80 east, thence south one-half mile
to Lakcport Hotel near center of
section 20, township 40, range 80.
The clerk was instructed to adj
vertise for sealed bids for grub
bling and clearing roads numbers
3 and4 from Asa Baiiey's place to
the little Charlie Creek, of the
special road and bridge district
No. S. Bids to be received until
noon of Saturday, July %, 1916.
The clerk was instructed to adj
vertiSe for sealed bids for not less
than three thousand pounds of
dynamite, for special road and
bridge district No. 5.
The following resolution was
adopted: