The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-03-16

81 degrees and minutes west l'Ooo''
feet. thence north 8 degrees and mol
minutes, west 24,3 feet, thence south
81 degrees and minutes, east l'O3sf
feet to the point OF beginning.
The above described land being rec
tangular in shape, being 1887 feet
in length, by an average Of 23.S feet
IN width. containing SO of an acre
and is situated in section Z, township
"a soluth. range 20 east, DeSoto coun-
Is. Florida: being the property Of Pet
tcway Turpcntinc Company, a corpo'
ration: for the purpose Of widening
the right Of way Of the Avon Park
Wauchua road.
The engineer reported back to this
board a tabulated statement Of all
bids received for crushed rock or shell
10 be used in Punta Gorda special
road and bridge district.
Upon motion. duly seconded and
carried. all bids for hard surfaciue on
roads I'm Punta Gorda special road
and bridge district be and they are
hereby rejected. ana the clerk Is here.
by directed TO return bidder, their
checks.
II was moved and carried that L..
u. Noble, he and he is hereby leased
to Or. II. p. Bcvis for the sum ~
So for entire term Of sentence.
Upon motion duly made. seconded
and carried. J. $. Lanier, having
made the required oath, he was grant.
cd reduction from a valuation Of
S3OO.OO on his personal property To II
valuation Of 500. co. said reduction
being for the 1915 taxes.
Whereas. The petition from \. s..
Wallace and others. Of Lake Branch
community, asking for the establish
mcnt Of voting precinct, was crro-
neous in not having stated the ranges
IN which said precinct was to he 10.
Gated, It was moved by u. L. skipper
and seconded by John Hagan, that a
voting precinct be established TO be
known as the Lake Branch voting pre-
Begin at northeast corner If township
| 80 south. range 20 east. and run west
on county line dividing DeSoto and
Polk counties. to Peace river. thence
southerly along said Peace river to
where same intersects township line
dividing townships 80 and "a south,
thence east along said township line
to the southeast corner Of township
80 south. range PC cast. thence north
TO point OF beginning.
Said motion was carried.
Upon motion duly seconded and
carried. Mrs. NJ. 4. Boney was plac-
ed on the county pauper list at 50 per
month. =,
Road petition signed by r. l.. Hill
and others was received and filed and
laid over for future consideration.
It was moved seconded and carried
that the bid Of Davis & Webb for 90
600 square yards Of pavement in Pun
Ia GOrda special road and bridge dis.
trict be rejected. and their check re-
turned TO them.
1t was moved. seconded and carried
the following resolution be spread up
on the minutes of this board, and the
said quit claim deed be executed as
requested in said resolution:
Whereas. II appears that on June
22nd, 1892. the county commissioners
bought the southeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter OF section eight in
township thirty-eight south, Of range
- east. DeSoto county. Florida, for
the purpose Of constructing a Poor
Farm thereon, and,
Whereas. II appears that on August
5th 1901, the county commissioners,
after advertising and otherwise com
plying with the law, sold the said
property to Marie Eddie Smedley for
the consideration Of five hundred
dollars, and.
Whereas. The said deed Of convey.
ance so made to Marie Eddie Smedley |
does not recite that the said deed was
to conform TO a resolution passed by
the said board. and 1t does not appear
in the said minutes that a proper res.
olution had been prepared and pre-
sented. although the board had sold
the said property. and,
Whereas. 1t is the purpose Of this
resolution to cure any defect that
might appear of record, and to prop
erly convey the interest Of the said
county in and to the said land, and,
Whereas. 1t appears that Albert r.
Bennett and Fred s. Gore have ac-
quired the interest of the said Marie
Eddie Smedley in and to the said
land, and the said omissions can he