The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-04
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
May Meeting, 1915.

at the court house In Arcadia on Mon
dny, May list, 1915, with the follow
ing members present: l.. w. White
hurst, chairman; John Hagan, w. H.
Written and w. G. welles, ID. l..
Skipper being absent.
The minutes u the previous meet
ings were read and approved.
The following resolution was pre-
scented by w. M. Written and upon
motion duly seconded, was adopted:
Whereas. On the 18th day Of Febru-
ary 1915, this board received bids for
the construction Of canals "a" aud
"B," of the Fort ogden drainage dis
trict latter duly advertising therefor
and,
Whereas The bid Of s. MEG. Car.
raway at 10 1-2 cents per cubic yord
for the excavation Of said canals was
declared to be the lowest bid by a
responsible bidder for said work. and
that the contract for said work would
be awarded to said bidder after the
bonds Of the district have been sold"
and.
Whereas Said bonds have been sold
to p. W. Meadow. now, therefore,
BE 1t Resolved, That the contract
for excavating and constructing ca
nails "A" and b." OF the Fort Ogden
drainage district be and the same /,
awarded to $. MEG Carraway at 10
IL cents per cubic yard, said work
to be done as per specifications for
said work as established by this
board January 4. 1916.
Upon motion duly made, seconded
and carried, the clerk was instructed
to publish the following notice two
weeks in the Punta Gorda Herald:
Notice is hereby given that the
Board # County Commissioners will
receive sealed proposals up to . p.
m. ON June 9TH. for furnishing and
delivering approximately 1920 cubic
yards Of mari or shell for division
10. and approximately 10000 cubic
yards Of mari or shell for hard sur.
facing division 10 OF Punta Gorda
special road and bridge district.
Specifications will be furnished by
]. s. Bannister District Engineer,
Punta Gorda, Fla.
"a certified check equal to . per
cent. of amount Of bid, as evidence
OF good faith will be required Of each
bidder.
Separate bids will be considered
on each division. reserving the right
to reject any and all bids.
"A. L. DURANGO, Clerk"
Upon motion by william Written,
duly seconded and carried, that the
report OF A. J. Gusman, r. J. Ne.
Curdy and o. Vanselow, committee
appointed to view and mark Il pro-
posed public road forty feet wide from
the northeast corner Of section 20.
township 40 south range 90 east, to
the northwest corner Of section 30,
same township and range, be rccciy-
ed and placed on file. and the said
road is hereby declared a public road.
and the clerk is directed to post no.
tice Of same rs required by law,
Upon motion duly made seconded
and carried. the tax collector was
given authority TO give credit to II. l..
Coker for the personal tax on forty
head OF cattle the same being an or
roneous assessment.
The contract Of the Cornwall Con.
struction Company to do certain paw
ing in the Punta Gordu special road
and bridge district, was presented TO
the board for approval. and upon
motion. seconded AMI carried. it was
ordered that the same he turned over
to the attorney Of the board for invc.'.
tigation tn he reported back TO this
board at this meeting.
BY motion duly made. seconded and
carried. the petition of II. NJ. Davis
and twenty-five others for the wild.
ening to forty feet Of the road begin
ming at the fourth mile post on the
west line of section 3. township Al
south, range % east, and running
thence east to the A. c. L. Railway,
and thence along Their light of way Of
said railway to Howard street, Pun
ia Gorda be granted, and that John
A. Walsh, Joel Bishop and c. G.
Brown be appointed to view and mark
said road and report at the next
meeting Of this board.
The board then adjourned for din.
ner, to reassemble at l o'clock p. III.
The board resumed its labors at 1
o'clock p. M, with Chairman White
hurst presiding. Commissioner d. l..
Skipper arrived and assumed his
place.
Moved by W. NJ. whitten, and sec
oBded and carried, that the petition