The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-10-19
October Meeting of Board
of County Commissioners

bridge district, OF said county, and
to call an election to determine
whether the same should be SO
constituted, for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining GER
tain permanent roads and bridges
in said petitions described, at an
estimated cost of eighty thousand
dollars, to be paid by the levy and
collection of a special road and
bridge tax, as set forth i'll the pc
titions, be filed and take their reg
ular course as required by law,
And that the said petitions be re-
ferred to a committee of commits
sioners to investigate the facts
and find and determine whether
the same have been duly signed
by the required number of regis
tered voters who are free holders
residing within the said territory
and report their findings to the
board at its regular meeting in
November.
Motion announced and upon
vote carried.
The chair then referred the pc
tition to Commissioners W. G.
Welles and John Hagan for inves-
tigation,
The hour having arrived, bids
for furnishing mari or shell on
sections 2 and 3 of division / of
the Punta Gorda special road and
bridge district, were opened.
A. P. Hatch, j, E. Van Camp
and G. l.. Willis, Cornwall Con-
struction Company, Adam Silcox
and A. W. Lanier filed bids.
Consideration of same was post
poned until a later time at this
meeting of the board.
Tax collector and treasurer, and
sheriff filed their reports.
Wednesday, October 4th
Catherine Hamilton was placed
on the pauper list at $5 per month
and o. j. Tooke and children were
also placed on said pauper list at
$40 per month.
l., G. Burton, attorney for Will
lie Williams and others appeared
before the board and withdrew
the petition filed at last meeting
asking that an election be called
in the eastern end of district No.
4 to vote upon the proposition to
form a road tax district, and filed
another of the same tenor.
Mrs. Lovine Dixon and child
ren were placed ON the puaper list
at $40 per month for four months.
The following report and a
greement of A. B. Tucker AMI Il.
W. Wilkins was presented and ap.
proved by the board
Final report on work of grub
bing and clearing of the right of
way of the roads of the Punta
Gorda special road and bridge
district.
Under contract r. W. Wilkins
had cleared 40 ped cent. OF the
right Of way and grubbcd 81 per-
cent. OF the same, when, on No
16, 1915, the said contrac-
tor failed to continue the WORK,
and the same was taken over by
the commissioners and was con
under the management of
.he overseer CA. B. Tucker), of
The third commissioners district.
original contract price SlO,O67.4 AZ
Paid Wilkins as per eSti-
mates e.. 81 ,7l4.81
Balance =, $2,32266
Paid laborers for October
work for Wilkins =. ...599.4O
Balance to complete work
November 16, 1916 E. =. 81, 1925
Expenditures for the compile
ion of the job by A. B. Tucker:
labor as per vouchers ap-
proved and paid E. ..$17O5.3O |
supplies, feed, etc. e. %. ..l64.OO !
Total 1850 80 !
Credits for extra work:
line on
Division No 10. ...." s. 1900
line on
Division No II o.. 32.4O
line on
Division No. Is .... 44.00
Total credits $124.10
Balance chargeable to Will
kins job =. $174.70 |
Recapitulation:
AMOUNT expended to COM
'lete job $1745.70
AMOUNT available to COM