The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-04
Level station, was granted.

! Mrs. Lydia North and children Wer
allowed twenty dollars for temporal.
relief, and the clerk was instructed t
draw warrant on the general fund 70
the amount.
Upon motion duly made, seconded
and carried, the report Of /. A. Wolf
$. =. Durrance and Norton Y. Smith
committee appointed to view anc
mark roud from Avon Park TO line di
! viding Polk and DeSoto counties, wa,
accepted, and the clerk was instruct
ed TO post same according to law.
| Said report recommended the follow
ing route. to-wlt: Begin at Il point
on the north corporation line Of Az
on Park, Fla. being on the halt
section line Of section 10. thence north
to line Of section 10, thence west tn
southeast corner of section 8, thence
north along the east line Of section .
to Lake Damon, thence northerly fol
lowing the west shore of Lake Damon
To section line between sections 3 and
T. thence north along said line to tho
line between DeSoto and Polk coun.
ties.
On motion duly made. seconded and
carried, the report Of II. J. Quinnette,
NJ 5. Roberts and T. s. Knight, ap.
pointed to view and mark out the best
route for proposed public road from
station at Murdoch to line of section
TO- be, and the same is hereby accept.
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 as required by law.
Upon motion duly made. seconded
and carried, the report Of c. L. Rob
erts ana J. L. Martin, committee ap.
pointed 10 view and mark out the
best route for a proposed public road
beginning at Murdoch. running east to
lntcrsect Charlotte Harbor and Area
da road he accepted and fled and
the said road is hereby declared a pub
lie road and the clerk Is directed to
post notice Of same as required by
law.
Upon motion duly made. seconded
and carried the report Of r. NJ. Std
ham. J. A. Abritton and w. U.
Montgomery. committee appointed to
view and mark out the best routes for
proposed public road from Limestone,
to connect with road now being con
Structed at Bridges. to district line,
he accepted and filed. and the said
road is hereby declared a public road,
and the clerk is directed to post no.
ticc Of same as required by law.
It was moved, seconded and carried
that Miss Mamie Reed be placed on
the paupcr list at five dollars per
month.
Moved. seconded ana carried that
Jcn SummcrallS be placed on the pau
per list for three months at five dol
lars per month.
Moved. seconded and carried that
the the road petition Of II. II. Mes.
bitt and twenty Others petitiuning for
public road on section line, begin
ming at the southeast corner of section
%, township SO, range - east and
running due north two miles 10 inter
sect the Rowling Green and Crcwsvillr
road. he accepted, and that Il. Lamb
Il. j. Best ana ]. NJ Miller he al.
pointed committee to view and mark
out the best route for the proposed
road.
on account of the crowded coudi-
ton Of the commits ,ioncrs' room. the
board adjourned temporarily to the
court room up stairs. in order to open
bids in district No. 3.
May Bird, 1916.
Moved by Commissioner Skipper
seconded and carried, that the bids
presented in connection with road and
bridge work in district No. : he re-
fcrred to the district engineer to he
tabulatcd and reported back to this
board at 10 o'clock a. m. on Wednes-
day, May 10th.
The board then returned to their
room for the consideration Of other
business.
Moved. seconded and carried, that
protest Of G. l.. Gaines. protesting
against the removal Of the road from
the line Us Detitloned and voted for,
between sections o aqd 10. 10 and 10,
81 and %, township 50 south range 20
cast. he made part of the record Of
this board.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 1916.
Upon motion, seconded and carried,
the tax collector was authorized TO al
low W. II. Peoples a reduction Of
1920 .OO3 two hundred and ninety
dollars in the valuation Of his person