The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-20
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APRIL MEETING
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Resume of Regular Monthly Bus
mess Transactions
CONTRACT is LET
Material to be Used on Parts of
Roads Within Town of Punta
Gorda-Several New Road Pc
titions Acted Upon

titions Acted Upon
County Commissioners met in
regular session in Arcadia, April
5th. Members present were: l..
w. Whitehurst, chairman; w. M.
Whitten, d. l.. Skipper, John Ha-
gan and w. G.. Welles. Minutes
of the previous meetings read and
after corrections, were approved.
The hour having arrived for OPP
ening bids for $50 tons of asphalt
to be used in Punta Gorda, the
following firms submitted bids:
Standard Oil Company, by Adam
Sllcox, and the Standard Oil Com
pany Of Louisiana Upon motion,
duly seconded and carried the
said bids were referred to the Dis
trict Engineer for tabulation and
to be reported back at 800 o.
clock p. M, this date.
1t was moved by John Hagan
and seconded by Mr.. Whitten,
that the Comptroller be and he is
hereby requested to. allow the
Tax Collector, Hon. Cyril Bald
win, to keep open his books for
the collection of taxes until the
first of May, 1916,
John Henry Williams was plac-
ed ON the pauper list at $5 per
month.
Notary bond of George w.
Gatewood with III. r. Dreggors
and G. G. Davis as sureties was
approved.
The following resolution was
adopted as follows,
to-wit:
Whereas, the committee duly
to assess the cost OF
the construction of Canals IA"
and "B" in the Fort Ogden
Special Drainage District, upon
the lands beneficially affected by
said work, as provided in section
955 of the General Statutes of
Florida, did at the regular meet
ing of this board in March, 1916,
file their report with this board;
and
3 Whereas, Notice of the fling of
said report, and that this board
would hear complaints against
said assessments at this, the April
meeting of the board, has been du-
ly published in the Punta Gorda
Herald, a weekly newspaper pub.
lished in this county, on March
10th, 23rd and Both, 1916, and,
Whereas, No person or corpora
ton having any interest in any of
said lands has appeared or made
complaint against said assess
ment;
Now, therefore, Be 1t Resolved,
That the assessments made by
said committee are hereby ap-
proved and confirmed and made a
first or paramount lien ON the
lands so assessed, and the clerk
is hereby instructed to enter the
same as levy upon the said lands
in the regular tax assessment
book to be levied in five equal
yearly assessments Tor install
ments) The same to be collected
by the tax collector in like man.
ner as other taxes are collected,
and made a special fund for the
payment of principal and inter-
est of bonds to be issued and sold
as provided in section 956 of the
General Statutes of the State of
Florida.
1t was moved, seconded and
duly carried that voting pre-
cinct to be known as Moore Hav-
en be and the same is hereby es-
Jablished at a point on the south
ern boundary line of DeSoto
county at the edge of Lake Okee-
chobee.
"A. M. Goodman was placed on
the county pauper list at $500
per month.
Firearms bond of w. A. Hud-
son, with L. l.. Morgan and C. Y.
Crawford as sureties, was ap-
proved and permit granted.
Notary bond of r, O. Turner
was approved.
Moved by Mr.. Whitten, second
ed and carried, that the bid of the
Standard Oil Company by w. w.
lachry, special agent, to deliver
$50 tons of Standard Mexican
Paving Asphalt to be delivered f.
}. b. Punta Gorda, Fla, in barrels
1t $21.00 per ton, or at mixing
(Continued on last naOe)