The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-05-11
CONCLUDING SESSION OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

IS, special road and bridge district No
/, be deferred until wednesday the
Moved, seconded and carried that the
bid OF the Alabama Paving Company
to construct approximately one, miis
and bridge district No. ] be rejected
Chairman Whitehurst then resumed
the chair.
The Tax Collector filed his report.
By motion, seconded and earned, the
Tax Collector was authorized 70 fedpce
from 1900 head of cattle to 600 head
Of cattle, the said assessment CT lIVV
being erroneous. -.
chise TO construct a bridge acio
Wednesday, May Bird, 1916.
Commissioner skipper was called to
the chair, and upon motion Of l.. ".
whitehurst, seconded by william
Written and carried, the following
resolution was adopted:
whereas, 1t appears to toe HJ1rd
Of County Commissioner that III" re-
auireG notice was given by ru'' its;inn
in the Zolfo Springs Truth, ihat oil
parties interested and opposed to the
construction and creation Of special
drainage district mo. 10, in DeSoto
county, should appear before this
board or should file written objections
with the clerk Of this board on or
before the 2nh day of May, 1915, and,
whereas, It appears to the board
that there are no objections made or
presented to this board or the clerk Of
this board, and,
whereas. This board have carefully
gone over the report OF the said drain
age trustees, and find the same In
good order; that the assessments as
made by said trustees are equitable
and Just that the boundaries Of the
said proposed drainage district are
proper and correct, and,
whereas, This board, after examin-
ing the said report Of the drainage
trustees, and after many Of the board
had personally inspected the said pro-
posed drainage district. and the board
being fully advised in the premises,
doth md:
First. That the proposed drainage
district with its proposed drains will
I've a public benefit to DeSoto county.
Second That the assessments Of
benefits and the award OF damages as
made and assessed by the aid drainage
trustees are just and equitable, and
they do substantial justice to all par.
ties concerned.
Therefore be it resolved, ordered
and declared by the Board Of County
Commissioners Of the County Of De.
Soto, that the said report OF the drain
age trustees he and the same is hore'
by confirmed, and that there be estab-
lished in the said county Of DeSoto
a special drainage district, known as
special drainage district No. 10, with
its boundary as fixed by the said
drainage trustees. and is as follows:
beginning at the southwest corner
Of section 80, township "A south, range
25 east, DeSoto county, Florida, thence
run east to the northwest corner Of
the northwest quarter OF the northeast
cast quarter section 2, township IS
south, range % east, thence run south
Ia the southwest corner OF the south.
west quarter " the southeast quarter
Of section 3, township 80 south, range
% east. thence run east TO the north.
west corner Of section II, township
30 south, range % east. thence south
10 the southwest corner of the south
west quarter Of the northwest quar-
ter Of section IA, township 80 south,
range % east, thence east to the south
east corner Of the southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter Of section 10,
township 35 south, range 25 east,
thence north to the northeast corner
Of the southwest quarter Of the north
west quarter of section 10, township
30 south. range % east; thence east
90 the southeast corner Of the north
east quarter Of the northwest quarter
Of section 10, township 80 south, range
% east; thence north TO the center
Of section 10 IN township 35 south If
range % east: thence west to the
northwest corner Of the southwest
quarter OF section IL. township 10
south, range 25 east; thence north to
the northwest corner Of section ~,
township 80 south, range 25 east
thence west to the southeast corner
Of the southwest quarter OF the soath.
east quarter OF section 2, township 35
south, range % east; thence north to
the southeast corner Of the south
west quarter Of the northeast quarter
81 section 2, township 80 south, range
% east: thence east TO the southeast
corner Of the northeast quarter Of sec
tiun ., township 80 south, range %
east; thence north TO the southwest
corner Of the northwest quarter " the
northwest quarter Of section /, town.