The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-03-16

southwest corner section 81, township
40 south. range 20 east, and run norm
and northwesterly to north line OF
township 80 south, range 20 east
That we have viewed and marked out
the above said road to a width OF nj
ty feet.
II was moved, seconded and carried
that blazers report Of f. NJ. Cooper
J. +. Gittuno and Charles Waltmire
be and the same is hereby accepted,
and the said road is hereby declared
a public road as reported, as follows {:
Begin at the northwest corner OF
section II, township II south, range
% east. and run west Oh line between
sections and IS in same township
and sections IL ana 10 and II and II
and 10 and 10, Of township Al south
range 22 east, to Charlotte Harbor
Bay Said road is hereby viewed ana
marked out at width Of forty feet,
The committee appointed to exam.
inc the books and records Of the va.
rious county Officers made the follow.
ing report:
We. the committee appointed to cN-
anime the books Of the various coun-
Is Officers have examined said books
and in so far as We are able to asccr-
tain. same are kept neatly and cor
rectly.
The following resolution was by
motion duly seconded, unanimously
| adopted
BE 1t Resolved, by the Board Of
| County Commissioners Of DeSoto
County, Florida, That in the opinion
Of this board, it Is eXpedlent and to
/ the best interest of this county, that
/ bonds Of the Fort ogden special drain
| age district in the sum Of twenty-eight
hundred 81, 500 .OOJ dollars, be issued
and sold for the purpose Of paying
! the expenses that may be incurred in
| the construction Of canals "a and
! "B." as the same have been establish
ed by this board upon the petition Of
( G.. G. Morgan and others for drain
age Of lands in sections 7, II, Is and
10. township 30 south, range "a east
and sections II and 10, township 39
south, range % east, and constituted
and known as the Fort Ogden special
drainage district.
Said sum of two thousand, eight
hundred dollars being the total
amount, less the interest charges, as
sessed against the several parcels OF
| land benefited by the construction of
said work, as provided in section
| 95G, Of the general statutes Of the
state Of Florida.
| Said bonds shall bear date May
| LIST, 1916, and shall bear interest at
the rate OF per cent. per annum,
payable semi-annually, on the LIST day
Of July and January of each year
| with interest coupons attached there
| to, and shall be issued in denomina'
tons as follows, to-wit: Five bonds
| Of $500 each, and three bonds Of 500
each, said bonds to mature as fol-
| lows, tO-wit: One $500 bond January
LIST, 1918; one $500 bond January LIST,
1919; one $500 and one 500 bond Jan.
uary LIST, 1920; one $500 bond and
one 500 bond, January LIST, 1921; one
$500 bond and one 500 bond Janu-
airy LIST, 1922. The principal and in.
terest of said bonds shall be payable
at Arcadia, Florida.
The clerk is hereby directed to pub
fish the following notice in the Pun
ia Gorda Heard of March 10th, 23rd
and Both, and April 9th and 18th, 1916
Notice Of Sale Of Bonds.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of County Commissioners Of
DeSoto county, Florida, will receive
bids for the purchase Of Fort Ogden
special drainage district bonds at the
clerks office in said county on or be-
fore the 18th day Of April, 1915. The
amount Of bonds hereby offered is g.
500 90 bearing Q per cent. interest,
payable semi-annually on the LIST days
of July and January. Said bonds shall
bear date Of May LIST, 1915, and have
interest coupons attached thereto, and
shall be in denominations and Of ma
turity as follows:
One $500 bond maturing January
LIST, 1918; one $500 bond maturing
January LIST, 1919; one $500 bond and
one 500 bond maturing January 1,
1920; one $500 bond and one 500 bond
maturing January l, 1921; one $500
bond and one 500 bond, maturing
January 1, 1922.
The interest and principal OF said
bonds to be payable at Arcadia, Flori.
da.