The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-11-16
VOLUME XIV - NUMBER 46
November Meeting Board
of County Commissioners

nc county commissioners hiS'
in regular session with Chairman
L. w. Whitehurst presiding, and
Commissioners w. G. Welles, d.
L. Skipper, John Hagan and Will
liam M. Whitten present.
Minutes of the October meeting
were read, corrected and approx
ed.
County Enumerator R. j. Davis
presented his report, which was
accepted.
Moved and carried, that D. l..
Worth, of Sebring, Carl Neuner,
of Charlotte Harbor, and Mrs. M.
A. Carey, of Wauchula, each be
placed on the pauper list at $5 per
month.
Moved and carried, that G. E,
Rines, of Arcadia, be allowed $40
for temporary relief.
M. R. w. Albritton, agent for
C. l.. Knight, having made affi-
davit that the said G. L. Knight
owned only one horse, while being
assessed for taxes on more than
one, the tax collector was author
lied to allow the payment of the
personal tax of the said c. Il.
Knight at $130, the assessed val
lie being considered excessive.
A new road blazed out in the
Zolfo district was declared a pub
lie highway.
COMMISSIONS Whitten present
ed quit-claim deed from N. Hol-
derby and Lucinda Holderby, his
wife; D.N. McQueen,and Amy Nc
Queen, his wife, to the county of
DeSoto, and conveying a strip OF
land twenty-six feet wide lying
thirteen feet north and thirteen
feet south of section line dividing
sections twenty and twenty-nine,
between southeast half of south
west quarter of southwest quarter
section 20, township 40, range "a
east.
By motion carried, the said deed
was accepted and the clerk in
structed to draw warrant on dis
trict road fund for $4,000 in pay
ment therefor
Viewers were appointed to mark
out a public road petitioned for
in District No. l.
The hour having arrived, bids
as advertised for, for certain con-
crete work in the court house
and yard, for building a Jail
fence, and for eighteen barrels of
bridge paint for special road and
bridge district No. 5, were open
ed. The following firms and in
dividuals submitted bids: Will
liam l.. Smith, Florida National
Vault Company, Thomas H.
Brown, William w. James and G.
p. Lamb, on the court house and |
yard work, and Tropical Paint |
and Oil Company, E. T. Smith |
Hardware Furniture Company, |
and Ed. Campbell on the bridge
paint, I'll bids were read in op-
en- session before the board, and
further action deferred until the
propositions of the bidders had
been thoroughly investigated
D. B. Hampton was employed
for two months as deputy license
collector, the remuneration there
of being $50 per month and fees,
and his duty being to go out over
the county and collect unpaid IL
cenSe tax.
Moved by L. w. Whitehurst and
seconded that the general road
fund of the county be divided e.
qually among the several road dis
tricts. The motion being annouc-
ed the vote thereon stood two to
one against, and Commissioner
Hagan, who had been placed tenn
porarily in the chair, declared the
motion lost.
The following banks filled appli-
cations to be designated as COun-
ty Depositories, effective January
1st: First National Bank, Area
dia; DeSoto National Bank, Area
dia; Carlton National Bank, Wau-
Bank of Wauchula, Wau-
and the Punta Gorda Bank, Il
Punta GOrda.
The board then adjourned to
meet again Wednesday, after the
election.
Wednesday, Nov. 9th
Board reconvened, all members
present.
County judge, sheriff and tax
collector fled their monthly re-
ports.
Moved that the comptroller be
and he is hereby requested to per-
nit the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road to redeem all of block b,