The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-07-27
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Report of Proceedings at the Special
Meeting of the Board
Ocala, Fla, July %, 1917


Pursuant TO call Of the chairman
the board C county commissioners
met in special session, W. D. earn
presiding and Commissioners earn,
Luffman, Davis and Baskin present.
Thereupon the board proceeded to
canvass the returns Of election held
July 18th, 1917, to determine whether
certain territory in said county de-
scribed in petition filed with this
board ON June 5th, 1917, should be
constituted into special road and
bridge district under the provisions of
chapters 62O8 and 6879 laws of Flor
ida, and seventy-fve thousand (S75,-
000) dollars in bonds of said district
be issued to construct roads and
bridges therein, and on completion Of
said canvass, it being found and de-
termined that the majority Of the
votes cast were in favor Of the propo-
sition to create said road and bridge
district, the following certificate of
the result Of said election was order
ed copied in the minutes of the said
board, to-wit:
1--WE, the board of county commits
sioners Of Marion county, Florida,
hereby certify that at a special meet
ing of said board, in the Marion coun-
ty courthouse at Ocala, Florida, July
23rd, 1917, we did canvass the returns
of special road and bridge district
election held on the 18th day of July,
1917, in a certain territory described
in a petition filed with this board
June 5th, 1917, comprising all of pre-
cincts Nos. 5 and "a, and parts Of pre-
cincts Nos 4 and 6, and that the re-
suit of said election was as follows:
There were cast in favor of the
proposition to create such special road
and bridge district and construct
roads and bridges therein ffty<one
SD votes; there were cast against
such proposition thirty-one (31)
votes. We therefore find that ma
jority of the votes cast at such cleo
ton was in favor Of such proposition
to create such special road and bridge
district and construct the roads and
bridges as specified in the petition for
election.
Witness our hands this july 23rd,
1917. W. D. earn,
J. W. Davis,
(SeaD ". Huffman,
J. G. Baskin,
Board of Co. Comrs, Marion Co. Fla.
Attest: P. H. Nugent,
Clerk of Said Board
1t was further ordered that said
certificate made in duplicate be deliv-
cred to the supervisor of registration.
Thereupon the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, on the 18th day of July,
1917, there was held in the territory
hereafter described an election 10 de-
termine whether such territory should
be constituted into a special road and
bridge district under the provisions Of
chapters 620 and 6879 Of the laws Of
Florida, and
Whereas, on the 23rd day Of July.
1917, the board Of county commission
ers OF Marion county, al special
meeting canvassed the returns Of said
election and certified the result there
of whereby it was determined that the
majority of the votes cast at such
election was in favor of such propo-
sition to create said special road and
bridge district; therefore, be IT
Resolved, and it is hereby ordered
that the territory hereafter described,
to-wit:
Commencing at the north bank of
the Withlacoochee river on the range
line dividing range II and range 10
east, and running thence north along
said range line TO its intersection with
the township line dividing township
Il and township IS south, running
thence east along said township line
to its intersection with the range line
dividing range 70 and range 20 east,
running thence south along said range
line to the north bank of the Withla-
coochee river, running thence in al
westerly direction along the north
bank of the Withlacoochee river to
the point of beginning, including and
the whole of township Isl
south in range 1s east, the whole of