The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-18
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Ocala, Fla, May 5, 1917.

! Ocala, Fla, May s, 1917.
The board of county commissioners
met with all members present.
On motion the board agreed to sign
and forward to the representatives of
Marion county, in legislature in Talla-
hassee, request for passage of law to
pay certain interest to banks in Ocala
on money heretofore loaned to Ma
rion county.
On motion the board decided to have
DR.. H. w. Counts take care Of county
convicts during absence Of DR.. Walter
Hood.
On motion of Commissioner Baskin,
seconded by Commissioner Davis, the
following resolution was passed:
THAT in the event that Marion
county should, in the future, vote
bonds to hard surface roads that said
county issue sufficient bonds to absorb
any bonds that have been previously
issued by any sub road district in the
county
The board after due consideration
decided the actual value of the court
house to be $4,000, and value of fur
niture and fixtures to be $5,555, and on
motion resolved to insure court house
at S49,500, and furniture and fixtures
at $4,000, and place insurance as fol.
lows: D. w. Davis, $4,000; G. S.
Scott, $4,000; A. E. Gerig, $4,000; A.
o. Harriss, $4,000; F. w, Ditto, $4,000;
Laurie Izlar, Jr., $4,000; Geo. w. New
lille, $4,000.
On motion the board decided to can
eel warrants No. 1888 and 1854 on gen.
eral fund, issued March 9Th and April
3rd, 1917, respectively, and to issue
no more pauper warrants to Prevatt
children.
On resolution 1t was ordered that
warrant for s400 be drawn in favor of
the Marion Caunty Fair Association,
to apply on premiums for agricultural
products.
Upon motion the county demonstra-
tion agent was allowed to occupy the
room now occupied by the court stem
ographer, and the court stenographer
was permitted to use the room ad.
joining that of the county Judge.
Upon motion it was ordered that al
lowance of Georgianna Abbott be in.
creased to $40 per month.
Upon motion it was ordered that du
plicate be drawn for warrant No. 9416
in favor of E. w. Luffman for s62.6S,
the original being lost.
On resolution the board directed
that the clerk draw warrant on the
outstanding indebtedness fund for
s41427 in favor of the Munroe and
Chambliss National Bank of Ocala to
take up the following general fund
warrants, all included in a judgment
of said bank against Marion county
and a warrant for $4579.65 on the out
standing Indebtedness fund in favor OF
the same bank to take up the follow
ing road fund warrants, to-wit: All in
cluded in judgment of same bank
against Marion county.
On motion the board transferred
from the road built by contract" in
road fund 1881, to dynamite, fuses
etc." account in same fund, and di
rected clerk to write comptroller and
request that he approve said transfer
Upon motion warrant was ordered
drawn in favor of ]. D. Adams & Co.
for 500 to apply on account, charged
equally to districts ! and 8.
| Application of Carmichael & Sor
Co. and John T. Moore, doing busi
Yess as Moore's Mail Order House, for
permit to sell liquor, wines and beer
was filed with the board, and clerk
was directed to advertise that appli
cation would be considered at the
meeting Of the board in June, adver
tisement to be paid for by applicant
Petition to put Amid Williams on
pauper list at SO a month was granted
Clerk was directed to notify govern
or that the appointment of John 8
Grantham as inspector of marks and