The Ocala evening star., 1919-11-15

serted the following Petltlon:
We, the undersigned citizens and :
taxpayers of Romeo district No. ). do
hereby petition your honorable board
to continue to open and harden the
road running from St. Johns church :
by Tom Deans, to run due west on
nearest line to Buck Pond school house
in section Ii. township 15, range 18
east. This road will be of greatest
benefit to all the people of this dis
trict if placed as described.
Said petition, signed with seventeen
names, was received by the board. but
action on same was deferred.
Draft was ordered drawn in the
amount of $125 on the Munroe &
Chambliss National Bank. favor Har-
vey Blackburn, for salary as county |
demonstration agent for month of Oc-
tCber 1919.
Report of B. F. Smith and L. B.
Griggs, as a majority of committee |
appointed to view and mark out road |
commencing on the Muscle and Nor
walk public road was received and ac-
ticn on same deferred.
| The board recommended to the
| comptroller that he allow Mr.. o.. o.
Cason to redeem certificate No. 918
of 1917 sale and subsequent taxes on
let No 1249. Dunnellon, at total cost
of $35.
The board directed that the tax col
lector collect taxes of American Tie
i & Timber Co. on personal property on
amount of $4,000, reduction being
made on account of error.
j., Bids for position as overseer, under
Chapter S111. being submitted in ac-
lcc rdance with advertisement. the same
were opened and the following ap-
pointments wer made: G. G. Curry,
: district No. 2; L. W. Wilson, district
No. 4; J. w. Gardner, district No. 5.
!. The board acting upon reports of
| negligence of county road crews. or
!; Idcred that all oyerseers, truck drivers
; and mechanics be notified that pay in
: the future would be based upon actual
, time employed upon the roads and
: should it be necessary at any time for
| them to be employed otherwise for the
! benefit of the county that permission
; must, i'm each case, be obtained from
the commissioner directly in charge,
and that all bills shall be made out
employed as above set forth and each
bill shall contain a certificate stating
that it is "true, just and unpaid" over
the signature of the overseer or other
: party in charge of any particular
" work.
The board requested the S. A. L. R.
r. to place crossing where the pub
: lie road running E. and w. just north
of J. B. Malloy's place, between Sparr
ard Anthony, crosses their road.
Q The board adjourned for the day.
Board reconvened Nov 9Th. with all
members present. -'z-~a "
Bills were presented by the Barnes
Construction Co. for work done In ac-
cordance with contract in Dunnellon
special road and bridge district. ap-
proved by engineer in charge in the
| amounts of $113.74 and $5686. .26,
which were approved by the board and
ordered sent to the trustees of said
1 district for payment.
The school board presented several
approved applications for widows
pensions and the board decided to
grant pensions to the applicants for
lperiod of six months IN "aeeordance
with the following. ia, be paid rs soon
as funds are available:
Mrs. Agnes Howard, Ocala; $11 per
month; Mrs. A. L. Newton. Sparr, $11
per month; Mrs. Jessie PEBBLES, Ocala,
So per month; Drucilla Leach. Ocala.
$11 per month; Fannie James. Ocala
So per month; Nellie Ward, ocala. $14
rer month; Emma Smith, Ocala, SIS
per month; Sally Wynn, Ocala, So pen
month.
The board ordered that duplicate
road warrant be issued to Mr.. 7. E
Bridges for No. 1903, of date Oct. g.
n 1919, In amount $3.50.
The following report was received:
U Ocala, Fla. Nov. l, 1919.
n Your honorable body having ap.
pointed the undersigned committee tc
U view and mark out the proposed road
n beginning at the Fairfield and Martin
road, running w three miles to connect
o with the Old Town and Archer road
n between S 81 and T 13 r 21 sc
" and 1-35 and 2-34 and T 13 r 20
we beg to report that we have gone
n over this road, full length, but made
" no marks as there are fences built
n either on one side or the other of this
n read. 1t is being travelled quite ex
U tensively but only partially on the
direct line. We notice a survey ha:
been made of the lines and stakes set
" so we thought it hardly necessary fol
another survey to be made. We no
tice this road goes through EXTENSIVE
" settlements and very fine agriculture
country. The road however will b
- over considerable rolling country. On
small bridge will have to be built owe
D a branch about 10 feet long and a
( another place bitches will have to b.
dug and palmetto roots removed TO
a distance of about ten rods and othe
=. minor repairs must be made. First