The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-18

Official Report of the Proceedings of
the Board at the Special
Session, June IL

MIS- waiter HOOus cndITmdH Oh the
memorial committee, and Mrs. o. t.
Green, chairman of the park commit
tee of the Woman's Club, appeared
and asked that the county cooperate
with them in planting trees in the
memorial park in Ocala, in memory
of the men of this county that wervI
in the service of our government in
the recent war. The board express
ed itself as heartily in favor of the
proposition and promised to assist in
the undertaking in as far as the law
allows.
Mr.. Bennett of the Standard Oil
and discussed putting surface oil on
the hard roads of the county.
Mr.. Mack Taylor appeared and
complained of the personal assess
ment of the Auto Sales Co., stating
that the said company owned no
property Jan. /, 1918, for which as
sessment was made and that the
property at that time was in the per-
sonal possession of the party operat-
ing the business. Upon investigation
| the board finds that it can give no re-
lief in the premises.
The board ordered that all tele-
phone booths on the court house
square now used by persons operat-
ing automobiles for hire be immed-
lately removed, and that the clerk in
form the parties of the action of the
| board.
The board directed the clerk to
write the A. G. l.. r. r. Co. and insist
upon a crossing being placed over
their tracks Immediately south of the
depot at Weirsdale, also calling their
attention to the fact that the two
crossings Immediately south of Ocala
on the Lake Weir road and the cross
ing on the Ocala and Gainesville road,
just south of Lowell, are in need of
immediate repair, and to notify the
S. A. l.. R. r. Co. that the crossing
OH the Anthony road Immediately
north of Ocala and the crossing just
south of Oak are in need of immed-
late repair and that the crossing on
the Orange avenue road south of
Ocala is dangerous and needs ade-
quate danger signs.
Mr.. Jno. L. Edwards appeared be-
fore the board and presented the fol-
Lowing letter:
| To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Marion County:
Gentlemen-In view of the fact
that the Edwards family in general
and myself in particular have been
singled out and criticised for not pay
ing our pro rata share of the person
al taxes due the county, respectful
ly petition your honorable body to ap-
point a committee of five men who
are thoroughly familiar with the
financial condition of our citizenship
to go over the assessment roll on the
tax books and report their findings to
your board at it's regular meeting in
July next. If we are not paying our
part of the personal taxes due this
county, we would like to know it, and,
if we are paying in proportion to our
neighbors, then we don't feel that it
is fair to be subjected to the con-
slant criticism that is appearing in
the local paper from day to day
Trusting that you will appoint this
committee and that you will allow me
the privilege of appearing before it at
the proper time, / am,
! Yours respectfully,
Jno. L. Edwards.
The board appointed Nathan Mayo
George MacKay, III. A. Waterman, w
T. Gary and J. ]. Gerig as a com
mittee to comply with the above re-
! quest and report to the board on same
at meeting July 7th. 1919.
A number of citizens appearing be,
fore the board requesting that the
county commissioners take the neces.
sary steps toward calling an election
To determine whether or not the citi-
. zens of the county will vote for OF
against the Marion County Fair be.
, ing operated by the board of county
commissioners for the benefit of the
county, all present expressing them
selves in favor of the county com.
missioners taking charge of same.
Messrs. Mayo. Christian anC
Vaughn, members of the good roads
committee for the county, appeared
and discussed the matters of the con
templated survey and the advisability
of surfacing certain roads.
Communication was received from
the state road department in regard
to the contemplated survey, suggest
ing that for the present the roads il
question be gone over with an auto
\ mobile and the actual mileage be OBJ
tanned from the speedometer on same
which suggestion was accepted b!
the board who asked the road depart
Y ment to carry this idea into effect.
The clerk presented list of wit
I ness certificates that had been ISSUED
to witnesses that appeared before th'
circuit court at the spring term 191!
up to the LIST day of June, and tn,
board approved and ordered certified
to the county depository for paymen
witness certificates Nos. TAB to 784
inclusive in the amount of $284.74
Ill The following resolution was IMAM