The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-23
Time WARRANT
TANCLE GIVEN
ANOTHER TWIST
CONTRACTOR GERkINS REFUSES
TO ACCEPT WARRANTS AND CITY
MUST ADVERTISE AND SELL
THEM AGAIN.

Twenty thousand dollars worth of
time warrants intended for the COM
pletion of the Barrancas avenue road
and bid in by John Gerkins, will be
readvertised and again offered for
sale.
After weeks of delay the board of
county commissioners, in special ses-
sion yesterday, rescinded their previous
action. Two resolutions We're passed,
one providing for the rescind action
and the other authorizing the attorney
to at once have the warrants validated.
The board gave as the reasons for the
action taken, the. fact that Mr.. Gerkins
had refused to accept the warrants, as
the clerk of the board had not given
his signature and that the purchaser
the clerk We're required to seal and
sign the same by mandamus proceed
ings. The resolution containing this
statement was the first intimation that
the contractor had refused acceptance.
No notification had been given the
board at any one of a number of
meetings held since the matter has
been UP for settlement. Mr.. Gerkins
was not present at the meeting yester-
day. He stated last night that he had
no knowledge of any action taken.
The suit against the county for ST.
600 damages for alleged breach of
contract stands, Mr.. Gerkins said. The
threatened mandamus proceeding to
force Mr.. Macgibbon, clerk of the board
of county commissioners, to give his
signature, will be automatically drop
ped, it is thought.
At the office of the clerk yesterday
general satisfaction was expressed over
the outcome. Mr.. Macgibbon claims
that he has won the third of his ten
points, THE results speak for them
selves he said. The fight against
giving his signature to the issue was
made on the grounds of ilIegality.
The issue of $4,000 is a part of the
provision made for the floating of $780,
900 in time warrants for the purpose
of building roads and bridges in Es-
Gambia county, by the 1919 session of
the legislature. The board voted that
the total issue stand.
The first resolution, adopted yester-
day by unanimous vote, provides that
at the same time in the said general
resolution of this board June 10,1919, it
for completing the paved road between
Bayou Chico and Bayou Grande, from
Pensacola to the naval reservation
were authorized to be issued at that
time and after the said time warrants
in the said amount of $4,000 under the
said special resolution, for completing
the paved road between Bayou Chico
and Bayou Grande, We're advertised
to be sold and were not delivered, be-
cause James Macgibbon, clerk of this
board, refused to sign said time war
rants, as required by law, and the pur-
chaser of said warrants now declines
to receive same, even though the clerk
of this board should be required to
sign and seal the same by a man
| damus proceeding, said resolution of
June 10, providing for the advertise
ment of the sale of $4,000 worth of
| time warrants for completion of the
paved road, is hereby rescinded."
But three members of the board
were present for yesterdays special
meeting. Chairman White is away on
his vacation and Commissioner Nc
Curdy, of Century, was absent. Com
missioner Hardy presided at the meet
/ ing. The resolutions offered were put
to a vote on motions made by Commits
sioner Soldering, seconded by Commits
sioner Candy.