The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-07-25

land was sold to the state upon the,
other assessment, upon which repre-
sensations the board upon motion
recommended to the comptroller that
the tax certificate of sale of 1919
covering the above described land
for the 1917 assessment be cancell-
ed
The board thereupon adjourned to
meet July IL. at a. m.
Saturday. July IL
The board reconVened with Com
missioners Rogers. Davis, earn and
Talton present.
/ Thirteen petitions having been
presented to the board signed by al
number of cattle owners of the coun-
ty asking relief from the present
compulsory cattle dipping law. and
the board after due consideration
thereof, upon motion recommended
to the state five stock sanitary board
that in view of the fact that this
county will not be in a position finan-
cially or in preparation to inaugurate
a systematic dip before 1921 and that
compulsory dipping of cattle in Ma |!
rion county be not enforced until a |
number Ofzsthe counties surrounding |
Marion county are ready and will dip
at the same time.
The board thereupon adjourned to
meet Monday morning July IA, 1919.
moHday, July IA, 1919
The board reconvened with all !
members present.
The board decided that a tax re-
turn be sent to every personal tax
payer in the county and proceeded
to prepare lists for the mailing oil
same.
Mr.. R, H. Redding appeared and |
asked permission to close an old road
over his lands which was referred to
Commissioner Davis.
Mr.. Jenkins. of the state agricul-
tural department, appeared before
the board in reference to the county
demonstrators salary.
Mr.. G. w Hunter, vice president
OF the Marion County Fair and Az
ricuItural Association, appeared and
presented the following letter to the
board:
Ocala, Fla, July IA, 1919.
me Honorable Board of County |
Commissioners, for Marion County |
Florida
Gentlemen:
BY direction of the board of di- |
rectors of the Marion County Fairl
and Agricultural Association of Ma
rion County, Florida, / am authorized
to request that you Withdraw the call
for an election to be held July %. |
1919, as the said board of directors
wish to hereby Withdraw their tender |
of the real and personal property of |
the Marion County Fair and Agri- |
cultural Asspciation to the board of |
county commissioners of Marion |
June 20. 1919.
In this connection | desire to say
say that the tender of the property |
Of the Marion County Fair and Agri-
culture Association to the board of
county commissioners for fair purpos-
es was made at the solicitation of
large number of the most progressive
and influential farmers and stock
halders of the county and officers
and directors of the fair association
made the tender in good faith with
no strings on the proposition having
faith in the honesty and integrity /
in the men whom the voters of Ma
ri0n county had and would select as
their commissioners. The officers |
and directors of the fair association
have for the past been men who have
given unstintingly of their time and |
money for the development of this
county, men who have worked for
the best interest of Marion county, |
men who have been amongst the lar
gest tax payers in the county and
they have seen the benefits that this
county has derived from the holding
or the annual fair in friendly rivalry
ia pAOuuNthS OSLCOl olOCh dAu OStLGI
farm products. The county fair is
essentially a county proposition and
should be of. vital interest to each
progressive citizen of the county, and
in view of the short time until the
election is to be held and the fact
that certain people have endeavOred
to create the impression in the minds
of the voters that the fair assocla,
ton wished to unload" something
on the county the directors of the
fair association have decided it best
to withdraw their proposition to the
county as the property of the fair
association viii not decrease in value
Assuring your honorable board of
the appreciation Of the officers audi
directors of the Marion County Fair
and Agricultural AssOciatioH for the
courtesy YOU have extended. | re-