The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-17
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Official Report of the Proceedings Of
the June Meetings of
the Board

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The board of county commissioners
met June 3rd, In regular session with
all members present
The board directed the clerk to no.
tify S. T. Sistrunk and J. H. Adams
to quit work, until further orders,
and deliver machinery in their charge
tc Commissioner earn at Ocala, as
conditions on the Silver Springs and
Fort Mccoy road are unfavorable to
road work
Mr.. o. E. Hill appeared and dis
cussed with the board the PROPOSE
ton of repairs or construction of a
new bridge at place where the Wal
dron bridge now stands.
Major Priest appeared and discuss
ed the cattle dipping proposition with
the board.
The board recommended to the
comptroller that the heirs of C. w.
Hollingsworth be allowed to redeem
lots Nos. $50, 384, 385, 3S5, 1349, 1861,
1852, 1853 and 1856 Dunnellon, at
face value of certificates and omitted
years taxes plus eight per cent in
terest and fees.
The good roads committee came be-
fore the board and asked that the
board arrange to have a number of
main roads of the county surveyed
with the object Of ascertaining the
cost of surfacing them i'm order to
assist the committee with its report.
I 1t was ordered that advertisement
be made for bids for construction OF
roads Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4 of the Dunnellon
special road and bridge district and
the attorney was directed to write
advertisement.
Mrs. Tweedy came before the board
and talked over the matter of fair
operation with the members.
Mrs. Partridge of Tallahassee came
before the board and asked for an In
creased budget for the home demon.
stration agent.
The members of the school board
appeared and presented the following
resolution:
"Since certain information has beer
presented to the board of public IN,
struction of Marion county appar
emily showing great inequality IN
the assessment of personal property
in Marion county, while realizing thai
this board cannot and does not desir,
to assume the functions of equalizinf
tax assessments, yet we respectfully
petition the board of county commits
sioners to look into this matter very
thoroughly and do all in their power
to properly equalize the assessment
in accordance with the laws Of Flor
ida"
This resolution was ordered spreas
upon the minutes.
| Mr.. II. M. Hampton in behalf O.
the opposition to the ten-miH tax fol
schools, appeared before the boars
and presented to it a list of severa
individuals that he represented as be
ling under assessed and asked tha
the board look into the matter of as
sessment of personal property owe
the county.
Friday, June 9Th
i Postmaster Rogers appeared an
stated that a number of letters ar
received at the postofice addressed +
1 the county treasurer and that he be
lieves that most of them are for tn
payment of taxes and asked the boar
to designate party to receive then
The board designated the tax collec
tor to receive all mail addressed to tn
county treasurer.
The board ordered that warrant b
drawn on the road fund, favor of tn
\ city of Ocala, for $500 to apply o
account of one-half of road tax CO.
lected in the city limits of Ocala o
the 1913 levy.
The board recommended to tn
comptroller that tax certificate NJ
857, sale of 1916 of sWA of nwA eas
of grant. line in sec 80 tp 15 %, b
!, cancelled as the land was doubly al
sessed on the 1917 assessment TO
and taxes were paid by the owns
; on one assessment and land sold
: the state upon the remaining one.
} The board recommended to ii
, comptroller that Katie Hill be ALLOW
! ed to redeem swA of neh less tv
I acres in NV cor sec Il, tp IA %, |
face value of certificate, omitts
years taxes and fees, without interes
1t has been brought to the attel
I ton of the beard that house of
fame has been established in full vie
OF the Ocala and Kendrick road ju
outside of the city limits. 1t is o
r dered that the sheriff be instructed
!. investigate and if charges are tn
Ito remove this institution and to pr