The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-16
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS
Ocala. Fla, Sept. Z. 1920.

The board OF couny commissioners
convened with Commissioners q. a.
Rogers, J.. w. Davis. r. B. Mefert,
.. a. Talton and j. Z. Hutchins pres
ents
MIR. Mills called and complained OF
the condition Of bridges on the Fel-
lowship and Standard road.
Mr. r. w. Erwin called and asked
for an increased allowance 70 Rev. a..
L. Prisoc.
DIR. X. Bon1ilini presented bond for
license to carry rife. stating that
he wished to use same for butchering
purposes. Bond was approved.
COMMITTEES heretofore appointed, viz:
Messrs. r.. r.. Morgan. j.. B. Trotter
and T. <. Hutchins filed oath of free
holders and recommended the follow
ing as best and most practical route
for road In Romeo vicinity: Commence
at the ne cor Of seA Of S 18 Tp 15 r
20, at end of hard road. thence W on
quester section line thru S IS Is r
20, thence W thru S Is and Ia r Is r
10 to quarter section post on W side
of s Ia. thence 64 deg W SO chs to
ut chs of s. "A. T.. r. r.. thence
n Sc degrees and 80 min " 212.5 chs
TO the sw cor oil. S 6 It 15 r. 19 and
being at a pt 10 links of the A. G.
L. R. r., distance of 6A miles and
ESQ chs. Which report was accepted
and the said road ordered posted for
opening.
The following petition was receiv-
ed:
We, the undersigned, petition your
board to grant public road to be
Sc feet wide. as marked by stakes and
surveyed by the state road depart
ment, beginning at Belleview and
ending at the Lake county line, de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning 1850 feet q of the s. a..
L. depot at BeIIeview and 80 # W of
the 8. a. Il. tracks, thence and i
through secs st. 80 and "a. tp Is. /
23 and secs 3, 2 and of tp ~ L %,
thence easterly through secs 8 and
of tp III. r "a. thence and through
sec A. tp IL, "a, thence $ through
see of tp III, "a. thence and W
through secs 16, 21, 28 and 33, tip IL.
"a, intersecting the present road
known as the Dixie Highway at Wall
ing's old mill site. south Of Weirs-
dale, thence over the present road to
the Leke county line, which petition,
bearing 80 signatures, was received
and the following committee was ap-
pointed to view and mark out the
best and most practical route for said
road. viz: ] IN. MefFert, r. Il. Martin
and A. G. Blowers.
The following petition was present.
ed:
We, the undersigned, citizens o1
Marion county and being citizens di.
rectly affected, respectfully petition
your honorable body to grant and re.
establish the road known as the Sill
YER Springs and Orange Springs road
between Silver Springs in sec tp 1t
22 q, and Fort Mccoy in sec Is tT
IS r % east, which petition bearing
21 signatures was received and thu
following committee was appointed tx
view and mark out the best and mos
practical route for said road. namely
Messrs. George Bowen. j. N. Prizes
and Strickland.
Attorney Ell. NJ. Hampton and sav
eral citizens came before the boars
and protested against the granting
of road between Cotton Plant an.
Romeo, petitioned for at meeting o
Aug. End, and asked that neither pc
tition for roads in that section b
granted, pending an investigation d
the physical conditions of the route
petitioned for which request wa
granted by the board and action wa
deferred On the petition for the Bucl
Pond school house road, pending tn
investigation OF the board.
Hilary Jackson and wife were or
dered placed on the pauper list at s
per month.
Upon motion the following resoIu
tion was unanimously passed:
Whereas, It has come to our atten
tion that a. petition signed BY com
parative few of the taxpayers o
commissioners district No. a. ha
been sent to the governor of Florids
asking him to request the resignatio
Of Mr.. O. II. Rogers, chairman of thi
board, on the ground that he had re
moved from the said fourth commits
sioner's district OF Marion county
therefore, i'm vindication OF the chain
man ct this board, we the undersigr
ed members Of the board of count
commissioners in regular session as
sembled do set forth the followin
facts from the tax books of Mario
county, viz: O. III. Rogers pays take
on his home and property in eIectio
precinct No. II i'm commissioner
district No. 4. that he pays no take
lin any other district OF this count,
that his family has lived this year
rented house IN Ocala, which I'll
said Rogers says ia for the benefit (
school advantages for his children.
We further state that the chairma
Of this board has been very usefl
and efficient member Of the couni
commissioners; that he has attende