The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-12
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Ocala, March 3rd, 1920

The board of county commissioners
met in regular session with Commits
sioners Rogers, Meffert, Davis and
Talton present.
Mr.. C. B. Miller appeared and ask
ed that he be allowed license to carry
pistol and presented bond for same,
which was approved.
Mr.. r. B. Bullock appeared and
asked permission to use the land
around the old lime pit on the Silver
Springs road, Immediately east of the
city limits, as place to keep his hogs.
The board granted permission to Mr..
Bullock to use said land at a rental of
S. for every six months period, pro-
vided he places fences around pit to
prevent hogs from falling into it and
that he vacate same upon 80 days no
tice with permission to remove fence
and improvements placed on same by.
him.
Commissioner Hutchins met with
the board.
Mr.. w. Luffman appeared before
the board and stated that in the as
scssment of the personal property of
uffman & Webb, IL head of March
ponies were assessed as work horses
and it was recommended to the tax
collector that he collect on same upon
value of $500.
Upon motion tax collector was in
structed to not collect taxes on as
sessment of Mrs. L. E. Ferguson on
personal property in amount of $470,
as same is a double assessment
Warrant was ordered drawn on the
| outstanding Indebtedness fund in the
! sum of $1,000 in favor of the Munroe &
Chambliss National Bank to retire
validated road fund warrant No. 81.
Draft was ordered drawn on the
Nunroe & Chambliss National Bank
favor w. A. Seasons in amount of
5000 as salary of county demonstrator
fer month of February, 1920.
Recommendation was made to the
t&x collector that he allow Mrs. W. F.
| King benefit of widows exemption on
payment of 1919 taxes.
Letter of J. J. James asking county
aid for Courtney Young was referred
tc Commissioner Hutchins.
Mrs. Clara Stone being reported
married was ordered stricken from
the widows pension list.
The board recommended to the gov
ernor the appointment of M. NJ. Little
as probation officer for Marion county.
Mr.. Little stated to members of the
board that he would accept the above
appointment without compensation.
A petition signed by % names was
presented requesting the following
road: Com at sw cor of N.Y. of lot Ia
in Sec "a T IA R %. thence east to
range line dividing ranges % and "a,
thence south to Norwalk road, about
one mile and the following committee
was appointed to view and mark out
the best and most practical route for
same: P. R. Durisoe, ]. r. Peoples and
f. L. Mills.
The board recommended to the tax
collector that he allow Mrs. E. A
Crompton benefit of widows exemp.
tiOn in payment of 1919 taxes.
Pauper allowance of Mrs. Fanny
Cook was raised to $40.
A petition for road was presented
in 1911 and on account of certain OBJ
jections being raised to same at th'
TINE the petition was abandoned. Th'
said objections being now withdraw
and parties interested in same askeC
that the petition be revived and tina
road be granted along the route men
toned in said petition, as follows
Com at NV cor of Sec q T II K 2.
E and running east on said section
= line one mile to Sc cor of said Sec 2
. I u Z "a thence n on line of sait
a Sec q to poitn one mile north, sal,
I point being the ne cor of said Sec 2
: T II S r "a, and the following com
I mittee was appointed to view an
a mark out the best and most practica
. route for said road: J. D. Walling, F
q D. Douglas, j. E. Brown.
n The board recommended to the ia
\ collector that E. B. Mccain be allowe
. to pay take son 40 acres in Sec %
II R "A at valuation of 800, said re
II duction being made on account of Ell
- rUr in assessment.
= The board recommended to the ia
Continued on Fourth PaEe)