The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-15
BERRY DENIES STATEMENT MADE In
PRESENCE OF THREE WITNESSES
County Board Has Lively Which Maegbbon
Raises Objections Exorbtaat Bills For Rental

himself further in the hole right away
By buying his teams regardless.
The clerk also protested paying gro
Gerry and feed bills that were not re-
ceipsed FOR ~ some responsible per-
son. he said that. "duo 20 the lack 81
system. or whatever s. was. tho prae-
tice laid tho county liable 10 much
loss. and that be wished the bills re-
ccipted for In that way in the future
or lie would not be able 20 audit them
The clerk presented small Item
lied hill for cxpous4s IN the office 81
the clerk. including the additional ex-
penao Of having the financial reports
made for each commissioner az their
requesSs Commissioner Soderllnd said
that he thought that such work should
come under the Official duties ~ the
clerk and that the board should not
pay extra fer such work lie moved
that the blu De referred 90 the county
attorney The clerk told the com
missioner that he seemed to have q
mista ken idea ~ what the duties of
the clerk were. that they were defined
BY law and did not include burdcuinR
the office with such extra work a.
that. Commissioner Candy moved that
the blil be approved deduction 90 be
made for the item for the extra reports
The clerk suggested that II Il was the
pleasure 81 The board 20 refer the
whole biz 90 the county attorney
Commissioner Soderiinds motion was
carried
A BIN Of SIS from Miss Minnie Z
EEsak 60
mony taken az Coroner's Inquest was
approved On approval ~ Judge Nor
emo Jones. Of the court ~ record. other
bills from Miss Kehoe for 1855 and
So were filed. 20 be paid on approval
by Judge Jones'
The payroll o. the eulf beach sur
vey, amounting 20 s256s3. was ap.
proved. and the engineers estimate
for 3f7s.a0 for work done on the bayou
Chlco bridge approach on the Barran-
cas- read
The pension application Of w 4
Hg1. sr vas approved. and that ~
Mrs. sisug8a BuRE. on condition Of
certain property qualification The
bond ~ james =. Abercromie as har-
bormastnr ard the contract and bond
OF J. r Hood were approved. on ac-
count 81 the case Of I'D smith. negro
being nollo pressed. the county re-
funded the expenses attendant upon
his trial. amounting 70 si73ts.
A communication from the United
States Mortgage and Trust company
relative 20 handling the county,
s. .0oo 900 road bonds as fiscal agents
was received and filed
Commissioner Candy stated 10 the
board that he had requested the
county engineer to communicate witt
the state read department IN refer
euce % renting state road department
teams, with the privilege ~ buying
them. The board granted permission
70 Commissioner Gilmore and Roae
Supervisor Macarthur 20 purchase
Nam for the county. $50 4 month e
be paid on account toward the pur-
shase price Permission vas also
granted Commissioner Candy FOR thf
purchase ~ 4 clay pit for SO from
Charles Taylor A bill from w. =
johnson for search warrants was re-
ferred 10 the county attorney. Tho no
tary bond of Miss Q. hfontenari was
approved.
Before approving the minutes ~ the
meeflng yesterday. Commissioner
Gates. soderlina. Candy and Gilmore
desired a number OF minor changes a.
be made and some Of tho minutes e
be stricken out.