The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-29
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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reach this road more than half load
and that until the conditions in the
city are remedied that repairs would
necessarily be slow.
Mr. n. A. Fort appeared and stated
that he thought that the county
should employ an engineer to have
full charge of the hard surfaced high
ways of the county and of all con-
struction of new roads but that he
should be relieved of the care of the
various roads that are not of that ma
ture
Commissioner Clyburn met with the
board.
Mr.. C. A. Tremere appeared and
spoke in favor of the junction of state
road No. 2 and state aid road No. 124
at Belleview being completed on the
route already laid out.
The board requested the division
engineer to take up with the state
road department the matter of i'm
on the finished portion of the base Of
he Dixie Highway.
r NJ c F. Lucius objected to person
~ asses Sr1ent.
Mr. Colon Monroe objected to tax
assessment.
NJ. J. N DOUGLAS appeared in re-
p~rd 70 certain Land being double
assessed on account of error in official
Mat ard the tax assessor was directed
to instruct The COUNT surveyor to
make a survey of South Lake Weir
c.d at the particular point in question
with view to correcting the error
should same exist.
Mr. Cictr1vly rnnrl~
senting Messrs. Fred and j. Malever
and objected to the raises in personal
assessment.
Mr.. D. G. Whaley objected to per-
sonal assessment
| A delegation from Sumter county
appeared asking that the intersection
of state aid road No. ia with state
road No. 2 at Belleview, be made on
curve instead of a right angle turn.
Mr.. L. B. Thrasher, division engineer
of the state highway department,
stated that the junction would be laid
out on no greater than ten degree
curve.
Road fund warrant No. 1877 in
favor of R. w. Fause in amount of $40
being reported lost, the board upon
| motion ordered that payment be stop
be issued for same.
Mr.. K. C. Moore, county demonstra-
| tor. apeDared before the board and
discussed with it the different phases
of his work.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Weathers. duly seconded and carried,
| the clerk was directed to extend the
thanks of the board to the committee
| for the Invitation to attend the barbe-
cue held in Citra July 81.
| Communication was received from
| the Marion County Motor Club COM
mending the action of the board IN
making an appropriation for county
engineer. s#Hs
a letter was received from J.. w.
| Westchal complaining IT the condition
of rural route No. from Micanopy
il; this county.
Messrs. S. J. McCully, w. B. Rawls
and T. M. Phillips, committee hereto
| fore appointed made report recon-
mending the following route for road:
Leaving the present Old Town and
Fellowship road about one-quarter
rifle south of the ne cor. of sec % tip
Ii S r 20 E, run along the section
l:ne between sees %. %. rs and II.
said tn and about one and one-haf
rifles to the Ocala and Blitchton road.
| The report was accepted and road or
dered posted for opening.
| Upon motion the board directed the
tax collector to collect the personal
taxes of D. G.. Whaley for 1921 assess
paent on 200 head of cattle and report
the balance as an error.
| The board orderd that warrant be
drawn on the general fund in favor
CT the county bond trustees in amount
Ct 1915 for payment of commissions.
Mr.. r. L. Clyburn introduced the
following resolution, which on motion
duly made and seconded, was unani-
mcusly adopted:
Resolved, that the chairman and
clerk of this, board be and they are
| hereby authorized to execute on be-
half of the county contract with the
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
for the construction and MAINTENANCE
i of road crossing near SummerHeid
2525 feet south of the said railways
mile post No. 751 (new1, as measured
from Richmond, Va, the form OF
which contract has been approved by
the county attorney and was submit
tied at this meeting of this board fol
Examination and approval"
Upon motion duly seconded and car
ried accounts for work on the Dixie
Highway in this county were ordered
Il approved and certified to the county
bond trustees for payment as follows
Estimate of the Barber
Forth Company contract
approved by road depart
ment lO,ooo.oz
Less freight ............. 3,O17.5l