The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08
LOCAL LEGISLATION

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Night-New and Up-to-Date Fire
Fighting Machine BOught-Fire
Chief Raymond Resigned and Old
Veteran Chambers Elected in His
Place.
Councilmen Martin, Henry, Gold
man, Simmons and Pedrick were all
on hand at the Tuesday night meet
ing, as also were Mayor Peek, Man.
ager ,Brumby and Attorney Hooker.
Quite number of visitors were also
present.
F. K. Powers addressed the council,
asking that he be allowed to pay some
paving liens against his property on
Boradway without having to pay the
accrued interest. This request was
denied upon motion by Mr.. Goldman
because it is illegal to refund interest
that has piled up because of the non-
payment of such liens. This pavement
lien has been running since 1913 and
Powers claimed that he never had re-
ceived bill for it and knew nothing
of it because his wife took care of all
such matters before her death.
Clerk Sistrunk read a letter from
the mayor of Leesburg, thanking the
city of Ocala for the kind treatment
given the members of it's fire depart
ment upon their visit to Ocala Feb.
18th and for the letter of thanks that
our city sent them. They added fur
ther that they did not care to name
any charge for the trip made by their
equipment other than to state that
their ordinance required that they
charge for all out of town trips. They
said that any amount from one cent
up would comply with the ordinance
and would be satisfactory to them.
Ocala's council agreed to send Lees
burg check for $1O0 for the use of
her equipment.
A letter from Mrs. J. II. Good in
behalf of the Woman's Club requested
that they be permitted to plant tree
on the civic center lot somewhere
near the site of the Christmas tree
last year, which tree was to be q per-
manent, growing tree for use as a
civic Christmas tree from year to
year. Request granted.
The clerk read letter from Miss
Annie Benton Fuller requesting that
she be allowed to redeem an old tax
certificate against some of her prop
erty at it's face value without paying
interest. This letter caused some dis
.cussion. Some members of the coun-
Gil were not in favor of granting the
request as it was precedent that
should not be started while other
members were in favor of granting it
because Miss Fuller was not respon-
sible for the certificate when it was
made. The request of Miss Fuller
was granted.
Mr.. Sistrunk read letter Of thanks
from Mr.. Elwood Raymond for the
cooperation shown his department
during his term as chief and then read
the resignation of Mr.. Raymond to
take effect March 18th. This resig-
nation was accepted.
A letter from the Western Union
requested that their clocks be paid for
quarterly in advance The council
agreed to make payments in accord
ance with this new ruling.
The report of DIR. n. F. Watt, city
health officer, was read. The dairy of
Mrs. Green showed milk with the low
est bacterial count last month and the
dairy of Mr.. Thrash showed milk with
the highest percentage of butter fat.
DR.. Watt reported only two white
cases of smallpox and declared that
he was unable to estimate the number
of cases among the negroes because
they often did not seek medical advice
when stricken with the disease.
The report of Mrs. Tydings on the
city rest room was read and accented.