The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-06
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Many Matters of Interest Brought
Up at the City Council Meet
ing Last Evening

The regular meeting of the council
Tuesday night was interesting. All |
members of the council, the mayor,
city manager and city attorney ap-
peared before the meeting was over |
and each had something on his mind |
to bring before his colleagues.
After the reading of the minutes |
Mr.. Martin threw the meeting open |
for oral communications. Mr.. F. w. |
Ditto was present in behalf of the |
camp ground committee of the local |
realtors. Mr.. Ditto stated that the |
ground was started just north of the
Jewish cemetery on the north Dixie |
| Highway. They have a two-acre plot |
cleared and have plans on foot for a
shed, toilets, sewerage, lights and
water. Mr.. Ditto requested that the
council give them 800 at once and
then the rest of the $500 little later
on when they needed more. This re-
quest was granted and the council de-
cided to donate water and lights to the
camp groudn if the realtors would
pay for the pipe, wire, poles, ETC., to
be used in the installation of the wa
ter and lights,
The Baptist Baraca class presented
a petition to the council requesting
an ordinance against begging in the
city. The council informed the COM
EIy.l &aa ho cio hof
such an ordinance and that all the
class needed to get action was to
Jump on Mayor Peek. 1t is up to the
mayor to see that the police enforce
the ordinances.
Under the head of written communi-
cations the Buffalo Springfield Steam
Roller Company requested that the
city pay it's bill of 1859 which is due
now The council instructed Mr.. Sis
! trunk to send a check for half the
! amount and ask the roller company to
p wait on the balance until more taxes
+ were collected.
o Mrs. w. Y. NeWsOn wrote a request
. that she be allowed to redeem some
g old paving certificates on her prop
s erty on Fort King at their face value
t without the interest. The council
a regretted that it had not the power to
v grant this request.
: An invitation was received from
IS Port st. Joe, requesting the presence
h Of the city officials at the dedication
of +Lo -
the meeting of the first Florida state
constitutional convention. Mr.. Sis
trunk was requested to acknowledge
O. the invitation.
= A letter was read from A. Simmons
7 in which he requested that the paving
certificates issued against his newly
= purchased lots at the foot of Mair
= street be corrected. He was assessed
.. for two-thirds of the cost of paving
when he bought the property under al
agreement that he pay only half the
~ cost of paving. The request wa!
granted and the clerk was ordered t.
- make the necessary changes in tn
= certificates.
The rest room reported a balanc,
. on hand of s342.O4 and showed tha
~ S64 guests had registered during tn
~ month.
Report of the health officer show
= ed that most of the city markets ar
in good condition and that the mil
- is better than it has been for severa
- months past. The milk from tn
- Painter dairy is the cleanest thi
~ month, while Mr.. Henderson had tn
=, richest milk. DR.. Watt reported tha
- he had visited the schools regularl
and everything was going we'll in al
" Mr.. T. S. Trantham was given tn
~ floor and he spoke mouthful. Whe
- he had finished you could hear a pi
on drop in the room. He stated that b
~ had written Mr. Hooker a letter bu
=. Fred had forgotten to bring it to til
:. meeting, so he would do his best
an state the main issues in the letter;
there was anything he forgot we don
know what it was. He based his le
ter on the assumption that the counc
was going to pass on the assessmel
"a of Oklawaha's pacing and that it VIZ
to cost a little over 81 a front foe
Ieo He stated that he represented Mr.
on E. L. Carney, A. G. Gates, G.
ait Maughs, F. T. Schneider, j. Maleve
ced tho Horne as+a+a n Pobo-+so, .,
ioa E. W. Clement. He merely touch.