The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-04-07

. ing work in this county on four SEN
arate. but connected sections of the
Tamiami trail, representatives of four
| engineering concerns, one each in
BradentOwn, Tampa, Arcadia and At
lanta, We're present during the day.
chiefly to ask for further information
to enable them to bid intelIigently.
which the board furnished verbally.
One OF them said he was ready now
to submit proposition After a
great deal of enlightening talk, il was
decided to set 2 p. M, April / 5th
inst, as the date for receiving and
! opening sealed bids; and next day,
the clerk was directed to notify the
! gentlemen that the board wished
them to make, as it were, two sepa-
rate bids each, one for the engineer
| ing work alone and the other for
supervising the construction work un-
der the successful bid. About half
| the time of the board in the two
days session was taken up with
discussion of the Tamiami trail and
| the proper and legal methods to pur-
sue to carry out the improvements
which the board earnestly wishes TO
make and is evidently determined to
make on that great highway
George McLane and r. |. Smathers
asked permission to dam the drain
age canal running through their
! lands to irrigate their crops. Per-
! mission was granted on condition
that the dam did not in any way in
! iuriously affect the lads of other peo-
! pie.
r. \. StOll presented a petition
! from citizens of BermOnt asking. that
their section be created into a new
commissioners district The board
explained that the county has been
| divided according to law into five
districts as nearly equal as possible
in population and territory and that,
under the law, the division would
have to stand without change or five
years.
Commissioner GOttfried said that
the roads in his district needed at
tention and he asked permission to
use some Of the $1,537.46 standing
to the credit of his district. Later.
! this permission was granted and he
was also allowed the use of the lght
Ford trucks belonging to the county.
He was also offered the use of the
county conWcts, but declined.
John L. Goff, who was assessed for |
an AUTOMOBILES, presented an affidavit !
to the effect that he never did Ow
an automobile, and he asked to be |
relieved Of the tax. The necessary |
steps for his relief were ordered .
taFen.
w. l.. KOon showed tax receipts
from DeSoto county showing that
some one in the assessors Office of
that county had raised his assess
ment for cattle from one to two
thousand head. which was erroneous. /,
The necessary steps for his relief
were directed to be taken.
Dan C. Smith was allowed the ueo
of the cane mill on tho countv rarn. :
TO grind his cane +
The consideration or hills v,as tbo, +
taken nm and tbis uorl, wac ,o+ !
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y ''''"o, .o., az ''l'' vas SHOWN "heh
nv ,'i', /" . p'Il Vi coS'S III the CroWh- l.
'NS"l''u case was feached tuesday
,lorh'nS. AS CroWnlnSshleid was e
IearlS proved innocent OF the charge o
u setting lre to the woods, the board Il
houSht that Bryan who made the I
hafSe' should pay all the costs. Il
me board S attorney sustained this Il
lew, but said that the board must t
'ay the sheritf's costs and then col Il
ect them from Bryan's bond of t
10000. t.
\ request from the supervisor of Co..