The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-09-01

view and Ocala be repaired, report
ing same to be in bad condition. The
chairman stated that an account of the
city streets in Ocala being in the
course of construction that it is i'm
possible to move a truck over same
TO reach this road with more than
half load and that until the condi-
tons in the city are remedied that the
repair 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 highways
OF the county and of all construction
of new roads but that he should be
relieved of the care of the various
roads that are not of that nature
Commissioner Clyburn met with the
board.
Mr. C. A. Tremere appeared and
spoke in favor Of the junction of state
Road No 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 imme-
diately placing surface treatment on
the finished portion of the road of the
Dixie Highway.
Mr. C. E. Lucius objected to per-
sonal assessment.
Mr.. Colon Monroe objected to tax
assessment.
Mr.. j. NJ Douglas appeared in re
gard TO certain land being double
assessed on account Of error in Off
cial plat and the tax assessor was di-
dected to instruct the county engineer
TO make survey of South Lake Weir
and ar the particular point in ques-
ton with a view to correcting the
error should same exist.
Mr.. S. T. Sistrunk appeared repre-
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. 124 with State
Road No. 2 at Belleview be made on
a curve instead of 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 a ten degree
curve.
Road fund warrant No. 1877 in ia
vor of R. w. Vause in amount of $40
being reported lost, the board upon
motion ordered that payment be stop
ped one the original and that dupli-
cate be issued for same
Mr.. X. c. Moore, county demonstra-
tor appeared before the board and
discussed with them the different
phases of his work.
Upon motion of Commissioner
Weathers, duly seconded and carried
the clerk was directed to extend the
hanks OF the board to the committee
for the invitation to attend the barbe-
cue held in Citra on July q, 1922.
Communication was received from
the Marion County Motor Club com
mending the action Of the board IN
making an appropriation for a county
engineer.
A letter was received from j. w.
Westphal complaining of the condi-
tion of rural route No. from Mica
nopy in this county.
Messrs. S. ]. McCully, w. B. Rawls
and T. NJ. 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
mile south Of the ne corner of sec
ton %, township Il, south range 20
east, running south along the section
line between sections %, %, 26 and
27. said township and range about one
and one half miles to the Ocala and
Blitchton road which report was &C
cepted and the road ordered posted
for opening.
Upon motion the board directed the
tax collector to collect the personal
taxes of d. G. Whaley for 1921 assess
ment, on 200 head of cattle, and re
: port the balance as an error
Upon motion the board ordered that
, warrant be drawn on the general fund
/ in favor of the county bond trustees
in amount of sS75 for payment on
commissions.
Mr.. r. L. Clyburn introduced the
following resolution, which, on motion
duly made and seconded was unani
mously adopted
Resolved that the chairman and