The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-10-23
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
October End, Continued)


General fund, No. 1858 to No.
1851, s1.430.86; fine and forfeiture
fund, No. 1886 to No. 1915, Ss9084;
read fund, No. 1881 to 17949, s1O,-
1926; state aid road fund, No. 1437
to No. 1442, S173.71; agricultural
fund, No. 748, 5000.
The board thereupon adjourned.
R. B. Meffert, Chairman.
Attest: T. D. Lancaster Jr., Clerk.
Ocala, Fla, Oct. 20, 1922.
The board of county commissioners
met on call of the chairman, with all
members present.
Call having been heretofore issued
for the purpose of considering any and
all matters in connection with the
construction of state roads No. and
and in connection with the general
election to be held in November, and
to consider and take action on the
question of the employment of a
county engineer, the board proceeded
with the business at hand.
The board orderd that the Star
Publishing Company be awarded the
printing in connection with the gen.
eral election.
Mr.. G. R. Smith was awarded con-
tract for delivering the ballot boxes in
amount of $45.
The board, upon motion, named the
chairman, the clerk and the county
attorney a committee to have in
charge all details in connection with
the general election to be held Nov.
7th, 1922.
No person appeared Directing to
any one named in the list of stricken
names, which had been published in
accordance with law.
The following having presented pc
ltitions asking that their names be
Iplaced on the general election ballot
and same being approved by the coun-
lty attorney as being in accordance
with law, were ordered placed on the
ballot: E. G. Mcleod as candidate
for county commissioner for district
No. l; B. R. Riley and w. S. Cav
thon as candidates for state superin-
Itendent of public instruction.
The certificate of the clerk certify
ing that the following had qualified
as nominees of the democratic party
in the primary of 1922 for the offices
named, to-wit: Member of school
board district No. 1, w. D. earn;
county commissioner, district No. l,
R. Bruce Meffert; county commits
sioner, district No. 2, E. B. Wealth
lers; county commissioner, district No.
I3, J. M. Douglas, which names were
ordered placed on the ballot.
i Certificate of the secretary of state
terrifying the following as nominees
of the democratic party in the pri-
mary of 1922, was received and the
names ordered placed on the ballot:
Park Trammell, for United States
! senior; Frank Clark, for representa-
tive in Congress, second district; JEFF
ferson B. Browne, for justice of the
supreme court; R. F. Taylor, for JUS
tice of the supreme court; R. Hudson
Burr, for railroad commissioner; A
D. Campbell, for railroad commits,
sioner; N. J. Wicker, for state sena.
ttor goth district.
A certificate was received from the
secretary of state certifying that w
, c.. Lawson had been nominated fol
l the office of United States senator b!
!, the independent republican party anC
: his name was ordered placed on tn,
t ballot.
A certificate was received from tn
y secretary of state certifying the fou
h amendments to be voted on, as hav
v been advertised in accordance wit
e law, and the board ordered the coun
a ty attorney to condense same for tn
e purpose of putting on ballot.
d The following were ordered place
e on the ballot as result of the dem
ocratic primary of 1922, in accord
ance with certificate of the count
: canvassing board:
s Nathan Mayo and Fred r. Hocke
e as members of the house of represen
e tatives; E. L. Mills as county com
r missioner for district No. 4; E. F
d Hopkins as county commissioner flo
e district No. 5; c. R. Veal as membe
Y of the school board for district No.
n ]. R. Simmons as member of tn
II school board for district No. 3; A.
n Stephens as supervisor of registra
f ton.
s The board then considered and dis
g cussed the project of state road No.
ard decided to defer action on sam
until the members could meet with tn
a state road department to be in sessio
g on Oct. 23rd, with the object of oh
tanning the assistance of the state.