The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-04
Sugar Loaf Fishing Club
Denied Right To License
MaHy Other Matters Taken
Up At Meeting OF Coun-
ty Commissioners Last
Night

Application of the Sugar Loaf
Fishing Club. Inc. at Perky.
Fla. for a club license. has been
refused by the State Beverage
Department. was announced at
the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held
last night.
Present were Chairman Ber-
valdi, Commissioners Warren,
MonSalvatge and Curry, Clerk
Sawyer, Attorney Harris, Chief
Deputy Sheriff Waite, and a few
interested citizens.
Mr.. Sawyer read the commune
cation from Director Thomas w.
Long, of the Beverage Depart
ment, which sets forth the facts
of the investigation into the
Clubs claim for the license,
which proves that the club was
issued a charter on February 9,
1889, and could not qualify for a
club license as they have not
been in continuous operation as
a club for period of two years.
Reports of Officers
Report of Tax Collector Laid
showed deposits for the month
of April, in the First National
Bank, of S2,040.7l, with distribu-
ton to the following funds: Gen
eral Revenue, $544.54; Fine and
Forfeiture, $152.17; Special Adj
vertising, $152.17; Road, $2O2.89;
General School, $5O7.24; Special
School District Number l, $481.70.
Deposits from the office of
Sheriff Thompson for April to-
tailed $21431.
Report of c. Sam B.. Curry,
clerk of Criminal Court for the
month of April was read and orr.
dered filed.
Report of County Judge Lord
of licenses issued during the
month of April, showed the
State to have received $255, and
the county $l27.50.
Clerk Sawyer's report of tax
certificates redeemed or pur-
chased during the month of
April, showed 535 parcels
amounting to BIS inches as ad-
vertised. Of monies disbursed
The Citizen received ST, $50; Clerk
Sawyer, $2,675; Tax Collector
Laid. $492.06; Maloney Estate,
$1l6.75. Taxes cancelled amount
ed to $42,468.45.
Makes Report
Communication from Miss Ileen
Williams, FERA liquidator show
ed collections of $34.50 less ex-
penSes of $500, leaving bal
ance of $2760. check for which
was enclosed. II was ordered
sent to DR.. J. c. Gekeler treas
urer of the clinic.
Ramon Torres. by letter, thank
ed the commissioners for the
money allowed him, by law, for
an operation on the eyes which
has proven successful.
High School Parent-Teachers
Association, through the secre-
tary Mrs. Myrtle P, Howell,
called attention to the need of
space in which the operations of
the juvenile court could be con-
Quoted, and asked if the county
could not make such provisions.
The matter was discussed from
several standpointS and it was
decided that the most suitable
place for the handling matters of
this nature was the regular court
room and it decided to so inform
the writer.
Matter of the county's spon-
soring an airplane in the Aero
cade from Florida to the Worlds
Fair in which it is proposed that
each county be represented, was
brought to the attention of the
board in a communication from
the Air Division of the State
Road Department.
After reading the letter dis
cussion was entered into by the
board members and as there
were some matters which were
not made clear, it was decided to
write the State Road Department
Air Division for further par
ticulars.
Dion Heard
Fred Dion, member of the Fed
eral Housing Authority in this
city, briefly addressed the board
relative to funds being needed
for carrying out the necessary
survey and assembling required
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