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<br />Moved, seconded and carried that X1,000.00 be set aside out of the Publicity hind
<br />for advertising Indian River County at the Canadian Rational Exposition at Toronto
<br />Canada. Bills to be filed and paid by the Board up to that amount.
<br />Moved, seconded and carried that the Bounty Engineer be instructed to out the
<br />salary of Bart arood, machine operator, from 0200.00 to X175.00 per month.
<br />'Me following resolution was offered by Commissioner J W. truce, which was
<br />unanimously carried and ordered spread upon the minutes of this Board:
<br />RE SOLUT ION .
<br />WHOWASp upon the creation of this County a suggestion was made that the Clerk of
<br />this Board be paid *250.00 per month salary, but the said Clerk declined to accept
<br />such amount, stating that it was too much and agreed to accept a much smaller salary,
<br />to -wit: $150.00 per month, thus initiating a saving to the County of X4,300.00 since
<br />July 1st 1925; and
<br />WIMREAS, upon the question of transcribing the records affecting lands in Indian
<br />River County being brought before this Board, the Clerk advised against the expenditure
<br />of funds for such purpose, giving his experience and knowledge of Counties heretofore
<br />created in this ,state, thus saving the County thousands of dollars for transcript work
<br />and record books, and
<br />VHEREAS, in addition to the expense stated above in. transcribing said records,
<br />it appears, under the law, the Clerk would be entitled to receive 35je for each instru-
<br />ment transcribed for fees in certifying the record and indexing the same, thus saving
<br />the County several hundreds of dollars in fees which would have been payable to said
<br />Clerk; and,
<br />WHEREAS, said Clerk, by diligent and faithful work, obtained copy and receipts for
<br />all Tax 'Sale Certificates on lands in this county in less than 30 days after the crea-
<br />tion of said County in order that all redemptions be remitted to and credit given this
<br />County on such at the earliest possible moment, and collected within 90 days the sum
<br />of 049177.87, a large percentage of which was returned to the various County funds,and,
<br />VIBEEHAS, said Clerk has, by carefully preparing the budget each year for the
<br />County Commissioners used sound judgment, and his assistance in arriving at the proper
<br />tax levy has enabled the Board to keep its general county levies below that of the
<br />former County for
<br />each
<br />succeeding
<br />year, and with the assistance
<br />of the Clerk, this
<br />Board was able and
<br />did
<br />reduce the
<br />millage for general purposes
<br />8-� mills for the year
<br />1927, thus saving the taxable property then on the tax roll approximately $349000.00
<br />for said year, as well as to effect a saving to all property redeemed from tax sale,and
<br />VEEREA-3, since the financial depression it is incumbent and necessary that the
<br />Clerk do far more work in connection with his duties as Clerk to this Board than he is
<br />called upon to do in normal times, all of which duties appear to have been well and
<br />faithfully performed,
<br />THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners, in regular
<br />meeting assembled, that avote of thanks be given to its Clerk for his faithful and
<br />untiring efforts in behalf of the welfare of the County, that this Board appreciates
<br />the Clerk performing his duties for only moderate compensation, that they appreciate
<br />the extremely reasonable salary he agreed to work at the beginning, and appreciate
<br />the savings he has effected in the operation of the County, and this Board desires to
<br />go on record that any statement that the Clerk does not do enough work to justify his
<br />salary of $150.00 per month, is false and untrue, maliciously stated and without know-
<br />ledge of the true facts.
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