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account of this Board to it at face value of paper and without recourse to this Board, this Bo- ard,to pay no commission or costs for making such sale. Hon. George V. Walters, Justice of Peace, presented a bill for office supplies and it was ordered that said bill be referred to attorney Charles A. Mitchell to obtain the opinion of the Attorney General with regard to the authority of this Board to purchase supplies for said Justice of Peace. It was ordered H. J. Jones, Gifford, be removed from the Paupers List because he is now receiving Old Age Assistance. On motion made by Frank C. Vickers, seconded by S. E. Glover and carried, the sum of $100.00 was appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and it was ordered that a warrent be drawn on said fund payable to the Chamber of Commerce to be used for advertising purposes for Indian River County. Application of Drayton Reams for admittance to the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Or- lando, Florida, was approved with the understanding that 1/3�,'hospilization cost is to be paid by the applicant and/or his parents. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried, Frank A. Knight, Road Superintendent was re-employed for the calendar year 1938 to receive the sum of $125.00 per month effective January 1, 1938. On motion made by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried, Frank Behler Janitor for the Court House was re-employed for the calendar year 1938 to receive the sum of $75.00 per month effective January 1, 1938. On motion mdae by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and carried all of the .present County employees, not heretofore mentioned in these minutes, be re-employed, salary remaining the same as they are now receiving until the further orders of the Board. RESOLUTION. Commissioner Helseth introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption, to- wit: Whereas, the statutes of the State of Florida provide that this Board select at its first regular meeting in February of each year a newspaper in which shall be published adver tisements by the Tax Collector of the sale of lands upon which taxes are unpaid and delinquent as provided by Section 969 of the Compiled General Laws of Florida, and for other purposes, and this meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian Biver County being the first regular meeting of such Board in February, 1938; Be It Resolved that this Board does herewith select and designate Vero Beach Press- Journal, a newspaper published in Indian River County, Florida, and which newspaper has been continuously published in said County for a period of not less than nne year prior to this date, as the newspaper in which shall be published by the Tax Collector of Indian River County, Flori`, da advertisements and notices of sales of real estate for non-payment of taxes required to be paid on such real estate and as the newspaper in which shall be published any and all other publications and notices and the selection of which such newspaper is a duty of this Board. The motion for the adoption of the resolution being duly seconded it was declared adopted upon roll call by the following vote: Ayes: Poole, Helseth, Vickers and Glovers—. Nays: None. Deputy Sheriff Bond for Robert Daly in and for Indian River County, for the sum of $1000.00 with A. W. Young and Katherine D. Rick as sureties was approved. Miss Leila M. Bunkley appeared before the Board and gave a verbal report of her act- ivities and also filed the following report for the month of January 1938 as follows to-wits The total case load for the month was 154 i