3/1/1938 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

218 Application of the Welch Child of Vabasso, Florida, for free admittance to Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind at St. Augustine,- Florida, was approved. Mr. R. R. Martin, Ft. Fierce, Florida, appeared before the.-B.oard_.and. reported he had attended a State Road Department budget meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, and requested that a representative of this County meet with the State Road Department -at the.next-budget meeting to be held in Orlando on the 18th. of Burch with regards to requesting.monies to be included in said budget for the purpose of conducting a road survey on the Peninsula through Indian River County. Mr. Martin stated that he would be glad to go to Miami.with_a representative from this County to present a W.P.A. Project,of Widening out and grading the Peninsula road,. before the proper committee and do every thing possible in order to get said project approved. It was moved by Edwin A. Helseth, seconded by S. B. Glover andcarried_ that a_maa be appointed to pre- pare such a project and to see that proper representation be made before W. P.A. officials at Miami with regard to the above mentioned road. Bir. C. C. Braswell appeared before the Board and requested cancellation of a certian mortgage on lot S. block 14, Vero Beach Estates and explained.the.existing circumstances to the Board in connection with said mortgage. It was moved by S. E. Glover, seconded by Edwin A. Helseth and carried that the Board would not satisfy said mortgage unless payment in full is made. The Board then referred the matter to Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney, for investagation with the possibilty of realizing anything on the mortgage. Son. Geo. W. Walters, Justice of Peace filed coroners report on W. H. Garns, Elbert McCullers and Cornelius Wallace, said report was read to the Board and Filed in the office of the Clerk of the .Circuit Court. Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney,reported thathehad written -to.Hon. Cary A. Landis, Attorney General, with regard to a opinionas to whether or --not the -Board should furnish cer- Xain forms, books and supplies for the office of Justice. of Peace and..that the Attorney General refused to rull on this point.. Mr. Bii.tchll further stated that no clear statments in the Stat- utes regarding the furnishing of forms, books and supplies for Justice of Peace office could be found. It was ordered that S. F. Owens, Vero Beach be removed from the Paupwrs list as he is now receiving State aid for the Blind. It was ordered that John Smith, Fellsmere, be removed from the Paupers list. It was ordered that M. L. Lisle, Winter Beach, and Nelson Hilliard, Sebastian, be placed on the Paupers list each to receive the sum of $10.00 per month, until the further of the Board. Hon. Eli C. Walker and other representatives of the Drainage District appeared before the Board and requested that when it became necessary to repair County bridges in the future that said bridges be repaired and reinforced in such manner that it would be safe to move- the Drainage District machinery and/or equiptment over said bridges. On motion made by Frank C. Vickers, seconded by S. E. Glover and carried this request was granted and Frank A. Knight Road Superintendent was so ordered with the understanding that the Drainage District would be re- sponsible for the cost of'the extra material such as sills, sleepers, pilins, stringers, caps that would be necessary to reinforce and strengthen the bridges as requested by the committee from the Drainage District, Frank A. Wight, Road Superintendent, called attention to the Board that .load limit signs should be prepared and placed on County bridges, the Board then instructed Mr, Knight to have these signs prepared .and placed on the Bridges. Barr.. A. L. Bickers a property owner in Wabasso, appeared before the Board with,regard to a closed road"on'or near his property. BSE Bickers was advised that this was a private matter over which the Board had no control.. 1 7 1�'