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'The road first mentioned to go thru the center of Sections 33 and'34. Said road right-of-way to be not less than sixty (60) feet in width. It was ordered that the petition be filed, and that D. L. Leisher, S. E. Haffield, and W. J. Maher be appointed a committee to view and mark out said road and report to this Board. C. C. Braswell appeared before the Board asking_ for permission to erect a gate at the entrance to Winter Beach, which was granted. - The time having arrived to open bids for road construction in Special Road 80 Bridge District No. 4 the following kit firms bid was received read and considered: R. G. Lassiter for projeot No. 1 only amount of bid $180,636.50 Standard Asphalt Company for Project No. 1 133,700.70 --project No. 2, 482,300.95 projeot No. 3; 479,778.90; project No. 4, $156,403.45, total of all projects bid $652,184.00. The same having been considered, and all bids being in excess of the estimate prepared by the County Engineer, it was ordered that such bids be rejected. The following bids were received, for equipment to be purchased by the County for road work in Special Road 83 Bridge District No. 4: EXCAVATORS AND CRANES. Ortons & Sons $7,120.00 Insley 7,500.00 plus freight Mead -Morrison.... 8,135.00 Universal 10,278.50 Osgood 11,525.00 plus freight Austin 4,250.00 plus freight MOTOR TRUCB EQUIPMENT. Ford. 981.00 United 1850.00 Traylor 2285.00 Ruggles 2360.75 Federal 2475.00 Indiana 2703.00 ,Auto Car 3939.25 Mack 3605.90 All of said bids having been thoroughly considered, it was ordered that theBoard meet tomorrow, January 6th, 1926 for the purpose of accepting or rejecting such bids as they may determine. The following.resolution was presented by Commissioner G. A. Braddook: • WHEREAS, Messrs. E. J. Sellard andjMiles.MoNeoe appeared before the Board of County Commissioners of rndian River County, Florida, at the regular meeting of said Board on the first Tuesday in January 1926, and presented a petition signed by 192 • qualified electors of Indian River County, Florida, who are taxpayers on real or personal property, praying for a change of the location of the county -site of said County, and the supervisor of registration of said County appeared before said Board and presented a written certificate bo the Board showing that there are 560'qualified electors of said County who are tax payers on real or personal property, as the same appears from the registration books in his office and from the tax assessment roll of said County for the year 1925, and it appearing to the Board that the petition thus presented is signed by more than one-third of the qualified electors of Indian River County, Florida, who are taxpayers on real or personal property, praying for a change of the location of the County site of said county; IT IS, therefore, hereby resolved and ordered that an election be -held at the several precinots'of IndianRiver County, Florida, on the 9th day of February 1926, for the location of the county -site of said County, at which time there shall be submitted to the voters of 'said County the question of the location of the County site thereof; and be it further RESOLVED, that at said election no person shall be allowed to vote except t .ose