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;not to exceed $15.00 for the purpose of an increase in salary towards the employment of an as- 1 sistant County Nurse. The present appropriation is $25.00 and a sum not to exceed $15.00 would! be considered an increase in this amount. Chas. A. Mitchell, Attorney, was requested to write Mr. Emory of the State Road ' Department, calling his attention to badly needed drainage along the Fellsmere-Sebastian road, 'said road having been greatly harmed by improper drainage. The following letter from B. L. Holman, together with estimate of S. F. Foster, was, ordered filed and no action taken. VERO BEACH CADILLAC CO. Cadillac-LaSalle-Buick-Pontiac-G.M.C. Trucks FRIGIDAIRE - SALES AND SERVICE Vero Beach, Florida July 8th, 1945. Board of County Commissioners, Mr. W. C. Graves, Vero Beach Florida. Dear r. Graves: I am enclosing herewith a bid from Mr. Foster for throwing up road from the county road to the lake thru the north end of my property --to which I will be glad to deed you a right of -way. At the time Mr. Foster was out there, my jeep was not there and we went up there in Tom's Ford which does not have a speedometer and we were unable to determine the exact distance, That is the reason the bid is on a mileage basis. Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida Dear Sirs: Very truly yours, /s/ B. L. Holman B. L. Holman 4 July 1945 Melbourne, Florida After careful consideration on offering a price for building a dirt road near Mr. Bud Holman's place in Vero Beach, I am submitting the following bid: BASE TOP AVERAGE HEIGHT PRICE 14 ft. 10 ft. 2 ft. 1;075 per mile 14 ft. 10 ft. 2i ft. $1,200 per mile At the time of my conversation with Mr. Holman, I was unable to quote a price as the exaot distance of the road or size of the fill was unknown. If the above bid is accepted, it will probably'be some little time before I could actually begin the work. The same average prices would prevail if the road is to be more or less than one mile. Very truly yours, J. F. Foster General Contractor. /s/ J. F. Foster Douglas Baker, Clerk, was instructed to write a letter to Honorable Paul A. Bein- dorf, President of the City Council, advising that the Board of County Commissioners would be glad to meet with the City Council at such time and place as they may suggest for the purpose of considering and authorizing application to the Fedetal Government for a loan to cover costs of preparing plans and specifications for a new post-war hospital for Indian River County. A letter was received from Mr. Milliard F. Ingalls requesting the purchase of some land owned by the County and located near the County Jail. Chairman Graves appointed Albert 0. Helseth and R. W. Graves as a committee to investigate said request and report to the Board,' It was ordered that the sum of $8,000.00 representing excess race track funds be paid to the Board of public Instruction of Indian River County from the General Revenue Fund.