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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4th 192 .
Tb.e Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met
at the Court House in Vero Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, December 4th 19299 at 10
o'clock A.M. with the following members of the Board present.- John H.-Atkin,Chairman;
Geo. A. Braddock; J.J.P.Hami.lton and O.O.Helsethj Also present were Miles Marren,
Clerk and John H. Sutherland, Sheriff.
The Minutes of the previous meeting visa read and approved.
The Tax Collector filed his report of licenses collected during the month of
November 1928, showing $311.00 collected for the State and $155.50 collected for the
County.
It was ordered that the sum of 0100.00 be appropriated out of the Publicity Fund
for general advertising purposes at the inaguration of Governor Doyle E.Carlton, at
Tgllahassee on Tuesday, January 8th next.
It was ordered that Will .Alexander (col) be placed on the pauper list to receive
$10.00 per month, and that bill of X7.85 already incurred for medicine be paid out of
the General Revenue Fund.
It was ordered that the County Nurse be instructed to look after George Mason,
Sebastian, and she is authorized to expend such funds as necessary in connection with
this pauper not to exceed $15.00 in any one month.
The bond of H.E.Ashburner, as Constable District #1 in the sun of $500.00 with
G.L.Harrell and Joe Hladovec as sureties was approved.
The Bond of Albert O.Helseth, as County Commissioner, District #5 in the sum of
$29000.00 with National Surety Company, as surety was approved.
The Bond of John Henry Atkin, as County Commissioner, District #4 in the sum of
$20000.00 with National Surety Company, a corporation as surety was approved.
The bond of Chas D. Toole, as .'supervisor of Registration, in the sum of *500.00
with T.E.Jun and S.E.Twitchell, as sureties was approved.
The bond of Otis M. Cobb, as County Judge, in the sutra of $2,000.00 with
J.M.Knight, Eli C. Vialker, C.R.McClure and E. .Vickers, each for the sum of X500.00
was approved.
The bond of VT. R. Duncan, as County .Assessor of Taxes in the sum. of 41,000.00
with J.'S.Barker and J.M.Knight as sureties was approved.
The bond of Miles warrens as Clerk of the circuit court in the sum of X2,000.00
with Royal Indemnity Company, a co rpo ration, as surety was approved.
It was ordered that the County Engineer be instructed to build road from the
Oslo Depot to State Road No. 4.
The following Road petition was received, read and filed:
ROAD PETITION.
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER)
To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of said County.
Gentlem.eno-
ode, the undersigned, citizens of the County of Indian River, State of
Florida, respectfully represent that the necessities of the public require a County
road to be laid out as follows, to -wit: Commencing at a point in the public road as
declared by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, November
2nd 1920, said point being the South-west corner of Government Lot Eight (8) Section
Fifteen (15) Township Thirty-one (31) South, Range Thirty-nine (39) East; thence
a
I3o rth-westerly meandering the East bank of the Indian River to its intersection with
the public road as declared along the North line of Government Lot Four (4) Section
Fifteen (15) Township Thirty-one (31) South, Range `shirty -nine (39) East, a distance of
approximately one half mile, said road right-of-way to be not less than Sixty (60)
,feet in width.
vie therefore petition your honorable body to cause to be laid out and opened a
County Road as above described, and we, the owners of the laxed through which said road
is sought to be laid out, in consideration of the sutra of One dollar to us each and
severally in hand paid by the said County of ]Indian River, the receipt of which is
hereby. acknowledged, hereby agree to give the right-of-wat through our lands, as shown
by the plat accompanying this petition, and relinquish all claims for damage by reason
thereof.
It was
ordered that
D.L.L,eisher; X.B.Ryall and Albert Schumann,
be` appointed a
Committee to
view, mark
and lay out: sa&d road and report to
this Board.
The following resolution was presented:
VMREAS on account of the stringent financial conditions existing throughout the
County, the inability of its citizens to pay in taxes promptly, the great demand being
made in charity cases, and the general unsettled conditions it is deemed expedient and
proper for this Board to adjust itself to the conditions mentioned above,
THEREFORE, be it
resolved,
that
the employment of a
county Agricultural Agent
be dispensed wit4or
the year
1929)
effective February
lst 1929.
Upon being put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted.
It was ordered that the County Engineer repair the will Fee road west of V11abasso
as soon as it is convenient for the work to be done.
The several bills and accounts of the County having been audited, were examined
and found to be correct and warrants ordered issued in settlement of same. The bills
and accounts being on file in the Clerk's office and made a part of these minutes. The
warrants issued in settlement
of
claims being
recorded
in the County Finance
record
of the County and made a part
of
these minutes
as fully
and completely as if
the same
were set out in detail, and by reference to said Finance record the warrants so listed
is made a part of these minutes.
The County Depositories filed their statements of the various funds coming under
their jurisdiction, showing balance, receipts, disbursements and balance at the close of
November, which haveing been audited were found to be correct.
There being no further business on motion, made, seconded and carried the Board
then adjourned until Tuesday, January lst 1929.
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