Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/8/1938�InV' Chapter 15,891, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1933, known as the Kanner Bill, and desires to continu operations under said laws except where said operations would interfere with the payment of cou- pons as hareinabowe provided to be made, nevertheless this Board has determined -and does hereby declare that the best interest of the designated taxing unit, and the taxpayers therein, are served if sufficient funds are transferred from the so-called Kanner Bill account for the issue of bonds hereinabove identified to make the payments directed to be made as hereinbefore specift Cally provided, in Section 3 hereof, and the said State Board is hereby directed to make such transfers when necessary, it being the desire of this Board of County Commissioners that all ad valorem taxes credited to the interest and sinking fund as hereinabove set forth be first used for the designated payments and only such Kanner Bill funds transferred at the time specified as are necessary to make up the difference between the available interest and sinking funds and the total amount required to be paid hereunder. Section 5.- That, the State Board of Administration is hereby requested to approve the transaction herein provided for, and to instruct its proper officers to do and perform the acts hereinabove authorized, upon receipt of advices -from the Clerk of the Board of County Com- missioners of this County that the refunding program identified herein is in such shape that the instructions hereinabove given should be consummated. Section 6. That the Clerk of this Board is hereby instructed to prepare in tabulated form and certify to said State Board in due course a full description of the Refunding Bonds as set forth in the resolutions above identified, setting forth the bond and coupon schedules to maturity, and the Clerk shall also forward certified copy of this resolution to the said State Board which shall be the authority of said Board to do and perform all acts necessary to accom- plish the purposes set forth herein. The County Depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and disburse bAte of the various funds which having been audited were found to be correct. The several bills and accounts against the County having been audited, were examined and found correct were approved and warrants ordered issued in settlement of same, such bills and accounts being on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit .Court. The warrants issued from the respective funds being listed in the supplemental minute book as required ,by the rules and practice of the State Auditing Department, reference to said record and the list so recorded being made a part of these minutes. Where being no further business on motion made# seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned until Friday April 8, 1:30 o'clock P. M. ATT EST : erx. rman. -----------'-,,f--.._....------------------------------------------------------------------------+...._--- Friday April 89 1938. The Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at the Courthouse in Vero Beach at 1:30 o'clock P. M. Friday, April 8, 1938 in regular adjourned ses sion with the following members of the board present, E. P. Poole, Chairman; Edwin A. Helseth; Frank C. Vickers; C. S. Michael and S. E. Glover. Also present were William Frick, Sheriff; Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney and Douglas Baker, Clerk. The board proceded to, and did name and select the following persons as Inspectors and Clerk -of election of the various precincts to hold and conduct the primary election to be held Tuesday, May 3, 1938 to -wit: Preciriot No. 1, Roseland Thomas R. Reed; L. Ashburner and Adolph Pesat, Inspectors and R. C. Holtzclaw, Clerk. 1 1 227 Voting Place: Community Hall. Preolnct No. 2. Sebastian Theo Davis; R. A. Kimble and A. Foster, nspectors and P. P. Lawson, Clerk. Voting Place: Public Hall. Precinct No. 3 Wabasso T. T. Cail; J. P. Sibley and G. A. Stinson, Inspectors and J. J. Gibbs, Clerk. Voting Place: Legion (Community) Hall.. Precinct -No. 4. Winter Beach L. J. Dukes; Morris Walker and Walter E. Lawhon, Inspectors and R. J. Dunnam, Clerk. Voting Place: Floyd's Filling Station. Precinct No. 5 North Vero Beach Chas. T. Gossett; S. E. Haffield and Stuart E. Bart ett, Inspectors and H. S. Guy, Clerk. Voting Places Community Building in Park. " Precinct No. 6-A South Vero Beach M. T. Baird; J. H. Baker and I. A. Merriman, Inspe3tors and C. J. Brown, Clerk. Voting Place: Rohrbach's Building (formerly Barrett's Pool Room) Precinct No. 6-B South Vero Beach E. F. Nprton; H. A. Thomas and Herbert Fultz, Inspectors and Edw. M. Becton, Jr.,Clerk. Voting Place: Rohrbach's Building :(formerly Barrett's Pool Room) Precinct No. 7. Oslo B. Bendickson; 0. Evans and A. Hallstrom, Inspectors and T. R. Helleso, Clerk. Voting Place: Oslo Packing Co. Precinct No. 8 Fellsmere, P. H. McZachron; F. W. Dole and W. S. Cottingham, Inspectors and Gilbert Barkoskie, Clerk, Voting Place: City Hall. The Clerk announced.the--sum.-of $76.00 had been paid in by the various candidates as filing fees, which sum was ordered placed in the General Revenue Fund of the County. ..t The Secretary of State having certified the candidates qualified for National and State offices to this Board, it was ordered that the following named persons be placed on the official Democratise ballot of Indian.River County, for the'.primary election to be held Tuesday, Way 3, 1938 for the offices designated. FOR UNITED.STATES SENATOR. T. C. Merchant Finley Moore Claude Pepper -David Sholtz J. Mark Wilcox FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS,4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Mrs. Bernice H. Bowery Pat Cannon Peter J. Cunningham Henry H..Filer Lewis E. Moore Dwight L. Rogers Robert L. Williams FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. GROUP NO. 1. Rivers Buford D. Stewart Gillis FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. GROUP NO. 2. Truman G. Futch Elwyn Thomas J. Tom Watson FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. FOR UNEXPIRED TERM OF FRED H. DAVIS, DECEASED. Roy A. Chapman John Melvin Hearn FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. GROUP NO. 1. Bruce Davis W. E. (Buck) Hancock Eugene S. M&thews FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. GROUP NO. 2. Berry W. Carter Walter Kehoe Wilbur C. King It was further ordered that the following named persons who are candidates for the offices designated, be omitted from the official ballot for the reason they are nominated with- out opposition. FOR STATE ATTORNEY 9th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. Murray W. Overstreet. It was further ordered that the following named persons be placed on the official Re- publican ballot of Indian River County for the primary election to be held Tuesday, May 3, 1938 for the offices designated. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR. Thomas E. Swanson Allan E. Walker It was further ordered that the following named person, who is a Band dAte for the office as designated be -des-i-gn,.a#4)e- omitted from the official Republican ballot for the real he is nominated without opposition. FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. J. S. G. Gallagher It was ordered that the following named persons be placed on the official Democratic primary election ballot for the office designated, it appearing that each of said candidates has qualified according to law and filed all -necessary papers and expense accounts: FOR REPOSUTATM IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. Dr. G. L. Harrell Alex MacWilliam FOR STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN. Merrill P. Barber Miles Warren FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NO. 1. John MacRae Frank_ C . _ Vi cker`a FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NO. 3. S. E. Glover J. J. P. Hamilton FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NO. 4. � A. N. Calhoun W. C. Graves, Jr. H. V. Grumback E. P. Poole FOR MEMBER BOARD PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DISTRICT NO. 2. M. B. Mathis W. ff. Walker It was further ordered that the following named persons who having qualified.for the offices designated be omitted from the official democratic primary election ballot, for the reason that they have no opposition and are each automatically declared nominated, to -wit: Y FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NO. 2. C. S. Michael' FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NO. 5. Albert 0. Helseth FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DISTRICT NO. 1. Clayton T. Browne FOR BSER BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AISTRICT NO. 3. Oscar L. DuBose FOR STATE DEMOCRATIC 60MMITTEENIOMAN . `Ethel F. Bailey FOR MER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,DISTRICT C..,P.'.Diamond FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DISTRICT NO. 1. Lisbon Futch FOR MER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 1. Albert C. Haag. Mrs. Annie Ruffner FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,, PRECINCT NO. 2. E. W. Vickers Mrs. Leila Hamrick FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COQ, PRECINCT NO. 3. L. B. O'Steen Annie Eula O'Steen FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC =.CUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 4. D. A. Murray Bertha C. Anderson FOR ER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COQ, PRECINCT NO. 5. John MKnight Mrs. Viola Loy f 1�1 1 1 1 �f-A FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC .EXECUTI'VE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 6. James T. Vocelle Mrs. Billie Mattmueller FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 7. -Mrs. Ruth Helseth FOR MEMBER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 8. Henry Whipple Elizabeth Browne It was further ordered that the following named persons who having qualified for the offices designated be omitted from the official Republican primary election ballot, for the reason they have no opposition and are each automatically declared nominated, to -wit: FOR MEMBER OF* REPUBLICAN STATE EXMUTIVE COMMITTEE. Bruce Bazler FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL_COMMITiEE, DISTRICT NO. 4. A. M. Hill FOR MEMBER REPUBLICAN COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 5. A. M. Hill FOR MEMBER REPUBLICAN COUNTY'EBECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PRECINCT NO. 6. f Bruce Bazler It was further ordered that the Clark prepare the ballots for the several precincts and prepare the ballot boxes with all laws, ballots, tally books, affidavits and other blanks. necessary for the proper conduct of said primary election to be held Tuesday May -3, 1938, and deliver said ballot boxes so prepared to the Sheriff for distribution to the various precincts of the County. The following resolution was introduced by C. S. Michael who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION AREAS, this Board, as the governing authority of Special Road and Bridge District no. 4, of Indian River County, Florida, has heretofore, by resolution duly and legally adopted, authorized and ordered the issuance of $445,000.00_2oad and Bridge 2efonding Bonds of said Dis- trict, in the denomination of $1,000.00 each, dated January 1, 1937, for the purpose -of refund- ing: (a) $3669000.00 outstanding Road and Bridge Bonds dated July 1, 1925, of said District, as fully described in said authorizing resolution above referred to; and (b) $79,000.00 accrued -and unpaid interest to January 1, 1937, on said outstanding bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions.of_said refunding resolution first above referred to, said $445,000.00 Refunding Bonds of said District have been duly validated and confirmed by decree of the Circuit Court in and for Indian River County, Florida, made and entered on Sept- ember 13, 1937,and said bonds have been duly executed and deposited with The First National Bang in the -City of Chicago, Illinois, designated exchange agent, accompanied by formal'instructions and authority for exchange of said Refunding Bonds for bonds of original issue and evidences of interest accruals -thereon; and WHEREAS, it now appears that, by reason of clerical error, interest coupons due July 1, 1937, in the sum of $10,560.00 were inadvertently included in calculating the interest ac- cruals on outstanding bonds of original issue provided to be exchanged for bonds of said Refund- ing Bond issue dated January 1, 1937, and therefore the amount of refunding bonds authorized to be issued is $10,560.00 in excess of actual requirements for such exchanges, and said excess Re- funding Bonds are a nullity and should be cancelled and destroyed; and WHEREAS, it is contemplated that, in the course of this refunding operation, some of the bonds and matured coupons of original issue may possibly be required to be paid and not be exchanged for Refunding Bonds, in which event it would become necessary to cancel Refunding Bond in an amount equivalent to any such original items so paid; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORLDA, IN SESSION,DULY ASSEMBLED: Section 1 (a) That the First National Bank, Chicago, Illinois, be and it is hereby 7-30 authorized and requested to cancel ten (10) of the said Refunding Bonds held by that institutio as exchange agent and allocated to be exchanged for Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of inter- est accruals on outstanding Road and Bridge Bonds dated July 1, 1925, of said District, and to carry forward to a „suspense account" the remainder, $560.00, of the excess amount as set forth in the Third Preamble hereof, said residual amount to be added to any subsequent amounts of original coupons hereafter reported as having been paid, as provided in Section 2 hereof, and when said suspense account reaches a total of $1,000.00, or multiple thereof, anoquivalent amount of Refunding Bonds allocated for exchange for such evidences of interest accruals shall be cancelled by said First National Bank of Chicago, as specifically provided in Paragraph (c) hereof. (b) That said immediate cancellation of $10,000.00 Refunding Bonds be made by reason of the circumstances set'forth In the Third Preamble hereof. (c) That the said First National Bank, Chicago, Illinois, be and it is hereby further authorized and directed, upon receipt hereafter of certificates from the State Treasurer as pro vided for in Section 2 hereof, to cancel proper refunding bonds allocated for exchange for any original bonds or matured coupons appurtenant thereto, described in such State Treasurer's cert ficates as having been paid and cancelled. (d) That the said First National Bank, of Chicago, Illinois, shall promptly forward the State Treasurer, as Treasurer of the State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, Florida, any and all mutilated refunding -bonds which are cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this resolution, sending c°�ies of the letter of transmittal to the Clerk of this Board, and tp.•the Fiscal Agent, R. E. Crummer & Company,.First Narional Bank Building, Orlando, Florida, and to said Company at 800 First National Bank Building, Chicao, Ill. Section 2. That the State Treasurer as ex -officio County Treasurer of Indian River County, Florida, be and he is -hereby authorized and directed to prepare and forward to the said First National Bank, of Chicago, -Illinois, a certificate listing and describing any bonds of original issue, included within the scope of the above identified refunding program, which have been cancelled and retired since the Refunding Bonds were executed and deposited with said bank, and is further authorized to furnish such other and additional certificates to said bank, from time to time and whenever the occasion arises, describing any Special Road and Bridge District No. 4 bonds of original issue or matured coupons appurtenant thereto which may hereafter be paid and retired, and the said State Treasurer is requested to forward copies of such certificates to the Clerk of this Board and to the County's Fiscal Agent, R. E. Crummer & Company, First Nat Bank Buildings, Orlando, Florida, and to said Fiscal Agent at 800 First National Bank Building, Chicago, Illinois. Section 3. That the Clerk of this Board be and he is hereby diree ted to forward certified copies of this resolution to the State Treasurer as County Treasurer ex -officio, Talla hassee, Florida, and to the First National Bank, Chicago, Illinois, which shall be their author- ity to do and perform the acts provided for in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, respectively, and that certified copies be also furnished the Orlando and Chicago offices of R. E. Crummer & Company." The foregoing resolution was duly seconded•by Commissioner Vickers, and upon being, put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted. As provided by law, the State of Board of Pensions, furnished this board with a list of persons residing in this County who now receiving Confederate Pensions from the State, each having been checked over by the board was found to be correct. The following is the list of Confederate Pensioners of Indian River County. Mrs. B. W. Carter Wabasso, Fla. Mrs. Annie Ruffner Roseland, Fla. 1 1 L_J 1 g- 5 Mrs. Annie M. Fultz Vero, Fla. Mrs. Ida R. Badger Sebastian, Fla. Mrs. Betty Smith, Rt. 1, Boa 15 Vero Beach, Fla. Died April 23rd.,1938. The Clerk was instructed to write the Planning and Zoning Commission of this City and request their presence at a meeting of this board to.be held Friday, April 15, 1938 at 1:30 P. M. for the purpose of obtaining advice, suggestions and counsel of the said commission with further regard to selecting the right of way for the peninsula road from the south City limits to the south County line. There being no further business on motion made, seconded and carried the Board ad ed to meet on Friday, April 15, 1938 at 1:30 P. M. ATTEST: rman. si ------------------------ - ----------- - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----------------- F RID AY ----------------FRIDAY ,SIL 15, 1938. The Board of County Commissioners -of Indian River County met at the Courthouse in Vero.Beach at 1:30 P. M., Friday April 15, 1938 in adjourned meeting, with the following members of the board present, E. P. Poole, Chairman, S. E. Glover, Frank C. Vickers.and Edwin A. Helsett Absent: C. S. Michael. Also present, Wm. Frick, Sheriff, Chas. A. Mitchell, Attorney, and Leile Gray, Deputy Clerk. The Chairman announced that this meeting was for the purpose of discussing a highway on the ocean front from Beaebland Boulevard to the south lirie..of Indian River County. Discus- sions were made by.R. R. Martin, W. T. Humiston, H. W. Guthrie, W. R. Duncan, W. H. Damerow and S. E. Glover. Motion was made by John Corsa, seconded by F. R. Jewett,that a Preliminary Survey be made at once, which motion carried unanimously. Motion was made by Commissioner,. S. E. Glover, seconded by Commissioner Vickers, that the Preliminary Survey be authorized, not to exceed an expenditure of $150.00 which -amount will be appropriated by the County Commissioners for that purpose. Such survey to be carried out under the direction of the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and.that a represent- ative of the City Planning and Zoning Commission together with the City Engineer and the Secre- tary of the Vero Beach Chamber of Commerce be requested to.cooperate with the Chairman of this board in an advisory capacity, which motion was duly carried. Bond of E. G. Thatcher as Notary Public in the amount of $500.00 with American Surety Company, as surety was approved. The application of Margaret Foster to be placed in State Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Orlando, Florida was filed. Commissioner Frank C. Vickers made motion which was seconded by Commissioner Glover that this matter be deferred until the next regular meeting to be held in May. RESOLUTION Commissioner Glover introduced.the following resolution and moved its adoption: Seconded by Commissioner Vickers. WtXREAS, Chapter 18601, Acts of the Florida Legislature of 1937, providee for the holding of an election by this Board of -qualified electors residing within the boundary of INDIAN RIVER FARMS FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT, in Indian River County, Florida, as described in said