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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/4/19448' -There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried, the Board then ;4 • Adjourned. G HAI PMAN ATTES rn CLERK.l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TUESDAYS APRIL 4, L9 1+ , !j The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court House in i Vero Beach, at 10:00`o'clock A. M. Tuesday, April 49 1944, in regular meeting with the follow- ing members of the Board present: W. C. Graves, Jr., Chairman: S E. Glover, Frank C. Vickers, �I Albert 0. Helseth and G. E. Barkoskie. Also present were Nim. W. Frick, Sheriff, Charles A. fi Mitchell, Attorney for the Board, E. E. Carter, County Engineer, and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Notary Public Bond in the sum of $500.00 for J. R. Jamison with Massachusetts Bondingli, i4 and Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts, was approved March 15, 1944,,.by Douglas Baker, II Clerk Circuit Court. It was ordw .Cl.ara Williams and W. H. Williams be removed from the Paupers list. d 1 rA petition signed by Dan H. McCullers and thirty or forty citizens of Winter Beach, '1 was presented -to the Board requesting that the Florida East Coast Railway Company be advised i{ jl " of the serious condition of the railroad crossing north of the express shed in Winter Beach I" i and requested the Railroad Company to repair said crossing. The Board agreed this should be i done and Douglas Baker, Clerk, was instructed to write the railroad officials in St.Augustino regarding same. It was ordered a warrant be drawn on,the General Revenue Fund in the sum of $300.00 payable to the City of Vero Beach for the city's interest in lot 28, Block 35, Original Town. Miss Leila M. Bunkley, County Nurse, appeared before the Board and made a report of r her activities for the month of March as follows to -wit: COUNTY NURSE'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH, 1944• Number of cases for the month - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Number of visits to these cases - - - - - - - - - - 20 Visits in behalf of these cases - - - - - - - - - - 28 Veneral Disease Clinics held - - - - - - - - - - - 8 ji Number of cases treated - - - - - - - - - - - - - 258 Number of treatments given - - - - - - - - - - - - 331 .i o Blood Tests - - - - - - - - - -- - ---- -- 18 Inactives, Discharges and Transfers - - - - - - - - 169 l Delinquent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 54 i" Miss Bunkley also reviewed the Rimes boys case and the Board agreed to expend the jl sum not to::exceed $50.00 toward his expense. The Joe Simmons case was also reviewed and the Board agreed to expend the sum of approximately 4200.00 provided one-half of this amount be raised, the remainder to be paid on future installments. The Board instructed Douglas Baker, Clerk, to request insurance bids from the several agents in the county for Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance.limits of Liability to be 10,000.80 ax d': 20"000.00 and Property Damage $5,000.00 on county trucks and automobiles. Said bids to be received May 2nd. • 1p 00' It was ordered the Workman's Compensation Insurance be renewed with the Rick -Buster Insurance Agency. • Upon application by Ethyl Holloway, District Home Demonstration Agent, the Board a agreed to furnish an office or desk space and t6 --expend the sum not to exceed $25.00 for a F� County Some Demonstration Agent. Said agreement to be effective until October 1, 1944,. subject I� to renewal at that time. i The Oitation to Indian River County from the War Bond Division represented by Joe S. Earman, was received and Ordered placed in the court room. „o RESOLUTION - "RIOMAR CORPORATION" The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner S. E. Glover who moved its adoption to -wit: WHEREAS Indian River County, Florida, a political sub -division organized and exist- r ing under the laws of the State of Florida, by enactment of the legislature of the State of j Florida whereby said Indian River County was created is the owner of all real property or interest there in now situated within the boundaries of Indian River County, Florida, and r formerly owned or held by St. Lucie County, Florida; and j WHEREAS, Indian River County, Florida, is the owner or the owner of an interest in and to property situated in Indian River County, Florida, described as follows, to wit: Lot 20 in Block 1 of Riomar Subdivision according to the plat thereof filed in the i+ office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, in plat Book 2 at 11 I. Page 27, said property being otherwise described as sublot No.20 of Eastview Company's Sub- division No. 1, according to plat thereof filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida in Plat Book 4 at Page 1. j and said property having been heretofore held for public road purposes and a portion thereof i having not at any time been used..for such purposes and that portion thereof which was so used � having been vacated as such by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, duly adopted on June 17, 1924, and while the above described property was aj situated in St. Lucie County, Florida; and, w laws,' j WHEREAS, the Riomar Corporation, a Corporation organized and existing under the of the State of Florida, is the owner of the reversionary title in and to said above-described property and said Riomar Corporation has heretofore provided right-of-way for public roads and'` �i streets serving the area in which the above-described property is situated and which right-of-� way is located west of the above-described property and is now used for public road and street' i purposes as shown upon the Flat of Riomar Sub -division recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 27, records of Indian River County, Florida; and WHEREAS, conveyance of the above-described lot has not yet been made by Indian River`` j County to the Riomar Corporation and it is the obligation of Indian River County to make con- veyance thereof to said Riomar Corporation in consideration of the Riomar Corporation provid- ing the existing right-of-way for public streets and roads in the area mentioned and which has;; J been by it heretofore provided as evidenced by the said plat of Riomar Subdivision recorded inil Plat Book 2 at Page 27 public records of Indian River County, Florida; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,' dla execution and deliver b the chairman that said Board doss herewith authorize and direct the y y . of this board and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, as the ,.a Secretary of this Board of a special Warranty Deed executed in the name of and in behalf of Indian River County and the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, conveying to the Riomar Corporation, a Florida Corporation, property situated in Indian River d'e U 0 1 0 County, Florida, described as follows, to -wit: Lot 20 in Block 1 of Riomar Subdivision according to the plat thereof filed in the. office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, in plat book 2 at o page 27, said property being otherwise described as sublot No. 20 of Eastview Company's Sub- division No. 1 according to plat thereof filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, in Flat Book 4 at Page 1. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That said officials of said County and of this Board be and they are authorized and directed to attest said Deed with the official seal of said County and of this Board and to deliver said Deed to the Riomar Corporation and whereby the above-describ-I ed property is conveyed to it. The motion for the adoption of said resolution was seconded by Commissioner Vickers and unanimously adopted. Tax Collector Troy E. Moody, filed his an4ual report of fees and commissioners for the period of January 1st, 1943, to December 31st, 1943• RECEIPTS 1943 State 556.38 County 4262.97 Tax Redemption 55•.4.5 it 1939 ) it 1936) Drainage Dists, 406.31 Tags & Titles 852.00 19421 TOTAL RECEIPTS 6133.11 1939) 1936) EXPO Clerks: Salaries Miss V. Summer 151.00 Mrs. Lena Vogel 81.00 Mrs. J. Howard 1350.00 Mrs. Lunelle D.Bartlett 247.50 Miss Louise Law -- 96.00 Office Supplies,Postage- Express-P.0. Box rent 232.29 Car expense; Checking Occup. License -Auto Tags 224.13 Asso. Dues 15.00 TOTAL EXPENSES 2396.92 1942 370.89 1196.72 338.95 34.40 14.33 1941 172.30 117.86 215.84 41.35 1938)` 14.50 1937) 15.74 1935) 10.33 1906.56 1941) 388.14 1940) 159.21 34.40 1938) 14.50 1937) 15.74 14.33 1935 ) 10.33 TOTAL RECEIPTS $6133.11 TOTAL EXPENSES 2396.92 NET INCOMK $3736.19 Said statement or report was duly sworn to and subscribed before Douglas Baker, Clerk Circuit Court, March 21, 1944• The Board proceeded 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 2nd, 1944, to -wit: PRECINCT NO. 1. ROSELAND Mrs. Caroline Cain, T. R. Matthews and Mrs. Annie Ruffner, Inspectors and Albert C. Haag,Clerk, Voting Place: Community Sall. PRECINCT NO. 2. SEBASTIAN L. M. Shafor, G. A. Braddock and A. Foster, Inspectors and P. P. Lawson, Clerk. Voting Place: Public Hall. PRECINCT NO. 3. WABASSO P. H. Chesser, Minnie Michael and J. H. Longaker, Inspectors and J. P. Sibley, Clerk. Voting Place: Legion (Community) Hall. PRECINCT NO. 4. ITER BEACH 111. H. Walker, C. 17. Fletcher and J. W. Andrews, Inspectors and J. A. Campbell, Clerk. Voting I Place: X. 0. Lisle's Store. i PRECINCT NO. 5-A. NORTH VERO BEACH A. W. Ryburn, Mrs. George L. Duncan and Abbie Wykoff, Inspectors and Ormond Taylor, Clerk. Voting Place: Community Building. �I PRECINCT NO. 5-B. NORTH VERO BEACH William B. Sleeth, Vivian Truesdale and Ethel Guy, Inspectors and John W. E. Wheeler, Clerk. Voting Place: Community Building. PRECINCT NO. 6-A. SOUTH VERO BEACH i� Sarah B. Cockrell, Christene E. Rieche and Earl A. Hobbs, Inspectors and J. H. Baker, Clerk. Voting Place: Rohrbach's Building. PRECINCT NO. 6-B. SOUTH VERO BEACH J. A. Harris, Albert Reams and H. H. Floyd, Inspectors and J. C. Jenkins, Clerk. Voting Place:l Rohrbach's Building. PRECINCT NO. 6-C, SOUTH VERO BEACH Mrs. Marvin V. Knight, Mrs. Dewey Phillips and Charles S. Kuster, Inspectors and J. S.McClinto* f Clerk. Voting Place: Rohrbach's Building. PRECINCT NO. 7. OSLO Axel Hallstrom, Goree Blanton and Elias Helseth, Inspectors and Mrs. J. H. Hansen, Clerk. Voting Place: Oslo Packing Co. PRECINCT NO. 8, FELLMRE Hunter F. McClure, Grace G. McEachron and E. 0. Martin, Inspectors and Ida G. Dixon, Clerk. Voting Place: City Hall. The Clerk announced the sum of $1,029.60 had been paid in by the various candidates as filing fees which was ordered placed in the General Revenue Fund of the county. The Secretary of State having certified the candidates qualified for National and 0 1 1 0 State office to this Board, it was ordered that the following named persons be placed'on the Official Ballot of Indian River County for the Primary Election to be held Tuesday, May 2nd, II 19", for the offices designated: FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR: Group No. 4 Holmes L. Allen Ray Selden f' FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR: Alston Cockrell Millard B. Conklin Judge J. 011ie Edmunds' Finley Moore Claude Pepper FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS: 6TH. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT M. D. Carmichael Peter J. Cunningham Edgar G. Hamilton �I Frank Ralls Dwight L. Rogers i • Willis Sherrill L. L. Stuckey W. A. (Bill) Mall • 1 1 1 1 1 0 FOR GOVERNOR: Y. Edwin Ed Baker Millard Caldwell Ernest R. Graham Lex Green:: Raymond Sheldon Frank D. Upchurch FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: Ernest F. Housholder E. P. Martin J. Tom Matson FOR COMIOMOLLER: . M. Lee C. O. 'Wright FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION: Colin English Lola Trammell FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIO : F. D. ME W. B. (Babe) Douglass Angus Williams FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COlaaTTEEMAN: J. Frank Adams Claude M. Barnes Morris M. Brown Paul A. Brown Sgt. Henry M. Burch, Jr. Judge A. S. Herlong, Jr. G. C. McCall Earl Newberry Byrd Sims Bob Wetmore Dale L. Whitehurst FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COIMTTEEVIOMAN: Mrs. Neil Alford Polly Rose Balfe Lillie H. Coleman FOR DELEGATE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION STATE AT LARGE MEN: 8We84 0. Avery Walter P. Fuller Sam 71. Getzen Joe C. Jenkins S. L. Kilgore Malcolm McClellan Earnest Overstreet Ray Selden Bill Shayne J. Mark Vitilcox FOR DELEGATE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION STATE AT LARGE WO1ZN: Mrs. E. F. B. Anthony Mrs. 0. M. (Florence) Carter Mrs. Walter Clark Beulah Hooks Hannah Mrs. Hayden Mck. Harriss Mrs. Klea E. Naiman Mrs. Joe H. Scales FOR DELEGATE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Sixth CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: UEN: E. Harris Drew W. F. Finch Russell Frizzell Tony Salvino FOR DELEGATE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: WOMEN: Christine Edenfield Mildred Morgan Ruth S. Wedgworth It was ordered that the following named persons who are candidates for the offices designated, be omitted from the official ballot for the reason they are each nominated without opposition. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR: Group o. 1 A. J. Cobb Group No. 2 Arthur L. Anderson Group No. 3 Mrs. Mary Sullivan Group No. 5 Wallace N. Keith Group No. b Mrs. Frank X. Carroll, Jr. Group No. 7 Lewis Petteway Group No. 8 L. H. Shoemaker FOR SECRETARY OF STATE: R. A. Gray FOR STATE TREASURER: J. Rdwin Larson FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE: Nathan Mayo FOR JUSTICE SUPREME COURT: Group No. 1 Rivers Buford FOR JUSTICE SUPREME COURT: Group No. 2 Elwyn Thomas FOR STATE SENATOR THIRTY-THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT: N. Ray Carroll It was further ordered that the following named persons be placed on the official Republican ballot for the offices designated. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR: Miles ff. Draper Henry K. Gibson FOR GOVERNOR: Bert L. Acker Edward T. Keenan It was further ordered that the following named persons, on the Republican ballot, who are candidates for the offices designated be omitted from the official Republican ballot for the reason they are each nominated without opposition. FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Edward W. Greb FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: J. Harry Schad f 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 REPRESENTATIVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE: Alex MacTlilliam. S. N. Smith FOR SHERIFF: Harry W. Forsch ft. (Billy) Frick L. B. Osteen Bart Wood FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION: Louis Harris J. L. Powers FOR COUNTY COMSSIO DISTRICT NO. 3 S. E. Glover J. J. P. Hamilton Oliver E. Knowles 1 L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 E C� 1 0 93 FOR MEMBER BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DISTRICT NO. 2 L. A. Davis Ruth D. Schumann FOR CONSTABLE, DISTRICT N. Charles B. Arnold Floyd McCall It was ordered that the following named persons who have qualified for the offices designated be emitted from the official Democratic Election ballot for the reason they have no opposition and each are automatically declared nominated as follows, to -wit: FOR TAX ASSESSOR R. Duncan FOR CLERK CIRCUIT COURT Douglas Baker FOR TAX COLLECTOR Troy E. Moody FOR COUNTY JUDGE FOR COUNTY C014MISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 1 Otis M. Cobb Frank C. Vickers FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERg DISTRICT No. 2 R. W. Graves FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT NO. W. C. Graves, Jr. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,_ DISTRICT NO. _ _5 - Albert 0. Helseth FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. DISTRICT NO. 5 Hamilton H. Floyd FOR SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION George T. Tippia FOR MEAIIDERS OF kdOSt1TITO CONTROL DISTRICT J. M. Barnes E. M. Becton W. F. Cox i' ' l.i1�lEi1� '.H' rl i i a ' 1 i ►' V-11�. � i.'�I � FLO IDA IlVI = NAVIGATION DISTRICT Axel T. Peterson It was further ordered that the Clerk 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 the Primary Election to be held, Tuesday, May 2nd, 1944, and.deliver said ballot boxes so prepared, to the Sheriff for distribution to the various precincts the county. The several bills and accounts against the County, having been audited, were and found correct, were approved and warrants issued is settlement of same. Such bills and accounts being on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Warrants so issued from the respective funds being listed in the Supplemental Minute Book, as provided by the rules of the State Auditor, reference to such record and the list so recorded being made a part of these minutes. The County Depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and disburse - meats of the various funds, which having been audited were .found to be correct. There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and carried, the Board then adjourned. na CHAIRMAN ATTEST: KIN I CLERKV