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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/2/1950It 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 that they are each nominated without opposition. 'QJ REPUBLICAN STATE CO ITTEEMAN Thos. H. Trent ip, FOR REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEEWOMAN Elizabeth Forester, Vero Beach, Florida FOR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT CO+i;ITTEEMAN Thos. H. Trent, Vero Beach, Florida FOR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEWOMAN Elizabeth Forester, Vero Beach, Florida It was further ordered that the Clerk together with the Supervisor of Registration 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 2, 1950, and deliver said ballot boxes so prepared to the Sheriff for distribution to the various precincts of the County. The several bills and accounts against the County, having been audited, were examined and found correct, were approved and warrants issued in settlement of same. Such bills and accounts being on fileuin 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- ments 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. ATTEST /hall c14—k-kk,4 dtA CHAIRMAN TUESDAY, MAY 2,_ 1950 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court House in a regular meeting at 10:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, May 2, 1950, with the following members presents W. C. Graves, Jr., Chairman; Aubrey L. Waddell, Tom N. Stewart, Sylvester Woods, and H. C. Watts. Also present were E. E. Carter, Road and Bridge Superintendent; L. B. O'Steen, Sheriff; S. N. Smith, Jr., Attorney; and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and the same approved on motion of Commissioner Steliletli, seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried. Application for admission to State Tuberculosis Sanitorium for Thomas Woolfolk, Box 31, Gifford, Florida, was approved. and The Board executed County Deeds Nos. 308, 309,/310 under Chapter 194, Florida Statutes, 1941. Pursuant to Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, in a regular meeting held on the 18th day of April, 1950, requesting the Board of County Commissioners to revoke dedication of certain property to public use, the following Resolution was adopted. AL3QLUTI,Ol Commissioner Stewart offered the following. Resolution and moved its adoption as follows, to -wit: WHEREAS, by Resolution heretofore adopted by the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, under date of December 28, 1945, as to all of the parcels of property hereinafter described, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 22079, Laws of Florida, did dedicate to public use and purposes by the City of Sebastian, Florida, all of the parcels of property hereinafter de- scribed, and by Resolution of said Board adopted January 2, 1946, and appearing in County Commissioners' Minute Book 3 at page 245, as to all of the parcels of property hereinafter described; and, WHEREAS, The City of Sebastian, Florida, has delivered to this Board of County Commissioners. of Indian River County, Florida, a duly certified copy of Resolution adopted by the City Council of said City under date of April 18, 1950, reciting that said City has no present or prospective use for public purposes of the parcels of property hereinafter described, and releasing all claim of said City thereto, and requesting and authorizing that this Board revoke its dedication of said parcels of property herewith described for public use and purposes, and to thereupon handle and dispose thereof as provided by said Chapter 22079; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, does hereby revoke its dedication for public use and purposes of the parcels of property hereinafter described, and does herewith instruct the Clerk of this Board and the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, toenause his records to show accordingly, and to cause said parcels of property to be made available for sale as}provided by said Chapter 22079 of the Laws of. Florida, and to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the Tax Assessor of Indian River County and to the Tax Assessor of the City of Sebastian, Florida. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in determining the basic and minimum price for which the lands hereinafter described shall be offered for sale, shall compute the area of each of said parcels and the total area of the parcel or lot of which it is a part, obtain the percentage that the area, of which dedication is herewith revoked, bears to the total area of the parcel or lot of which it is a part; said percentage shall thereupon be applied to the total base or minimum price fixed by law for said entire parcel or lot, and the result shall be the minimum price for which said parcel, dedication of which is herewith revoked, shall be offered for sale. BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that the parcels of property, the dedication of which is herewith and hereby revoked, are those parcels of property situated in the City of Sebastian in Indian River County, Florida, as per recorded plat thereof, and as specificailt,described as follows, to -wit: Beginning where Palmetto Avenue intersects the West line of F.E.C. Railroad right-of-way thence run westerly along the South line of Palmetto Avenue to the East line of Louisiana Avenue, 100 feet, thence southerly along the East line of Louisiana Avenue 90 feet, thence easterly at right angles to Louisiana Avenue 100 feet to F.E.C. Railroad right- of-way,thence northerly along the West line of F.E.C. Railroad, right-of-way to point of beginning, in Section 6, Township 31 South, Range 39 East; Motion for the adoption of the Resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner '`addell and unanimously carried. The Board authorized payment of $25.00 per month from the General Revenue Fund to Lizzie Watkins, Wabasso, Florida, for the care of Henry Harvin until further orders of the Board. At the request of Charles S. Kuster, the Board instructed Douglas Baker, Clerk, to write the Florida East Coast Railway requesting permit for right-of-way crissing between the north and south Gifford road crossings to serve a thickly populated area west of the tracks and between the two existing crossings. Upon motion of Commissioner Ste art, seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried the Board authorized payment of $150.00 to the Vero Beach Chamber of Commerce, Inc., for .serving promoting publicity for Indian River County. Upon motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, the Board approved payment for rights -of way to the State of Florida for Oslo overpass Section 8801, Road 5, as follows: Jones properties, approximately $1900.00; and to D. H. Godbold and Ethel I. Godbold the sum of $1200.00. On motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Watts, and carried the Board agreed to increase the payment to M. A. Boudet, County Agent, $5o.00 per month effective October 1, 1950-425.00 salary and $25.00 car expense. On motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried, the Board instructed S. N. Smith, Jr., Attorney, to send notice to Mr. N. V. Eve, Winter Beach, Florida, that his existing lease be terminated November 4, 1950, and also a notice to Mr. W. H. Walker requesting that a building owned by him be removed from the County property for the reason that the property occupied by Mr. Eve and Mr.Waler}s building is needed for public purposes. to The Board proceedecJ and did name and select the following persons as Inspectors and Clerk of the election of the various precincts to hold and conduct the Second Primary Election to be held Tuesday, May 23, 1950, to -wit: Precinct No. 1, Roseland Elizabeth B. Mockridge, Caroline V. Keifner, and Lester Hanshaw, Inspectors and Edna L. Holtzclaw, Clerk. Voting Place: Community Hall. Precinct No. 1-A, Fellsmere Eta Wellmaker, Mrs. E. G. Weigle and Mrs. Carrie G. Woodland, Inspectors, and Fred J. Hoertz, Clerk, Voting Place: City Hall. Precinct No. 1-B, Sebastian P. P. Lawson, F. G. Hamrick and E. C. Peterson, Inspectors and Charles A. Roach, Clerk. Voting Place: City Hall. Precinct No. 2, Wabasso Daytime Board: Minnie Michael, Alma Jones and Rachel Ryall, Inspectors, and I. F. Stinson, Clerk. Night-time Board: Richard W. Aughtman, B. N. Brown, Jr., and Leslie E. Goodrich, Inspectors and N. B. Ryall, Jr., Clerk. Voting Place: Hubert Graves Packing House. Precinct No. 2-A, Winter Beach Rochelle Woods, Charles Anderson and Lora Ammons, Inspectors, and John Jenkins, Clerk. Voting Place: Ammon's Filling Station Precinct No. 3, North Vero Beach City Limits Daytime Board: William W. Frick, Barnette E. Green, Jr., and Helen D. Bass, Inspectors, and Floyd A. Burns, Clerk. Night-time Board: J. B. Egan, W. S. Aughtman, and William L. Mumm, Inspectors, and Romaine K. Buzzard, Clerk. Voting Place: Community Building. Precinct No. 3-A, N. W. Vero Beach Daytime Board: Eli Walker, Jr., Walter C. Forsling, and J. M. Graves, Inspectors, and Irones Campbell, Clerk. Night-time Boards Milton B. Tiflis, T. R. Kennedy, and Leonard W. Cherry, Inspectors, and William A. Stewart, Clerk. Voting Place: "George Cox's Grove Supply Co.", at west city limits on Road #60. Precinct No. 4, South Vero. Beath City Limits Daytime Board: Mrs. J. L. Stinson, Estelle Beindorf and Sarah B. Cockrell, IHspeetors, and John J. Torpey, Clerk. Night-time Board: Paul G. Luther, R. E. Edwards and Wilson J. Brown, Inspectors, and D. K. Richardson, Clerk. Voting Places "Hotel Lather!. Precinct No. 4-A, S. W. Vero Beach J. S. Stapp, Stephen C. Hale, and Frank P. Conroy. Inspectors, and Paul Goodridge, Clerk. Voting Place: Primitive Bq List Church -on Old Dixie Highway South. Precinct No. 5, East Vero Beach City Limits Daytime Board: Mrs. Emily L. Geeseman, Mrs. Joseph H. Zorn and Elizabeth H. Plamonden, Inspectors, and J. R. Malloch, Clerk. Night-time Boards Frank F. Fisher, Jr., Alex W. Ryburn and George W. Schardt, Sr., Inspectors, and R. M. Galvin, Clerk. Voting Place: "Parkway Hotel". Precinct No. 5-A, S. E. Vero Beach and Oslo Thoralf R. Helleso, Seth B. Kitthell and Wm. L. Ewing, Jr., Inspectors, and Oscar Fultz, Clerk. Voting Place: "Barrett's Fruit Stand",, 1:mile South of City Limits, East side of U. S. Highway No. 1. The Secretary of State having certified the candidates qualified for State office to this Board, it was ordered that the following namedspersons be placed on the official ballot of Indian River County for the Primary Election to be held Tuesday, May 23, 1950, for the offices designated. STATE FOR RAILROAD AND PUBLIC UTIILITIES COMMISSIONER, GROUP NO. I: Grady Albritton Wilbur C. King LEGISLATIVE FOR STATE SENATOR 12TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, Evans Crary Otis R. Parker, Jr. It was further ordered that the Clerk together with the Supervisor of Registration prepare the ballots for the several precincts and prepare the ballot boxes with all laws,. ballots, tally books, affidavits and other bi&nks necessary for the proper conduct` -.of the Primary Election to held Tuesday, May 23, 1950, and deliver said ballot boxes so prepared to the Sheriff for distribution to the various Precincts of the County. Upon motion of Commissioner Watts, seconded by Commissioner Woods and carried, it was ordered $5,000.00 be transferred from the Fine and Forfeiture Fund to the Jail Improve- ment Fund as provided for in the budget. • 1 1 1 • The several bills and accounts against the County, having been audited, were examined and found correct, were approved and warrants issued in 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 resppctive 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- ments 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. ATTES tcw TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 195Q The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court House in a. regular meeting at 10=00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, June 6, 1950, with the following members present: W. C. Graves, Jr., Chairman; Aubrey L. Waddell, Tom N. Stewart, Sylvester Woods, and H'l. C. Watts. Also present were E. E. Carter, Road and Bridge Superintendent; L. B. O'Steen, Sheriff; S. N. Smith, Jr., Attorney; and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and the same were approved on motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried. County Deeds Nos. 311 and 312 were executed by the Board as provided by Chapter 194, Florida Statutes, 1941. At the request of Mrs. Miller of the Miller Nursing Home at Winter Beach, Florida, the Board agreed to pay Mrs. Miller, for the care of Mrs. Pohorsky, the sum of $150.00 per month or approximately $5.00 per day effective June 12, 1950. This action was taken upon motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously carried. The Board agreed to expend the sum not to exceed $50.00 for repairs and painting on the Pohorsky dwelling which is under the supervision of this Board. Application for admission to the State Tuberculosis Sanitorium of Ella Mae Johnson, Box 145, Gifford, Florida, was approved. At the request of Mrs. Louis Harris, Jr., Supervisor of Registration, the Board agreed that she could close the office of Supervisor of Registration except one day a week) during the months of June, July and August, and that she should put a notice in the paper to this effect. Commissioner Stewart made the motion which was seconded by Commissioner Waddell and unanimously aarried. Mrs. Jeanette Merriman, Member of Board of Public Instruction in District No. 2, requested the Board to refund her qualifying fee in the sum of $4,00 stating that after she had qualified a new commission was issued to her for the unexpired term of a former member who had resigned, and therefore, it was not necessary for her to qualify as a candidate prior to the Primary Election held May 2, 1950. Upon motion of Commissioner Stewart, seconded by Commissioner Waddell, and carried, the request was granted, and Douglas Baker, Clerk, was authorized to make the refund.