County Commissioners Court } Gainesville
Alachua County } November 28th 1859
At a meeting of the board of County
Commissioners Met according to Adjournment
Present J.M. Sparkman William Strickland
C. Rain, Mathew Hinson and E.H. Jordan
President of the board
1 Ordered that F. J. McCalls bond as treasurer
be received, and that the books of the former
Treasurer (Jas B. Bailey) having been examined
and approved, and a balance of Seven hundred
and eighty four dollars and Seventy seven Cents
remaining in the Treasury the same was paid
over to F.J. McCall Treasurer elect in the
presence of the Court
2 Ordered that the Application for the opening
of a road from the corner of Maj. J.B. Baileys
fence on the Newnansville road North of Gaines
ville direct to the Mud Mill on the Santifee River
intersecting the New River Road, be passed &
opened under the Supervision of Wiley Bennet
James Bevill and John Hague Commissioners to
open said Road
3 Ordered that the County be divided into school
districts, and that the school fund be equally
distributed among the said Districts
4 Ordered that the bridge to be built over the
Pararie Creek on the New Cut Road from Gaines
ville to Palatka shall be as follows viz, the
Timbers shall be twelve inches square, Three Arches in the
run of the Creek, The Cap sills shall be level with
the Arches, The Stringer pieces to extend from the
two out side Arches to the bank on each side
There shall be a sill for the Stringer pieces to rest
on, The floor of the bridge to rest on four stringer
pieces, each to be well braced, the flooring to be
ten inches thick, The bridge to be twelve feet wide
and said bridge to be substantially banistered
and all the materials to be of good hart Timber
5 Ordered that all the bids for building the bridge here
before named be rec'd by the Court on Monday |