Alachua County Est Fla
Commissioners Court Regular term held at Newnansville
June the 2nd A.D. 1851---
Present the Hon' C F. Fitchet judge of Probate and President
of the Board of County Commissioners, George L. Brown Samuel B.
Colding and Elija Barrow Commissioners of the County of Alachua
a quorum being present the Board proceeded to business ---
Charles L. Wilson Sheriff and Tax Assessor and Collector
presented his tax book for examination by the Board of County
Commissioners, it was moved and seconded that the said books be
referred to George L. Brown one of the Commissioners for examination
to see they all Correspond and report the same to the next meeting
of the Board to be on Monday the 16th day of this instant ---
Order 2nd The matters of the roads was taken into
consideration and the following persons were appointed by the Board
of County Commissioners as Road Commissioners of the several Road
Districts in said County of Alachua to Wit ---
It is hereby ordered that on the Belamy Road leading from
Newnansville to the Santafee at the Natural Bridge, that Thomas
W. Piles, Jacob G. Stroble and Philip Dell be and they are hereby
appointed Road Commissioners on said road. And they are
further ordered after being qualified to meet and lay off the roads
in their respective Districts into Road Divisions of Convenient length
and apportion the hands liable to work on the same according to
the Statute in such cases made and provided and to have said
road worked on and put in good repair ---
Road District No. 2
It is hereby ordered that the road leading from Casons ford
on the Santafee to where it intersects the Belamy road near Co'l James
Dell's Mill, that N.A. Strobahn, John C. Richard and John B.
Cason be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners of said road
and also Commissioners on the road leading from John C. Richard Sen'r
to Monte Oak Bay. And they are further ordered that after being qualified
to meet and lay off the roads in their respective District into Road
divisions of Convenient length and apportion the hands liable to
work the same, According to the Statute in such cases made and
provided and have said road worked and put in good repair ---
Remarks. The County Commissioners would respectfully
suggest that the Road Commissioners of these three roads meet in conjunction
to apportion the hands for said roads --- |