County Commissioners }
Court Alachua County }
Gainesville October 20th 1857 - at a regular
called meeting of the board of County Com
missioners, present Cornelius Rain, J.M.
Sparkman and Andrew Robb President
of the board - their being a quorum present
the board proceeded to bussiness -- -- -
Ordered that James B. Bailey be and
he is hereby authorized to pay to C.
A. Ramsey seven hundred and ninety
four dollars being the ballance due
said C.A. Ramsey on his jail Contract
said jail having been received
and approved by the board of County
Commissioners this day -- ordered
that C.A. Ramsey be paid six Dollars for
cutting down the trees within sixty
feet of the Jail and for grubbing and
peraping the wire grass and other trash
to the distance of twenty five feet
from the same building - ordered that
H.H. Colson be paid two dollars and eighty cents
for carrying the Election returns from fort
Walker to Gainesville distance estimated
at 28 Miles 10ยข per mile -- --- ordered
that Jas B. Bailey and Coln Tilman Ingram
be paid two Dollars each for assisting
in Canvassing the votes taken at the recent
County Election ---- ordered that J.R.W.
Grissom's bill of eight dollars and
twenty five cents be paid --- ordered
that C. Rain J.M. Sparkman and
Andrew Robb be paid two Dollars |