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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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County Commission Minutes Book 1
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County Commissioners Court  }   Gainesville
Alachua County		    }  April 4th 1859 
At a meeting of the board of County Commis
sioners  Present James C. Standley, James L. 
Cooper and E.H. Jordan President of 
the board
Ordered that the Election Precinct known 
as Fort Harley and that of Saluda be 
discontinued and that Waldo Station on 
the Fernandina and Cedar Keys Rail Road 
be made the precinct for the two discon
tinued
Ordered that the order made in May 1858 
in reference to the sale of the Court House 
lot in the Town of Newnansville by by the 
Judge of Probate Carried into effect by 
advertising the same for not less than thirty 
days, and selling the same upon a credit 
until the 1st day of January 1860
Ordered that the account of Ingram & 
Babcock for furnishing the jail with 
articles to the amt of seven and 63/100 
dollars be paid
Ordered that James M. Sparkman be paid 
Forty three dollars for maintaining pauper 
Simeon Swift from 25th September to 1st April 
1859
Ordered that J.H. Roper be paid Fifty 
and 20/100 dollars for Tuition for six poor 
Children at five dollars each per quarter 
to April 1st 1859
Ordered that S.P. Bevill be paid Twenty 
five dollars for Indexing the books of the 
Clerks Office
    There being no further business  }E.H. Jordan
  the board adjourned                }President board
                                      County Commissioners
Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr
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