Clerks Office Gainsville Fla May 1st 1877
Board met pursuant to adjournment.  Present
James Chesnut President, W.W. Scott and J.D. Matheson
Minuets of the previous meeting read and approved
376 Ordered that the account of W.A. Colclough
    For Telegram to Jacksonville (per Order of the
    states attorney and the Grand Jury) for One and
    25/100 Dollars be allowed and paid         $1.25
377 Ordered that the account of C.H. Davies (Jailor)
    For feeding Thomas Nettles for five days be
    allowed and paid for two dollars            2.00
378 Order That the Board of County Commissioners
    of Alachua County decree it expedient to issue
    Bonds of said County to the amount of $20,000.00
    Twenty thousand Dollars for the purpose of erect-
    ing a Jail & a Vault for the safe Keeping of the
    County Records and for the purpose of funding
    the outstanding indebtedness of the County.  That
    said Bonds bear an annual interest of 10% cent,
    which shall be payable semiannually on the first
    of January and the first of July of each year.
    That they run ten years from thier date and
    that the said Bonds and the interest thereon be
    made payable at the First National Bank of Jack-
    sonville Florida.
    That the said Board of County Commissioners 
    Reserve the right to the County, to redeem
    the said Bonds at any time after the expi-
    ration of five years.
    And that the Clerk be required to publish
    this notice *** order in the Gainesville
    Times four consecutive weeks from the
    Next issue of the said Gainesville Times.
379 Ordered That an election for determining the
    question of issuing Bonds by the County of Alachua
    be held on Tuesday the 5th day of June AD 1877
    at the following precincts, Waccassassa,
    Archer, Micanopy, Orange Creek, Waldo,
    Newnansville, and Gainesville.
    That the form of Ballot to be used be
    For Bonds or against Bonds,
    And that the Clerk be required to pub-
    lish the above order in the Gainsville