Gainesville Fla   August 13th 1885
The Board of County Commissioners met this
day by the Call of the President at which
was present J.W. Smith, A Hague and W.D.
Dickinson who had been appointed a
Commissioner
Ordered               2656
      That H. Murphy be paid Two Thousand
Dollars on the Galery & Stair Case in the
Court Room
Ordered               2656
      That on Motion that J.W. Smith be
elected President of the Board pro tem
Ordered               2657
      That H. Murphy Contractor be paid
Two Thousand Dollars on the Galery and
Stair Case in the Court Room
Ordered               2658
      That by agreement of the Counsel in the
case of Bynum vs J.B. Jacobson that Fourteen
hundred and Forty five Dollars be paid to
J.R. Crawford and that Three hundred and
Fifty Dollars be paid into the register of the
Circuit Court

Gainesville Fla   August 24th 1885
The Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present W.H. Robertson A. Hague Sr, J.W. Smith
L.R. Thomas and W.D. Dickinson
Ordered               2659
      That the Board proceed to the equal-
ization of Taxes
Ordered
      That the Board adjourn until tomorrow

Gainesville Fla   August 25th 1885
The Board met pursuant to adjournment a
full Board being present
Ordered               2660
      That the Com** Continue the equal-
ization of taxes
Ordered               2661
      That the Board adjourn until tomorrow