County Commissioners Court } Gainesville
Alachua County		   }   May 20th 1861
	At a meeting of the Board of County Commis
sioners met pursuant to adjournment Present 
Wm Strickland, C. Rain, Matthew Hinson and 
E.H. Jordan President of the Board
1st   Ordered that the report of V.R. Prevatt, Wade H. 
Sparkman and B. Haynes Commissioners 
appointed to reassess the taxable property 
of J.M. Geiger Towit Thirty Three Thousand One 
Hundred dollars be received
  Difference in Tax Twenty six & 75/100 dollars (26 75/100
  Sheriffs Cost Six & 78/100	   	          6 78/100
  Commissioners Cost   Nine & 5/100		  9  5/100
		Making Forty two & 58/100      $ 42 58

2nd   Ordered that the report of B.P Boulware S.
A. Lane and Wm G. Cade Commissioners app
ointed to reassess the tax on Robert Archers 
Land be received amount assessed Five 
Hundred acres at Ten dollars ($10) per acre 
making Five thousand dollars ($5000)
   Difference in Tax   Six & 71/100 dollars	 (  6. 71)
   Commissioners Cost   Forty Eight dollars	  (48. 00)
   Sheriffs Cost Six & 78/100			    6. 78
						 $ 61. 47
3rd Ordered that R.E. Johnston R.L. Stou
ghton and A.W. Cook be paid Two dollars 
each for reassessing the Tax on John T. McIntoshs 
Negroes
4th Ordered that J.D. Geiger be paid five dollars and 
Twenty Cents for bringing Election returns to 
Gainesville
5th Ordered that Henry E. Pardee be paid his account 
am't Eleven dollars ($11) Ten dollars of which 
is for making Coffin for D. White killed at 
the Depot in Gainesville and one dollar for 
putting lock on Jail door
6    Ordered that the proprietor of the Florida Dispatch 
be paid amt his account Twelve dollars for 
publishing Annual report of Expenditures County 
of Alachua
			E.H. Jordan   President
			Board County Commission