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To: Board of County Commissioners, Indian River County, Florida. The undersigned Adelaide T. Zeuch, Warren T. Zeuch, Frederic E. Zeuch and Katherine Z. Forster, do herewith petition and certify under oath to iLq Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, as follows, to -wit: That H. J. Zeuch & Co., a Florida corporation, was the record fee simple owner of the following described property, situated in Indian River County, Florida, to -wit: The West half of the South half of the North half of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 24, Township 33 South, Range 39 East; from the year 1927 until the title to said lands became vested in Indian River County, Florida, under and by virtue of a foreclosure of tax certificates,, instituted by said County in the Circuit Court in and for Indian River Qounty, Florida, in Chancery No. 2398. That said County did, under date of January 31, 1952, convey said lands after public sale to J. Douglas Baker and Marion Baker, his wife. That a question has arisen as to the validity of said sale by said County due to the fact that the said J. Douglas Baker is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Indian River County, Florida, and as such Clerk made said sale for and upon behalf of said County. That subsequently, the said J. Douglas Baker and wife conveyed said lands to Vero Beach Home Lands, Inc., a. Florida corporation, who subse- quently conveyed the same to Country and Town Investment Company, Inc., a New Jersey corporation authorized to do business in the State of Florida, who now claim to own said lands. That the said 1-1. J. Zeuch & Co., acting by and through a majority of its Trustees, have agreed to sell and convey said lands to said Country and Town Investment Company, Inc., In the event the same are conveyed by said County to the Trustees of said 1-1. J. Zeuch & Co. In order that title may be MITCHELL. SMITH 6 MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA