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to On Motion by commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commiss Bogosian, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 67-24 WHEREAS, Section 35.05, Florida Statutes, provides that, "...the site of the headquarters of the fourth appellate district shall be in that; -district and shall be selected by a site location commission having fourteen members and shall be composed of the following: The seven members of the supreme court, the governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the comp- troller, the superintendent of public instruction, the state treasurer and the commissioner of agriculture"; and, WHEREAS, the said site location commission did meet in the Capitol in Tallahassee and fix, locate and designate the site of the headquarters of the fourth appellate district as Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida; and, WHEREAS, after such lawful designation of the headquarters of the court at Vero Beach, the City of Vero Beach did complete the interior of the second floor of the City Hall to the specifications requested by that court and i did construct a paved parking lot and did provide all of the Physical facilities for the establishment of that court and did expend in that effort the total sum of $49, 762.00; and, i� WHEREAS, the said court has been since November, 1.965, located i in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida; and, WHEREAS, the headquarters of said court was established by said t commission to serve the best interest of all of the citizens of the fourth r appellate district extending from Brevard and Seminole Counties on the north through Broward County on the south at a location which was in the center of i i the entire area not only geographically but substantially as to both population jand case load of said court; and, WHEREAS, West Palm Beach is located 49 miles from the southern i limits of the district and 191 miles fxorn thenorthern limits of the district i i and by comparison, Vero Beach is located 123 miles from the southern limits and 117 miles from the northern limits of the district; and, f! WHEREAS, this board is informed that a part of the appeal made by Palm Beach County for moving the headquarters of this district actually in- volves a commitment or suggestion from those members of the legislature i Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At law, Vero Beach, Florid$OK 10 PAGE U327 ii