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RLSOLUTION NO. 08 98 - The board of (,ounty Coniii,issiuners of Indian River Comity, Florida, resolves; 1. That this I,oard did adopt a Resolution on July 3, 1963, where, • in this Ward did request the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the otatc of Florida "to dedicate In perpetuity to the people of Indian River County, Florida, and to the Ward of County �.-ornrnissictners ... a body of land and water c -ntaWng 476U acres, more or less" and purauunt to that Resolution, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund did on July 10, 1963, adopt a motion "for perpetual dedication of an estimated 4�—. 56 acres couiprisJ118 the seven islands, the northernmost being the Turtle Pen Slough and the southern- most being Preachers Island, together with the open water areas or sloughs In the largest island of the group, under supervision of the board of (-,uunty Commissioners with authority for said Lourd to arrange for such assistance by state agencies as might be desirable and practicable in administering the dedication for wildlife refuge purposes and with the right for the county to enter into agreements, approved by the Trustees, for administration on a year to year basis by the U. .3. Fish and 'ti, Ildlife ,acrvice and/or Flortda Audubon .,ucluty or other conservation agunclea or organizations, the dedica- tion to be subject to the current lease to I, Iurlda Audubon ;,ociet) which would expire November 1. i9w. " 2- That a public hearing was held by Robert G. Parker, Olrector, Trustees of the internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, In the Indian River County Gourthouse on March 29, 1968, on behalf of said Trustees concerning application of the bureau of Sporta I, isherles and V. Ildlife of the U. S. Fish and N'-Ildlife Service, a division of the United rotates Department of the Interior, for the enlargement of Pelican Island V Ildlife Refuge to Include all state owned submerged lands and mangrove islands located within an area described in the notice of public hearing, containing sorne 4760 acres, at which said public hearing this board did endorse the application of that bureau, Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. O. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960