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11 1 1 19 Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney who was instructed to investigate the Board's authority to sell or dispose of County'property, with regard -to certain Real -Estate owned by the County Si of , Mof SEi' - 2-33-39 less 400' to City and located near the Jeil'/reported that in his opinion the Board does have the power to dispose of property that they could acquire and hold and suggested that.in the'event the Board desired to sell the.property in question that they advertise for bids on same. It was then moved by S. E. Glover, seconded by Frank C. Vickers and unanimously carried that the County advertise for bids on County property as heretofore mentioned and that Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney be instructed to prepare "Notices of Bids"„ At the request of Honorable W. F. Cox, Mayor and B. L. Holdman the following resolg tion was adopted. 2780LHTI4.N... Commissioner Glover introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption,to-wit QTR, the Board of County Commisssioners of Indian River County, in cooperation with the Conservation Department of the State of .Florida, are sponsoring an oyster planting ject under the Works Progress Administration and for the purpose of planting oysters in the Indian River in Indian River County, and WH AS, at this time sixteen men are employed by the WPA under such oyster planting project and such number of men is sufficient to handle the work of said project successfully, Wim; the Board of County Commissioners of -Indian River County are informed that WPA employees are being transferred from the Vero airport WPA project and from the Vero Beach eemetery WPA project to said oyster planting projeizt and that such transfers will cause said airport and cemetery projects -to be closed and will thereby result.in great financial loss to this community by reason of funds expended on said.latter projects to this date and by reason the fact that said projects.are uncompleted; therefore, Be It Resolved that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, in view of the fact that said oyster,planting project now has sufficient men working thereon to handle the same successfully, does hereby urge and request that no additional men be transferred to said oyster planting project at this time, and does further request and urge that a crew of not less than -ten men be kept employed on said WPA Vero Beach airport project and.that any and all surplus men eligible to be employed by WPA be kept on said Vero Beach cemetery project; Be -It further Resolved that this Board of County Commissioners does herewith determine) that said Vero Beach airport'project is of major importance and that said Vero 'Seach cemetery project is of impo"ance and that if either of said projects shall close at this time there will be heavy losses result to this community by reason of sums expended on said projects and parti- cularly by reason of the large sums of money theretofore expended on said airport project and t necessity of completing the same promptly in order to secure federal funds now allocated for permanent improvements on such airport; Be It Further Resolved that the secretary to this Board be, and he is, herewith in- structed to forward a certified copy of this resolution.to.the Hon. R. L. Dowling, State Conser- vation Commissioner of the State of Florida, and to such other individuals as maybe able to assist in securing approval of -.the requests herein set out, and that the assistance of each and all of said individuals be, and it is, herewith requested by this Board *ith regard to the mat- torsstated in this resolution. .The Resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner Helseth and upon being put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted. It was ordered John Bostic be removed from the paupers list as he is ddoeased. It was ordered Molly Bostic, Gifford, Florida be placed on the paupers list to receive the stun of $6.00 per month until the further orders of the Board.