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I f] 48-- The County Depository filed its monthly statement, showing receipts and disbursement, of the various funds which having been audited was found to be correct.. adjourned. There being no further business on motion made, seconded and carried the Board then 0 ATT T: Al' .. Pf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY NIGHT. FEBRUARY 25TH, 1941. The Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at Court House in Vero Beach, at 17:30 o*clock P. M. Tuesday, February 25th, 1941, in called meeting with the following members of the Board present: C. S. Michael, Chairman, S. E. Glover, W. C. Graves nd Albert 0. Helseth. Absent: Frank C. Vickers. Also presen / were County Enginee E. E. Carter, Wm. W. Frick, Sheriff, Chas. A. Mitchell, Attorney for the. Board and Douglas Baker, Clerk. to -wit: Commissioner S. E. Glover introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption WHEREAS, by virtue of the extremely heavy traffic of every nature upon State Road No. 4 in Indian River County, Florida, it is necessary that said road be widened and improved in order to care for such traffic; therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, that the State Road Department of Florida be and it is herewith requested to provide at the earliest convenience of said department a survey over and upon the existing route of State Road No. 4 as it traverses Indian River County for the purpose of determining type, nature'an d ex- tent of improvements to said road to the end that it will reasonably serve the traffic thereon and to ascertain the extent and location of any additional right-of-way that may be required in order to make such necessary improvements to said State Road No. 4 as it now exists and as it now traverses Indian River County, Florida. The Resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner W. C. Graves, dr., and upon being put to a vote the same was unanimously adopted. to -wit: RESOLUTION Commissioner W. C. Graves introduced,,the following Resolution and moved its adoption WHEREAS, State Road No. 30 is an important arterial highway having City of Vero Bea in Indian River County as its eastern terminus and traversing the central part of the state to the west coast and thereby providing a cross -state highway connecting the east andwest 00e8ts of the state of Florida and traversing the central part of said state; and WHEREAS, the citizens and taxpayers of the territory traversdd'by said road in Osceola and Indian River Counties, Florida, have heretofore expended the sum of One Million ($1,000,000.0"0) Dollars in the construction of said road and without any expense to the state of Florida or the State Road Department of Florida by reason of such construction; and WHEREAS, the citizens and taxpayers of the portio:h of said road and connecting high- ways which provide access from said road to the central and vastern portion of Florida have al expended considerable sums of money in the construction of such highway; and WHEREAS, said State Road 30 has for some years been a part.of the State Road system and has been maintained by the State Road Department of Florida; and WHEREAS, State Road 30 is continuously used by a large volume and variety of motor vehicle traffic, including private cars�,of citizens and visitors, busses of Florida Motor Lines and many commercial vehicles; that a very considerable use of said road is made by truck