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It was ordered that American Oil Company receive the County Gas and Oil business for the first six months of this year ending June 30, 1942. The entire proceedings of this meeting with regard to "Regional Housing Authority" is on file in the County Commissioners Correspondence filed under the letter it and under the title Regional Housing Authority, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Hon. Alex. MacWilliams, Mayor, Harry Damerow, Clty'Zngineer, 0. P. Ward and H. B. Connelley, representing the City of Vero Beach, appeared before the Board and requested the following resolution to be passed. Said request wus granted. wit: RESOLUTION - REMOVE WATER MAIM & ELECTRIC POWER LINES. Commissioner Graves introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption to - c WWREAS, the State Road Department is now engaged in the improvement of State Road Number 30 in Indian River County near the eastern terminus thereof -and by virtue of contract heretofore let for such purpose; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Vero Beach have to- day appeared before this Board and have advised this Board that the contractor engaged in the improvement of said portion of State Road 30 has requested the City of Vero Beach to remove existing water mains and electric power lines adjacent to the present right-of-way of said road 30 and owned by said City; and, WHEREAS# this Board is informed that the removal of said utilities;. is made necessary by the widening and improving of said road and that the City has had no previous notice thereof and is without funds with which to remove such utilities and that, therefore, said City request: this Board to refer this matter to the State Road Department; and, WHEREAS, the removal of said utilities is in connection with and a part of the improve ment of said Statte Road Number 30 and it is the understanding of this Board that the State Road Department receives 80% of the surplus 'gasoline tax allocation to Indian River County and which 80% of said surplus fund is expended by the State Road Department for the improvement of state roads within Indian River County and that possibly it is proper and appropriate that a portion of said surplus which is administered by the State.Road Department be used in defraying the actual expense of the removal of said utilities; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED Thatthe Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County does herewith respectfully request of and recommend to the state Road Department that if it is ap- propriate and proper so to do that a sum not to exceed $2x,000.00 of said 80% of the surplus gasoline tax allocated to Indian River County to be administered by the State Road Department upon and for state roads in Indian River County be allocated to the expense of the removal to a new location of said utilities of the City of Vero BeacY/s requested by the contractor now engaged in improving said State hoad Number 30; that in the event this request and reeom- mendation be approved by the State Road Department that the State Road Department direct the removal of suoyitilities by such agencies whether the City or the contractor or otherwise as the State Road Department may deem advisable in order that the expense thereof'be held to the lowest possible figure. The resolution was duly seconded by Commissioner Glover and upon being put to a vote, the same was unanimously adopted. Miss Leila M. Bunkley, County Nurse, appeared before the Board and filed a report of her activities for the Month of Deeenber 1941, as follows to -wit: COUNTY NURSE'S MONTHLY REPORT December, 1941 Number of cases for the month - - - - - - - - - - 97 []I 1