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FRIDAY, SEPTE ER 17th 1926. The Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, Florida, met at the Court House in Vero Beach, on Friday September 17th 1926, at 10 o'clock A.M. with the following members of the Board present: John H.Atkin, Chairman; G.1.Braddock; Donald Forbes and O.O.Helseth. Commissioner J.W.LaBruce being out of the County on this date was absent, Also present was Niles Warren, Clerk. The Chairman announced the meeting had been called for the purpose of adopting a resolution with respect to State Road No. 4 and for .any other business that may come before the body. Commissioner Donald Forbes moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, the State Road Department of the State of Florida, has requested this Board to secure the right-of-way for that portion of State Road No. 4 to be constructed by said Department from the North City limits of the City of Vero Beach, Florida,to the south line of Indian River County, Florida, known as Project No. A* 654, and, SAS, this Board has made satisfactory progress in securing said right-of-way, and expects to have the same in its entirety within a short time, and is anxious that the State Road Department shall let a contract for the construction of said Road at the earliest possible moment and has requested said Department to advertise for bids there- for; here- for; Now, THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, State: of Florida, that the State Road Department be and it is hereby requested to advertise forbids and to let a contract for the construction of said road along the location heretofore surveyed and designated by said Department, and that this Board hereby agrees to indemnify and save harmless the said State Road Department for any cost or loss that may result by delay or otherwise by reason of the failure of this Board to secure any part of said right-of-way, and that this Board does hereby further agree to defend at its own expense any litigation whioh may arise by reason of its failure to secure any portion of said right-of-way and to meimburse and refund to said Department any sums of money that said Road Department may be obligated to pay to any contractor or contractors by reason of any delay or damage which may arise because of hindrance to such contractor or contractors by property owners along said line of survey, by reason of the failure or neglect of said Board to secure in advance any portion of said right-of-way. Which resolution was seconded by Commissioner Braddock and upon being put to a vote was unanimously adopted. It was ordered that the Clerk write Nottingham & Anderson, Attorneys, regarding claim of Harold Knowles for injuries alleged to have occured on the Highway south of Oslo. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Forbes: WHEREAS, the State Road Department of the State of Florida has requested the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, tonsecure a right-of-way sixty-six (66) feet in width for the location of State Road No. 4 Project 691 through India River County, and WHEREAS, the right-of-way for said State Road has been surveyed and located by the State Road Department ' in'said County of Indian River, and WHEREAS, the State Road Department has advised the Board of Commissioners of