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No. of Services to Veterans 2 No. of Meetings attended 2 Gonorhea pts treated with parfdllin at Clinic bldg. 12 It was ordered that Mr. Freedel be removed from the grocery list effective May 1st. Mrs. Helleso reported. on several other cases and presented bilis-which were consider41 ed and approved with reservations. The members of this -Board signed the County deeds numbering from 81 to 104, both inclusive, on county lands acquired under Chapter 194, Florida Statutes of 1941. Verdict of Coroner's Jury in the matter of the inquest on the body of Dewey L. Clark i! was,received and ordered filed with the Clerk. Bond of the Chairman of the County Board of Public Instruction in the sum of $1,000, likewise endorsement increasing said bond to $2000.00 effective March 28, 1945 for Oscar L. DuBose, Chairman and member of the Board of Public Instruction, with Continental Casualty Com- pany of Chicago, Illinois, was approved. County Engineer, E. E. Carter, was authorized to see what kind of deal could be made'; for the purchase of road and. bridge equipment from the South Dade`Farms Incorporated, subject to the approval of the Board at their next meeting. Also that the Commissioners confer with Charles A. Mitchell, Attorney,. as to publishing a notice inviting bids on additional equipment needed. for the County. Douglas Baker, Clerk, was instructed to write the City Council of the City of Vero Beach requesting that the City pay $1.00 per day for City prisoners in the County jail in lieu of 75¢ per day which is now being paid. If the above request is granted the effective date shall be made upon the agreement of the City Council and L. B. O'Steen, Sheriff. - It was ordered the public liability and property damage insurance on county owned equipment be re -hewed with the Buckingham -Wheeler Insurance Agency and the limits of liability be increased from ten to 20 thousand dollars toa limit from fifty to 100 thousand dollars at an additional premium of $12.00. Pursuant to previous request, Buckingham -Wheeler Agency placed a $5,000.00 fire in- surance policy on the Coast Guard building at Wabasso, title to same having recently been ob- tained by the County. Mr. Frank P. Stockton appeared before the Board and offered to dedicate or convey to the County, as might be deemed advisable, a site= for a Bathing Beach for the use of Negros and this sitet would be located on the Atlantic Ocean at a point approximately due east of Gierord and this site would be 200 ft. of ocean frontage. It was'suggested that this would provide a Public Park and Bathing Beach for the colored people in the County. Mr. Stockton also stated that he was interested in providing homesites for the colored people in the County. Mr. Stockton stated that his offer of the Public Park and Bathing Beach was without cost to the County provided the County would agree to.expemd not to exceed 82,000 dollars, within a year after receiving the property, and in the improving of the property and providing access 'I roads or streets. The matter was .considered by the Board and it was stated that the Board had desired for some time to provide a Public Park and Bathing Beach for the colored.people of the County. There upon, it was moved by Commissioner R. W. Graves, seconded by Commissioner Glove;; and unanimously adopted, that the Board express itself as favorably inclined to the proposal which would provide a Public Park and Bathing Beach for the colored people of the County and with the provision that final action would be taken upon the presentation of a formal detailed ,a proposal. Mr. Stockton suggested that it would be advisable to invite Mr. Lewis G. Seoggin, Director of State Parks, to meet with the Board for a discussion of problems and details