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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1952
<br />The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court House
<br />in Regular Meeting at 9:00 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, October 7, 1952, with the following members
<br />present: W. C. Graves, Jr., Chairman; H. C. Watts, J. J. P. Hamilton and Aubrey L. Waddell.
<br />Also present were S. N. Smith, Jr., Attorney; E. E. Carter, Road and Bridge Superintendent; and
<br />Kathryn Morrison, Deputy Clerk.
<br />Minutes of September 2, 1952, were read and the same were approved upon motion
<br />of Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Watts and carried.
<br />Minutes of September 9, 1952, were read and the same were approved upon motion
<br />made by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Watts and carried.
<br />E. E. Carter, Road and Bridge Superintendent, gave a report as to the work being
<br />done by the Road and Bridge Department.
<br />Homer C. Fletcher, Tax Assessor, appeared -before the Board and requested authority
<br />new
<br />to purchase a/printing calculator for the Assessor's Office stating that the approximate cost of
<br />a new machine was $447.75, less trade-in on adding machine of $82.50, or a net cost of $365.25.
<br />Said request was granted on motion of Commissioner Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and
<br />carried.
<br />for E. B. Martin, Vero Beach, Florida.
<br />Mrs. Anne Christensen, County Welfare Case Worker, made a report of her activities
<br />for the month of September, 1952, and the report was filed with the Clerk.
<br />Mr. George W. Simons, Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida, presented his idea of a County
<br />zoning plan.to the Commissioners and requested a meeting be called of the County Planning and
<br />Zoning Commission to meet with this Board at 2:00 o'clock P.M., Thursday, October 16,1952, and
<br />it was so ordered.
<br />Mr. Joseph Walton appeared before the Board to present a plat for filing in which
<br />a 250 foot right-of-way is dedicated to the County for public road rights-of-way, said 250 foot
<br />right-of-way being the -north 250 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 28, Township 33 South, Range
<br />40 Eastland the north 250 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 279 Township 33 South, Range 40 East,
<br />lying west of A -1-A Highway.
<br />On motion of Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried,
<br />the Board agreed to accept said right-of-way and that said proposed plat of the north 250 feet of
<br />Government Lot 11 Section 28, Township 33 South, Range 40 East, and the north 250 feet of Govern-
<br />ment Lot 1, Section 27, Township 33 South, Range 40 East, be placed on record.
<br />Audit Report #3794 dated December 31, 1951 of the Florida Inland Navigation Dis-
<br />trict was presented and ordered filed as part of the public records of Indian River County as
<br />provided in Section 125.09 Florida Statutes.
<br />Mrs. Alice Helleso of the County Health Unit appeared before the Board regarding
<br />dedication ceremony as to the new Health Center Unit. Mrs. Helleso was advised the ceremony
<br />would be under the direction of the V. F. W. and the American Legion to be held November 11, 1952."
<br />Chairman Graves stated that he was ordering the placque for the dedication.
<br />On motion made by Commissioner Watts, seconded by Commissioner Waddell and carried,
<br />the Chairman and Clerk were authorized to sign closing agreement with the Florida East Coast Rail-
<br />road dated July 21, 1952, with the provision that all costs in connection with the Railroad cross-
<br />ing in question including any future costs must be borne by the affected property owners and if
<br />any future costs are unpaid by the affected property owners that the County will abandon the
<br />crossing.
<br />The Board approved applications for admission to the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
<br />for Arthur Jones (colored) and Augrest Foye (colored) of Gifford, Florida.
<br />The Board approved application for admission to the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
<br />for E. B. Martin, Vero Beach, Florida.
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