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/ft/. RESOLUTI0 N WHEREAS, -Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, creates a program known as "Hospital Service for the Indigent" for the purpose of providing essential hospitalization for acutely ill or injured persons in this State who are medically indigent; and, WHEREAS, the 1957 Legislature appropriated $4000,0e -to the State Board of Health for the biennium, July 1,. 1957 through June 30, 1959, for the administration of this program and for the purpose of allotting State funds to each County in proportion to its population to augment County funds which may be provided for these purposes; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.08 (2), supra, authorizes each Board of County Commissioners or other local official agency of this State to budget for and provide County funds as may be necessary to match, on a formula basis, the County's part of the cost of this program; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.06(2)(a), supra, provides that the financial parti- cipation required of each County each year shall be equal to at least one- half dollar for each inhabitant of said County according to the estimate of the population of said County for such year - by the Bureau of Vital Statis- tics of this State; and, WHEREAS, the estimated population of Indian River County for the current year made by the bureau of Vital Statistics of this State is 24,910 inhabitants; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County meeting in Vero Beach, Florida, this WI day of 4,) ft_., 1961, that effective October 1, 1961, Indian River County participate in said state- wide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service for the Indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for these purposes there is hereby established as an item in the County Budget the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of $12,455.00 which amount is not less than fifty cents ($.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above estimated population of Indian River County; and,